November 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

My back is doing better, but I came down with a case of laryngitis Thursday afternoon. I don't feel horrible, but lack the energy I usually have. Today, I did quite a bit of house cleaning, so didn't get a run in. I did walk a mile on the treadmill while dinner was cooking.

Sunday long run today - about 17km. Warm rain for the first hour, which was lovely. Disappointed when it stopped. A bit slow and my hip is a bit achy - something’s off. Rest and yoga tomorrow.

I need to pull finger and start preparing to move - the house is nearly finished and there’s only 17 days to go. Fortunately, the kids go back to school on Wednesday so I’ll have a lot more time.

re: Forum changes.

1. I've been through a handful of similar changes. Nobody likes everything, you get some cool new features and everyone forgets about the old format after about a month.
2. Android has 73% of the worldwide market share. How can you not test on that platform before you go to production?

Saturday: I did 6 miles through the Crabtree woods. I think those trails are becoming my favorite. Unfortunately, the park doesn't open until 7:30 or 8:00 (can't remember which), so it's not a viable option for weekday running.

Sunday: I put 13 miles on my schedule for today, but decided I should go ahead and do 13.1 cause...well, duh. Nice out and back on the ATT which is relatively flat and relatively straight. It was in the low 30s at the outset. Nice chilly run. I really enjoy cold weather running. The trail was pretty empty. The cyclist seem to stay away when it's cold, so it is just a few runners and walkers.

13.1 miles @ 9:25 pace. My longest run since December of 2016 when I did 13 miles at 8:25 pace (still have some work to do!).

42.3 miles for the week
83 miles out of 165 for the month

14 Nov total 91.65 out of 150 goal. 192.71 left for run the year so need to avg 4.1 the rest of the year to complete on time. I am slightly ahead planning to coast to the end in Dec hopefully with about 3 per day required to meet it. I was pleasantly surprised today that my legs were not falling to pieces after doing 9 total miles running yesterday. They did feel a little sore in the middle of the night but were ok for my run today which I took very easy. Hard to believe Nov is almost halfway thru already! This is maybe the first time I have made a conscious effort to keep up with this thread. I dont comment as much as I maybe should but I do enjoy reading about everyone's adventures and runs!

1-Nov 5.03
2-Nov 8.23
3-Nov 5.15
4-Nov 5.03
5-Nov 6.01
6-Nov 8.18
7-Nov 5.01
8-Nov 7.18
9-Nov 7.11
10-Nov 5.00
11-Nov 8.22
12-Nov 7.17
13-Nov 9.11
14-Nov 5.22

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
11/01/21 :::: 1.0 :::: 1.0
11/02/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 4.1
11/03/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 7.3
11/04/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 9.4
11/05/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.4
11/06/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.4
11/07/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.4
11/08/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 12.6
11/09/21 :::: 1.8 :::: 14.3
11/10/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 17.3
11/11/21 :::: 3.3 :::: 20.6
11/12/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.6
11/13/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 23.7
11/14/21 :::: 13.2 :::: 36.9

Race report: One NY Half Marathon

I should apparently sign up last minute more often. Except for how expensive it was, it worked out well. It was a well done race, with lots of easy parking right by the start. The weather was overcast and a little chilly at the start, at about 39 degrees. I wore leggings and a long sleeved shirt over a short sleeved one, thinking I'd probably take of the long sleeves at some point, but I never did.

I ran with a good friend who had planned all along to do this race. When I texted her that I was doing it, I asked if she was planning to race to get a good time or she wanted some company and run together, she immediately said she would LOVE some company. She and I ran the Mountain Goat 10 mile race together 3 weeks ago and we've run many other races together so we know we are about the same pace, but she also pushes me a little more than I probably would run it myself (if not going for a PR or something). We had a lot to catch up on as the last 3 weeks have been pretty eventful so we chatted and filled each other in the whole time.

It was a good course, looping around Onondaga Lake which has only recently been possible to do because of the completion of the paved trail system on one side. It's still not 100% trail around and we had to go on some road on one end of the lake, but this is the first time I've actually looped the whole thing (even though I've run 3/4 of it back and forth more times than I can count). On the east side of the lake the wind across the lake was so cold, which it always is, that I had to put my gloves back on and was regretting not having something a little warmer. But then when we turned around the top of the lake and back down the west side trail out of the wind it was a lot better.

Our pace was surprisingly good for chatting constantly, and I realized in the last two miles that this was probably going to be my best half of the 2021 half marathon a month challenge. Not saying a whole lot because many of those were very slow, especially when I hurt my back in March, and most were not races but just running the distance. We kicked it a little at the end and my time was 2:19:34, so I was very excited to get in under 2:20. This is not close to a PR for me, but it is the best I've done in two years so I am very happy with that.

Well my first night out in 18 months didn't work out and I got pinged to go and get a PCR test which is done and now to await the result! Oh well, I didn't want to go out really anyway

November Goal: 100 Miles


11/2: 4.03 miles
11/4: 4.04 miles
11/6: 13.18 miles
11/9: 5.10 miles
11/10: 5.10 miles
11/11: 5.10 miles
11/12: 3.14 miles
11/14: 8.18 miles

47.87/100 miles completed for November

I am not really liking the new forums yet. I still need to go back and get caught up on the reading I've missed the last couple of days. 

I did have a really nice run this morning.  The weather was perfect.  I ran 8 miles. I saw a deer standing on the side of the road. He just stood there for the longest time watching me approach and then he ran across the road and over a fence. I ran by to see Sunny the Donkey and I had a dog join me. This was a really pretty female blue pit bull.  Luckily she only ran with me for a couple of blocks. I was really glad because I was fixing to cross the highway and I didn't want her to follow me. All in all it was a really good run.




2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children - 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon - PR 2:07:11 and 1st in AG