January 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

Nice run @kgirlhart . There would be no question in my mind....if I ran in those temperatures you were supposed to have today, it would be on the treadmill. I guess that's one good thing about being a weather wimp - I don't have to spend time worrying over whether to run outside or not. LOL

Sounds like a great run @marisap2010 !

@Faebert Ouch! Glad only your hose and pride got injured!

@quilteryoyo Sorry to hear you and your mom are sick again and glad that you are already feeling better. I agree that everyone will catch it at some point. So goes endemic viruses, unfortunately. With my job dealing with a high risk population, most of the people I work with are very careful, so we haven’t had any infections over the last couple of years. But with this new strain we are finally starting to have some people catch it. I’m starting to feel like a little bit of a unicorn since my family pod of five (me, husband, kid, and grandparents) have all managed to not catch it yet, especially with school going back to in person this year and the number of patients at our center basically back to normal. My kid’s school is now having a second peak with daily new cases at the same level that they were right after school started back in August, but more of the teachers are out this time compared to the first go around.

@Scott6255 Love “sneasy” but sorry that’s how your run felt. Today will be my first run post-race and I fear I may be in the same boat. Our vocabulary is developing nicely!

Everyone who is getting snow, stay safe! The cold finally reached us last night, and we’re headed into a few days of chilly temps with lows below freezing. That sounds like no big deal compared to what you all are going through. I actually kind of like this weather, but I only get it for a few days at a time. It would probably get old if I had to deal with it for months on end.

We didn't get too much snow this morning. Just enough to make all the patches that melted yesterday white and snow covered again. Knowing this was coming, I ran the last two days in a row so I think it's a good day for a rest day!

@katharmonic Stay warm this weekend. Remember, every day that passes we are one day closer to spring. You are doing great getting out when you do.

Thanks @martaindale . I'm glad your family pod hasn't gotten it yet and hope it stays that way. At least the new variant doesn't seem to be making most people as sick, so it you do get it, maybe it won't be too bad. Our symptoms seem to be lessening, except I am coughing a little more (still not much). We're just still tired and don't want to do anything. At least we are blaming that on CoVID.

@cowgirlslikeus86 You don't have to lurk just because you are injured. Let us know about your walking and hiking. We like to hear those reports too.

I walked another mile on the treadmill today. I started to do more, but haven't been sleeping the best and was still feeling really tired. I not sure that I'm not just being lazy, but I am blaming that on CoVID and hope I will feel like doing more tomorrow. Mom and I are progressing well...like I said, just tired and unmotivated with a little coughing and runny nose and congestion thrown in for good measure.

I don't know if you recall I lost the data in my 2021 running spreadsheet when my computer had to be worked on. We weren't able to recover it, so I've been working on re-entering everything from my running journal. I finally got it done last night. I thought I did pretty well, considering I had open heart surgery in January and have had back issues since October. My best month was July with 77.6 miles ran and 31 miles walked. My lowest month was December when I only ran 2.25 miles, but did walk 33. I couldn't believe that I had only ran once the entire month.

2021 : Ran 353.47 miles Walked 444.77 miles Total 798.24 miles

2020: Ran 534.44 miles Walked 206.82 miles Total 741.26 miles

2019: Ran 270.92 miles Walked 233.03 miles Total 503.95 miles

These are the only years that I have kept data. I was sporadic with my running before that. My totals have gone up every year, so I'll take that as a win, I guess.

Thanks @Faebert ! I was pleased with my total mileage last year. I would love to get back to the 2020 level of running miles though. We'll have to wait and see what the ortho says in a couple of weeks about running long distances. I hope you can get back to longer runs this year too.

Nice treadmill work @Scott6255 . Glad it was almost enjoyable.

Thanks @marisap2010 .

@kgirlhart Nice running in those temps. That's about what my temps are here this morning and I can't imagine actually running outside.

@shanaber Glad you were able to get out for your run/walk. Hope you were able to find a bathroom that wasn't flooded. That must have really been a hard thing to see. Running in those strong winds is hard. I noticed that we are staying pretty close to on goal for RTW. I hope I will be able to contribute more soon and help out more than one mile a day.

Makes total sense to me @Tramboman . Whatever it takes to get the motivation you need.

1/3 – 7.02 miles
1/4 – 6.02 miles
1/5 – 5.08 miles
1/6 – 4.03 miles
1/8 – 8.03 miles
1/9 – 4.75 miles
1/10 – 3.10 miles (treadmill)
1/11 – 5.12 miles
1/13 – 5.03 miles
1/14 – 5.16 miles
1/16 – 1.14 miles
1/17 – 2.04 miles (crazy laps)
1/18 – 5.11 miles
1/19 – 5.54 miles
1/21 – 5 miles
January Total – 72.17 miles

I met a couple of friends at 5 this morning. It was a little breezy and the temp was 25F so not too bad if you were moving. I forgot to start my Garmin but they did so we managed to get 5 miles in before work.

@quilteryoyo – So impressed with your activity level considering all your health issues last year!

@shanaber – I think we need to recruit another member to our RTW team. I’m sure vacations and injuries (hopefully none, but, well, life...) will put more than one speedbump on our road. Anyone interested? @tramboman? We could use those sleazy miles of yours! Who else isn’t on our team?