November 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    Nice running @kgirlhart ! I'm surprised you ran in shorts at those temps, but we are all different. I much prefer to be sweaty than shivering from the cold. Great job on the 5Ks too! And, almost to your month goal already. You are a beast!

    @eleanorhawkins Glad they didn't find anything, but it's frustrating when they say it's "stress, so stress less." Much easier said than done. I hope you can figure it out so you feel better.

    Another nice run @tarun_yadavA .

    @Teresa502 Glad you had company for your run today. It was 17F here. Way to cold for me to run outdoors. You amaze me.

  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,317 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    I much prefer to be sweaty than shivering from the cold.
    I heat up pretty fast and get sweaty easily. The problem for me with cold temps is if I overdress and start sweating, the wet areas of my clothes got COLD! That is so much worse than the dry cold of the first couple miles while I get warmed up. But, 36 F is also definitely not shorts and t-shirt weather for me either! I would be in leggings, long sleeves, some sort of ear cover, and gloves that would probably come off after a few miles. @kgirlhart is built different!

    @Teresa502 I loved your story of your first 5k. You're a runner!! I totally had that imposter syndrome thing when I started racing. Even as a solid middle of the pack runner, I still feel like I have to downplay things when talking to other runners. Sometimes I still feel like everyone around me is faster, more experienced.

    @SummerSkier Do you get bruised toenails easily? I just very recently got a tiny bit of bruising on one of my big toenails. I think it's a side effect of the recent significant bump in mileage and not due to a problem with my shoes. My feet have always been pretty bulletproof, but I always hear these stories about people getting black toenails and them falling off.
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,317 Member
    November total: 129/200 miles

    11/1: 5 miles
    11/3: 10 miles
    11/5: 16 miles
    11/6: 5 miles
    11/7: 9.5 miles
    11/9: 5 miles
    11/10: 11 miles
    11/11: 8 miles
    11/12: 10 miles
    11/13: 7 miles
    11/14: 4 miles
    11:16: 11 miles
    11/17: 6.5 miles
    11/18: 16 miles
    11/20: 5 miles

    Easy 5 miles on the treadmill yesterday. My achilles felt ok through the majority of my run, with just a few twinges just before I hit 5 miles, so I cut it off there.

    I did a bunch of reading and found a few things to try to help keep it from becoming a problem again. Calf raises, straight leg and bent, seem to be the major consensus. It stresses the tendon just the right amount to allow it to heal stronger and keeps your calf from shortening even more as it gets tight and making it worse. Also, glute activation exercises. Is it just me, or does it seem like everything comes back to strong glutes? I actually noticed during my 16 miler that when I did my form check later in the run and focused on activating my glutes that the pain was actually better. So, I think I may have gotten a little lazy with that recently. So, I am mixing some activation exercises into my prerun routine and focusing on that while running.

    Now, I am fighting the urge to make up miles. This would have been my first and probably only 200 mile month. With a couple of missed runs now, it's not going to happen. Usually, my goals don't affect me that way as they are just the mileage I estimate from my plan. I know I need to just let it go. Nothing good comes of making up a handful of miles and I could end up overtraining or injuring myself. Oh, well.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    @martaindale good to hear your Achilles is feeling better. I agree with you about the calf raises. I have been doing them religiously this year, and for the first year EVER, I have not had my typical lower leg (shin splints, calf, Achilles) injuries (well a few days of panic, but nothing that kept me from running).
    Also agree not to go for the 200 mile month. It is a cool goal, but your health and staying injury free is more important than an arbitrary mileage goal.

    @Teresa502 I also enjoyed hearing about your first 5K race and your journey.

    @kgirlhart you are much tougher than me. No way could I go for a run in shorts and t-shirt @ 36F!!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    43.6/70 mile goal

    I unexpectedly got called into work today. I had an appointment at 9:45 so only worked from about 10 - 4. I hope to get in a run in the morning, so opted for a driveway wun tonight. Was a true wun, with very little running thrown in to keep my HR up. It was 47°F, which felt a little chilly to me, but once I got going I was glad I decided on a driveway wun and not the treadmill. I did 2 miles in 29:05 min. Avg HR was 125 bpm. Max was 137 bpm.

    @martaindale You are correct about the sweaty clothes being cold. I forgot about that part. LOL Great job at listening to your body and stopping at 5 miles. Also smart to try to let go of those few miles you missed and not overdo and injure yourself. You are doing awesome. I'm glad you have found things that seem to be helping your Achilles.



  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    edited November 2022
    Hi all - I have been reading along and hugging/liking as appropriate. S much great running going on!
    I have gotten a few runs in. I has been so windy and dry here and now it is hot too. Supposed to be near 90 on Thanksgiving Day - yuck! I know so many of you have cold but I would really rather have cold than hot and dry. The humidity levels have been under 10% which makes my nose hurt and bleed and my allergies are going crazy from the dust. I was going to run today but the humidity levels should be a bit better tomorrow so I decided to run errands today instead.
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    Yesterday when I ran we had a coyote apparently behind us when we came off the trail, maybe 20 feet back of us. I heard some people and turned to look at them and saw it. The coyote stopped and then ran at an angle across from us to a neighbor's lawn. The people who were out scooped up their pups and kids and put them inside as we all watched the coyote. It was clearly injured and not using one of its hind legs. I'm not sure exactly what it was thinking, maybe hoping someone would help it... It went first into the bushes by the house and then came out and just sat in the yard watching us watch it. I took some pictures and when I realized it wasn't going anywhere, called animal services. I hope they were able to find it, get it some care and relocate it.
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    Oh and the run was short but felt amazing for once!!

    Last Thursday we took a drive up to apple country looking for some specialty apple butter for Christmas gifts. My husband wasn't feeling well but didn't tell me until we were there and then they didn't have any apple butter available. ☹️ They had a festival this last weekend and I suspect they were holding it back for that. All that to say, Hobbes had a wonderful time so pictures under the split for @SummerSkier
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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    martaindale wrote: »
    I did a bunch of reading and found a few things to try to help keep it from becoming a problem again. Calf raises, straight leg and bent, seem to be the major consensus. It stresses the tendon just the right amount to allow it to heal stronger and keeps your calf from shortening even more as it gets tight and making it worse. Also, glute activation exercises. Is it just me, or does it seem like everything comes back to strong glutes? I actually noticed during my 16 miler that when I did my form check later in the run and focused on activating my glutes that the pain was actually better. So, I think I may have gotten a little lazy with that recently. So, I am mixing some activation exercises into my prerun routine and focusing on that while running.

    From everything I have read or been told it is a chain from your hips/glutes all the way down to your feet. If there is an issue at the top of the chain it can impact everything else down the chain. Same thing the other way too... If there is an issue at the bottom of the chain (shoes) it can through everything off all the way up the chain. So yes, it does often come back to strong glutes as they help keep everything else in alignment
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    @shanaber Great running! I hope the weather is better for you today. I also hope animal control was able to help the coyote. Hobbes looks so dapper in that first picture. Love his Christmas PJs. :lol:

    Great job in getting out and getting your run in @tarun_yadavA .
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,317 Member
    @shanaber Hobbes looks so dignified, as always, wearing his bow tie! I hope they got the coyote some help. It's clearly hurt, and badly enough to overcome the skittishness they usually have. We have them everywhere is TX too but it's rare to actually see one. I hear them yipping from time to time though.
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Making up missed miles is never a good idea, remember your goal is to finish your race. I had the same thing and had to keep reminding myself not to let perfection get in the way of progress.

    Yes, exactly! I am such a perfectionist. I like things to go to plan. Usually that works to my benefit with training because I am really good about not skipping runs and rescheduling them if something unexpected comes up. This injury is pushing me into being more flexible, and that is hard for me.
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    martaindale wrote: »
    @shanaber Hobbes looks so dignified, as always, wearing his bow tie! I hope they got the coyote some help. It's clearly hurt, and badly enough to overcome the skittishness they usually have. We have them everywhere is TX too but it's rare to actually see one. I hear them yipping from time to time though.
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Making up missed miles is never a good idea, remember your goal is to finish your race. I had the same thing and had to keep reminding myself not to let perfection get in the way of progress.

    Yes, exactly! I am such a perfectionist. I like things to go to plan. Usually that works to my benefit with training because I am really good about not skipping runs and rescheduling them if something unexpected comes up. This injury is pushing me into being more flexible, and that is hard for me.

    @martaindale yes, exactly, one of the reasons I'm trying a time and zone based plan now instead of miles and pace is because if those numbers are there I will either force myself to nail them, whether or not I should, or be convinced the world will end if I don't!
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,375 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @shanaber Great running! I hope the weather is better for you today. I also hope animal control was able to help the coyote. Hobbes looks so dapper in that first picture. Love his Christmas PJs. :lol:

    Great job in getting out and getting your run in @tarun_yadavA .

    Thank you 😊 @quilteryoyo
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,165 Member
    November Goal: 100 Miles

    11/1: 5.26 miles
    11/2: 5.26 miles
    11/4: 5.55 miles
    11/6: 11.15 miles
    11/7: 2.11 miles
    11/8: 5.26 miles
    11/9: 5.31 miles
    11/10: 6.01 miles
    11/11: 3.30 miles
    11/12: 3.20 miles
    11/13: 10.12 miles
    11/14: 5.12 miles
    11/15: 3.15 miles
    11/16: 5.31 miles
    11/17: 5.31 miles
    11/18: 4.07 miles
    11/19: 3.15 miles
    11/20: 9.35 miles
    11/21: 1.02 miles
    11/22: 5.26 miles

    104.27/100 miles completed for November

    Just one short mile yesterday for the streak. I was pretty tired and considered walking, but it was cold and so I ran.

    Today I ran 5 miles. It was am oddly nice run. It was 35°F feels like 32°. I wore capri tights and a t-shirt with sleeves and gloves. Plus my earband. I was definitely chilly starting out, but I was not overdressed. I guess I would rather be a little chilly than too warm. I just find it very uncomfortable to be cold and hot and sweaty at the same time.

    When I first stepped outside the sky was clear and the stars looked really bright. But as I headed west towards the park I noticed it was foggy and soon I was completely enveloped by the fog. Then as I got close to home the sky was clearing again and the moon was just lovely.
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    @shanaber Great pictures of the coyote. I hope that animal control was able to help and relocate him. And Hobbes looks so handsome in his holiday wear.

    @martaindale Sorry you are still having Achilles issues.


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  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,375 Member
    Hello everyone! 😊
    9k in the rain. Wet, wet shoes - all the things!
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  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,375 Member
    @quilteryoyo - thank you! 😊

    @SummerSkier - thanks for the tip! ... And well done on 105/120 !

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