January 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

Happy 2023 ! Here's to a wonderful happy and healthy new year!

2023 goals
1300

Welcome to all the new folks and welcome back to those who have been away for a while.

Congrats on your new addition @penguinmama87 ! You'll get a workout pushing that stroller.

@emptydog Hoping you don't need surgery, but if you do, hospital laps are possible, apparently.

@polskagirl01 I hope your body heals completely and you are able to start running like you want to again.

I'm glad you are feeling better and back with us @Avidkeo .



I hear you @Scott6255 . After I did I was thinking "Is it really worth it to just have the tracking calendar?" But, it is nice to see it all in one place that automatically adds it up, since I am notorious for making mistakes. LOL

Happy New Year @tarun_yadavA . Great goals!

I have decided my goals for 2023 are:

1) Continue my streak of at least 1 mile ran or walked fast.
2) Average 70 miles a month. I reached 70 four of the last 5 months. So, should be doable.
3) Shoot for 1000 miles total for the year - run, fast walk, and other exercise (mowing, tennis, trees, cleaning gutters, etc.)
4) Improve my time for the T-Minus 10 miler
5) Lose back to my goal weight - from today, that would be 14 pounds! Yikes!

I ran 3.73 miles this morning early. Cloudy, temperature 39F, but no wind.
I run at the lakefront park and usually there are other people around but this morning there was only one other runner and one guy walking.

@SummerSkier ok, seeing as it's a distance challenge, I'd better opt out for now. It was fun going around the world with everyone in the group challenge this year though, and I'm glad we made it the whole way this time! Thanks to all who helped carry me along part of the way!

@Avidkeo oh no, I'm sorry you've been struggling. It's encouraging seeing people who have recovered (although frustrating that every one of them has a different story of what worked and didn't work - no magic cure so far). Feel free to share what helped you the most! I'm glad you've been able to get back into things lately.

Re: hospital laps. I'm thinking back to a podcast where an experienced runner had cancer and decided to walk during his chemo treatments. I can't remember if it was literally while he was hooked up, or immediately afterwards, but he was definitely doing hospital laps and believes it really helped his recovery. It sounds like it was really difficult though, and he said himself that it's not for everyone or every circumstance. I remember doing hospital laps while in labor with my first baby. It was during the early stages of labor and walking was supposed to help speed things up... only it didn't. I'd been walking to the gym every day for the whole pregancy and that baby was more than happy to stay put past his due date.

Welcome newbies, and welcome back old friends!

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I hear you @Scott6255 . After I did I was thinking "Is it really worth it to just have the tracking calendar?" But, it is nice to see it all in one place that automatically adds it up, since I am notorious for making mistakes. LOL

I have been on Smashrun ever since I started running and that site is THE BEST at tracking stats and mileage. It automatically pulls from Garmin so there is no effort. I can put a yearly goal in there and it will track me through the year, so I think I'll just continue using that.

BOOM. No worries about joining run the year. I like it because it challenges me and except for a spreadsheet I don't have a great way to keep mileage since I am not on Strava. I actually thought so were already members which is the only reason I suggested it.

Starting out the New Year well with a 10 mile run. It was going to be a 4 miler and then a 10K and then well it just got away from me. Weather was OK but I kept getting Air quality alerts and it had that FOGGY feel to it.

So 10 out of 120 goal for Jan.

My brother and his wife are both covid positive right now altho he was the only one who was sick with fever and she was non symptomatic except what seemed like allergies I guess. Glad I skipped their Xmas parties this year as I am sure that is where they picked it up.

Sometimes I feel like I am the only one left in the world who has not had Covid or the Flu or something. I am pretty careful with masking etc but I know that work is a cesspool of germs also so surprised I have avoided it. My biggest outing was a family thanksgiving celebration tis year.

Fingers crossed I manage to avoid it still because none of it sounds like fun at all. 😞😞😔

I am really enjoying reading everyone's goals for the year (small or large!) and Jan 1 is such a bright new shiny day. Let's keep that going.

1/1 15.5 miles, 1707 days on the run, 889 days HM+ Streak
Dense fog this morning, did not get any sun until I was almost back home

*!* HAPPY NEW YEAR *!*

@emptydog Nice cold run. I suspect there weren't many people today due to too much late night shenanigan's and it being pretty chilly.

Welcome @spl8 !

@Oberon21 I think the fact that you have run those distances before and know how you felt then will help to motivate you to get back there again. One day at a time. One step at a time. You can do this! I think 2023 is the year! I'm sure you know this, but be careful not to go out to strong in the beginning. Slow and steady will get you back there.

Great goals @Fit2btied2016 . If you really want to do a Polar Bear swim, I'm sure there is a cold body of water somewhere to jump in.

@Avidkeo Interesting that being so sick made you feel better. Humm. But, I'm glad it did.

@SummerSkier Great 10 mile run today. Love that you just kept going and it turned into that. I didn't check. Were you able to add me to your team on RTY? I'm not on any other thing, like Strava either. Sorry that your brother and wife have CoVID. Glad you have been able to avoid it so far. You just might be one of the few who hasn't had it at least once.

We had our neighborhood lunch today. It was good, and of course I ate way to much food. It was 61F (16C) when I got home. I couldn't NOT take advantage of such a nice day, so went out for a 2.3 mile walk on the driveway (for 2023). Too full to run, but the walk was nice.

Super excited to see this challenge. I'm just getting back into running and finished week 1 of a 12 week 5k training.

My 2023 goal is 1000 km, so about 83 km/month