February 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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@Tramboman - I am shocked that you are in shorts and and short-sleeved shirt as well as trout fishing in February! Is that an early record for Alberta (if I recall that is where you are located)?
Northeast Ohio....
I've been fishing about once per week, weather permitting.4 -
@tarun_yadavA sorry to hear about your MIL. That does make it tough on the whole family.
Great job @chris_in_cal and @ScienceofTeaching!
Winds died down to only 20mph, but temp was in upper 70s. Supposed to only be in the low 40s tomorrow so thought I should get outside today. Got in 8 miles.
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@Tramboman - I am shocked that you are in shorts and and short-sleeved shirt as well as trout fishing in February! Is that an early record for Alberta (if I recall that is where you are located)?
Northeast Ohio....
I've been fishing about once per week, weather permitting.
Ok makes more sense for NE Ohio but still seems unusual for mid-February... maybe it was @juliet3455 who is in Alberta?2 -
February Goal: 90 Miles
2/3: 5.27 miles
2/4: 5.26 miles
2/5: 13.15 miles
2/6: 5.02 miles
2/9: 5.52 miles
2/10: 6.02 miles
2/12: 10.10 miles
2/13: 5.51 miles
2/15: 6.02 miles
61.87/90 miles completed for February
Yesterday it was raining when I got up, but it was nice this morning so I ran 6 miles. It was an uneventful run, but it was nice. It is supposed to get cold again tomorrow and it is really windy already.
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Morning all.
Got in another 4M!
Thanks for all the kind words, RE: M-i-L @quilteryoyo @Scott6255Unfortunately, she's a 70+ wheelchair-bound for the most part, immobile woman that is overweight/obese and very stubborn. Refuses to change lifestyle. Super frustrating.
@eleanorhawkins - thanks for suggestions. Swimming is something I'd consider. That said, I'd need to man-scape first. Have a super hairy back and self-conscious about it. Not sure what's worse- tightness in glute-hammy, or getting back waxed after 6M! 😂
Think I'll be okay running (gently, to start with!) 🤞6 -
@Scott6255 Great minds think alike! I didn't notice the tongue issue on my first run, so hopefully won't be a problem. That would be super annoying.
@ScienceofTeaching Yay first mile straight through! That's such a good feeling.
@tarun_yadavA Sorry to hear about your MIL.3 -
February total: 60.4/125 miles
2/1: 3.1 miles
2/3: 5.2 miles
2/4: 9 miles
2/6: 5.1 miles
2/7: 5.5 miles
2/8: 3.2 miles
2/10: 6.3 miles
2/11: 10 miles
2/13: 5 miles
2/14: 5 miles
2/15: 3 miles
Yesterday I went to Pilates then did my 3 miles. IDK if I'll do that again. This run was easy/recovery so I thought it would be fine, but Pilates was HARD and my legs were so done. We did a ton of glute/hip stabilizer exercises and squats. They loosened up a bit after the first mile. In the future I'll either run before pilates or move it.3 -
@tarun_yadavA Also sorry to hear about the MIL!
@martaindale I can imagine running after strength training is probably more difficult. I always do it the other way around too.
Today I did a tempo run with 42 minutes at an average of 5:30/km pace, plus a warm up, cool down. My legs felt good and I was surprised that I could hold the speed well, when a month ago it felt like I was barely holding on at that speed. The temperature was slightly above freezing, which was pleasant enough. I noticed that I need to take 1-2 rest days after this intense running week. I do want to work some strength training exercises in though. In total I ran 11.11km
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So far for February I have logged 138.5/200km4 -
I'm so behind again, speed reading and liking and hugging! Commenting on most recent only simply due to time (lack of)
@tarun_yadavA please be gentle with yourself, you just ran a marathon (or two). Also sorry about MIL, these things are hard.
@martaindale put the activity you care about the most first was the advice I was given.
@Laurz9191 impressive mileage!
I'm feeling recovered from my race, in fact tomorrow I'm going to check out the route of a 30k on 28 Feb that I'll probably accidentally sign up for. It's a new addition to the local rural HM I got my PR at last year. I didn't think we would be here for it, but it looks like we will.
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February total: 66.9/125 miles
2/1: 3.1 miles
2/3: 5.2 miles
2/4: 9 miles
2/6: 5.1 miles
2/7: 5.5 miles
2/8: 3.2 miles
2/10: 6.3 miles
2/11: 10 miles
2/13: 5 miles
2/14: 5 miles
2/15: 3 miles
2/16: 6.5 miles
It was beautiful this morning. A front is blowing in so it was about 60F, relatively low humidity with some wind. Temps actually dropped a few degrees during my run and will continue to drop throughout the day. Workout today was 5 mi at HM pace with 1 mi WU/0.5 mi CD.
This was a weird pace run. The first mile was on target (yay I'm remembering this pace!). Mile 2 was 4 secs slow (not bad). Mile 3 was 6 secs slow (uh oh, headed the wrong direction). Mile 4 and 5 were 21 and 19 secs fast (what?). When I saw the massive pace drop from mile 3 to 4, I knew the wind was playing a bigger role that I thought. Part of mile 2 and all of mile 3 was directly into a steady headwind, 14 mph it turns out. So, when I was working to maintain effort, thinking my tired legs just weren't holding out this morning, I was really over-running my paces by a significant margin.
The workouts this week and last have been decent. I think if the weather cooperates, I have a reasonable expectation of shooting for a HM PR. So, now to stalk the forecast and hope it's not hot. I can wait a bit more before committing. While this course is a decent one to shoot for a PR, I don't love it. I certainly don't love it enough to do it for fun.5 -
My legs felt good and I was surprised that I could hold the speed well, when a month ago it felt like I was barely holding on at that speed.
That is such a good feeling!eleanorhawkins wrote: »@martaindale put the activity you care about the most first was the advice I was given.
That's what I have heard as well. That was actually the reason I did pilates first. The run was just a 3 mile recovery, so it seemed like a good one to do after a workout and the strength training was the real focus yesterday. I just did not expect my legs to be sooo tired. Maybe once I've done pilates a few more weeks I can try this again, but right now it takes a lot of effort it makes running seems so easy!!
Also, you are great at accidentally signing up for races! It's like your fingers have a mind of their own.
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I am having trouble keeping up with everyone's posts, especially since I don't run every day. When I come here to log, I find 30-50 posts to read. My goal for the rest of this month is to complete the 50k, try pilates, and get new shoes. Running is getting a little bit easier now, but still often a slog.
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martaindale wrote: »My legs felt good and I was surprised that I could hold the speed well, when a month ago it felt like I was barely holding on at that speed.
That is such a good feeling!eleanorhawkins wrote: »@martaindale put the activity you care about the most first was the advice I was given.
That's what I have heard as well. That was actually the reason I did pilates first. The run was just a 3 mile recovery, so it seemed like a good one to do after a workout and the strength training was the real focus yesterday. I just did not expect my legs to be sooo tired. Maybe once I've done pilates a few more weeks I can try this again, but right now it takes a lot of effort it makes running seems so easy!!
Also, you are great at accidentally signing up for races! It's like your fingers have a mind of their own.
It's an addiction. If I wasn't firm with myself I'd end up signing up for all sorts of crazy stuff! For the time being the never-run-a-marathon status is keeping me in check. I suspect once I do, things will get really out of hand!3 -
@martaindale sounds like you are in good shape to get your HM PR. Like you said, weather will play a big role. Wishing you the best!
6 treadmill miles today. 4 -
Nice running @Scott6255 . Glad you were able to get for another one before the weather hits again, and great treadmill run today.
Nice running @kgirlhart ! Our temps are supposed to drop all day tomorrow. I'm dreading it.
Another nice recovery run @tarun_yadavA ! I'm sure your MIL's situation is very frustrating for your family. Hugs to you and wishing you wisdom and patience.
I would imagine that those Pilates and running wouldn't be real compatible @martaindale . You are doing great. You had a fantastic run today in those winds. When is the HM you are wanting to run? I can see you getting a PR as well as you are doing.
Great tempo run @Laurz9191 ! That was my planned run too. I think you did much better than I.
Glad you are recovered from your race @eleanorhawkins . I'm pretty sure you are going to have an accidental signing up in your near future.
You're doing great @spl8 . It is hard to keep up with this thread if you don't log in everyday.
I didn't have time to sit and wait on the internet to decide to work, so I didn't post yesterday. I did play doubles tennis for 1h56m10s the morning. The weather was perfect for it - cloudy and 57F (13.9C). It was fun and I could feel that it uses different muscles, esp. when stretching to reach a ball. LOL
I ran some errands and after I got home I did a driveway workout. I was short on time since mom and I were going to church, so I walked one mile total for warm up and cool down and then ran 1.25 miles - only walked at the steepest part of one of the hills, so it was a bit tough. The running was 16:28 min for an average pace of 13:10 min/mile. Avg HR was 142 and max was 153.
Medical info under the spoiler, if you are interested.Today was my stress echo, so I had to get up at 5:00 in order to be at the hospital, a little over an hour away, by 7 ish. The test went okay, but no news as to the results yet. They said I may hear from them tomorrow since my cardiologist will have read it today. Anyway, I did turn on my Garmin for it and set it to where I could see my HR. The one thing I did learn was that the Garmin HR was spot on to the one that was showing on the EKG they were doing at the same time. So, I now have a lot more confidence in those numbers going forward. Because I had to hold onto the bar, it didn't give me a distance, but I did burn 87 calories. They had to crank it up to 14% incline at 4.2 mph in order to get my HR up to 145...which is where they wanted it so it might still be at 133 (target) by the time I got back to the bed for the "after" echo. I'm not sure they were able to catch it that high. I looked at the Garmin HR chart when I got home and it showed that I went from 164 bpm (when I was getting off the treadmill and onto the bed) down to 94 bpm in less than 2 min. I know the 94 was correct, because I had looked at their machine and saw it was already that low. Running has made my recovery fast.
I was tired when I got home, so took a nap. When I got up, I went out for another driveway run since it was 73F (22.8C) and cloudy. Today was scheduled for a tempo run. I didn't do it exactly like the plan said, but did run one mile easy, one mile faster, then one mile easy again. The splits were 14:11, 12:53, 14:12. I was okay with that. My avg HR was 152, with a max of 164 bpm. I also walked one mile total for warm up and cool down.
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February Goal: 90 Miles
2/3: 5.27 miles
2/4: 5.26 miles
2/5: 13.15 miles
2/6: 5.02 miles
2/9: 5.52 miles
2/10: 6.02 miles
2/12: 10.10 miles
2/13: 5.51 miles
2/15: 6.02 miles
2/16: 5.12 miles
66.99/90 miles completed for February
It was a tough run this morning. It was 32°F but with the 20+ mph winds, it felt like 23°F. I managed 5 miles, but I was pretty glad to be done. I think wind is my least favorite weather, especially when it is cold. 5 -
Nice :26 min run. Ought to pick up next week.5
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Hello everyone! Happy Friday!
Feel I can enjoy this one! (No marathon on Sunday to worry me! Lol)
Another 4. Getting back into groove!
PS: @spl8 - simple answer: Run every day! Ha!
Kidding.
But this group is super chatty and infectious!
Love it! Been on MFP for 6y, but can't believe I missed this... Been about 6M for me! ☺️8 -
Hi everyone. Just checking in. Reading daily but a little lazy about posting.
Not doing excessive with the mileage this month but I should meet my goal of 100. Feb is always a tough month with the weather swings etc. And yesterday was pretty miserable with temps dropping all day and a freezing wind. But hopefully the last time the plants have to come into the garage. Pretty wild after playing tennis on Tues in almost 80 deg sunny weather.
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2-1 4k slooowww; resistance band training
2-2 golf swing training
2-3 3k treadmill; resistance band training
2-4 golf swing training
2-5 4k slow
2-6 4k slow; resistance band training
2-7 golf swing training
2-8 4k slow; resistance band training
2-9 desultory golf swing training (mind was elsewhere)
2-10 4k slow; resistance band training
2-11 golf swing training
2-12 4k slow
2-13 4k slow; resistance band training; car shopping
2-14 golf swing training; trout fishing
2-15 4k slow; resistance band training
2-16 Lazy...
2-17 4k slow; resistance band training
February total: 39 k
February goal: 50 k
Cloudy, low 30s F, with a nasty, gusty, vicious cold wind from the west. Ugh...9
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