NOVEMBER 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

02/11 3.20 miles
04/11 3.82 miles
05/11 3.25 miles
07/11 3.53 miles
09/11 3.51 miles
10/11 3.67 miles
11/11 4.16 miles
17/11 3.21 miles
23/11 3.66 miles

32.01/50 miles

The weather has been awful all week. Windy and non stop misty rain so this evening was my first chance to get out. The wind was still there but the rain was gone and I felty achey with the cold when I got home but it was still great!

Happy Thanksgiving to all the USA’ers!

Happy Birthday 🥳 @AlphaHowls

On the maths topic - I do love a spreadsheet too 😅. My sisters tease me I will create a spreadsheet for anything. I’m a self employed accountant

Time capsule with the books that were best sellers the week I was born from my brother.
The funny is that my brother thought the time capsule was a great idea, until he saw the books for my time. One is "The sensuous woman", the other is "Everything you ever wanted to know about sex." He was not going to order mine, but after he told me, I asked him to do it anyway. I think it is hilarious!

@AlphaHowls - time capsule idea is great! Love that those books were included!
Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday!

All - pretty neat that so many in this group are somehow math connected - always have been impressed with people in the engineering field, accounting and management positions. So many ways to branch out from math. I guess running and numbers have always been a part of me.

Morning everyone.
Got in 5 (09"39).

Hope everyone had a nice Turkey Day yesterday... And @AlphaHowls - sounds like you had a nice day yesterday too!
Those carrot cookies sound dee-lish!!!

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@chris_in_cal Did I miss something? Are you injured or just super duper busy this month? Glad you are still checking in with us. And, one mile is one mile better than most!

I was very excited preparing for a race, then I got really sick three weeks before it (COVID? I tested negative) Additionally I'm really heavy, and with this last nine months of running, my weight has been rock solid stable, no change. Mix it all up, and with exasperation, and disappointment I took time away to reevaluate.

I've restarted yoga this month, which had been a very big part of me having a good life. And, shockingly, my one mile run today was in the morning before work. Can't believe I'm doing this, but I'm mixing things up.

Hi everyone! I was planning on going for two runs today. One at my usual time and one long one in the evening during my son’s soccer practice. Even though the weather was wet, rainy, and fairly grey this morning, I got in 10km. I was just so excited that I found my headphones again this morning before my run. I had misplaced them on Monday and had turned the house/car/office upside down looking for them. It’s kind of hard to get motivated to go running in cold grey darkness (during daytime!!) and music/audiobooks makes it a lot easier on me! So I was very happy that I have them back. Of course I vowed never to misplace them again (we’ll see how long that goes).

Anyways, after getting the 10k done I got a text that the soccer practice was cancelled, so no double run/high mileage day, but I’m definitely happy with the run I did do .

So far 134.2km/200 for November. I’ve calculated the mileage I think I can reasonably get in before December. I’m going to aim for 50km more for the home stretch. It won’t quite be 200 but slightly more than last month.

I’m glad to hear that you all seemed to have nice Thanksgivings/birthday!

Hey team, have been a bit quiet due to work and travels. Heading home after 5 days of meetings and catch ups! Have kept the km ticking over. Currently on 35 out of 60 km 🎯. Will try to add 10 more this weekend before a final push in the week. Have a good weekend, and happy thanks giving to those who celebrated this week!

2.5 miles today

@AlphaHowls - what great birthday presents! I love the time capsule books. It made me LOL!

@Laurz9191 - so glad you found your head phones! I got tired of misplacing mine so I have one place where I put them when take them off and that is in the case in the room where I keep it plugged in.

@chris_in_cal - glad to see you back. Know that we are here to support and motivate you whenever you need us.

@SummerSkier - you may find with the new router and modem that things run much faster. The newer routers have faster/more reliable protocols so that should be a benefit you will see maybe with your PC and for sure with your Smart TV.

No formal walk for me yet today but we may go out after dinner. We went up to our local apple growing country today for the Apple Butter festival. It was way busier than I had imagined it would be especially since the forecast was for cold rain. Well it was fairly cold, 46F and overcast but no rain. We did a lot of walking, bought some apple cider and apple butter but I was disappointed that for a festival for apple butter there was only one store selling any and none of the demos that were advertised. The lines for the restaurants, apple pie bakery and hot cider were an hour+ long so we even passed on all of that. In total we walked just over 2 miles and 5000 steps. I'm going to get out tomorrow and Sunday to walk but will likely not make my nominal goal for the month since I have my next treatment on Monday.

Morning all
Got in 10K (at 09"19 pace).

@shanaber lovely pics
@chris_in_cal get back on it Sir!! 🙌
@Zakkery86 nice to meet you mate! Welcome! If you stick around - could double our 🇬🇧 contingent to 2!
@eleanorhawkins is English too... But she's gone all Patatas Bravas on us 😜

@SummerSkier 🍏
Pink Lady > Jazz > (then other end of spectrum) Grannysmith

I hate *hate* biting into an apple an it being soft and mushy on the inside

That sounds like a tough run @yirara ! I'd still be cold.

@chris_in_cal I feel your pain when you are doing all you can and the scale doesn't move. I've been there, done that and it is hard to continue. Sounds like you have reevaluated and are getting back to what makes you feel better. Mixing things up to find what works for you is great. Congrats on running before work. I'm not a morning person either, but if I can get in my workout early, it makes the rest of the day better.

Nice running at your son's @Scott6255 AND pickleball. I have yet to play that sport, but people keep saying I should and it is fun. Did you enjoy it?

@Laurz9191 Nice running and glad you got in the 10K early. Glad you found your headphones. I hate it when I misplace things, which happens all the time. I can lose things when I never leave the room. LOL

@yirara I hope you are feeling better! There's a lot of stuff going around right now.

@Zakkery86 You did great keeping up the running while away from home!

Great running @SummerSkier . I find that my HR varies a lot. I think it depends on how tired I am, how much sleep I've had, eating, etc. So many things go into it that, which I never thought about before I started running and keeping track. I gave up on the ticker too. It used to work for me, but lately it gets stuck in a refresh cycle and won't let me pick a ticker. I got tired of trying and it's weird that it doesn't do that for everyone. I wonder if it's the browser I'm using? Glad you got your electronics back up and working. That can be so frustrating.

@shanaber You did a lot of walking, even if it wasn't constant. Those skies look ominous, but pretty at the same time. Sorry that the apple butter festival wasn't all it was advertised to be. I hope your treatment goes well.

Nice running @tarun_yadavA .

I am a Granny Smith girl and agree with @tarun_yadavA about hating the texture of a soft apple. I prefer tart and crisp.

@SummerSkier If you count all of my feasts, I had four! One the first Sunday of the month as a fundraiser for my aunts church, one with my cousin in assisted living a week ago, and two this week. Surprisingly, I only gained 2 pounds since last Saturday, and I'm thinking at least part of that is water weight from having more salt than normal. Now for a week or so of leftovers, a couple of weeks of decent eating and the race, and then Christmas dinners and New Years. This time of the year is so hard to eat "right," but I just enjoy it and do better after the first of the year.