DECEMBER 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

SummerSkier · December 2023

AlphaHowls wrote: »

Go ahead, ask me how I feel!
I got to hug my mother today!

Still snotty, but my sleep is better and my heart rate is coming back into the 40's!

LOVE THIS NEWS!!!! Also so smart for you to keep an eye on that heart rate. That always tells me just how healthy my innards truly are.

SummerSkier · December 2023

Closing in on the end of Dec already. CHilly weather here but apparently it is going to get colder next week so enjoying the runs while I can. After yesterday's 7 I decided to keep it short today at 5K. It was definitely nice out. upper 30's and crisp but no wind and clear and bright. Sometimes it's just so beautiful I can't pick one photo from my walks later,

109 miles exact?🌟🌟🌟 out of 110 goal for the year

emptydog · December 2023

Tomorrow night I am running with my friend P at 11 pm and then be at the hotel bar by midnight. I may do a mile or so tomorrow during the day just in case that falls through. Looking forward to the new year here.

12/1 - 3 Miles. Field House. 93-day streak
12/2 - 1 Mile. Field House.
12/3 - 2.09 Miles. Lakefront park. Foggy, 39F.
12/4 - 1.23 Miles. Lakefront park. Light rain, 40F.
12/5 - 1 Mile. Field House.
12/6 - 2.72 Miles. Field House.
12/7 - 1 Mile. Field House. 99-day streak
12/8 - 1.09 Miles. Field House. 100-day streak.
12/9 - 3.1 Miles. Christmas 5K. - 16.23/50
12/10 - 1 Mile. Field House. Stiff and sore.
12/11 - 2.72 Miles. Field House.
12/12 - 1 Mile. Field House. Tough.
12/13 - 2.20 Miles. Lakefront park. 31F, Clear.
12/14 - 3 Miles. Field House. 106-day streak.
12/15 - 3.03 Miles. Lakefront park. 51F, Clear.
12/16 - 1.24 Miles. Lakefront park. 40F, Mostly Clear, Calm.
12/17 - 1.16 Miles. Lakefront park. 46F, Windy.
12/18 - 2.0 Miles. Field House. 110-day streak.
12/19 - 1 Mile. Crazy laps. 34.6/50.
12/20 - 2.73 Miles. Field House.
12/21 - 2.81 Miles. Field House.
12/22 - 1.09 Miles. Field House. Busy day.
12/23 - 1.10 Miles. Lakefront park. 39F, Overcast.
12/24 - 1.02 Miles. Lakefront park. and downtown. 41F, Cloudy.
12/25 - 1.24 Miles. Lakefront park. 52F, Nice day. 117-day streak. 44.6/50 Miles.
12/26 - 2.18 Miles. Lakefront park. 43F, breezy.
12/27 - 1 Mile. Crazy Laps. 119-day streak. 47.4 miles of 50.
12/28 - 3.15 Miles. Lakefront park. 47F, Misty Fog. 50.55 miles of 50. Made the month's goal.
12/29 - 1.16 Miles. Lakefront park. 45F Cloudy. Misty rain earlier, but had stopped.
12/30 - 2.66 Miles. Lakefront park. 36F, Damp. 122-day streak.

emptydog · December 2023

@AlphaHowls Great News!

martaindale · December 2023

So glad you're on the mend @AlphaHowls!

Laurz9191 · December 2023

I’m happy for you @AlphaHowls! Great news!

I like your NYE plan @emptydog!

This morning I went on a 7.1km run. I didn’t really have time for it with our visitors here and all, but I needed to buy breakfast bread at the bakery anyways so I ran there (via a large detour) and back (via another large detour and carrying a bag of food) to get a bit of distance in. Tomorrow is sausage race day- and NYE. Have fun everyone!

So far 139.5/160km for December. I am not going to make it to 160 but I want to be within 10kn from my goal

. So my 10k plus warm up/cool down will be plenty.

chris_in_cal · December 2023

project9percent wrote: »

Total 33.63/30

Check that one off. Congratulations!

Scott6255 · December 2023

@AlphaHowls so glad you are feeling better! Now you can go into 2024 strong!
@martaindale very smart decision to cut your run short. I'm sure it is nothing to get alarmed about, but better safe than sorry. Take the next weeks up to your race as a taper and you'll be ready to go!
@emptydog that sounds like a great New Year's Eve plan.

Got in a HM this morning. Perfect weather in the low 50s and very light wind. Ended up being 3rd fastest HM ever. So ending 2023 on a high note

Had a lot of accomplishments in 2023:
Personal Records in HM, 15K, 10K, 10M
Running Distance records: 3 months had over 200 miles, keeping streak of 100+ miles/month alive at 24, 2163 miles for the year
2+ years without injury (this is the most amazing of them all)

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!! See you in 2024

quilteryoyo · December 2023

@SummerSkier I thought that is how the canal worked too. Great speedy run today and love all of the pictures.

Great job on the strides @chris_in_cal .

Nice run @daria0919 .

Great job on surpassing your monthly goal @project9percent . I'm glad you are active with a local running group too. When you say FINAL POST, are you meaning final, final or final for the year? I hope it is the latter. We will miss you if you don't come back. Happy New Year to you too!

YEAH @AlphaHowls ! I'm so glad you are able to be around people again and feeling some better. I hope you get back to normal soon!

Great running and listening to your body @martaindale ! Hopefully it was just because you were running hills today.

Nice run today @emptydog . I hope you get to run as planned tomorrow night.

Great use of your time @Laurz9191 . I don't know how you ran with a bag of groceries though. Good luck on your 10K tomorrow!

quilteryoyo · December 2023

1 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
2 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 7.00 miles - treadmill
3 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
4 Dec - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
5 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill
6 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In SC
7 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
8 Dec - Walked 0.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Wog in FL
9 Dec - Walked 0.00 miles - Ran 10.13 miles - T-Minus 10 miler on Cape Canaveral AFS
10 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - On the beach
11 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - one on the beach and one in SC
12 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway walk after I got home
13 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
14 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - tennis for 2.5 hours
15 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
16 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
17 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
18 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
19 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - treadmill
20 Dec - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
21 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
22 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps after work
23 Dec - Walked 3.20 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - was a slow wun
24 Dec - Walked 1.02 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
25 Dec - Walked 2.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - was a wun
26 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - treadmill
27 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
28 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - treadmill
29 Dec - Walked 1.75 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - treadmill
30 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - treadmill

77.50/80.00 miles goal

I did another treadmill run this morning. It was tough today - my legs just didn't want to work. So, I didn't do the long run that I thought I might. I did do a run/walk at 6 x (3/2 min at 4.6/4.0 mph, 3/2 min at 5.0/4.0 mph, 3/1 min at 5.0/4.0, 1 min at 6.0 mph, than finished at 5.0 mph. Made my avg pace 13:26 min/mile. Avg HR was 127 with a max of 155 bpm. I'm pleased with the time. It did feel a bit better after the first 25 minutes.

I looked back at my year total. In order to make a nice round 80 miles for the month, I'll just need 2.50 miles tomorrow, but, I currently have 1,010.51 miles for the year. So, I think I will try to get in 3.49 miles tomorrow (normally my one mile walk rest day) so that my yearly total will wind up at 1014...even if it makes my monthly total 80.99 miles, which I cringe at. Back in August, I had some bad running math, and wound up with 80.01 miles for the month. Gotta make that up, I guess.

daria0919 · December 2023

SummerSkier wrote: »

AlphaHowls wrote: »

Go ahead, ask me how I feel!
I got to hug my mother today!

Still snotty, but my sleep is better and my heart rate is coming back into the 40's!

LOVE THIS NEWS!!!! Also so smart for you to keep an eye on that heart rate. That always tells me just how healthy my innards truly are.

I totally agree on the heart rate issue! Amazing as to how it creeps up when I’m sick, like with a flu or sinus infection.

shanaber · December 2023

So many accomplishments and great running for everyone this year! You all are terrific!!

@AlphaHowls - Yea for negative test and feeling better!
@SummerSkier and @quilteryoyo - The ships in the Panama Canal are actually lifted using water from a man made fresh water lake that pulls water from the local river, so the drought is limiting the water available to move the ships. This is a pretty good explanation of what is happening.

My treatment this week really knocked me down so I haven't been able to do much of anything. I think I am done for the year and will focus now on kicking off 2024.

I posted in the January thread that I signed up for run the year again. I will be starting out slow as soon as I am able and will then be ramping up. I am not expecting to hit 2024 miles so if anyone else is joining and wants to form a team let me know.

tarun_yadavA · December 2023

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

I'm gonna go for 165 miles

Morning everyone!

Didn't run yday... Or today... So that's me done now.
153 miles for the month and 1408 for the year.

Highlights: Marathon (official one - and practice one !), running abroad (Milwaukee, Montreal, Québec city)...

Lowlights (not really a word) : knee injury in April.... and running abroad (nearly getting hit by a truck in India!)

Anyways... Not run in a couple of days...
I sprained my ankle night before yesterday. Nope - not running, nor anything alcohol related.
Was wearing these tight brown leather shoes on our anniversary night out... Ended up walking a lot in them and while didn't fall over or anything, Just for a second got trapped in stride. Came home - all swollen.

So taking a couple of days off. Elevated - Ice and deep heat; naproxen before bed after dinner..
Maybe take tomorrow off too? Or maybe a smallish / sleasy 5k? Don't know 🤷🏽

@AlphaHowls glad you're -ve and on the mend. And thank you for the dream analysis!

Special Thank yous to @quilteryoyo and @SummerSkier for literally, daily encouragement and checking in on me daily 😊❤️.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A LOVELY NIGHT IF YOU'RE OUT CELEBRATING 🎉🍻🍻🥂.

See you in 2024... (and in some cases - literally! Hoping for an I.R.L meet-up run! 😊 )

emptydog · December 2023

And this wraps up another year. I went to the lake this morning and ran one mile, just in case this 11 pm thing tonight with P falls apart. I doubt it, though. She is very dependable and punctual.

Total miles this year: 630.3
Races: 5k races - 9
Ultra: 1 - An overnight race for 12 hours. 7 pm until 7 am. It was a one-mile loop mostly through the woods.
Other stuff: In early spring I had an aortic heart valve replaced and a pacemaker installed. The running came to a halt and I was afraid to start again. Eventually, I did and all is well with that.

12/1 - 3 Miles. Field House. 93-day streak
12/2 - 1 Mile. Field House.
12/3 - 2.09 Miles. Lakefront park. Foggy, 39F.
12/4 - 1.23 Miles. Lakefront park. Light rain, 40F.
12/5 - 1 Mile. Field House.
12/6 - 2.72 Miles. Field House.
12/7 - 1 Mile. Field House. 99-day streak
12/8 - 1.09 Miles. Field House. 100-day streak.
12/9 - 3.1 Miles. Christmas 5K. - 16.23/50
12/10 - 1 Mile. Field House. Stiff and sore.
12/11 - 2.72 Miles. Field House.
12/12 - 1 Mile. Field House. Tough.
12/13 - 2.20 Miles. Lakefront park. 31F, Clear.
12/14 - 3 Miles. Field House. 106-day streak.
12/15 - 3.03 Miles. Lakefront park. 51F, Clear.
12/16 - 1.24 Miles. Lakefront park. 40F, Mostly Clear, Calm.
12/17 - 1.16 Miles. Lakefront park. 46F, Windy.
12/18 - 2.0 Miles. Field House. 110-day streak.
12/19 - 1 Mile. Crazy laps. 34.6/50.
12/20 - 2.73 Miles. Field House.
12/21 - 2.81 Miles. Field House.
12/22 - 1.09 Miles. Field House. Busy day.
12/23 - 1.10 Miles. Lakefront park. 39F, Overcast.
12/24 - 1.02 Miles. Lakefront park. and downtown. 41F, Cloudy.
12/25 - 1.24 Miles. Lakefront park. 52F, Nice day. 117-day streak. 44.6/50 Miles.
12/26 - 2.18 Miles. Lakefront park. 43F, breezy.
12/27 - 1 Mile. Crazy Laps. 119-day streak. 47.4 miles of 50.
12/28 - 3.15 Miles. Lakefront park. 47F, Misty Fog. 50.55 miles of 50. Made the month's goal.
12/29 - 1.16 Miles. Lakefront park. 45F Cloudy. Misty had rain earlier but had stopped.
12/30 - 2.66 Miles. Lakefront park. 36F, Damp. 122-day streak.
12/31 - 1.16 Miles. Lakefront park. 33F, Cloudy, calm winds.

@2023 Goodbye.

quilteryoyo · December 2023

@shanaber Thanks for the explanation about the canal. I wonder why they didn't fix it so that they could reuse the water somehow. I'm sorry that your last treatment was so hard on you. I hope you start to feel better soon. I'll let you know if I decide to join RTY again. If I do, I would need a team too.

You're welcome @tarun_yadavA . I'm sorry to hear that you sprained your ankle. I hope the heat and ice are all it needs. Please don't go out and run on it too soon. An extra day of rest is better than extra recovery due to making it worse. Of course, I'm sure you will "feel it" if it isn't ready to be run on. You did great this year, esp with the knee injury thrown in there.

@emptydog I didn't know that you had your aortic valve replaced this year. Did they do it as an open heart surgery, or through the artery? I'm asking because I had to have an aortic aneurysm repaired (removed and replaced) in Jan of 2021. It was open heart. The surgeon told me that if my valve wears out, due to being bicuspid instead of tricuspid, that he could do it through the artery somehow. I'm really impressed that you ran that far after being out with the surgery.

emptydog · December 2023

@quilteryoyo They went in through the artery. I had it done at Strong Hospital in Rochester NY. It was quite uneventful and everything went smoothly. I have fallen twice since getting it when racing, once going unconscious and having a concussion, needing eleven stitches in my head, and now having a kind of droopy eyelid and a scar on my forehead. I didn't mention this in my previous post because I felt it was long and unnecessary.

The pacemaker surgery went well, but with that, I can no longer go through metal detectors and can't have one of the metal detecting wands used on me. I have to request that I be patted down if need be. I have an ID card that says that as well as having an 800 number to call if needed. The pacemaker records my heart and I have a box next to my bed that downloads my heart rhythm from the day and at night the box sends it to the doctor. I went for a checkup last month and they had the history of my heart and said all was fine. One more visit this year, and then I only have to go back once each year. The pacemaker is more of a hassle than the valve
replacement.

If you have any questions or I can be of help, just let me know.

emptydog · December 2023

@quilteryoyo They went in through an artery. I had a longer post written and it seems to have disappeared when I posted it. If it doesn't show up in a while, I will retype it. The short answer is that they went in through the artery and I have had no problems with it.

daria0919 · December 2023

shanaber wrote: »

My treatment this week really knocked me down so I haven't been able to do much of anything. I think I am done for the year and will focus now on kicking off 2024.

I posted in the January thread that I signed up for run the year again. I will be starting out slow as soon as I am able and will then be ramping up. I am not expecting to hit 2024 miles so if anyone else is joining and wants to form a team let me know.

@shanaber I’d very much like to team with you for the “run the year 2024.” Please tell me how I can sign up or please post a link for me to sign up with. Thanks!! 😀

@quilteryoyo do please join us 😀

Sorry to hear your treatment wore you out @shanaber. Hopefully you’ll feel better soon. ((Hug))

Teresa502 · December 2023

Dec 2 – 10.10 miles
Dec 3 – 4.01 miles
Dec 5 – 5.01 miles
Dec 7 – 3.07 miles
Dec 8 – 5.68 miles + 2.86 miles
Dec 10 – 4.04 miles
Dec 12 – 0.83 miles
Dec 13 – 5.75 miles
Dec 14 – 5.18 miles
Dec 16 – 5.03 miles
Dec 18 – 9.02 miles
Dec 19 – 6.32 miles
Dec 20 – 5.69 miles
Dec 22 – 5.25 + 3.01 miles
Dec 24 – 4.66 miles
Dec 25 – 10.10 miles
Dec 26 – 6.22 miles
Dec 28 – 5.01 miles
Dec 30 – 6.02 miles
112.86 miles/100 mile goal

I took the second of a 2-shot Shingles vaccine on Thursday evening. I did some yoga on Friday morning and walked 2 miles on the treadmill. As the day progressed, I felt tired and achy all over – that same feeling you get after running a marathon only no shiny medal or banana given out! Yesterday, I felt 100% better, so I finished off the month by running 6 miles. It was cold and a snow/rain mix was falling. My total mileage for the year was 1156.54 miles. Great running everyone – I hope everyone has a safe New Year’s Eve and see you in 2024!

@Laurz9191 – I hope the flood waters have receded. Getting trapped in a vehicle in flood waters is one of my recurring nightmares. I hope that you get to run your sausage race. I recall our lively conversations from last year regarding the “reward” for that race!

@AlphaHowls – Glad you are feeling better and are able to interact with your mom. I’m sure that brings down the stress levels for both of you!

@SummerSkier – I too was confused about the Panama Canal ops when I heard that same thing on the news. Thanks for the additional information @shanaber!

Happy Belated Anniversary @tarun_yadavA but so sorry about your ankle injury.

Congratulations on all your PRs @Scott6255! You worked hard for them – well done!

eleanorhawkins · December 2023

Ugh, life got in the way and I'm 85 posts behind so will just say well done everyone and see you next year!

martaindale · December 2023

Official end of year wrap-up. I'm doing some yard work today but no run today. On full extension of my ankle my Achilles feels ok but my muscles are sore from the sudden introduction of hills after a few months away. Taking a day for active recovery and back to it tomorrow.
I

the Strava year in sport. Really makes you feel like you accomplished something!

project9percent · December 2023

chris_in_cal wrote: »

project9percent wrote: »

Total 33.63/30

Check that one off. Congratulations!

Thank you @chris_in_cal.

@quilteryoyo haha I didnt mean to be cryptic, I meant final as in "woohoo I completed my goal". Thanks for your support.

Laurz9191 · December 2023

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!

Today I ran a New Year’s Eve 10k. It went really well but I am not sure how much faster my time was than last year because they haven’t posted the results yet

. I was very happy with my race though, as I haven’t done speed work in forever. I really felt that all the miles I’ve been doing helped make the race feel easy even when it wasn’t. And, I got my salami

.

Including warm up and cool down I completed 13.6km today bringing my December total to 153.2/160km which I am very happy with.

This year I have run 2137km! Last year when I started up running again it was 857.2km!

I might write up a short race report about the race today but I’ll post tomorrow. It’s party time now

.

martaindale · December 2023

Great job @Laurz9191!!

AlphaHowls · December 2023

12/1 17.5 miles, Crazy Laps! Chilly drizzle = Nope
12/1 4.17 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands (leg) for 22 minutes of this
12/2 19.5 miles, Running Partner E, County Line and back, Foggy, gray
12/3 18.3 miles, County Line and back
12/3 4.18 miles, Crazy Laps!
12/4 17.53 miles
12/5 19.38 miles, Running Partner A for 8 of those, Dense fog
12/6 17.19 miles, Crazy Laps! Cold rain when I woke up
12/7 18.63 miles, Running Partner A for 7 of those
12/8 18.34 miles
12/9 18.18 miles, Running Partner A for 13 of those
12/10 18.37 miles, 2050 days on the run
12/11 17.28 miles, Crazy Laps! 21 F
12/12 6.29 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 bands, 5 lb. weights for 2 miles
12/13 6.23 miles
12/14 15.14 miles, Running Partner A
12/15 18.62 miles
12/16 20.64 miles, Running Partner A & E!
12/16 2.1 miles, B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights
12/17 18.33 miles
12/18 17.16 miles, Crazy Laps!
12/19 18.61 miles, Running Partner A, 19°F 192.51 miles to go
12/20 17.56 miles, 2060 days on the run, 21°F - 33°F
12/21 18.47 miles, tested COVID +, fighting...
12/22 8.59 miles, COVID +
12/23 14.21 miles, Running Partner A, cold, windy rain midway, COVID +
12/24 18.37 miles, County Line and back, COVID +
12/25 19.19 miles, Crazy Laps! so much rain! COVID +
12/26 19.55 miles, Running Partner A, cold, misty, COVID +
12/27 18.4 miles, COVID +
12/28 19.42 miles, Running Partner A, cold, COVID +
12/29 17.62 miles, COVID +
12/30 18.34 miles, 2070 days on the run, Running Partner A & E
12/31 16.47 miles, County Line and around

537.86 running miles for December 2023

2071 days on the run

6013.68 running miles for 2023
421.07 walking miles for 2023
1471.76 cycling miles for 2023

Saucony Cohesion 14 Black 1,057.8 miles - retired
Saucony Grid Cohesion 10 Red 1,053.8 miles - retired

SummerSkier · December 2023

Gosh I hope this is not an unlucky #....

Finally got one of my .25 mile splits under 9 min. Since I spent most of the summer and year trying to keep myself under a 12 min pace that is a huge accomplishment for me. Overall for the year 1555 miles running and 539 intentional walking. For the month 113.3.... lucky 13s. 🤣🤣

SUPER proud of everyone here and hope to see yall on the flip side in January 2024. wow.

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chris_in_cal · January 1

This is it for December, and 2023. It's been a good road. It's nice out today after some drizzling this morning. Now it is time to get ready for NYE. Cheers everyone!

December Running Goal: 14 runs, 50 miles

Dec 1 - 1.66 miles
Dec 3 - 7.36 miles
Dec 6 - 4.25 miles
Dec 8 - 0.75 miles
Dec 10-5.93 miles
Dec 24-0.36 miles
Dec 27-1.8 miles
Dec 29-2.1 miles
Dec 31-2.68 miles

Current: 9 runs, 26.89 miles

quilteryoyo · January 1

@emptydog That's great that they went through the artery and you didn't have any issues. Medicine these days is amazing.

@Teresa502 I'm glad the affects of the vaccine only lasted a day. Congrats on the great mileage for the year!

Fantastic end of year report @martaindale . I hope your muscles are back to normal tomorrow.

Sounds like you had a great race @Laurz9191 ! Love the salami as a prize! Have fun tonight.

That is amazing mileage @AlphaHowls !

Excellent pace @SummerSkier ! That's a huge increase this year. Great mileage too.

Great running this year everyone. You all inspire me with what you do -from getting out there and off of the couch for the first time to @AlphaHowls and everyone in between.

quilteryoyo · January 1

1 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
2 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 7.00 miles - treadmill
3 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
4 Dec - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
5 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill
6 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In SC
7 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
8 Dec - Walked 0.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Wog in FL
9 Dec - Walked 0.00 miles - Ran 10.13 miles - T-Minus 10 miler on Cape Canaveral AFS
10 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - On the beach
11 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - one on the beach and one in SC
12 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway walk after I got home
13 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
14 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - tennis for 2.5 hours
15 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
16 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
17 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
18 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
19 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - treadmill
20 Dec - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
21 Dec - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
22 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps after work
23 Dec - Walked 3.20 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - was a slow wun
24 Dec - Walked 1.02 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
25 Dec - Walked 2.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - was a wun
26 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - treadmill
27 Dec - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
28 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - treadmill
29 Dec - Walked 1.75 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - treadmill
30 Dec - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - treadmill
31 Dec - Walked 1.49 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill

80.99/80.00 miles goal

I did run and walk enough to make my year total an even number. Today, I did my run/walk for 3/2 min at 4.5-4.9/4.0 mph with the finish at 6.0 mph. Avg pace was 13:20 min/mile. Avg HR was 127 with a max of 151 bpm.

I went back to Jan 2023 thread and found my goals for the year. They were:

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!

Here's how I faired:
1) Streak continues. I really need to figure out how many days now.
2) My lowest months were 80.00 miles and the highest was 95 miles - last January
3) My total miles for the year, including every thing was 1083.71 miles. Total of running and fast walking was 1014 miles. That is really something that I didn't think would be possible. My 2022 total for running and fast walking was 759.69 miles!
4) MISS - I was about 10 minutes slower. I'm blaming the heat this year.
5)MISS - I'm almost at exactly the same place I was a year ago. I guess it is a small win that I didn't gain anything.

I hope everyone has a great evening and a happy and healthy 2024!

daria0919 · January 1

Well, I only managed 1.7 miles on our walking pad this evening. Too tired to get any more in for December.

If you’re bored and feel finding out why I’m 2 miles short of my goal this month then read on…..

So, as many of you know, my husband is supporting me in my mileage efforts and he signed up to do the 10K with me. He, of course, used to run much faster than me when we both ran. My “run” pace was his light jog pace back in the day. He also ran a few more marathons than I did. But lower back pain issues have resulted in his having to quit his running in recent years.

Well, one weekend day recently there was a day when we walked 4 miles together. This walk included us going past a Ford dealership. I saw a Mach E in the parking lot and told my husband I thought he should sell his Outback and buy the Mach E. Well, I was mostly kidding, but…

Apparently I put this idea in his head and this past Thursday after work he went to test drive it. That made him even more interested in getting an EV. He also looked online at cars and got to thinking about the Tesla Model Y.

Since he had to work Friday I told him I could test drive one for him. Well, he liked the idea and after I drove it I told him he’d probably like it. It costs a lot less than the Mach E and qualified for the Federal $7500 rebate here in the US, but it had to be purchased by the end of the day December 31st. The closest one available was 3.5 hours drive away in another State.

So, yesterday (Saturday) we drove to see it and planned to buy it. We got down there and no one had told us in advance about how the payment for it works. We weren’t able to pay for it yesterday. 7+ hours of driving total for an unsuccessful car purchase.

So, we drove home very late last night and took care of the financial end of things that were needed, but then also had to drive there again another 3.5 hours today to finish the financial stuff and bring the car home with about a 4 hour drive home due to traffic issues and EV charging time.

Needless to say, my plan to get the last 3.7 miles done between yesterday and today did not happen because of all the driving and time away from home these past two days.

So, my little snowman got to 48 out of the 50 miles I had hoped to cover in December.

And, all this took place because I joined this thread, got my race mojo back and signed up for the 10K.

On a positive note: my Fitbit watch tells me I covered 112.94 miles this December. That’s the most mileage per month during the 2023 year for me. So, 48 of those miles were the “official” walks/runs that I recorded and the other 64.94 miles were miles covered at work, walking the dog, house cleaning, short walking trips that I didn’t record, etc.
I think my December was quite successful as far as miles. 😀

DECEMBER 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

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