JANUARY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

yirara · January 14

01.01 6°C 3.2km 27min 8:20/km 8 stride repeats
03.01 9°C 4.6km 40min 8:41/km slow
04.01 3°C 5.1km 43min 8:25/km slow-ish
05.01 7°C 2.1km 17min 8:03/km fast
07.01 -2°C 4.2km 34min 8:12/km 1min intervals x 9
08.01 -4°C 5.4km 45min 8:18/km slow run
09.03 -7°C 5.0km 40min 8:04/km taget pace intervals
10.03 -6°C 3.0km 24min 7:57/km
12.03 1°C 5.5km 45min 8:14/km slow run
14.03 2°C 5.0km 40min 8:05/km progression run

43.05km/80.5km

Well, today was a mild failed run of sorts. The plan was: 5min warmup, 30min slow, 10min fast, 5min cooldown. I somehow pressed the lap button after 20 minutes and ended up in the fast run all of a sudden. I was still fit, but not yet warmed up. I still managed to run the fastest 10mins in ages

Not unhappy.
Yesterday I visited a new corner of my local mini mountain range and looked at some lovely sandstone stacks. Had a lovely day with about 2hrs of wonderfully sunny, yet cold weather and did a nice walk.

quilteryoyo · January 14

You're over half way to your goal @Mari33a . You're doing great despite the weather. I think a lot of us are going to be inside for the next week or so.

@martaindale Congratulations on your PR! You did awesome. I'm so impressed that you did so well after the fall. The post race party sounds like fun.

Technology! SMH @yirara . You did great and the hike sounds like a lot of fun.

shanaber · January 14

@tarun_yadavA - I hope your son will realize it does get easier the more he does it!
I love fried chicken but only have it once in a while from a 'southern' take out place here called Gus's World famous fried chicken. Like you, if I go to a sit-down restaurant, depending on the restaurant I want a steak.
@martaindale - great job on the HM and the 4 minute PR. I am sorry you fell hard and I hope you aren't too sore later. I suspect without that fall you may have hit that 2 hr mark. Next time! The after party/food sounds amazing and fun!
@chris_in_cal - enjoy your vacation in Mexico! Maybe try having a nonalcoholic drink on the rooftop pool bar. I understand that is a big thing right now.

Scott6255 · January 14

Congrats on your PR @martaindale! You showed your toughness by achieving that despite a bad fall 💪 Hope it heals quickly. After party sounds great.

AlphaHowls · January 14

@martaindale Congratulations! This is the win to me!

I was able to rally and get back on pace and finish strong

AlphaHowls · January 14

1/1 26.88 miles, County Line and Beyond!
1/2 15.4 miles, Running Partner A
1/3 16.58 miles 22°F - 26°F
1/4 15.33 miles, 2075 days on the run, Real Feel 18°F, Running Partner A
1/5 15.16 miles
1/6 18.57 miles, Crazy Laps! Cold drizzle = not friends
1/7 15.67 miles
1/8 15.56 miles, Running Partner A
1/9 15.22 miles, 2080 days on the run, Crazy Laps!
1/10 3.29 miles, Crazy Laps! I am alright, just weary, Cold weather moodiness
1/11 13.38 miles, Running Partner A
1/12 14.93 miles, Crazy Laps! Thunderstorms, Wind Advisory, IBS issues
1/13 15.17 miles, Running Partner A, COLD! and the wind!
1/14 13.56 miles, 2085 days on the run, Crazy Laps! 17°F N.O.P.E.

SummerSkier · January 14

Too cold and nasty here to run. Maybe take a few days break since it's been a long time and probably not since I have been injured.

What a super race @martaindale So sorry about the fall and skinned knees and palm tho. dangit. You were definitely flying. I was wondering how you were going to pace the race. Sometimes if I go out fast I end up with PBs and am able to maintain it. Other times I run out of steam and end up with positive splits. Glad the weather was perfect!!!!!

I guess I could have run yesterday but even tho the temps seemed warm enough I just felt chilled everytime I went out so I just kept prepping for the cold the next few days and did a few walks.

quilteryoyo · January 14

I'm with you @AlphaHowls . That's just too cold for outdoor running.

Enjoy your time off running @SummerSkier !

I hope everyone being affected by the storms/snow/cold stay warm and safe. It's supposed to hit here tonight and we may get 4 - 6 inches of snow. I know that's not a lot for a lot of you, but it's a lot for E. TN.

quilteryoyo · January 15

Jan 1 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 2 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 3 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 4 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 5 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 6 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 7 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 8 - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 9 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 10 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 11 - Walked 4.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - actually a slow wog
Jan 12 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jun 13 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jun 14 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill

30.10/85.00 mile goal

My neighbor that helps mow mom's lawn, William, made lunch for mom and I today, so I didn't have time to walk before eating. So, what do you do when you get home with a full stomach and it's cold outside? You cuddle up on the couch and take a nap, of course.

After I got up, the delicious lunch was still sitting a little heavy on my stomach, so I decided to not run again today, but did do a 1.50 mile walk on the treadmill at 3.8 mph.

chris_in_cal · January 15

"martaindale wrote:

My official time is 2:01:56, a 4 minute PR!

That's some gritty running, congratulations on a big PR.

Dang, you have almost as many freckles as I have.

daria0919 · January 15

Congratulations once again Sarah!

Love the photo of your son @tarun_yadavA! 😂😂

tarun_yadavA · January 15

Morning everyone!

Got in 4M (at 09"26).

@shanaber @quilteryoyo @daria0919 thank you ladies! 😊

@martaindale champion for getting back up and finishing so strongly!!

@Teresa502 nice! Key West is nice!
Glad to be back home?

Laurz9191 · January 15

@martaindale Awesome job getting negative splits in your race! That is always the strategy I aim to do, but then I start out too fast. Also, that is tough having to pick yourself up right away after a fall like that and get back on pace. You have matching injuries to my fall last week - hand and knees

. I hope your post-race recovery is going well.

@tarun_yadavA Good job running with your son. I hope he enjoyed it afterwards!

I planned to go on a run yesterday and even spent most of the day wearing my running clothes, but I was in a resting state of inertia (yeah, lame excuse- I know). Anyhow, today I went running outside even though it was snowing and windy my whole run. The temperature was right around freezing which was fine, but I don't particularly enjoy snow in the face. I ran 9.2 km. So far I have 88.5/200km for January.

polskagirl01 · January 15

yirara wrote: »

shanaber wrote: »

@yirara - Can you post a link to the Dutch study? I would be interested in reading it and @polskagirl01 might be interested too?

Here the part on long covid: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44432-3
The rest, what seems to promote long covid was only said in an interview on tv. The research there is still on-going. I do wonder whether there are actual crossovers with chronic fatique syndrome and similar considering that exercising also makes it worse. Also, future treatment, should it be found might also be interested for people with inborn mitochondrial impairment (that might be me).

I'm really behind on following this thread, but thanks for thinking of me. And you're definitely not alone in wondering about the crossovers from ME/CFS (chronic fatigue). There's a lot of research being done to understand long covid, but the "answers" may take a bit longer. For me personally, I didn't exercise for several weeks during my initial infection, and I was very intentional about returning slowly to activity... but looking back, something just wasn't right with me from the beginning. It seems clear in the research as well, that exercise definitely makes it worse. But some people just seem predisposed to developing long covid, and many of them fit the profile of people in this group (active females around ages 30-50ish). Even more reason to take this seriously and be extra careful!

On the other hand, if you have healthy mitochondria, no long covid, and want to get healthy or are going through treatments like @shanaber, reasonable exercise is probably one of the best things you can do. So get out there and enjoy it!

@quilteryoyo I've seen vaccines for tick-born illnesses also available here in Poland, being recommended for people who are at higher risk (people working in the forest, etc).

Icy weather running - I agree with screw shoes or those grippy things you can strap on to shoes you already have. I can't remember what all of those things are called, but there's a variety out there.

Congrats @martaindale ! I can feel the ouch through your photos though - feel better soon!

As for me, it's the same old same old...
We did have a lovely cold snap, although it seems to be over now. I got some cool pictures on a walk. I also wore a buff and probably shifty eyes 🙂, but then of course stripped down to a bikini afterwards and got in my ice-tub 😆 I had so much ice that I had to use a hatchet to break it up, and actually threw a bunch of ice out, which lowered my water level but made room for me to fit in the tub... now I've put the big chunks of ice back in, so they'll melt and bring my water back up.

quilteryoyo · January 15

Jan 1 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 2 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 3 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 4 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 5 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 6 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 7 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 8 - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 9 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 10 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 11 - Walked 4.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - actually a slow wog
Jan 12 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 13 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 14 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
Jan 15 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - treadmill - Speed Play

34.10/85.00 mile goal

I decided to do a Speed Play Run today. I did half a mile walk for warm up and a mile walk for cool down at 3.8 mph. The run was 5 min at 4.2 mph, 5 min at 4.5 mph, 4 x (2/2 min at 6.0/4.0 mph), 6:20 min at 4.2 mph. It wasn't too bad. I'm not sure that I could have run much further at a time at 6.0 mph. I ran 2.50 miles at an avg pace of 12:56 min/mile. Avg HR was 139 with a max of 161 bpm.

This morning, William and I went down and helped mom get some extra wood on her porch in case she needs it this week. While I was wrapped up, Tippy and I took a stroll in the neighbor's field to enjoy the snow. If it starts snowing again, I may take another stroll. Right now, we have about 1.5 inches of snow and the temp is 35F (1.7C). It's supposed to get down to 21F (-6.1C) tonight and high of 25F (-3.9C) tomorrow with -1F (-18.3C) on Wed morning! We're not used to temps that low around here.

Tippy on our walk this morning.

quilteryoyo · January 15

Nice running @tarun_yadavA . Is it still icy and cold?

Great running @Laurz9191 !

@polskagirl01 I can't even think about jumping in a tub of water that I have to cut the ice out of first! Burrrr. The picture from your walk is stunning.

AlphaHowls · January 15

1/1 26.88 miles, County Line and Beyond!
1/2 15.4 miles, Running Partner A
1/3 16.58 miles 22°F - 26°F
1/4 15.33 miles, 2075 days on the run, Real Feel 18°F, Running Partner A
1/5 15.16 miles
1/6 18.57 miles, Crazy Laps! Cold drizzle = not friends
1/7 15.67 miles
1/8 15.56 miles, Running Partner A
1/9 15.22 miles, 2080 days on the run, Crazy Laps!
1/10 3.29 miles, Crazy Laps! I am alright, just weary, Cold weather moodiness
1/11 13.38 miles, Running Partner A
1/12 14.93 miles, Crazy Laps! Thunderstorms, Wind Advisory, IBS issues
1/13 15.17 miles, Running Partner A, COLD! and the wind!
1/14 13.56 miles, 2085 days on the run, Crazy Laps! 17°F N.O.P.E.
1/15 15.49 miles, Crazy Laps! 9°F, snow

There are those that love this...I am not one of them...

To me, only looks good on postcards, calendars, and TV

Scott6255 · January 15

Lots of folks under snow/ice today, me included. Hope everyone stays safe and warm.
Got in 6 TM miles after doing some work from home.

elizury · January 16

Today it was -28 with the windshield. Agree with @Laurz9191 , sometimes you just have to go inside. Got to listen to a podcast while wunning and did some weights. Did go outside with the dog on Friday at 10 degrees. Was dressed well for it. All you could see were my eyes. I scared the dog at first. Enjoyed the run. Sun was out at least.

Question-does anyone have aching in their legs at night after a run and if so, is there a way to prevent it?

chris_in_cal · January 16

I have to leave Mexico tomorrow. It is definitely now on my list, I'm coming back to Cabo San Lucas. I wouldn't want to be here in summer, but clear, warm, sunny, 77 degree (25 C) winter days are a nice way to take a break.

January Running Goal: 13 runs, 50 miles

Jan 3 - 1.2 miles
Jan 6 - 1.06 miles
Jan 8 - 1.15 miles
Jan 11-2.48 miles
Jan 13-2.48 miles
Jan 15-1.78 miles

Current: 6 runs, 10.15 miles[/quote]

tarun_yadavA · January 16

Saw this scrolling on FB this morning...

TN ladies @quilteryoyo @AlphaHowls @Teresa502 ... Is that what it's like you for you guys right now??

Looks pretty! Not sure id enjoy running in it!

@quilteryoyo - to answer your question... Nothing like that spoiler photo! It's cold here. Minus in C (so I'm gonna say 20s F for you). Bitterly cold wind (double as I'm near the river and seems to pick up added wind chill) with ice/black ice on roads/pavements. No snow tho

tarun_yadavA · January 16

chris_in_cal wrote: »

I have to leave Mexico tomorrow. It is definitely now on my list, I'm coming back to Cabo San Lucas. I wouldn't want to be here in summer, but clear, warm, sunny, 77 degree (25 C) winter days are a nice way to take a break.

January Running Goal: 13 runs, 50 miles
Jan 3 - 1.2 miles

Jan 6 - 1.06 miles

Jan 8 - 1.15 miles

Jan 11-2.48 miles

Jan 13-2.48 miles

Jan 15-1.78 miles

Current: 6 runs, 10.15 miles

[/quote]

@chris_in_cal glad you loved Mexico! I love that country!

Did you do any watersports? /Did you venture out at all - street food tacos etc?

tarun_yadavA · January 16

Morning all.
5.1 miles at 09"42 pace

SummerSkier · January 16

It's the 16th of Jan and it's 16 degrees with a nasty north wind blowing. Big NOPE for me this morning. It's going to be a struggle going in to the office too but supposed to warm up to almost 30 later today and maybe the wind will die down for another effort. I went out yesterday afternoon for a 1 miler at about 25 deg and honestly altho I tried to convince myself to go further my face was cold and my feet were cold. I had double leggings on (one corduroy) and mulptiple layers and a scarf and hat but my ears were numb after just 10 minutes. I used to go to school in upstate NY so I do know about running in the cold but I think the 40 plus years have made me a little smarter. LOL. If there had been real snow it migh have been warmer and more fun.

quilteryoyo · January 16

@AlphaHowls I love the snow as long as I don't have places I need to be. To me, it makes the harsh winter look not quite so harsh.

Great treadmill work @scott6255.

Great workout @elizury !

Glad you enjoyed Cabo @chris_in_cal ! I hope you had safe travels home.

@tarun_yadavA Something like that, but it is way to cold to get out and sled today. My temp is 18F (-7.77C Seems to be a number that pops up a lot for you.

) and dropping. When I was young, I did enjoy sledding though. Nice running.

@SummerSkier Yep. I wouldn't run in that either. We're colder than you today. I'm dreading get out and walking to the mailbox later.

chris_in_cal · January 16

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

Did you do any watersports?

I swam in the ocean a couple time. No surfing or sailing, which I love doing, but I kept this simple.

I got a sunrise swim in today and here's where I had pancakes afterward.

Teresa502 · January 16

Yesterday, it snowed off and on all day. After I did my strength workout, I went outside and ran 3 miles. My road had about an inch of snow on it so it was slippery going but the temp was 26F and I was plenty warm. This morning we have 6 inches of snow and the temp was 16F with a feel like of 13F and it’s only going downhill from there. After my workout with weights, I managed 3 slow miles on the tread mill. @tarun_yadavA – I am not happy to come back to this weather!! I should have found an Airbnb in Florida and worked from there!

My husband put some food out for the deer. I wish I had thought to get some bird food for the feeder.

Congratulations on that PR @martaindale! But ouch on that fall. Pretty medal and the after-party sounds like a fun event.

@polskagirl01 – You are one tough cookie! No way would I voluntarily get into an ice bath!

Oh @chris_in_cal – what a lovely breakfast view! Glad you had a nice vacation.

yirara · January 16

01.01 6°C 3.2km 27min 8:20/km 8 stride repeats
03.01 9°C 4.6km 40min 8:41/km slow
04.01 3°C 5.1km 43min 8:25/km slow-ish
05.01 7°C 2.1km 17min 8:03/km fast
07.01 -2°C 4.2km 34min 8:12/km 1min intervals x 9
08.01 -4°C 5.4km 45min 8:18/km slow run
09.01 -7°C 5.0km 40min 8:04/km target pace intervals
10.01 -6°C 3.0km 24min 7:57/km
12.01 1°C 5.5km 45min 8:14/km slow run
14.01 2°C 5.0km 40min 8:05/km progression run
16.01 0°C 3.9km 31min 7:58/km 10 stride repeats

46.94km/80.5km

Oh noes! I should have run 100m more to get to the fastest 4k in ages!!! 😡😅 Had a very nice run though. No complaints.

Laurz9191 · January 16

Hi everyone! Because of snow over here in Germany as well, I opted for an hour on the treadmill today. There is supposed to be more snowfall tonight and I am planning a snow run tomorrow

. The snow should melt fairly quickly, so I want to try to get at least one more cold but petty winter wonderland run in. I ran 9.5km bringing my monthly total to 97.9/200km.

martaindale · January 16

elizury wrote: »

Question-does anyone have aching in their legs at night after a run and if so, is there a way to prevent it?

Is it a general fatigue/achiness or a specific area that tends to bother you?

I'm glad to have some rest days during this arctic blast. The timing worked out well for me. My knee isn't as bad as it was last time so it should heal up more quickly. Otherwise it's mostly a lot of bruises.

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