FEBRUARY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

shanaber · February 4

@chris_in_cal - awesome that you had blue skies and nice temps! Cloudy, windy and chilly up this way. We did have rain overnight but none this morning. Supposed to start around 3pm and rain for 3-4 days...

kgirlhart · February 4

February Goal: 130 Miles

2/1: 6.02 miles
2/2: 3.25 miles
2/4: 11.11 miles

20.38/130 miles completed for February

It was chillier than I expected this morning and overcast. I was worried that the run would suck, but it was actually a pretty good run and I ran11 miles. I wore shorts and a t-shirt with sleeves and some fingerless compression gloves. I was dressed just right. I did take the sleeves off about 7 miles into the run, but I was definitely glad I started out in them.

kgirlhart · February 4

Thanks for sharing the article on Matt Fitzgerald @shanaber. I had no idea he had long covid

quilteryoyo · February 5

1 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill intervals
2 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
3 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
4 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun

7.00/85.00 miles

I went out for a driveway wun (very little running again) this afternoon. My HR was a little higher than normal, but much better than yesterday. I did 2 miles in 30:06 min. Avg Hr was 126 with a max of 140 bpm. The max was about 7 min into the wun and then it settled down.

I think a lot of the HR could be because of my sleeping, or lack there of. On Friday night, my Garmin sleep score was only 37, partly because my avg stress overnight was 32. Last night, my sleep score was 64 with an avg stress of 18. I'm going to pay more attention to all of that, just to see if it does correlate. It sure did this weekend.

quilteryoyo · February 5

Thank you @SummerSkier . I'm glad you are enjoying your work again.

You are getting so fast @Scott6255 !

@polskagirl01 Love the Guinea pig pictures/info.

Thanks @daria0919 . Love that you had a nice walk with your husband.

You are doing great @shanaber . It really sounds like you are enjoying your runs/walks. I hope you aren't affected by all the rains out there. You either @chris_in_cal . The news looked bad today.

Welcome @PrestonHaywood . You have found a wonderfully supportive group here. I use a Garmin watch.

Thank you @Laurz9191 . Love the shoe porn. Great running.

Thanks @Teresa502 . You are doing great getting ready for your race. I know what it is like to have life get in the way, but it is what it is.

@polskagirl01 I am still inspired by all you do get accomplished. I tend to be like your early teenagers and keep putting stuff off. I am a horrible procrastinator. I try, but I often fail too.

It is sad about the accident.

Thanks @emmamcgarity . Sounds like you have a great plan for getting back into running and glad it felt good today.

Glad you had a nice run @yirara . I hope your lungs get better and you don't have to continue using steroids.

Glad you had such a great run @kgirlhart .

@chris_in_cal I'm glad you had good weather today. I hope the rain they are calling for stays away, but I saw where some of CA got high winds and rains.

tarun_yadavA · February 5

Morning all
Got in 4.36M(7K) at 09'30

@Teresa502 well done on those series of 5Ks

Laurz9191 · February 5

Hello everyone,

We have high winds expected all week (fun fun), so I figured it didn't matter which day I decided to try to run a speedy(ier) workout. I opted to get it done today. The first half was fine (tailwind), the second half was interesting. There was such a cross wind that I felt that I was running in slow motion and trying not to veer off to the left. In between gusts I was able to increase the speed a bit. In any case, I wasn't blown away and ran 10.3km to start off the week.

30.6/200km for February.

eleanorhawkins · February 5

Wow, I'm so far behind it's crazy. Tried to speed read but so tired most isn't registering. Having said that, @quilteryoyo so sorry to hear about Gary.

I ran my Backyard ultra on Saturday. It wasn't my day but I learned a lot and decided to stop at 7 loops rather than risk wearing myself out or ending up injured. Pro-tip everyone probably knows but I forgot... don't eat a tonne of roast veggies and chickpeas the day before a race. My watch claims I did 51km but it was really only 47 - 150 people inside a sports hall once an hour upset all our watches.
We still won a prize though, so that was cool.

Mari33a · February 5

@quilteryoyo - Sorry for your loss.

Teresa502 · February 5

I ran 5 miles this morning with a friend. The temp wasn't bad at 34F.

Congratulations on your backyard ultra @eleanorhawkins! The real question - would you do it again (minus the roasted veggies and chickpeas the day prior)?

@polksagirl01 - I too am enjoying the adventures of the guinea pigs. So tragic about the man who drowned. What a horrifying way to go.

Welcome @PrestonHaywood! I also use a Garmin watch to track my running and walking activities.

yirara · February 5

No running today. It's storming again. Like crazy. And I just realized I should have parked my car in the yard and not on the street underneath a tree. Though.. give the state of the roof here the street might be the better choice.

polskagirl01 · February 5

eleanorhawkins wrote: »

Wow, I'm so far behind it's crazy. Tried to speed read but so tired most isn't registering. Having said that, @quilteryoyo so sorry to hear about Gary.

I ran my Backyard ultra on Saturday. It wasn't my day but I learned a lot and decided to stop at 7 loops rather than risk wearing myself out or ending up injured. Pro-tip everyone probably knows but I forgot... don't eat a tonne of roast veggies and chickpeas the day before a race. My watch claims I did 51km but it was really only 47 - 150 people inside a sports hall once an hour upset all our watches.
We still won a prize though, so that was cool.

Great job being smart and stopping when you needed to! That's still a whole lotta km 😉

polskagirl01 · February 5

Cleaning with kids went better today. We finished the list. I made tacos [yummy!] and completed grocery shopping (with a pre-teen helper) without thinking I'd fall over. Something has given me slight DOMS in my arms 😆. Healthier eating continues, and the scale finally started a slow downward trend, but the plan is to attempt making macarons tomorrow with daughter, so we'll see if it continues, haha. I'm thinking slow and with occasional higher calorie days sprinkled in is a good thing.

AlphaHowls · February 5

Sometimes you have to laugh!

ContraryMaryMary · February 6

Love it @AlphaHowls, so me. I was doing this juggle in my head today to see if I should enter a half for next weekend.

Back out into the forest for another 12k. Pace and heart rate matched the same run in November (was a bit faster in December) so can confirm I’m fully recovered.

Was a stunning morning to be out - beautifully sunny but a smidge cooler than usual. Probably early 20s (sorry, no idea what that is in Fahrenheit) and not the usual humidity, although that’s all changed now and it’s sweltering - they’re predicting we’ll hit 30 today. Glad to have finished by 10:30am.

quilteryoyo · February 6

1 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill intervals
2 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
3 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
4 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
5 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun

9.00/85.00 miles

Today was a busy day. I had a dermatology appointment where they froze off a little bitty spot on my nose, not cancer. Then mom and I ran a bunch of errands, including paying our land taxes, before going to the funeral home to make arrangements for Gary. Most were made already, but you still have to do the obit, decide times, etc. Took us about an hour.

After I got home, I made a couple of needed phone calls and then went out for a 2 mile wun on the driveway. My HR was closer to normal today. It didn't reach 120 bpm until about 8 min in and was only above 135 bpm for about 2 min during the last running I did. Avg HR was 126 with a max of 140 bpm. My avg pace was 14:36 min/mile, so faster than yesterday with better HR. My sleep score was 68 even though my sleep stress was pretty high at 23. Still not too bad overall.

quilteryoyo · February 6

@Laurz9191 That sounds like a tough run. I'm sure that wind added to your workout and made you stronger - sort of like running hills.

Thanks @eleanorhawkins . It looks like you made sound decisions. You don't want to be injured for sure. Glad you won a prize.

Thanks @Mari33a .

Nice running @Teresa502 . It was very nice weather today.

I hope you don't get any damage from the storms @yirara . It's hard to know where "safe" is when you have bad weather.

Glad you and the kids got the list completed today @polskagirl01 . And you weren't totally worn out. That is the BEST news.

@AlphaHowls

Yeah for being completely recovered @ContraryMaryMary ! Glad you had a beautiful day for a run.

Another great run @tarun_yadavA . How long are you planning to keep the streak going?

chris_in_cal · February 6

quilteryoyo wrote: »

I had a dermatology appointment where they froze off a little bitty spot on my nose, not cancer.

I wasn't so lucky, last week pathology identified a basal cell on my shoulder, I am going in to get it excised and stitched up on Wednesday.

kgirlhart · February 6

February Goal: 130 Miles

2/1: 6.02 miles
2/2: 3.25 miles
2/4: 11.11 miles
2/5: 3.12 miles

23.50/130 miles completed for February

A few months ago I decided to add a 5th day of running and run one shorter run per week. I can't decide if I want that day to be Monday or Friday. Sometimes I let the weather decide for me. It was nice this morning and there is a chance of rain later in the week, so I ran a 5K today. It was a great run. I had negative splits and ran a little faster than my usual easy run pace. We probably won't get rain later in the week, but it was still a good way to start the week.

tarun_yadavA · February 6

Morning all.
Got in 4.52 (at 09"29).

@quilteryoyo hi! Thank you! How are you doing?

Ummmm... On 37. Aiming for 50.
Feel ok so far 🤞🏽🙏🏽

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