FEBRUARY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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3.5 before work. The sky was amazing and the moon was beautiful. That almost dawn pink and orange. My run wasn't great as my body is feeling the weekend mileage but then I never get really comfortable until after 3 miles. It's supposed to be hot today so good thing you got it in early Scott. 90 degrees!!!🥵🥵🔥
Tarun, your streak is VERY impressive. What if you did the whole year? wow.😳😳
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2/1 15.45 miles, Running Partner A, Leggings, coat, heated gloves...
2/2 15.42 miles in SHORTS!
2/3 18.22 miles, 2105 days on the run, Running Partner A & E
2/4 2.1 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights
2/5 15.25 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights x2
2/6 15.66 miles, Running Partner A
2/7 15.33 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights
2/8 15.32 miles, 2110 days on the run, Running Partner A
2/9 15.46 miles
2/10 18.53 miles, Crazy Laps! Thunderstorms, B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights
2/11 6.54 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights
2/12 17.47 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights x3
2/13 15.21 miles, Running Partner A
2/14 15.22 miles
2/15 15.22 miles, Running Partner A
2/16 16.5 miles
2/17 18.29 miles, Running Partner A & E, so cold! 25°F RealFeel® 20°F
2/18 15.18 miles, 2120 days on the run, B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights x1, Crazy Laps! 16°F
2/19 15.32 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 5 lb. weights x1
2/20 15.32 miles, Running Partner A
2/21 15.3 miles
2/22 15.23 miles, Running Partner A
2/23 17.65 miles
2/24 15.45 miles, Running Partner E +1 (Dash) 45 minutes, 11.5 OTR, rest Crazy Laps! NNW winds hurting me, bully!
2/24 4.06 miles, Running Partner A, she wanted motivation, so lace up!
2/25 15.47 miles, Crazy Laps! B3 Bands, 3 lb. weights x2
2/26 15.26 miles
The story.
It started like this...
and then this...
and then it went like this...
The details...Did you know new vehicles do not come with spare tire, jack, wrench...nothing! I did not. A client mentioned it this past week since it happened to him. I did not think to much about it, since mine is 2020. So apparently, a screw went in to my tire and came back out causing it to deflate rapidly on the interstate this morning. Lo and behold, I have no spare, no jack, no wrench....
I made it up the off ramp into a gas station. I had to call a tow truck since I really do not know anyone with skills to help. Tow truck comes, man does not believe me and searches van and he did not find a spare, jack, or wrench. So, van towed to tire place close to where I live. Running partner A saves me and my mother off the road. We make it home, grab my little work truck and off we go to her appointments that we are really late for. Tire place calls and tells me about the screw and that they can patch it, but that every vehicle automatically gets alignment inspection and it was really bad. REWIND: three weeks ago I hit a pot hole from hell. Same pothole running partner A hit and caused major damage to hers. So all that to say, God is good! If not for that screw, I would have continued out of alignment and really messed up the van.
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01.02 6.5km 51min 7:50/km - Goal pace repeats
02.02 6.4km 52min 8:08/km - slow
04.02 6.5km 51min 7:58/km - slow
07.02 6.0km 49min 8:04/km - 15 short intervals
12.02 1.0km 8min 7:44/km - just checking whether running works
13.02 5.4km 43min 8:00/km - 12x stride repeats
14.02 7.2km 59min 8:10/km - slow
21.02 3.0km 24min 8:03/km - slow
23.02 3.0km 24min 7:56/km - slow
25.02 4.0km 33min 8:15/km - slow
26.02 5.5km 45min 8:14/km - slow
54.44km/103km, 37.9km behind
Restarted my 10k running programme. Pollen load is low and running getting better again. Yay, 5.5km. Not fast but still a good run.9 -
@tarun_yadavA I think that means you're wife cares about your health. Do be careful. I gotta tell you, I'm sitting at daycare, watching the kids nap, so when I read pull-up, the picture that came to mind was kids potty training pull ups. I doubt if the wife is "into" those.🤣😜. BTW, I have zero upper body strength, so have never been able to do a pull up either.
@daria0919 Sounds like you have found a great training team. You are doing great.
@chris_in_cal Congratulations to your friend's family. They all did great!
Nice running @SummerSkier and glad your cat is feeling better.
@yirara Glad you are feeling better.
Glad you were able to find your car @ContraryMaryMary . Great use of your time to get your run in.
Sorry your run was tough @Scott6255 . I hope tomorrow is much better.
@AlphaHowls I had heard that, but forgot. I know mine does have a spare. I forget to check the pressure in it though. I'm glad someone saved you and your mom on the interstate and that you got the alignment done. That can cause a lot of damage. I hope your mom's appointments go well.
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@Scott6255 those runs are tough. It’s hard to overcome a mental challenge with running. For me it’s harder than any physical one. I can psych myself out pretty quick. Hopefully next one is better!
Today I got in a run and a long walk. Tomorrow I have a huge exam I have been studying for full time since December. So trying to keep myself out of anxiety by being outside most of the day. Hope everyone has a good start to their week!
2/1 - 4.25
2/2 - 2.0
2/3- 2.5
2/5 - 5.0
2/6 - 1.15
2/7 - 3.2
2/8 - 1
2/10- 3.12
2/11 - 1.12
2/14 - .72
2/15 - 3.10
2/16 - 1.04
2/17 -.97
2/18 - .95
2/19 - 1.0
2/20 - 3.10
2/21 - 3.0
2/22 - 5.17
2/24 - 5.0 (all running!!)
2/25 -3.0
2/26 - 8.25
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Though I figured out how to squeeze in Mon & Wed lunchtime runs a couple of weeks ago, I think today is the first time I've actually done it. Pretty nice. Though the afternoon will feel humid and red-faced.
February Running Goal: 13 runs,40 miles- Feb 2 -2.87 miles
- Feb 4 -3.48 miles
- Feb 9 -1.86 miles
- Feb 11-2.73 miles
- Feb 14-2.01 miles
- Feb 17-3.59 miles
- Feb 19-2.86 miles
- Feb 21-2.02 miles
- Feb 23-3.31 miles
- Feb 25-5.07 miles
- Feb 26-2.13 miles
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It was tough to get out the door today but once I did, it felt great to be at the lake again. Thank you @AlphaHowls for setting up the March thread. I am so glad to see February ending.
2/1 - Neighborhood. 2.91 miles. 39F, cloudy.
2/2 - Neighborhood. 1.26 miles. 34F, cloudy.
2/3 - Neighborhood. 1.33 miles. 36F, sunny.
2/4 - Neighborhood. 1.09 miles. 41F, sunny. Nice day.
2/8 - Field House. 3.09 miles.
2/9 - Lakefront Park. 1.63 miles. 55F, Sunny, almost calm winds.
2/12 - Field House. 3.0 miles. Ugly.
2/15 - Field House. 1.09 miles.
2/21 - Field House. 1.09 miles.
2/22 - Garage to home. 3.91 miles. 36F cloudy
2/23 - Neighborhood. 2.72 miles. 49F, Sunny.
2/24 - Lakefront Park. 4.79 miles. 49F, Sunny.9 -
2024 is my comeback year. I had a good January completing a daily mileage challenge and coming into February with good momentum. My February goal is to run a total of 85 miles.
2/3 - 3 miles
2/4 - 6 miles
2/6 - 2.55 miles
2/7 - 3.61 miles
2/8 ‐ 3.08 miles
2/10 - 8.02 miles
2/12 - skipped planned run
2/13 - 2.55 miles hill repeats + strength training (at home)
2/14 - strength training w/ personal trainer
2/15 - VERY sore from two days of strength training - skipped planned run
2/16 - 3.86 miles - long interval run
2/17 - 10.61 miles - long run
2/18 - rest day
2/19 - skipped run
2/20 - skipped run
2/21 - rest day / should have made up skipped run, but didn’t
2/22 - 3.51 miles
2/23 -skipped urn
2/24 - 8.03 miles
2/25 - Rest Day
2/26 - 3.35 miles - progressive pace run
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58.19 miles
26.81 miles to go
Felt good this morning and took advantage of it with a 3.5 mile progressive pace run. Hoping to get miles in over the next 3 days to reduce the deficit to my goal - which I now have no hope of making. Will likely come in 19ish miles shy of my goal - will have to increase my goal over the next few months to make up for my loss.
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Nice run and good luck on your exam tomorrow @codygirlfriday .
Great running everyone.
Thanks for setting up the March thread @AlphaHowls !4 -
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
6 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
7 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Funeral later
8 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
9 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
10 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway and treadmill
11 Feb - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
12 Feb - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
13 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
14 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
15 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - colonoscopy and endoscopy earlier
16 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
17 Feb - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
18 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - played doubles tennis for 1h41m
19 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
20 Feb - Walked 3.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
21 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
22 Feb - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
23 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
24 Feb - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
25 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
26 Feb - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
44.00/85.00 miles
Didn't post my walk yesterday. It was one mile on the treadmill between church and going to visit my niece and her family in their new house. We had a really nice visit with them
Today, I worked at daycare all day - 7:45 - 4:45, two year old class. They were so good today. The full moon Friday really did affect them. It was like night and day from then to today. Monday's are usually tough days since they've been home for 2 days and don't want to leave mom and dad.
When I got home, it was so nice out at 71F (21.7C) that I had to do driveway laps for my workout. I did a wun that ended up with a 15:04 min/mile pace. I felt I went faster, but just glad I got in 3 miles today.11 -
Good morning everyone! ☺️
Got in 5M (at 09"48).
@SummerSkier Ha! You're funny.
Haven't even made it to the 2M mark ... And you're talking about the whole year already!
( @AlphaHowls probably sitting there reading "2 months?","that's cute" and eye rolling away! LOL. Joke!
But serious new found appreciation for how hard this is commitment wise!)
@quilteryoyo haha! No, wife doesn't wear pull-up diapers! 😂
What's the 'translated to American' for a pull-up? Chin up??
PS: don't really say diaper here either. "Nappy"8 -
Good morning!
Nice and easy run this morning. Nothing eventful, still cold at a little above freezing, which meant hard dirt and no mud
. I ran 10.3km. Tomorrow I want to get some longer speed work in.
258.3/200km for February. Aiming to reach 280.10 -
1 on walking pad yesterday.
3 this morning outside per training schedule.
16:34 pace
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Urg. That was tough. A real struggle run this morning, which was disappointing given yesterday was a rest day. It’s mostly hormonal but my right hamstring is also a bit niggly. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow. Might do it one more light run or have another rest day.10
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No running yet, but might try a short one tomorrow. My husband and I went to a Pilates class earlier today then I did a 30ish minute walk on my treadmill through a rainforest in Australia. Overall I'm feeling pretty good. Back to work tomorrow but luckily it's a short week.8
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2024 is my comeback year. I had a good January completing a daily mileage challenge and coming into February with good momentum. My February goal is to run a total of 85 miles.
2/3 - 3 miles
2/4 - 6 miles
2/6 - 2.55 miles
2/7 - 3.61 miles
2/8 ‐ 3.08 miles
2/10 - 8.02 miles
2/12 - skipped planned run
2/13 - 2.55 miles hill repeats + strength training (at home)
2/14 - strength training w/ personal trainer
2/15 - VERY sore from two days of strength training - skipped planned run
2/16 - 3.86 miles - long interval run
2/17 - 10.61 miles - long run
2/18 - rest day
2/19 - skipped run
2/20 - skipped run
2/21 - rest day / should have made up skipped run, but didn’t
2/22 - 3.51 miles
2/23 -skipped urn
2/24 - 8.03 miles
2/25 - Rest Day
2/26 - 3.35 miles - progressive pace run
2/27 - 2.83 miles - easy run
61.02 miles
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23.98 miles to go
Enjoyed the strangely warm weather we are getting. It was 58 degrees F at 5:30 this morning - in Michigan - in February. It is supposed to be snowing tomorrow morning. Seriously, we have a Winter Weather Advisory warning us about snow and ice starting at 4 am. Glad I got the chance to run without all my winter gear - but it will be back to it all again tomorrow.
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@tarun_yadavA I have heard both Pull up and chin up. I knew about "nappy" but had forgotten. Great run.
You're doing great sticking to the plan @daria0919 .
I hope your hamstring is okay @ContraryMaryMary . Taking it easy another day is probably smart.
The weather is crazy this year @Leigh_b . We were 68 today and the mountains have a winter storm warning here too, for tonight and tomorrow.
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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
6 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
7 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Funeral later
8 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
9 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
10 Feb - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway and treadmill
11 Feb - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
12 Feb - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
13 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
14 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
15 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - colonoscopy and endoscopy earlier
16 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
17 Feb - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
18 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - played doubles tennis for 1h41m
19 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
20 Feb - Walked 3.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
21 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps
22 Feb - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
23 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
24 Feb - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
25 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
26 Feb - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun
27 Feb - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - driveway laps - intervals
46.00/85.00 miles
Did 2 miles on the driveway after work today. I walked 0.35 mile, ran/walked 2 x 0.30/0.15 miles, ran 0.4 miles and walked to get a total of 2 miles. It was harder than I thought it should have been. My avg pace for the runs was 11:50 min/mile. Avg HR was 133 with a max of 154 bpm.8 -
'pull ups' your hands face away from you gripping. 'Chin ups' your hands face toward you. 🤣🤣
I am a road runner. i have no ACLs so I don't lift my knees very well and tend to stumble too much on uneven ground. Kind of why I don't like hiking in the woods much either. Well - that's probably because I might have done too much of it in the military. too. that and 'camping'.
Decided to go for it and try to avg 5 mile/day in Feb. A bit of a stretch but adding a mile or two on a second easy jog either at lunch or after work vs doing a walk helps. It had been overly warm here the past week but about to change tomorrow as March roars in like a lion I think.🦁🦁
Thanks for creating our March challenge @alphahowls ✅
@quilteryoyo your streak continues and even if you had a challenging month you still did SOMETHING every day. well done!
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