NOVEMBER 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

After socializing and lots of food and drink, I rallied at sunset and ran 4.25M at 16'12 out at the lake.

Happy Monday! The artic chill made it to my part of the country today. Saturday when I ran it was 50f and this morning it was 29F with 9 mph winds making it feel like 21F. It really wasn't bad though. I ended up removing my gloves on the last mile (ran 5 miles).

I agree with @tarun_yadavA - kudos to you @chris_in_cal for getting out after a day of indulgence!

Yup, I had a backyard garden party to celebrate a shady deck I built on the back of my house. It was 25° C (77° F).

Ending at 3:00 p.m., then an hour nap, then looking at all the dishes and mess for thirty minutes, I realized it was my usual run time….so I did.

Re: Hills

That's a good story @nossmf

I ran one season of cross-country and "hills" play a role in my one season. I was over confident I would do well on the team, and the story I told myself was I was "good" running hills. The team's first full workout was a full Hills interval workout … I was destroyed and I completed disabused myself of the notion I was 'good' on hills.

The last race of the season I walked the course ahead of time and saw it basically was flat except for one big hill in the middle. I went out fast, hitting that hill I intentionally slowed to a crawl, and was passed by a bunch, and at the top picked it back up and finished the last of it going fast. Thinking and preparing for that hill as something to be respected totally calmed me and changed my mindset, and the last race was my best race of the season….good memories.

What I thought of hill running and then what I actually learned about hill running was the theme of the season for me.

1 Nov - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.60 miles - Driveway and road
2 Nov - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
3 Nov - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill
4 Nov - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill
5 Nov - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
6 Nov - Walked 0.63 miles - Ran 2.47 miles - Driveway - Doubles tennis for 2h25m59m
7 Nov - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway
8 Nov - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 6.00 miles - Driveway and road
9 Nov - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
10 Nov - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill

30.10/80 miles goal

I didn't think I was going to get to run today. I had planned to work at daycare from 7:30 - 4:30, come home to take care of Tippy, do a quick mile walk, and then meet the tennis women for dinner at 6:00. But, is was so cold (wind chill in the teens) and had been snowing on and off all day with possible black ice, I decided to opt out of dinner. So, when I got home, I went down for my planned Fast Finish Run on the treadmill.

Plan called for 5 min in Zone 1, 20 min in Zone 2, and 5 min in Zone 3. I ran these at 4.5, 4.8, and 5.0 mph (walking when necessary to keep my HR in the zone). I actually ran a little over 6 min at 5.0 with no walk and my HR never got above Zone 3.

Avg pace for the run was 13:12 min/mile. Avg HR was 134 with a max of 159 bpm. I was pleased with it, even if it was a bit slow.

Morning all

I got in 5.6M at 10'41

Dilemma Question: go out for my 3 mile walk now at 8AM with feels like temp of 21F or wait until 3:30PM when feels like temp is 39F?

edited: decided I’m going this afternoon

I decided for this afternoon as well @quilteryoyo 🙃! Just too darn cold for walking. Might have been a different decision had it been a fast run, but those days are over.

Nice walks & runs @chris_in_cal, @tarun_yadavA, @Teresa502 (I'd be looking for another pair of gloves to put on!), @nossmf, @quilteryoyo, @kgirlhart, @username301, @daria0919 (too late for me to respond but I will go for a walk in almost anything if the weather isn't supposed to improve),

Used to love hills & the challenge until I screwed up my ankle during the Covid shutdown. Bum ankle for weeks, can't go anywhere. My normal hills became an issue. I normally conquer them by the end of summer. Didn't this year.

Happy 30th to your daughter @TheMrWobbly!

Posting 2 days.

Nov runs (all Treadmill unless otherwise stated):
01/11 - 0km - Rest day
02/11 - 6.47km / 4.02 miles
03/11 - 7.27km / 4.52 miles
04/11 - 6.18km / 3.84 miles - Outside!🤸‍♂️!
05/11 - 0km - Rest day
06/11 - 5.89km / 3.66 miles
07/11 - 0km - Cycling - 26.34km
08/11 - 7.53km / 4.68 miles
09/11 - 5.65km / 3.51 miles
10/11 - 6.53km / 4.06 miles
11/11 - 5.12km / 3.18 miles

Total = 38.99km / 24.23 miles (Goal - 132Km / 82 miles)

The snow flurries continued off/on yesterday until this morning. Apparently my neighbourhood only got about 7-8cm (~3 inches) so only a few hundred car accidents😮.

Last 2 day's runs on the treadmill, I was running along with a trainer apparently around @chris_in_cal's neck of the woods - San Diego.
Yesterday was running through Balboa Park (Past a bunch of museums, through the Cactus Garden & Rose Garden & way too many high incline trails😂) & today running in La Jolla (along the top of the cliffs while watching the paddleboarders & pelicans).

Thank you for the veteren's day wishes. FOr some reason this year "thank you for your service" just seems not quite the right thing I want to say. I dunno why.

41 miles to date out of 100 goal this month with some very unmotivated feelings yesterday and it was chilly but I sliced out a 5K.

I am telling myself to run today. If I don't get myself out the door now when it's just above freezing, I am not going to want to go for run when it's below freezing.

Good morning!

@quilteryoyo Happy Veterans day to you as well, thanks for remembering!

So I went MIA for nearly a month LOL It all started with an update either with MFP or my work computer where I couldn't pass the "are you human" test. It has happened before and it usually resolves…so I am back!

I have halfway fallen off the bandwagon. Between not logging in and catching a obnoxious cold in Oct, to visiting family, our anniversary weekend, the shutdown.. meh. It has been a doozy.

The good news is that my TrainWell app has kept me on track for strength training, so I am on track for that. In fun news one day I was feeling feisty and decided to see if I could even run 1 mile. Turned out I could…at a 12:30 pace, lots of pep talks, step counting…just to the next tree promises…and burning ankles and calves. I have done it a few times but fell off the "run" wagon the last few weeks with work being a complete PITA and with the time change…I have just done my strength and crawled home to couch rot.

I have been thinking a lot on how to better structure my day. I am a morning person…I feel my best at 7am…I have to be at work at 6am…so wondering what I want to prioritze to capitialize on my energy.

Best get to it! 3rd rain storm this fall/winter in central cali…so very odd.

3 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 1.8 mi (jog)
4 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 3.4 mi (jog)
5 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 1.8 mi (jog)
6 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 3.2 mi (incline)
7 Nov … 2.0 mi (jog)
8 Nov … 2.0 mi (jog)
10 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 1.8 mi (jog)
11 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 5.3 mi (jog)
12 Nov … 0.3 mi (work) // 1.8 mi (jog)

Cumulative totals: 5.3 mi (walk) // 19.9 mi (jog)
Cumulative total: 25.2 mi
Monthly goal: 50 mi

Another veteran here, as is my brother, brother-in-law, father, both grandfathers, two uncles, son and daughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, great aunt, and on and on. It's actually easier in my family to identify who is NOT a veteran. But between long work day plus even longer commute on either side, I didn't get to partake in a single veteran's day discount/freebie being offered by the community. Phooey.