Get Out and Move Turkeys!! Super Goofs November Challenge thread

[jmasgat]

Morning, all.

Did my 45 minutes of weights today and am now sitting here at work icing my knee. The ITB just won't go away, despite all my diligent efforts doing all the strengthening and stretching I've been given. That is contributing to my general downer outlook on running. At least I know it won't cause permanent damage to anything--it will just hurt. And oddly enough, that is good to know.

Lisa--the fact that you can even do a 7 minute mile is amazing! I am thinking that maybe next year I will lay off the distance and work on becoming faster at 5k.

Maura

 

[laxdef69]

30 minute swim

 

[princessrunner]

Maura, sorry you have lost the loving feeling. I completely understand though. It must be hard with all the work you have been putting in trying to do the right thing. Maybe search the net for some ITB stretches that you have not tried.

My issue yesterday apparently is my piriformis. I found a nice little stretch for that.... (that's me while stretching).

And yes, I can run one 7 minute mile. I can run two 8 minute miles as long as the rest are relatively slow (10-11 mpm). I try to save these for the last ones, always. This time it did not work in my favor though as I should have probably opted for the two 8 minute miles instead. I really had no idea I ran that fast until I recorded my lap for that mile.

I have found that for me to be faster, I need to run farther. I don't know if anyone else has found this to be true but I am not an inherently fast runner. If I want to train for a 5K, I need to log a couple 8-10 mile runs in the training and for some reason, I can go faster. My problem with the shorter runs is that I fall into my 10 mpm pace and then realize that I should be running faster for the shorter distance..... hello DUH....

 

[laxdef69]

My issue yesterday apparently is my piriformis. I found a nice little stretch for that.... (that's me while stretching).

Really? Do tell...

:

 

[princessrunner]

Good morning Goofs!! Happy Veterans Day!!

Okay Mike, just remember that I love you dearly okay....sit on a chair, sofa, whatever with your feet on the floor. Put your left ankle on your right knee. Put your hands on the seating surface and lock your elbows. Now slide your butt off the couch and drop down like a triceps dip with your legs in the figure 4 position. Can you hear me crying now??? Actually I went to the chiropractors yesterday and I feel MUCH better now....

All Goofs in the house....Hi from way up north!!

As for me, LTO yesterday. No run. No fun. DH needed a ride between vehicles, chiropractor appointment, babysitting SIL kids. So I did some of my filing and cleaned a little more in my office. Patched holes. I am nearly ready to paint. Maybe tomorrow if I get brave. I have 8 miles in make up today. I may do the 5 from yesterday tomorrow, I will have to see how I feel when I get out on the road. Snow showers predicted for today. I guess it is time.... I really love snow, I just don't love the tweener times when it is building the snow pack and when it is melting...

Have a great day Goofs. Mike, good luck with the stretch. Maura you may want to try it too. I have another really good one on the floor if anyone is interested....

 

[laxdef69]

Good morning Goofs...and Happy belated Birthday to any Marines on our team.

3 miles, 26 minutes.

long post run stretch on tap.

Have a wonderful day all!

Mike

 

[jmasgat]

Lisa Ah yes, all those lovely stretches. I can do them on the floor, I can do them on a chair, I can do them lying down, I can do them anywhere! (My Seussian attempt at stretching humor!)

Today I bumped up my mileage, per plan, to 4.5 miles. I also decided to bump up the treadmill incline to 1.0 to get a little bit more "road feel" to these runs. I'm hoping if I do that, then my weekend long run outdoors won't seem quite so hard (dream on!). I made it through--man is this hard! 4.6 miles in 43 minutes, another 10 miniutes of glorious stretching.

Hope everyone is having a good day--wake up!!

Maura

 

[Creativebeth]

Sunday totals

Time: 1:10:00
Miles: 6

Monday totals

Time: 1:35:00
Miles: 3.5

Beth

 

[hockeygirl]

Lisa--Did I see over on the disneyrunning forum that you are going Goofy????

 

[princessrunner]

Laurie, you DID see that. If I can find a flight....

I am going to be going to marathon weekend, alone, staying at AS Music under the current Dis deal they are running. I am hoping to find a reasonable flight but being only 2ish months out, this becomes a long daily search. It will be well worth it. I am anticipating a 2:30ish for the half and 5ish for the full. Ramping up training as we speak (did I mention that I did not run yesterday... ).

 

[hockeygirl]

Nice...glad to see you are going! And Goofy...you are crazy too! I keep asking myself why we do this to ourselves, and I can only come up with one thing we are crazy!!! Good Luck with the flight, hopefully you will find a reasonable one, I know how that goes!

I will check back in later on with my workout, as I am off today and heading out to run soon!!

 

[princessrunner]

Not crazy, Laurie, just a little Goofy.....

Honestly, this is my first full so I am a little but I know I have some great friends to keep me going no matter what my pace is that day!!

 

[hockeygirl]

Hello Super Goofs...Happy Veterans Day!!!

Well, I finally got my workout in today. I wanted to go last night but we had a little problem with our toilet, it wouldn't flush very well. It would flush and then the water level would go down very slowly. I should have called the super in my apartment complex last night but I didn't. My friend lives next door, so we used her bathroom before going to bed, and I waited until this morning to get the super on it since I was off today. Well, it turns out there was something wrong with the toilet and they had to put a new one in. I don't really like leaving while they work in the apartment so I waited for it to be done, then headed to the gym! So much for getting a lot done on my day off!

I ended up doing 3 miles at the gym on the TM and then stretching. It was a good workout, and I felt really good.

Here are my numbers from sunday and today:

Sunday: 1.5 hours of ice hockey

Tuesday: 3 miles/34 min plus 10 min stretching


Keep up the good work everyone! I can't believe marathon weekend is just about two months away!!!

 

[suzannews]

Hello Goofs!

I'm back!!! It's been a crazy week with my FIL's passing and our trip to Ohio. We are trying to get back into our normal day to day right now. I did manage to get on the treadmill once while in Ohio for 30 mins/about 1.5 miles but the rest of the time was a hurry up and wait type of stuff. I ate bad food with little fruits and veggies and not enough water. The plane ride home was terrible as we were packed in like sardines, we will not fly Spirit again. Got home after 11pm Saturday night and was determined to do the 5K on Sunday morning that I had signed up for a few weeks ago. It was rough but I did it!! So 3.1 miles/40.58 mins (double it please!). I kept my 13 min/mile pace most of the way and there was actually a guy who kept running to keep up with me . After crossing the finish line, everyone waited for a firefighter who walked in full uniform for charity to cross. Back to the bike tonight, deciding if another 5K is in the plan before the 1/2 in January.

I read through most of the posts I've missed so...sorry to hear of the injuries, get better soon! Also, Cecilia, sorry to hear about your Dad. Great job to everyone on their minutes and miles, I don't think we should end this "team" once the contest is over. I've found so much support here!

Lisa...if you are able to fly out of Manchester, NH, Southwest has $89 one way fares for the week before and after marathon weekend. I think they are open to anyone but if not, let me know as I receive their "ding" specials and that may have been where I saw it.

Beautiful rainbow at sunset after a rainy day in Ohio, the day we buried my FIL.

I can see the finish line!!

About the cross the finish line, another one for the books!! They even annouced my name as I crossed, that was cool!

 

[suzannews]

45 mins bike/9.32 miles

 

[ksoehrlein]

Cecilia, sorry to hear about your father. I hope your all being together at this difficult time will help give your family some peace.

Congrats on your race, Suzanne. I agree that I'd love for us to remain a team once the contest is over.

As for me, I've been running, but my iPhone doesn't seem to want me to post here. So I have to sneak on here at work!
Monday was 3 miles in 35:45
Yesterday was 2 miles in 24:02

 

[jmasgat]

Suzanne Greta job on the race, especially after having a downer of a week. I second your feeling about Spirit. I know they offer cheap fares, but I did not have a great experience with them. It wasn't so much the flight--that was fine--bu they changed my schedule 4 times and there are NO humans to talk to in their customer service. It is the worst ever! And then their CEO comes out and says that he doesn't care about the customers and they are getting what they paid for--or some sentiment like that. I will do whatver I can to avoid them.

Rest day for me today due to an early meeting and really nasty ITB pain. Will try again tomorrow. Plan to have a prescription filled for a topical steroid cream/gel that the doctor wrote for me a couple of months ago. Haven't needed it, but think now I will get it filled. So (for those of you who follow the steroid scandals), I will have my own private version of "the clear" or "the cream" ! (Disclaimer--this is for inflammation, not performance enhancement!)

Maura

 

[laxdef69]

35 minute swim.

Yuck.

 

[hockeygirl]

Hello Super Goofs! I hope everyone had a great wednesday!!! It was back to work today for me, and the kids at school were super wild today...ugh...that leads to a very exhausting day. But, I was determined to get my 7 mile run in after work. I brought all my running clothes to work so I could change there and go straight to the park. I ended up have a great run!! I felt awesome and my pace was a bit quicker than normal for a 7 miler!!

7 miles/1 hour 15 min
10 min stretching

I am very excited that I was able to average a pace under 11 mpm for that long of a run. Now, if I could only keep up that pace on my LRs!

Suzanne-Great job on your 5k! I am impressed that you got up and did it after arriving home so late. That is great! you don't even look tired in those pictures.

Maura-Take care of that IT band pain. I suffered from terrible pain last year and I tried to run through it and just made it worse. I ended up having to stop running at the beginning of December last year just 6 weeks before the marathon. I had to only do XT. It was not fun. Make sure you stretch and do the tennis ball exercises every day. And make sure you ice it after every run. Hang in there.

To everyone else...Keep up the good work!

 

[suzannews]

30 mins bike/6.01 miles

Trying to get back into the groove but I feel the need to eat junk, yes I am a stress eater, so now I feel like .