December 3, 2013 by Darlene

November Recap

Still running (even with a sometimes painful foot)

NOVEMBER GOALS:

RUN (regularly)!!! YES. At least 3x a week.

it’s getting colder…

Do not overdo and listen to my body…REST when necessary!! YES. At least 3x a week.
Start daily planks! I should give up on these. Only did a few.
Attend 2 yoga classes! YES. Attended 4!
Complete a 15k race. YES!

15K

Run at least one other race. YES. 2 others.

Delmar Turkey Trot

Stuff the Sleigh 5K

Continue running longer on the weekends. YES. 6-8 miles.

8 miles on the Nisky bike trail

Run a new route. Nope.
Run at least 50 miles this month. YES. Ran 79 miles!!

No theatre this month but I saw several movies (Enough Said, 12 Years a Slave, Philomena – all good)
Ate out fewer times this month, I think (2 Tuesdays after tennis, NYC,with mah jongg friends, with tennis friends, Thanksgiving)

Mah Jongg Chinese dinner

tennis dinner

Ran with some new running partners

Adrienne & Heidi

I got matched with a running buddy (through IRUN4)

a 9 year old with special needs – he is now my motivation to run

Went to Central Park & saw the NYC Marathon finish line as well as hiked the High Line.

at the finish line (closest I will get)

with my college BFFs

DECEMBER GOALS:

RUN (regularly)!!!
Do not overdo and listen to my body…Do NOT run if foot pain gets worse.
Attend at least 2 yoga classes!
Walk or run at least 1 mile a day while at work.
Cut back on the sweets and eating out.
Start knitting again (socks or something else)
Run before work at least once a week.
Run a new route.
Continue to run some of my long runs with others
Run at least one race.
Continue running longer on the weekends (to train for January 10 miler)
Complete the RW Running Streak (run at least 1 mile everyday from Thanksgiving to New Year’s)
Run at least 70 miles this month.

Happy Running! How was your November? Anything exciting planned for December?

December 2, 2013 by Darlene

RWStreak Update

Last Week:

Monday – ~~3 miles~~ ~~before work~~ 4 miles after work
Tuesday – 3 miles ~~before work~~ on the TM during work (cold and rainy), tennis
Wednesday – DAY OFF, yoga
Thursday – Thanksgiving 5K race (and the Streak begins), dinner out

Delmar Turkey Trot with a friend

Friday – DAY OFF, rest, 1 mile, Movie, mah jongg

best movie I’ve seen in a long time!!

Saturday – 5K race + 5 more

5 cold miles on the Corning Bike Path

Sunday – rest, 1 mile

This Week:

Monday – 3 miles before work, tennis
Tuesday – 3 miles after work
Wednesday – trip to NYC (how will I get a run in…the Streak may be broken!)
Thursday – 3 miles after work
Friday – rest, 1 mile, mah jongg
Saturday – proctor LSATs, 8 miles
Sunday – rest, 1 mile, dinner out

Happy Running! How is your running going? Any upcoming races?

November 21, 2013 by Darlene

Streaking

From Runner’s World:

We know how easy it is to fall off the running wagon around this time of year. If you’re a training-plan devotee, you might be in the dead zone—your fall goal race is over, but it’s too early to start a plan for your spring goal. If you’re more of a free spirit—you run how far you feel like running, when you feel like it—you might skip a run (or two, or several) after a late night at a holiday party, a day spent braving crowds at the mall, or a long trip to see far-away family.

One way to make your December training log entries look less like a string of binary code is to join our second annual Holiday Running Streak. Pledge to run at least one mile every day, from Thanksgiving (that’s Thursday, November 28) through New Year’s Day.

Often, you’ll find that once you get going, you want to go farther than a mile. Sometimes, you don’t, and those are your “rest days.” (In fact, it’s smart to take as many easy one-mile days each week as you’d ordinarily take rest days, to avoid overdoing it.)

I’m thinking about this….I love a challenge. Wish I had a treadmill though…So much easier to do the rest/1 mile thing (it will take me longer to change into layered winter clothes than to run 1 mile)