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2017-09-20T17:23:06Z

Posted by: camper4lyfe

I've never posted here before, so what better way than with a race report? I posted this to my other running group and decided I'd share it here as well.
( It's race report time )

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Race reports

2017-09-17T19:11:59Z

Posted by: semielliptical

Hi there - it's been a while! Hope your running or other activity is going well these days.

If you're interested, I posted reports on two ten-mile races I did this summer on my journal.

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Tangents

2017-05-30T17:44:47Z

Posted by: thalia

Last weekend meri_oddities and I ran the Green Bay half marathon, and it was really fun. Very well-organized race. I was totally untrained, though, so we're not talking about my time.

I was using my iPhone for race tracking, and it says I ran 14.26 miles, rather than the expected 13.1. What I'm trying to figure out is, is it possible that my tangents are that horrible, or is the phone probably wrong? I've never had reason to think its distance is inaccurate before; I use it all the time running at home, and its distances have always been more or less the same as what I'd get from my Garmin on my regular routes. But, wow, that's a big difference.

Here's the mile-by-mile breakdown. I missed the first mile marker, so the first lap covers the first two miles.

Mile Marker	Race Distance	GPS Distance
2	2	2.08
3	1	1.03
4	1	1.03
5	1	1.11
6	1	1.13
7	1	1.1
8	1	1.09
9	1	1.05
10	1	1.04
11	1	1.07
12	1	1.08
13.1	1.1	1.45
Total	13.1	14.26

That last lap included a foray into Lambeau Field, and I stopped a few times for photos, so I'm not surprised it's on the long side. Most of the other laps aren't too awful, except for miles 5 and 6.

What do you think? Do I just need to learn to run better routes? Are my phone's numbers completely unlikely? Help!!!

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Race report: Half marathon

2017-03-26T18:52:19Z

Posted by: semielliptical

I wrote up a short race report over at my journal, if anyone is interested.

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January results!

2017-02-07T23:49:38Z

Posted by: raininshadows

Overall: not the best month. But we'll do better in February, I'm sure!

Shoutouts to blnchflr , meri_oddities , and semielliptical for making their distance goals, and to ridicully , temve , purplecat , semielliptical again, and thebookpile for making their activity goals. ridicully and temve in particular managed more than twice as many active hours as intended!

Good job, everyone!

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January Final Checkin

2017-02-02T06:55:53Z

Posted by: raininshadows

Final totals for January here, please! I'm hoping to have the results up by the 8th. Also, does anyone want to do February? If not, I'll handle it again.

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Week 3 checkin

2017-01-22T23:16:34Z

Posted by: raininshadows

Sorry for skipping Week 2! Vacation and colds and running my first half marathon kind of all collided badly. How are you guys doing? Put your distance and time in the comments, please.

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Treadmill Recommendations

2017-01-17T22:33:06Z

Posted by: thebookpile

Hi everyone,

I recently found this group, so my apologies if this has been asked before, but do you have any recommendations for a treadmill for home use? Or even just recommended brands?

I live in Ottawa, Canada and while I don't mind running in the cold, we have already had some freezing rain this year and more is expected. I'm training for my first marathon and I don't want to miss too many training days, but when the streets turn into skating rinks (literally), I'm hesitant to venture out for fear of slipping and injuring myself.

Any insights appreciated!

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a couple of articles about interesting runners

2017-01-12T00:58:10Z

Posted by: ilanarama

Two running-related links that you may find interesting:

Good Luck, Morons about "Lazarus Lake" and the race he puts on in Tennessee, the infamous Barkley Marathons 100-mile race, which has only been finished (within the 60-hour time limit) by 14 people in the thirty years it's been held.

How a 13-year-old Canadian girl ran the world’s fastest marathon about Maureen Wilton Mancuso, who broke the female Canadian distance record and the female world record for the marathon in 1967, when women were not considered capable of running long distances. (Her race was two weeks after Kathrine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon by registering under her initials and avoiding the angry race director as he tried to physically throw her off the course.)

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January Week 1 Checkin

2017-01-09T03:10:54Z

Posted by: raininshadows

How did you do for Week 1? Comment here!

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New Year, New Challenge!

2017-01-01T06:40:17Z

Posted by: raininshadows

I'm going to try to run a January challenge. If you'd like to participate, please post your distance goal and/or active hours goal in the comments!

New participants are welcome! The distance goal can be in miles or kilometers, but I'll assume miles if you don't specify. Active hours can be a particular type of activity (usually biking for me), or total amount of activity (swimming, martial arts, hiking, whatever).

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Check In

2016-11-17T14:14:28Z

Posted by: ell

Hi Runners,

After last week, I am completely off my goal of doing something every day. Unless you count angry ranting or blanket forting as activity. Or drinking. Then I'm aces!

Anyway, check in here!

Here's our breakdown so far:

Who	Running /Walking Goal	Other Goal	Check in 1
Ell	50 miles	every day	2.5 miles	16:35 hours
Semielliptical	110 miles	7 hours	40 miles	1 hour
Rainshadows	40 miles	5 hours biking
Linaelyn	90 miles	every day	28 miles
Temve	60 miles	26 hours	16 miles	6.5 hours
Dancing_serpent	20 km	4 hours
Purplecat	176 km		48 km
Bluemeridian	147 mi
Ilanarama		Cheerleading
Thebookpile	4-5/week
Ridicully	75 km	10 hours/every day
Franzi			awesome weights workout

Regardless, we will survive.

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Check in

2016-11-09T04:40:46Z

Posted by: ell

Dear Runners,

Please check in here with something encouraging. Me, I've got nothing tonight.

Captain L

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November Challenge

2016-11-01T23:09:35Z

Posted by: ell

Hi Runners!

I was thinking that a November Challenge is in order and I'd be happy to come out of my DW hibernation and run it this month.

There are several reasons why running would be good for us this month:

1) It's NaNo month and running boosts creativity

2) For many of us, the days are getting shorter and colder, the clocks are turning back soon or have just turned back and running can improve your mood. For all the southern hemispheric folks, running now will help get you fit for a summer of fun activities. (No, I'm not jealous. Or bitter.)

3) For all of us, the stress of the holidays is coming (and the stress of the T-word being elected next week) and running can help with anxiety and depression.

So I propose a November running challenge. Let's work together and have a great, productive, and sweaty November!

I am trying to get back into running again after a series of unfortunate events (like bad hips that lead to bad knees and moving to a new(old) continent.

My running/exercise goal this month is to do some exercise every day. Starting today. Running, I hope to get 50 miles this month. And break in the new running shoes I bought yesterday. Comment here with your goals and I will make us a spreadsheet and post our progress weekly.

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Marathon race report

2016-10-29T21:16:46Z

Posted by: semielliptical

If you're interested, I posted about my first marathon over at my journal.

Thanks again for all your encouragement!

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First-time stories/advice?

2016-10-21T13:09:33Z

Posted by: semielliptical

Hey there! I'm running my first marathon on Sunday, and would love to hear short stories about your first marathon, or first other big event. Advice is also welcome! Or any other distracting anecdotes. :)

I also wanted to say thank you to all of the participants in this community - the support that I've found from checking in here off and on over the last several years really helped me get to the point where I believed I could sign up to run a marathon.

And a special thank you to ilanarama who helped construct the training plan that I have (mostly) followed for the last 18 weeks!

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September Challenge Final Report

2016-10-05T00:16:25Z

Posted by: semielliptical

Our little group completed 559 miles and 46.75 active hours in September! Each of us that participated met at least one of our goals, or came very very close. Cheers to all of us!!

ilanarama 201 miles (100.5%)
meri_oddities 97 miles (97%), 7 hours (87.5%)
raininshadows 20 miles (100%), 7 hours (175%)
ridicully 52 km (52%), 12 hours (120%)
semielliptical 178 miles (89%), 6.5 hours (109%)
temve 31 miles (103%), 14.25 hours (53%)

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September Final Check-in

2016-10-01T17:29:25Z

Posted by: semielliptical

How did your month wind up? Comment with your miles/km and/or active hours.

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September Week 3 Report

2016-09-28T18:54:56Z

Posted by: semielliptical

Sorry it took a while to get this up, I was busier than expected the last several days. Lots of progress this week!

ilanarama 150 miles (75%)
linaelyn
meri_oddities 78 miles (78%), 5 hours (62.5%)
raininshadows 8.9 miles (44.5%), 1 hour (25%)
ridicully 30 km (30%), 3 hours (30%)
semielliptical 137 miles (68.5%), 5 hours (83%)
temve 31 miles (103%), 14.25 hours (53%)

I'll be back in a few days with a final September check-in post - keep running/moving!

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September Week 3 Check-in

2016-09-24T14:14:46Z

Posted by: semielliptical

How was this week? Comment with your miles/kms and/or active time, and let me know if you're reporting for just this week or the entire month to date.

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September Week 2 Report

2016-09-20T15:29:02Z

Posted by: semielliptical

We have made great progress toward our month's goals, and collectively we have run just over 300 miles this month, and completed 19 additional hours of activity!

ilanarama 113 miles (56.5%)
linaelyn
meri_oddities 47 miles (47%), 3 hours (37.5%)
raininshadows 8.9 miles (44.5%), 1 hour (25%)
ridicully 30 km (30%), 3 hours (30%)
semielliptical 103 miles (51.5%), 4 hours (66.7%)
temve 19.5 miles (65%), 9 hours (33.3%)

If you missed the check-in post and want me to add your update, you can comment here. Cheering everyone on to another active week!

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September Week 2 Check-in

2016-09-17T18:18:05Z

Posted by: semielliptical

How's it going? Comment with your miles/kms and/or active time, and let me know if you're reporting for just this week or the entire month to date.

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September report #1

2016-09-12T16:55:37Z

Posted by: semielliptical

Hi all! Our accomplishments so far this month. As a group, we ran the distance of over 5.5 marathons (151 miles), and added 8 hours beyond that!

ilanarama 54 miles (27%)
linaelyn
meri_oddities 22 miles (22%), 1 hour (12.5%)
raininshadows 8.9 miles (44.5%), 1 hour (25%)
ridicully 20 km (20%)
semielliptical 48 miles (24%), 2 hours (33%)
temve 6 miles (20%), 4 hours (14.8%)

If you missed the check-in post and want me to add your update, you can comment here. Onward through the next week!

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September Week 1 Check-in

2016-09-09T22:58:58Z

Posted by: semielliptical

How has the beginning of the month been for you? Comment with your miles/kms and/or active time so far.

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September challenge?

2016-08-31T18:13:22Z

Posted by: semielliptical

Hi there runners! Anyone up for a September challenge? Nothing fancy, I'll just do a weekly check-in and month-end round up post.

If you're interested, comment with your goals for miles/km and/or active hours for the month. And if you're working toward any specific running/exercise goals, that would be fun to hear about, too.

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