[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 2021 1,000 mile running challenge (Page 1 of 39)
Posted: 12/31/2020 12:26:05 PM EDT
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Welcome to the new thread all! Despite the Rona 2020 was a great year for us that brought new members and new PR's from returning members. The rules are simple: Just pick a mileage goal (1,000 is just 19.23 per week) and post your daily and total mileage. Feel free to ask your running questions here - there's a lot of experience in this group. We also have Garmin Connect & Strava groups you can join to follow along with as well. The idea has been floated to try arranging a race we could try meeting at. Speak up of anyone wants to try fitting this into your schedule so we can try finding a location (or locations) so we don't have to travel all across the country to do it - maybe Cola Warrior-style regionals. Best of luck to us all! |
For any beginners out there, here's a list of recommendations to help you get started. This isn't exhaustive by any means, and I may add to this throughout the year as things come up, but feel free to ask the veteran runners around here if there's anything more you have questions about.
Consider this an offer to pace or crew an Arfcommer for a race (marathon, ultra, whatever) within a 3-4-ish hour drive from the OKC metro area. Just PM me here and I'll see if I can make it happen. |
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6.75 / 6.75 Solid 5" or so of fresh snow overnight, with more coming down with a 20mph N wind during the run. I tried keeping to the few spots in which a vehicle had already broken the snow, which made running in this much easier. I also saw a van get stuck in the snow near an intersection, and stopped by a gas station a bit down the road by a turn-around point to let a police officer know. Me: There's a van stuck near an intersection at the other end of this road. Officer: We'll get to that, but first, why are you out here running in this weather?! Might hit the treadmill for another 5k or so to get the rest of the miles I wanted to begin with. |
I'd really wanted to get out and run during 2020 and was scouting out 5Ks to get ready for. Then I was diagnosed with arthritis. Unfortunately, it affects my hips and left foot. I don't walk anymore, I waddle. I'll see what I can do, though. I could use a little weight loss. And my Garmin watch is waiting for something to do. 
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@GoldenMead - There's a very good reason that Garmins are the most common you'll see. There's a good overall buying guide here, but that entire website is a great place for info on all things sports tech related. Personally, I use a Garmin Fenix 5X Plus. Pretty good battery life, but not nearly as good as the current gen watches (Fenix 6, newer Coros, etc.). The structured workout support is a big thing for me, plus I do occasionally see use for some of the non-running sports modes it features. Which 50k are you thinking of? Everyone who has sent invite requests to both the Strava and Garmin groups has been added. 3.15 / 9.91 Treadmill |
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20.05 / 29.96 On the treadmill and fasted. We've had a solid half-dozen or so new additions to the Strava and/or Garmin groups since this thread went up! ETA: I just realized that this was the first time I've ever run that far continuously outside of a marathon or ultra, and something I've only done once in the past 26 months or so. |