February challenge - week 2

[ilanarama]

We're now halfway through the month (as of yesterday) - how far have you come, mushers? (Be sure to specify if you are giving your total February miles so far, or last week's miles only to be added to the first week. You can count today or not, as you like.)

If you didn't sign up but you want to join our virtual Iditarod, feel free to post your miles, and I'll add them in.

I'll post on Monday, or when everyone's chimed in, with a progress bar for everyone and a progress map for the group.

The story so far:
ilanarama - 46/200 miles = 23%
thalia - 0/35 miles = 0%
semielliptical - 10/45 miles = 22%
silveraspen - 3.5/50 miles = 7.0%
cadenzamuse - 1.25/15 miles = 8.5%
ell - 46/140 miles = 33%
temve - 51/120 miles = 43%
meri_oddities - 30/100 miles = 30% (this one's easy :-)
calico_jane - 0/35 miles = 0%
linaelyn - 17/50 miles = 34%

blnchflr - 31.2/55 km = 57%
ridicully - 30/75 km = 40%

We are (in aggregate) currently 242.8 miles into the Alaska backcountry, twenty miles short of the Nikolai checkpoint.

Comments

[blnchflr]

Are you making friends with run/walk :) ?

[cadenzamuse]

Well, I did 1.25 mi of walking during a free trail yoga class, so I counted it. And then I ran 2.22 mi flat, because I am bad at not pushing myself. And then my knees were frakked for the rest of the week and I caught a minor cold. *fail*

On the bright side, my brother sent me some good PT exercise for IT band and hamstring, and everyone's discussion about warm-up and cool-down led me to strength and flexibility training that should help.

I JUST WANT TO RUN ALL THE RUNS, blnchflr! IS THAT SO HARD?

I will figure out the interval trainer on my GPS watch, and make myself do gradually shorter walking intervals whilst doing distances between 2.5 mi and 5k. Because I think I've proven sufficiently that unless I force myself to do walking intervals, I will run AS FAR AS I POSSIBLY CAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

[blnchflr]

Remember, elite runners do run/walks, too, they just call them intervals :) ! Don't fear the walk, it can help you in the long run (pun unintended).

Hope your knees get better. I'm trying to use a balancing board daily for my own bum knee/ankle, but I'm not sure I'm seeing much result yet - then, I am only doing it for 1-2 mins so far, as when I tried doing it for 4-5 mins in the beginning, my knee started hurting like whoa. But mayhaps it's time to go to 2-3 mins…

[ilanarama]

If you don't want to walk intervals, you can just run the whole thing - just run SLOOOOOOOWLY. And keep the distances short and only gradually get longer. The key to staying uninjured is not doing too much too soon. ALL THE RUNS will have to wait.