February challenge - week 3

[ilanarama]

Today is the 21st of the 28 days of February, which means we are three-quarters finished with the month, and the month's challenge. How many miles have you run?

(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 running total.)

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 Sunday, or when everyone's chimed in, with a progress bar for everyone and a progress map for the group.

ilanarama - 96/200 miles = 48%
thalia - 3.5/35 miles = 10%
semielliptical - 20.5/45 miles = 46%
silveraspen - 3.5/50 miles = 7%
cadenzamuse - 3.47/15 miles = 23%
ell - 68.5/140 miles = 49%
temve - 71/120 miles = 59%
meri_oddities - 85/100 miles = 85%
calico_jane - 5/35 miles = 14%
linaelyn - 29/50 miles = 58%

blnchflr - 38.7/55 km = 70%
ridicully - 53/75 km = 71%

442.5 miles total.

Comments

[temve]

As of today, before the weekend runs, I am at 103 miles. And poor ell is down with something icky so we'll see whether those weekend runs happen on the trails or, um, in the bathroom.

(I can't believe I just said that. Sorry. It's early in the morning here.)

[linaelyn]

*HUGS*

Yikes! Hope Ell feels better soon!!! Give her my good wishes (and you have my sincere hope it's not something she passes on to you!)

[temve]

Thank you! I think she's over the worst (thankfully these things are awful but short-lived)... but running the long run alone today was definitely a sad and strange experience.

[linaelyn]

Additionally, WOW GO YOU! 103 of 120? AWESOME.

[ilanarama]

Poor ell! Go you for 103/120 miles! I'm counting on you to take up my slack ;-)

[temve]

I'm having a hard time believing how much I've been running this month, but the spreadsheet says it's been 103 (or 113 with today's run), and I've definitely worn out my older pair of running shoes. Into the bin, foot-hurters!

[linaelyn]

Only 12 additional miles this week, for a grand total of 41 miles. I really thought my health would be better, but... it turns out that the week following one's radiation treatment for cancer, one continues to "cook," so to speak. So this week, the running was more like run a little, walk a little, run a little... but I'm counting it as miles, because fuckitalltogorramhell, I am cancer-free and DONE with this. And I am a runner who persevered and *ran* to radiation therapy (when it worked with the kids' schedule, on tues/thurs).

[ilanarama]

I can't think of any better way to say "Fuck cancer" than to go running. Yay you!

[meri_oddities]

Totally agree with what Ilana said! Great way to say: Fuck caner than to run there.

[temve]

I am totally, utterly in awe of you. This goes way beyond "maaaaaan" and well into "womaaaaaan" territory!

[ell]

Yeah, you're a badass :-) pretty much the baddest ass of all of this week. Fuck cancer and go you!

♥

[ridicully]

An additional 20km for a total of 73km.

And good thing I'm so close to my goal, as I won't get much done at all next week except traveling.

[ilanarama]

Yay!

[blnchflr]

I am at 47 km :)

[ilanarama]

Yay! How are those new shoes?

[blnchflr]

A bit too big? And not sure about the stability - think I'll backtrack to Zoom Structure rather than the Lunarglide for my second pair of new running shoes…

[blnchflr]

If not too late, actually I was at 51,1 km - was away from my spreadsheet. But otherwise no prob.

[ilanarama]

Haha, I was just putting it together now! And we were one mile short of where I wanted to end up but now we are just past...but I'm going to just handwave it all anyway :-)

[ilanarama]

I'm at 141 for the month, a bit behind schedule due to skiing rather than running on Sunday in addition to my regular Friday ski day. I will hopefully make some of it up this weekend and over next week, but I am not expecting to make it all up, so you guys are going to have to run more!

[meri_oddities]

As of today, I'm at 106 and I still have the rest of the week to go.

[ilanarama]

You clearly don't believe in recovery :-)

[meri_oddities]

Haha. I've been doing these little micro runs at work. 2-3 miles fast -- or what passes for fast for me. I plan to up the speed until I can get 4-5 miles in during the 40 or so minutes I have.

[thalia]

9 miles this week, 12.5 total, since I haven't got today's run in yet. I'm expecting 15 more by Friday, but I won't be checking in on time, since I'll be on a ship in the Caribbean next weekend, yay yay yay yay!!!!

[ilanarama]

Can you just PM me before you leave with your total? Unless you're planning to run some on the ship (you can claim those in advance, I guess)?

[thalia]

Yeah, I will--I'll be running on the ship, but not till Saturday, which is March. February really screws up my sense of time.

[semielliptical]

12.5 more, 33 for the month so far. Today I ran on mostly clear pavement! Just a few short stretches where I had to slow down and tiptoe over or around ice.

[ilanarama]

Yay clear pavement!

[ell]

105 total so far for me. I'm going to end up 10 short of my goal :-( i really thought i could run a bit today since i'm no longer vomiting, but then Temve reminded me that i haven't managed to actually eat in a day and a half and that's probably not a great plan. On the other hand, it's going to be a bit easier to get to racing weight...

[ilanarama]

I don't recommend vomiting as a weight-loss plan :-) Feel better soon!

[silveraspen]

So sorry for belated post! Update = still zero. Hopefully that will change this week.

[ilanarama]

Aw, bummer. I hope you get your body moving soon!

[calico_jane]

Sorry- belated post from me as well. 5 miles for me this week.

[ilanarama]

Save those miles and we'll add them to next week's!