2013 Running Thread

Thanks Rdrunner and NatsFan! I'm glad for the additional info and pleased to think one day I can do a plank challenge--but today is not that day. Baby steps and that's fine. I did not know about that other thread, may check that out.

Thanks for that link Natsfan.. and for sure do that plank challenge!!

You'll be back, Erin!  And probably faster than if you'd never run at all, because you will know your body and what it can do, have all kinds of routines and gear questions worked out, just know the drill.  I love knowing that our bodies forgive our time off. 

Say, we were diagnosed within days of each other.  Quite a year, eh?

Welcome Erin! You've found your way to a great thread.  And kudos to you for starting the C25K!  In the winter! When it is dark and cold and it would be oh-so easy to nestle on the couch with a blanket, some Netflix and a remote! 

Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate Christmas, happy holidays to all else, and to everyone, a very healthy new year. 

Belated NYC marathon race report. It was cold and windy. I spent a lot of time and energy just getting to the start. The first half of the race was a blast. Everything felt really good. I was running a couple of seconds per mile faster than my plan, but it felt really easy. Somewhere in mile 15 it fell apart for me. Coming down the queensburo bridge everything cramped up. Calves, quads, sides, shoulders. I had to walk through the next water stop and could never get back on pace. Once I knew that a boston qualifier was out of reach I just slowed down and had fun.  Took a bunch of pictures, stopped at bathroom, ate my first gel ever, and just took in the experience.  It was a blast. I have never done a marathon before and this was a great experience.  Already entered lottery to run again next year. Disappointed with my time. First half under 2 hours. Second half over 2 1/2 hours. 

So in light of my desire to take another crack at a marathon and be better prepared I am making an effect to miss fewer running days over the winter. That was going pretty well until Tuesday when I fell on the ice and dislocated/fractured my finger. Ortho said no running for two weeks. He is concerned that running will make it swell. He said biking ok. Clearly not someone who either bikes or runs. Running outside in the winter is not going to make my hands swell. Biking hazardous when I can't actually grip the handlebars. Not bothering to get second opinion just ignoring his advise.  Annoying how docs advise us when the don't have any real data to back up their opinions. The rothmen guys (phillies ortho group) recommends running while waiting for injury to heal. 

Having my hand immobilized does bring back many of the frustrations that followed mastectomy. It's hard to get dressed, it's hard to find a comfortable way to sleep,  can't open jars and on and on.  

Take care all and run on.  It keeps me sane. 

Marie11 so sorry about the hand. (No pity from me on your "slow" back half of the marathon, as you still kick my best half-marathon time in the butt!) I started running initially in response to a fall that severely sprained my writing hand. I had just started sabbatical and couldn't write or type. I was climbing the walls. The hand was very well and truly swollen already. I was obviously running pretty slowly as a new runner but it didn't make any difference to the hand. I'd be concerned about falling on it, however. I did go ass over teakettle onto mine twice. (I fell a lot that year.) It was not pleasant. Maybe stick to the indoor track or dreadmill. 

Runfree16 - I have adidas climawarm shoes. They aren't the waterproof model, which are less insulated, but they are pretty water resistant. I also have normal toe/narrow heel shape and find them okay but I am really limited by my foot size (11) which very few brands bother bringing to Canada. They are heavier shoes but fit my needs when it's too cold for the lighter shoes.

friedom18 I never had to deal with size increases in a sports bra but I am a big fan of non-stretch bras for jiggle prevention. Much more effective than compression. The brand I am fondest of is Shock Absorber, and their Ultimate Run Bra model. My latest purchase is purple and black. Feel like the Evil Queen in it. :-)

I've been slacking off since the Wine and Dine Half but have to get some training in, urgently, with the January runDisney weekend looming. Yikes. I got a real treat today when I logged in to Nike+ to check my short run today, and saw that they had posted a map of the world showing all my runs since I joined 5 years ago. It shows so many cool places. Nice to recall. What a journey.

err i wiped out on ice today.. broken wrist, happy though mt tailbone isnt broken as i thought it was as i came down hard and it hurt.. i have a halg cast now and have to call fracture clinic on mondat. hopefullt full cast asap , half cast is to allow room for swelling. was going to race a 10miler on boxing day errr 

oh rdrunner, so bad! I guess you were going to do the Resolution Run on Boxing Day? At least you can get the nice jacket. 

I ran on the dreadmill yesterday just because I wimped out, but looks like I dodged a hazard too. Just getting out of my house this morning was a challenge, descending icy steps (about one flight of steps to the sidewalk). Will run indoors at the Y again today, under the circumstances. I have yaktrax but have never used them - it's been lucky weather or travel to better running places since I got them. (Fortunately I still have power, but the lights were flickering when I left the house, so perhaps the transformer will go before I get home from the Y, which also apparently is still online. So far 250,000 people in the city are without power, and forecasts are 72 hours to restore it. eek)

Oh the driving! I remember that. My right hand like a balloon and driving a standard transmission through city traffic! Fun times!

I did 6+ km on the dreadmill today. Thanks to the NO-Carolina game and their hysterical weather challenges for taking my mind off it. Actually was a little stiff by the time I packed it in. Usually don't feel stiff during the activity even when I push it, but I guess my weeks off have made me soft!

I was 6km from home and ran home. .. it was a 10 miler herre in the Hammer, not resolution run. Was just using as part of traing for Around the bay 30km in March, well appt at fracture clinic on Friday so will know more in terms of how long etc.. went to gym to do the bike but didnt last long, back and butt is still very sore. advice to all.. stay on treadmill if therre is even a tiny bit of ice.....merry christmas to all that celebrate and happy holidays for those that ddont

Bitter cold here so no running outdoors for me for a while. I could use the training but still a bit stiff from Sunday so going to give it a couple days. We still have 200,000 homes without electricity including some areas quite close to mine, and wires down across the street just 2 doors away. Fortunately I do have heat and light and am grateful to have avoided the worst of it. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! 

Got in a nice 4 mile run before the Christmas feasting yesterday.  Crisp and cold - 21 degrees - much better than the 65 degrees and humid from a few days before.  Crazy weather.  One good thing about that weird warm spell last weekend is that it melted and dried out all the slick spots, so the trail was dry and safe.  Saw two beautiful deer right at the end of my run - elegant and lovely.   (The deer were elegant and lovely, not me!    )

Hello Everyone,

Just found this thread! As someone said, "This has been a hell of a year" I am glad to hear others are into running! Its my coping mechanism to stave depression. I figure if I can run, I am not dead yet...LOL

Welcome Gully. Hi everyone. Hope you are all keeping warm and those of you with two functioning arms and hands are keeping them in good shape.

I did a good 90 minutes or so on the treadmill today thanks to some great football for distraction. Most of the first half was running, and even a little bit of the second half was running. My agenda is just to make sure I can do the 10K and the Half on consecutive days two weeks from now. I am not fast, but I feel reasonably strong. 

Hang in there!

I ran with my running group today for the first time in--I think a couple of years!  I came out of marathon training injured and was just trying to work my way back to the length of the group runs (usually 7-8 miles) when I got BC and was much more sporadic.  The email about today's run said they were going short, so I headed out into the 25-degree fog and joined them.  We did about 3.5 miles and it was a little hard, but really fine.  The best part was that I found out my favorite running partner from that group has been off running but now wants to ramp back up, so I hope we will be at about the same level.

Goldlining, the Adidas Climawarm shoes you recommended were too small also!  (Maybe that's why they were so radically on sale?)  But I have gotten some New Balance 910 with Gore-Tex and I wore them today for the first time.  I keep thinking they are too small, although they're 10D which my other NB's also are, but when I was running they felt fine and my feet have felt normal since.

I'm doing a running challenge on Facebook led by Coach Jenny Hadfield of Running for Mortals and Marathoning for Mortals fame.  It has been incredibly helpful and inspiring.  I've been open about my cancer on that site and so have two others, another BC survivor and someone with a serious blood cancer. But today everybody was posting their goals for next year, not just in running but in life more generally, and I thought, "I need my BC community for this one."  I thought about posting that one of my goals is not to get cancer again, but that sounded too dark for a mixed audience.  At least so far, not even a year post-diagnosis, the future looks different to me.  I AM ready to make plans...but somehow, I don't know, it feels different.