November seemed like the longest month this year for me. Maybe it was the fact that it was darker earlier, the time change or it was just so busy I’ve yet to catch my breath.
As I said in my last post, I’m really looking forward to December; birthdays, work stuff, swimming/gymnastics ending for the girls and of course the holidays. Now, when I say I’m looking forward to the girls lessons ending it’s not because I don’t enjoy taking them or watching them, in fact I love that. I’m just ready after 10 weeks of getting up at early o’clock EVERY SINGLE DAY….to “sleep in”.
Though November seemed long, I managed to get back into working out more which I was starting to struggle with. I feel like I’m getting back to how many days per week I want to be working out.
I could still get in a few kilometres tonight but wanted a break as I have soccer tomorrow night and would like a rest night. I’m hoping to run a little more then 47km in December as I want to run more kilometres then last year.
I want to get back to my long runs as I’ve been encouraged to do so my my Physiotherapist. My ankle is getting better but we’ve added some more strengthening exercises. Over Christmas last year I ran the distance of a marathon between Dec 24th and 31st and planning to do that again this year. Fingers crossed I can reach my goal!
How was your November?
Any December goals?
Runners: Do you try to run more kilometres/miles each year?
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good luck! I hope you can reach your goal! November flew by for me. I can’t believe it is almost 2017!
I can’t believe it’s almost 2017 either!
Good luck reaching your goal for December! My new year’s resolution this year was to run 50 more miles than last. I finished that a few months back and am now thinking about setting up a more challenging goal for next year. I’m excited!
I’ve been battling a few injuries so when I saw I was getting close to last year’s mileage, I figured I’d give it a go to match it.
November was good for me! Total miles was 100.26! I always try to hit 100/month. Not bad!
Good for you! I’m hoping next year I can get my monthly mileage up there!
I got back into running this November and clocked almost 80km! (June through October probably saw less than 80km combined). Hoping to hit 100km in December as my marathon training ramps up… have a wonderful December!
Well done! All the best in December!
Get it lady! I am soaking up all the running that I can right now–after Jan 3, I won’t be able to run/exercise at all. I don’t have a number in mind for this month, I just want to love every mile!
All the best with your running right now.
Typically, I am not a numbers gal. I log the miles and am usually surprised at the monthly totals. I hate the “pressure” of trying to meet xxx mileage goals because that makes me force the miles (and often times ignore the need for rest/recovery as a result). That said, it was kind of exciting to see all the miles add up (quickly) in the past few months with my marathon training 😉
I’m a numbers girl but I don’t set a specific goal for each month. I like seeing the numbers at the end of each month! I’m sure marathon training would help add them up fast!
Good luck on reaching your goal! Have a great December!
November flew by for me! I am so not ready for all the holidays yet
I’m not ready for the holidays yet…though we did just have two birthday’s back to back. I’m ready to tackle shopping this weekend and next 🙂
Sounds like you are in a really good place!
November was great for me! In December, I just want to survive Ragnar LOL! Then we’ll go from there.
I do try to run more miles from year to year, but it depends on what kinds of races I end up registering for, too.
Good luck with Ragnar, I want to do one of those sometime but it will require lots of travelling.
You can do it this month! I hate hoe early it now gets dark. It makes it so much more difficult to get those evening runs in!
I don’t love evening runs in the dark – unless I have someone to go with. I do however, love morning runs in the summer (dark to light).
I really want to try running the marathon distance over Christmas that you mentioned, but I think for my first go at it I’m going to try a half-marathon distance over that week period!
By the way, as a fellow Canadian, how do you manage your outdoor runs once it starts to get snowy and icy? I’ve wondered about getting these spiked covers you can put on over top of your shoes, but I’m not sure they’ll work for running on pavement. I’d love to hear how you manage it!
You should try do run the marathon distance. You get to break it up over seven days. Check out #bltxmas42 on instagram.
Good question about snowy runs. I usually wear yak tracks on snowy days. I’ll write a blog post about it soon.
I did a quick search for the hashtag, but couldn’t find anything!
That would be awesome if you could! I don’t particularly want to give up my outdoor runs when it gets cold. I’ll check out the Yak Tracks in the mean time. Thanks!