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Jan Run Club - Week 1

Welcome to the Jan Run Club! This post will serve as our kickoff Week 1 post. As a reminder, the Jan run club is a casual mutual-support team of runners of all skill level and expierence. 

Here are our guidelines: 

Everyone is welcome! If you have never ran before, you are welcome. If you just ran the Boston Marathon, you are welcome. No matter who you are or where you are on your journey, you are welcome here. 

John will host and post weekly prompts to stimulate discussion. These are always optional. Answer as many or as few as the prompts as you want. 

You will be encouraged to set and track goals as you see fit.

All posts will be tracked under the janrunclub tag. Please feel free and share your post run notes and pictures as well. They are super motivating / relatable. 

Week 1 will run Jan 1-7. You can start earlier if you want. Here are our prompts for the week. You can reply to as many or as few as you want - and you can do it in one, or several posts. You decide. 

Tell us about yourself. Include anything you feel comfortable sharing. some ideas might be - Name, age, job / school, a selfie, family info etc. Only what you are comfortable sharing. :)

What are your running goals for January? These can be whatever you want.

What is your running background / experience? Why do you want to run now? 

Do you follow a formal training plan?

Do you have any formal running events scheduled?

Share one random fact about yourself :)

Feel free and ask any running related questions as well and someone will probably reply :) 

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Morning run at the beach. Beach is life 🌊

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Adulting is hard

1. We finally moved in to new house 2. I went to MEPS yesterday and ended up with taking whole ASVAP again in addition to cyber test, personality test and of course, health check up. I passed and qualify, which I'm glad but now I'm exhausted. 3. MEPS was in AL and I had tough time understanding southern accent. Foreigner problem. 4. Time to talk with recruiter about next step.

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Long time no see! I'm still alive. 1. Bathroom remodeling is getting closer to finish! I put 500+ subway tiles around the tab and will lay tiles on the floor next. Then put grout, fill the holes on the walls and paint, then put toilet and vanity back and it should be done! Woohoo! 2. Bunnies are bonding pretty well! Now pixie (new bun) is freely running around the house like other two. 3. I took ASVAB yesterday and scored high enough to be qualified for any jobs available as an Air Force reserve. Now I'm seriously considering signing the paper and joining. I'll see recruiter again today and talk about next steps. 4. We will be closing the new house this week! I'm super excited. And now we are thinking about selling this house. Whether renting it out or selling it we should finish remodeling, but it won't sell or rent in mid winter so we will probably just take time. That's life update so far. How have you been, guys?

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Imagine pulling up to a gas station during a road trip and picking up some of these ready-to-eat Tofurky sandwiches (with Violife cheese!). Well, they’re launching this year and we want them SO BAD! Buffalo Tofurky Chick’n Baguette, we’re coming for you …

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Today's run is done! Beautiful morning miles. This new route became one of my favorites. I just run to the park, do two laps in the park then come back and it's 6 miles. I think I won't probably run Dallas marathon this year. I was planning to, but now if I do it's going to be a long drive (when I registered I was still in New Mexico and it was much closer) but after all, I'm just not ready. I dropped the training since we were busy moving/remodeling/buying a house and I don't feel like running a race without proper training. Also, the closing date for new house will be just before the race. Sometimes life gets in my way. There will always be next race. For now, instead of stressing out about training, I want to choose focusing on life and just enjoy running :)

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1. Today's run. 9 miles in a beautiful fall weather 2. We went to see "doctor strange" and it exceeded my expectation. And as per usual, Cumberbatch was super handsome and cool ✨ 3. We adapted new bunny yesterday! We named her Pixie since her original name was "Pig". Why do you give a bunny such a name?? She was neglected by pre-teen girl and her parents put her on adaption. (This is why I don't like parents giving kids bunnies as a gift without thinking too much) But she is a sweet girl. We made vet appointment for her check-up and spaying next week. The previous owner said they never took her to vet even once (!!). I hope she will get along with my other two buns, as I will bond them slowly 🐰🐰🐰

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Today's run is done! I'm still running! We finally put Sheetrock and cement board on the bathroom walls. At least pluming is done which is good :)

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This week's run. I found a new route which goes to a very nice park. I'm still running occasionally but no longer running for training or mileages and I think it's okay. I still enjoy running and that's the most important part. My current yearly mileage is 1500ish rn. We are still working on remodeling the house. Took care of the yard, painted the whole house, demolished the bathroom, go shopping to Lowes like everyday 😂 we are making progress. I've been busy but I'm doing alright 😬

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Today as a summary 1. Today's run. Easy slow run 2. Today is Oliver and Daisy's birthday!! We don't know the exact birthday so we've decided November 1st is their birthday. Oliver turned 3 and Daisy turned 2. I made the birthday salad for them and it disappeared so quickly. 3. I mowed 1+ acre lawn this afternoon (yes with the push mower in case you are wondering) Turned out, I walked 7+ miles just by mowing the lawn 😂 I'm hella tired but at least the yard looks great now.

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Today's run. I pretty much fell off the marathon training and 2016 miles goal but surprisingly, I'm not very upset. We are still waiting for the appraisal for the house, but if things go smoothly the closing date will be December 9 ish. And Dallas marathon is December 11. I'm still planning to run it, but not aiming for PR. Also, we are planning to replace all the windows to energy efficient ones. I love these 60+ years old windows, but it's probably better to have something more eco friendly. Windows are pricey, yo. We put all the junk on curb and put a sign "free" and within 24 hours, most stuffs are gone. It saved us a trip to goodwill hehe. That's my weekend :)

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This week's run. We had been busy busy and this is all I could manage. So, we put an offer on house and it got accepted, we got loan approval from bank and we scheduled inspection for next week. We are repairing/remodeling our current home at the same time and things seem like moving forward (at least). I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend! :)

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Wednesday and today's run. I'm getting used to running around here (last time I was here, I was not running yet) and found favorite road to run. My town is called Crestview and some people make fun of it as "Cres-tucky" because it's in woods like Kentucky. Which I love because it's a hidden gem and not too developed, yet convenient enough. When I'm running road like this while admiring houses in woods, running is a primitive joy. About the house we put an offer earlier, the bank says the appraisal amount does not match the sales price which means the house is not worth as much as price tag, so back to house hunting again. I've been painting the house, the yard needs a lot of work and we will be busy for a while. 1467 miles down, 549 miles to go!

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@feabhsu yayyy! Which part are you living in? We are in Panama City beach area :) @iamrunspired it's Florida baby! 😘it's mid October and still hot and humid here. Crazy!