July 2017 Running Challenge
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cameronheel wrote: »Will increase goal to 100 this month. Hoping to slowly increase my long runs from 7 miles to 8 or 9 miles by the end of the month.
July1 - 4.1miles - 4.1MTD
That's awesome. 100 miles is definitely doable. You got this!0 -
7/1 - 4 miles
This was a fast walk rather than a run. I was sorting out a new running route which takes in a couple of off-road trails that are easy to miss. I'd mapped out the route on Garmin Connect first and then written down the street names and where the trail started and ended and decided it would be better to walk the route first so that I didn't miss anything and get hopelessly lost (it wouldn't be the first time).
As it turned out, I did miss one of the trail entrances and had to retrace my steps. But now that I know where I'm going, I'm looking forward to running it.3 -
July 1 – 5.0 miles & 21DFX ABC Extreme
Total: 5.0/100 miles
A new month. A new goal. Ok, it’s the same goal. I missed it my 3 miles last month, but I have an extra day to play with this month and no major restaurant holidays so I shouldn’t have any unplanned rest days, God willing.
Upcoming Race:
July 21 - St. Pete Beach Series, Race #2, 5K
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I know you speak in jest, but be wary! Water-resistant phones tend to be classified as water resistant to fresh water. I don't sweat fresh water (I wish I did though), and all that salt can quickly erode the internal seals and render the IP rating of the phone useless. Dog poop bags FTW!@katharmonic I hope your phone recovers, and while I know this info is a little too late for you, I usually wrap my phone and car key in dog poop bags; small and convenient enough to hold things, while offering a substantial amount of rain and sweat protection.
Or get a waterproof phone, like mine.
and separate the electronic car key from the traditional key. Tada!
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First run of July was a walk because my hip is still a bit iffy. 4.3 miles, and I got a new walking mile PR of 14:33 according to Garmin. That's about 36 seconds faster than my previous PR. I'm definitely a speedy walker. Now if only I could run fast. 2
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Ha, this time I manage to post here before the thread explodes to a million posts - only three pages to catch up on
I missed most of June due to being on vacation, but this month I'm in again. Not sure what kind of goal to set, since I haven't really decided where to start on my next training plan yet.
But 150km sounds reasonable - the first 10.9km of that are already done.5 -
I know you speak in jest, but be wary! Water-resistant phones tend to be classified as water resistant to fresh water. I don't sweat fresh water (I wish I did though), and all that salt can quickly erode the internal seals and render the IP rating of the phone useless. Dog poop bags FTW!@katharmonic I hope your phone recovers, and while I know this info is a little too late for you, I usually wrap my phone and car key in dog poop bags; small and convenient enough to hold things, while offering a substantial amount of rain and sweat protection.
Or get a waterproof phone, like mine. and separate the electronic car key from the traditional key. Tada!
That's good to know. I missed that guess cuz I don't carry my phone. Unless I'm on the bike and I have carrying case for it. It can get wet. I've seen some women carry phones in thier bras eek! Never thought about the salt!
I'm sure glad you told me that!
BTW I sweat Kool-aid. Haha!2 -
1---6.38 First off, I shared my body glide with DH. It's now his. He's... Oh use your imagination. Second, oh no! He's becoming heat conditioned! He won't stop running.
6.38/70
Upcoming races
AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
July 8- XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run, 5K. Glen Rose,TX
Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK.
Pre-op PR's
1 mile 8:27 5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52. HM 2:17.28
Post-op Training PR's
1 mile 10:11 5k 34.27 10k 1:20.255 -
So I had to do some work at home...our "end of the year" is June 30th. Also rained hard here. I didn't get my planned run done in June....finished with 50 miles out of 60 in June.
So way did I have the time to read all of the posts.
New July goal....keep up with the posts, and retry to get 60 miles this month.5 -
1---6.38 First off, I shared my body glide with DH. It's now his. He's... Oh use your imagination. Second, oh no! He's becoming heat conditioned! He won't stop running.
6.38/70
Upcoming races
AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
July 8- XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run, 5K. Glen Rose,TX
Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK.
Pre-op PR's
1 mile 8:27 5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52. HM 2:17.28
Post-op Training PR's
1 mile 10:11 5k 34.27 10k 1:20.25
I use Heel Tastic for my chafing issues. I told my husband about it and now he uses it all of the time, every day...he's obsessed with it. He has some chafing issues and psoriasis. I think that we married brothers.0 -
Welcome to the group @czvanut. There are lots of fast runners here who run long distances each month, but there are still some of us who aren't as fast and don't run as far. I think my running stats are pretty close to yours. This is a really great group and very welcoming to all runners at every level of ability.
@carolineb81 Sorry you didn't have a good run today. I hope you feel better soon.
@orphia and @dkabambe I love the "dumb runner" article. That is definitely me. I usually feel like I don't know what I am doing. I just know that I love to run.3 -
1---6.38 First off, I shared my body glide with DH. It's now his. He's... Oh use your imagination. Second, oh no! He's becoming heat conditioned! He won't stop running.
6.38/70
Upcoming races
AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
July 8- XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run, 5K. Glen Rose,TX
Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK.
Pre-op PR's
1 mile 8:27 5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52. HM 2:17.28
Post-op Training PR's
1 mile 10:11 5k 34.27 10k 1:20.25
I use Heel Tastic for my chafing issues. I told my husband about it and now he uses it all of the time, every day...he's obsessed with it. He has some chafing issues and psoriasis. I think that we married brothers.
Mine has psoriasis too. I'm just glad I bought a 2 pack.
I "ran" 6 miles. The body glide must be keeping him going. I'll bet he's just about hit 10 miles by now.1 -
7/1 8 miles - Boo!
Summer Goal: Get my marathon pace below 9 minutes.
Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28
Next Races (more as I find them):
07/28/17 - Liberty Mile - 1 mile race just to see what a short run really is
10/14/17 - Stop, Drop, and Run - Fireman style obstacle course - 5km
05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
So I intended to run like 20. I even ate extra calories this morning in prep for it. At some place along the way my foot started hurting and it kept getting worse. At 8 miles I decided not to push my luck and walked home.
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PastorVincent wrote: »7/1 8 miles - Boo!
Summer Goal: Get my marathon pace below 9 minutes.
Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28
Next Races (more as I find them):
07/28/17 - Liberty Mile - 1 mile race just to see what a short run really is
10/14/17 - Stop, Drop, and Run - Fireman style obstacle course - 5km
05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
So I intended to run like 20. I even ate extra calories this morning in prep for it. At some place along the way my foot started hurting and it kept getting worse. At 8 miles I decided not to push my luck and walked home.
Boo! Sorry to hear this. Hopefully rest will take care of it.0 -
@katharmonic sorry for your loss.
I have a spibelt but sweat everything I put into it to pieces. Sounds like a swell idea, but...
Off to a good start for July
7/1 6.26 miles0 -
Day 1 of July is day 45 of my Running Streak. Happy Canada Day.3
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RunnersLament wrote: »Day 1 of July is day 45 of my Running Streak. Happy Canada Day.
Not sure where the rest of my post disappeared to? But we'll try it again. Celebrated a Canada day with my 5K Run to Quit group that I coach. All of them completed their 5Km race today at the Forks Market here in Winnipeg and are smoke free since Mothers Day! Which is completely awesome! The icing on the cake was running my best 5K in 6 years and narrowly missed beating my personal best by a few seconds. Plan this month is to run daily and average 4 miles per day. Also have been challenged to run 150 days to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday. Only 105 days to go.
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@PastorVincent Its swimming-running race. Mine is 1.5k running, 1k swimming and 5k running.
I hope you will be run ready soon!2 -
I've made my goal at 79 miles- it is fewer miles this month, but there is logic and thought behind that.
7/1 - Rest Day
Upcoming Races:
7/4/17 - Miner 5K
7/29/17 - Dr. Dash 10K
10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run HM2 -
Late to the party and in for 360 since July begins my 50 miler training for Whistler! May or may not have ordered a new race vest from Nathan for the race yesterday because...uh...I should train with it right ? Hopefully Koerner's program doesn't kill me, haha!
July 1- 9.7
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