July 2017 Running Challenge

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  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
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    juliet3455 wrote: »


    Forgot to mention that there were 8 different piles of Bear Scat, Red or Purple.
    The Wild Saskatoon's and Raspberries are heavy with fruit so the Bears are feasting.
    Even had one Saskatoon tree beside the trail that had been pulled down - I am guessing a bear grabbed it and pulled it over to get to the fruit at the very top - we all know that the best berries are always at the top where you can't reach them.

    I'm worried about coyotes and you have BEARS!!! That temp of 79 sounds so nice for a day time run. I think it was that at 545 this morning. Have fun, watch for the bears!
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
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    @girlinahat - that is some amazing scenery you have there. Gorgeous!

    @HonuNui - WOW! Just wow! That is a great picture.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    ctlaws44 wrote: »
    I donated blood in the morning so I didn't quite know how these runs were going to turn out. The nice thing about donating blood at work is that I get 4 hrs excused leave so I was home relaxing by 10:30. I took a nice long nap and then headed out to run. I took it easy at first and wore my HRM and monitored it often to make sure nothing was going bad. I felt really good! It's good to know that if I'm ever out running, and I misplace a pint of blood, I can easily make it 10 miles or so. I'll see in the morning how I feel though. On another note The Red Cross said my blood pressure was 100/68 which is an improvement from last Oct. 146/92.

    I hope everyone's having a good mid-week!

    Impressive, when I donate I can not even drive for a couple hours... nevermind run.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    girlinahat wrote: »
    So now I sit here, trying to eat less again, trying to get my motivation back. I even contemplated cancelling my HM place for next weekend, but have bravely decided to do it anyway, even if I walk most of it. Maybe I can feed off the excitement of everyone else around me?

    Great pictures.

    I definitely say do the race any ways. There are bananas needing eating after all! :lol: But seriously, the excitement and crowds of a race might just be what you need.
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
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    July Running Challenge
    Goal: 100 km
    Ran: 60/100

    20/7/17 Run 3 km (60)
    19/7/17 Run 5 km (57)
    17/7/17 Run 8 km (52)
    15/7/17 Run 7 km (44)
    14/7/17 Rest Day Walk 7 km
    13/7/17 Run 8 km walk 5 km (37)
    12/7/17 Run 7 km walk 5 km
    11/7/17 Run 8 km Walk 6 km (21)
    10/7/17 Walk 5 km
    9/7/17 Run 7 km (14)
    8/7/17 walk 2km
    7/7/17 Walk 4 km
    6/7/17 (Sick)Rest day
    5/7/17 Run 7 km + Yoga
    4/7/17 SL+ Walk 15 km
    3/7/17 Walk 7 km
    1/7/17 walk 8 km

    SL : Strong lift
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,143 Member
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    04/07 3.79miles
    05/07 4.80 miles
    06/07 3.45 miles
    07/07 3.23 miles
    08/07 3.26 miles - inhaled my first fly of the year.
    17/07 3.78 miles
    18/07 3.36 miles - that was a slow and steady slog (note to self- do not eat a steak a few hours before a run)
    20/07 4.53 miles


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  • BettyM1017
    BettyM1017 Posts: 616 Member
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    July 20 – 4.5 miles Easy
    Total: 74.75/100 miles

    Upcoming Races:
    July 21 - St. Pete Beach Series, Race #2, 5K
  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
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    5miles today. 41 to go for July.

    girlinahat and Honunui love the photos!
  • kimlight2
    kimlight2 Posts: 483 Member
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    @Honunui and @girlinahat - Love the pictures! Thank you for sharing.
    @MNLittleFinn - I am sorry you are layed up. Hope it is nothing serious and you don't have to miss your race but it sounds like you have a good plan in place.
    @JessicaMcB - Glad your ankle is doing better. Amazing miles!
    @juliet3455 - If I had to deal with bears I would nope my way out of there.
  • kimlight2
    kimlight2 Posts: 483 Member
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    Date Strava Garmin Strava Garmin
    Total Total
    7/2 4.0 Mi ? 4.0 Mi 4.0 Mi
    7/4 3.4 Mi 3.4 Mi 7.4 Mi 7.4 Mi
    7/6 3.7 Mi 2.9 Mi 11.1Mi 10.3 Mi
    7/8 3.8 Mi 3.4 Mi 14.9Mi 13.7 Mi
    7/11 3.1 Mi 3.5 Mi 18.0Mi 17.2 Mi
    7/13 3.7 Mi 3.1 Mi 21.7Mi 20.3 Mi
    7/15 4.0 Mi 3.4 Mi 25.7Mi 23.7 Mi
    7/16 2.2 Mi 2.0 Mi 27.9Mi 25.7 Mi
    7/20 3.1 Mi 3.1 Mi 31.0Mi 28.8 Mi

    Was exhausted Tuesday and by the time I would have been able to get out to run, it would have been to hot so that was a miss. Hit the treadmill at work today and got in 3.1 disgusting miles. Our gym is always humid and not cool enough once I get moving and today was no exception. I will admit I sweat A LOT when I work out but today I literally had sweat dripping into my eyes and off my hair onto my neck after my run. It was so embarrassing. I didn't stretch when I was done I just wanted into the locker room as fast as I could. :frowning:


    2017 Races :
    4/29/2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame 5k - Done
    6/10/17 Run and Ride Cedar Point 5K (maybe) - Done
    7/30/17 Home Run 4 miler (maybe)
    8/6/17 Hofbrauhaus 5k (maybe, not in a really good neighborhood)
    9/9/17 Kick off 5k (race 2 of series)
    11/19/17 Halftime 10K (race 3 of series)
    2/4/18 Championship 5 miler (race 4 of series)
    4/29/18 Akron Half Marathon (Can sign up for $26.50 by 8/1 without getting a shirt for full or half)
  • WandaVaughn
    WandaVaughn Posts: 420 Member
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    I put in 3 hot miles this morning. 9 down, 192 to go! :smiley:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    MobyCarp wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Been in a mood for the last 5 days. Going from 40+ miles a week to zero has had some major effects on my temperment.... my poor poor students...lol.

    Been there, done that. It's a tough mental adjustment, and a tough dietary adjustment to go from eating to train for a marathon to eating like someone who won't get 10K steps per day.
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Have a doctor appointment tomorrow, and just talked with a private PT place that specializes in working with athletes and takes my insurance. I'll be making the 80 minute drivee there for a 0745 appointment on Tuesday.

    Travel time will make PT more inconvenient. Be sure to track your driving miles; if you end up with a schedule of regular PT appointments, you'll have a lot of medical miles. Maybe you end up not being able to use medical expense as a tax deduction because you don't beat the 10% of AGI haircut; but if you get there, the medical miles count toward the deduction.
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    In the mean time, I'm doing a lot of thinking about myb100k and basically have come to thr point where, if I'm not running in another week, I won't be doing it. It's billed as the toughest 100k in the Midwest and I need all the training time I can get for it. Back up is, if I get running within 3-4 weeks after injury, to try an 8 hour race at the beginning of November, in the hopes of getting in 50k (15min/mile avg) so i can try to register for a certain 50 mile that's next year fall.....

    If I can't run for longer, I'll just put off race thoughts, work core and strength and plan a killer comeback next year.

    And I feel fat.... I'm up to 132 pounds and hate it!

    Sorry for the whining, this is thr only place I can do it where people understand.

    Been there, done that. It seems no matter how much we hear about building gradually, and not doing too much too soon, every runner I know had to find out how much was "too much" the hard way. I was no exception.

    Nice breakdown there. At least I'll get my 10k steps a day, I pace a LOT. The PT is a bit of a hike, but closer ones really only cater to senior citizens and don't have the same experience with athletes, and I got several recommendations for the one I booked with, and they provide more PT service optiona... and they take my insurance....

    Schedule is all "hoped for" in reality, I have no clue how things will look, hoping doctor and PT appointments will help with that..... leg is feeling better though, so I'm still somewhat hopeful that I'll be back running before the end of the summer, but I'm no doc or PT so ill be taking their advice... so I'm bummed, but with entering into trail running, I am more willing to take it easy on the running and work on strength and core in the time being.... and relearn to eat less.... that's the real hard part.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
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    kimlight2 wrote: »
    Date Strava Garmin Strava Garmin
    Total Total
    7/2 4.0 Mi ? 4.0 Mi 4.0 Mi
    7/4 3.4 Mi 3.4 Mi 7.4 Mi 7.4 Mi
    7/6 3.7 Mi 2.9 Mi 11.1Mi 10.3 Mi
    7/8 3.8 Mi 3.4 Mi 14.9Mi 13.7 Mi
    7/11 3.1 Mi 3.5 Mi 18.0Mi 17.2 Mi
    7/13 3.7 Mi 3.1 Mi 21.7Mi 20.3 Mi
    7/15 4.0 Mi 3.4 Mi 25.7Mi 23.7 Mi
    7/16 2.2 Mi 2.0 Mi 27.9Mi 25.7 Mi
    7/20 3.1 Mi 3.1 Mi 31.0Mi 28.8 Mi

    Was exhausted Tuesday and by the time I would have been able to get out to run, it would have been to hot so that was a miss. Hit the treadmill at work today and got in 3.1 disgusting miles. Our gym is always humid and not cool enough once I get moving and today was no exception. I will admit I sweat A LOT when I work out but today I literally had sweat dripping into my eyes and off my hair onto my neck after my run. It was so embarrassing. I didn't stretch when I was done I just wanted into the locker room as fast as I could. :frowning:


    2017 Races :
    4/29/2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame 5k - Done
    6/10/17 Run and Ride Cedar Point 5K (maybe) - Done
    7/30/17 Home Run 4 miler (maybe)
    8/6/17 Hofbrauhaus 5k (maybe, not in a really good neighborhood)
    9/9/17 Kick off 5k (race 2 of series)
    11/19/17 Halftime 10K (race 3 of series)
    2/4/18 Championship 5 miler (race 4 of series)
    4/29/18 Akron Half Marathon (Can sign up for $26.50 by 8/1 without getting a shirt for full or half)

    I feel ya. After last night's hot and humid sweatfest at track workout I had to hang my workout clothes in the tub because they were literally dripping, as was I and my hair, lol.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today - Miles for July

    7/1 13.1 miles - 13.1
    7/2 REST DAY
    7/3 10 miles - 23.1
    7/4 10 miles - 33.1
    7/5 5 miles - 38.1
    7/6 REST DAY
    7/7 REST DAY
    7/8 14 miles - 52.1
    7/9 REST DAY
    7/10 10.5 miles - 62.6
    7/11 10 miles - 72.6
    7/12 REST DAY
    7/13 10 miles - 82.6
    7/14 4 miles 86.6
    7/15 REST DAY
    7/16 REST DAY
    7/17 10.5 miles - 97.1
    7/18 7.4 miles - 104.5
    7/19 REST DAY
    7/20 9 miles - 113.5


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    Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
    Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
    Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon - 4/29 << 4:09:59

    Upcoming races:
    None so far

    I got way behind in here. Just life caught me by surprise. I am not sure if I can catch up on the room. Here's my latest running log. I apologize.

  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
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    @Stoshew71 welcome back. Good to hear it was just life keeping you from us, I was worried you'd grown tired of us. Feeling very tired today, came home with intentions doing strength training and maybe the local 5k summer sizzle but I ended up with an impromptu nap instead. I'm crediting my hill repeats from this morning and hoping it's not the illness that effected my son and wife earlier this week. Darn numbers got me comtiplating how I can squeeze in a few more to get 150 this month.
  • Azercord
    Azercord Posts: 573 Member
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    Whats the verdict on Darn Tough socks? I'm looking for socks, I use my socks for both running and everyday wear so I need something that can take the abuse. I'm getting tired of having to replace my socks every couple months because I've pounded holes in them. This would be my first time stepping out of a mid range prices sock ($12-$20 a 6 pack) to a full priced sock ($12-$15 each) and I want to make sure I'm getting something that will last all day every day.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
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    @MNLittleFinn As to the point @MobyCarp made on medical mileage - if you have a flex plan for medical, you can turn in the mileage for reimbursement from your plan.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    @MNLittleFinn As to the point @MobyCarp made on medical mileage - if you have a flex plan for medical, you can turn in the mileage for reimbursement from your plan.

    cool. Good to know. I'll have to ask my wife about that, she works in the industry, and we are insured through her work.

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