April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Happy birthday @kgirlhart !!!!

    Congratulations to @Ohhim !
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    So funny story.

    Most of you know I am a published author, well someone read one of my books and in it was a part talking about the hero running through the woods. This woman actually wrote me an email complaining and tell me how unrealistic it was for anyone to run in the woods. She was like "have you ever even tried it? It is impossible!"

    So hats off to all our trail runners in this thread. You are doing the impossible!

    I just call it Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

    Best answer. :)
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    edited April 2018
    @lporter229 I love when what feels like a crappy run turns into a really nice one. Males the whole rest of the day better.

    @RunsOnEspresso What challenge did you do? I simply must get serious about more strength work.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @lporter229 It seemed easier this morning but I think that was because I was still half asleep. LOL

    @fitoverfortymom It was a challenge from the company I bought a few strength training programs from. She runs it once a year in January. I am now trying to decide if I do one of her 12 week programs over a longer period of time or switch to something else for marathon training. I only want to do two days and her plans are 4-5 days of lifting.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Great race report @MobyCarp Again, congratulations. Very tough conditions.
    Happy birthday @kgirlhart
    Congratulations @Ohhim (if you see this)
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Happy birthday @kgirlhart ! I love donuts.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    runners are a tough breed.

    https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2018/04/17/mary-shertenlieb

    This lady totally rocks.

    Indeed. Given how long she took, she won't be an official finisher; but I bet she gets a medal anyway. She deserves it.

    When I saw the weather, I thought it would be interesting to see how it would affect the stats for finishers. It drove the percentage down a little. 2016, sunshine and 60s, 96% finished. 2017, sunshine and 60s, 97% finished. 2018, wind and rain in our faces all day long, only 95.5% finished.

    People who make it to the start line at Boston are a tough breed, even among runners. They get there, and only physical inability to continue will keep them from finishing the race.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    runners are a tough breed.

    https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2018/04/17/mary-shertenlieb

    This lady totally rocks.

    Indeed. Given how long she took, she won't be an official finisher; but I bet she gets a medal anyway. She deserves it.

    When I saw the weather, I thought it would be interesting to see how it would affect the stats for finishers. It drove the percentage down a little. 2016, sunshine and 60s, 96% finished. 2017, sunshine and 60s, 97% finished. 2018, wind and rain in our faces all day long, only 95.5% finished.

    People who make it to the start line at Boston are a tough breed, even among runners. They get there, and only physical inability to continue will keep them from finishing the race.

    Dang, now THAT is sisu!
  • penko47
    penko47 Posts: 236 Member
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  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,861 Member
    runners are a tough breed.

    https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2018/04/17/mary-shertenlieb

    This lady totally rocks.

    Now that made me cry!
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,165 Member
    Thanks @Stoshew71 and @fitoverfortymom!

    What an awesome story @bruins_gal91! My husband was telling me about it, but I hadn't read it yet.
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    Did an easy-ish 2.5 miles this afternoon. I struggled a little bit in the heat (85 today and 65 yesterday!), so the pace was slower than I planned. Tomorrow I’ll do a longer set of walk/jog intervals, and then my first 5k is Saturday morning! I can’t believe it’s almost here.

    April goal: 40 miles
    Today: 2.5
    Total: 23.5

    woohoo! You'll have a blast. Looking forward to reading your race report.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited April 2018
    RR is up on the blog. Still not going to post the link.... someone else can if they want to.... Its not that I don't want to share it, I just get annoyed when I get warnings for sharing.
  • greyparks206
    greyparks206 Posts: 165 Member
    woohoo! You'll have a blast. Looking forward to reading your race report.

    Thanks! I’m excited/nervous in equal parts. My only goal is to run the whole thing.

  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
    @Elise4270 Yay, that's simply awesome! :smile: