April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • kevaasen
    kevaasen Posts: 173 Member
    Thanks @katharmonic Congrats on your race and PR!!
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    @juliet3455 I stumbled across that site myself the other day. I'm going to try to do every other long run on trails the next few months I think. I had fun today!
  • jele30
    jele30 Posts: 136 Member
    Made up some of the mileage missed last week with a quick 3 miles yesterday. We had an out of town wedding to get ready for, so couldn’t get in much. It was nice to get it in as the food at the wedding was really good and lots of car time.

    Today, it was beautiful out. Close to 60 degrees, so was able to wear shorts and short sleeves. I was scheduled for 9, but knew I would only be doing 5 miles. The snow put us a couple weeks behind, so normally we’d have opened up our camper and cleaned out our site by now. With that said, we are itching to get to our camper and the half I was going to do is coinciding with my husband’s weekend off in two weeks. I’m going to back off the long runs for the half and focus on the 10k I’m registered for in June. I’ve been running 3-4 times a week and would like to get that up to 4-5 and look at a half later.

    Previous total 20.5
    4/17- 3 miles
    4/18- 5 miles
    4/19- 5 miles
    4/20- rest
    4/21- 3 miles
    4/22- 5 miles

    Total: 41.5/74.5 goal
  • penko47
    penko47 Posts: 236 Member
    edited April 2018
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  • huntleigh3229
    huntleigh3229 Posts: 34 Member
    edited April 2018
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    I did my first ever trail race today. 5k in 39:03 which is 21 seconds slower than my road pb. It was tough but I’m happy with my time.

    Just 21 seconds? Wowza! That's great! Congratulations!

    The road PB and trail PB's can be keep separate. :wink:
    Thanks!

    I'll definitely be keeping them separate. I only compared them this time because I thought I would be a lot slower on the trail!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    I did my first ever trail race today. 5k in 39:03 which is 21 seconds slower than my road pb. It was tough but I’m happy with my time.

    Just 21 seconds? Wowza! That's great! Congratulations!

    The road PB and trail PB's can be keep separate. :wink:
    Thanks!

    I'll definitely be keeping them separate. I only compared them this time because I thought I would be a lot slower on the trail!

    That probably means if you ran a road race you would be much faster than you think you are. :)
  • Wen2Run
    Wen2Run Posts: 62 Member
    Total - 66 miles
    Target - 40 miles
    New Target - 80 miles
    To Complete - 14 miles

    1/4 - Rest
    2/4 - Rest
    3/4 - Rest
    4/4 - 4.1 miles
    5/4 - 4.9 miles
    6/4 - 4 miles
    7/4 - 3.1 miles. First park run with my daughter
    7/4 - 5.22 miles. Evening run.
    8/4 - 2.01 miles
    9/4 - Rest
    10/4 - 4.21 miles
    11/4 - 4.00 miles
    12/4 - 3.1 miles
    13/4 - rest
    14/4 - rest
    15/4 - 6 miles
    16/4 - Rest
    17/4 - 6 miles
    18/4 - Rest
    19/4 - 9 miles
    20/4 - Rest
    21/4 - 3.1 miles, park run with daughter. She took 10 minutes off her time, 00:36:30. 2nd in her age group (she is 7 and there was only 4 girls in the JW10 cat)
    21/4 - 7 miles, my evening run
    22/4 - Rest, well I ended up doing the garden and digging up a tree that had been annoying me for ages, so not really a rest.
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @sarahthes - great pics! I’ve not done a trail race yet (or even a run!) but you guys are enticing me to try. But not sure there is any of it around Orlando. I’ll look!
    @elise4270 - awesome to see you able to get even a little bit of running in! You win the patience award!
    @pastorVincent - 1000 extra calories a day for running! Wow, I don’t think I could do that unless it was pure junk food. Of course next week you will need to carb load. :wink:
    @kristinegift - sorry about your coffee shop closing. I'm sure it’s hard for little coffee shops to compete. :(


    4/1 - 3.65 miles to Buckingham Palace, + strength training W9-B
    4/2 -Tabatas in the hotel gym
    4/3 - 5 miles Hyde Park
    4/4 - strength training + 1 mile treadmill
    4/5 - 5 miles Hyde Park - last day in London
    4/6 - rest/travel day
    4/7 - 4 miles on treadmill
    4/8 - 25 miles cycling + strength training W9-C
    4/9 - 5 miles
    4/10 - strength training w9-D
    4/11 - 5 miles + strength training W10-A
    4/12 - 5 miles
    4/13 - rest day!
    4/14 - 43 miles cycling
    4/15 - 40 miles cycling + strength training W10-B
    4/16 - 3 miles + strength training W10-C
    4/17 - 5 miles
    4/18 - strength training w10-D
    4/19 - 4 miles + strength training W11-A
    4/20 - Rest Day
    4/21 - 5 miles
    4/22 - 35 miles cycling
    4/23 - Strength training w12-C


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  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    @ddmom0811 Oh I should clarify -- the coffee shop is thriving! The running store is closing. There are two running shops in our town, and we really only need one. It's weird because Pacers Running has been treading water for a while in Princeton, whereas in DC they are a force to be reckoned with with like four stores.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    4/1 = rest day...sort of (moving day)
    4/2 = 9.5 miles
    4/3 = Vinyasa yoga class and 3.5 miles
    4/4 = 3 dreadmill Miles and 20 minutes strength training
    4/5 = travel for work
    4/6 = travel for work
    4/7 = 13 miles (Outlaw 1/2 Race)
    4/8 = rest day
    4/9 = 7 miles and strength training
    4/10 = yoga class
    4/11 = 10 miles
    4/12 = 3.5 miles
    4/13 = 14 miles
    4/14 = running rest day - walked the pups instead
    4/15 = 10 miles Run/Walk intervals with the running group
    4/16 = 3 miles and 30 minutes strength training
    4/17 = 6 miles
    4/18 = 10 miles
    4/19 = rest day (stupid work crap)
    4/20 = 15 miles
    4/21 = strength training
    4/22 = 8 miles (Group Run)
    4/23 = 5 miles & 30 minutes strength training

    April mileage goal = 125 miles / April miles complete = 120.5 miles
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    What great race and run reports! And I’m LOLing at the vaccination to trail running illness. Congrats to all!
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today - Miles for April

    4/1 10 miles - 10
    4/2 REST DAY
    4/3 6.2 miles - 16.2
    4/4 REST DAY
    4/5 4.5 miles - 20.7
    4/6 REST DAY
    4/7 13.1 miles - 33.8
    4/8 REST DAY
    4/9 REST DAY
    4/10 7 miles - 40.8
    4/11 REST DAY
    4/12 7 miles - 47.8
    4/13 REST DAY
    4/14 REST DAY/BAD WEATHER
    4/15 10 miles - 57.8
    4/16 REST DAY
    4/17 8 miles - 65.8
    4/18 REST DAY
    4/19 8 miles - 73.8
    4/20 REST DAY
    4/21 10 miles - 83.8
    4/22 REST DAY
    4/23 REST DAY



    Races this year
    Oak Barrel Half Marathon - 4/7/18 -- 1:47:24


    Upcoming races:
    None at the moment

  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    4/01 - REST
    4/02 - 5.19 (trail)
    4/03 - 3.39
    4/04 - 5.38 (trail)
    4/05 - 4
    4/06 - 3
    4/07 - 10.62
    4/08 - REST
    4/09 - 5.13 (trail)
    4/10 - 4.9
    4/11 - 4.1 (trail)
    4/12 - REST
    4/13 - REST
    4/14 - 25k!! (41st of all women, 1st AG finish)
    4/15 - REST
    4/16 - REST
    4/17 - 3
    4/18 - 4 (trail)
    4/19 - Strength/stretch
    4/20 - 10
    4/21 - Cross Train Les Mills Bodypump
    4/22 - 5 mile hike
    4/23 - Undecided. Legit rest day if the weather is bad and soccer is cancelled. I sort of want to test drive my new Saucony Guide ISO road shoes. I've only ever had Asics, so we'll see how this goes.

  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    @7lenny7 That 20M Tillamook race you're planning in for 2019 looks veeeery interesting... and is veeeery close to my in-laws' place... hmmm...
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited April 2018
    sarahthes wrote: »
    @7lenny7 That 20M Tillamook race you're planning in for 2019 looks veeeery interesting... and is veeeery close to my in-laws' place... hmmm...

    @sarahthes Do it!! My sister and her husband live near Portland so we'd be combining it with a visit with them. I just need to convince my wife to go. That shouldn't be too hard.

    It's a pretty small event, which I like. Just 250 runners for two races last year. Last year they had a 50M and a 50K, but this year it's a 50K and a 20M. Not sure why they changed.

    The photos here are amazing!
    https://goo.gl/photos/66eD3dqC643c5rNn7
    and a short video
    https://www.facebook.com/TillamookBurnTrailRun/videos/2050958961782237/
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    @7lenny7 That 20M Tillamook race you're planning in for 2019 looks veeeery interesting... and is veeeery close to my in-laws' place... hmmm...

    @sarahthes Do it!! My sister and her husband live near Portland so we'd be combining it with a visit with them. I just need to convince my wife to go. That shouldn't be too hard.

    It's a pretty small event, which I like. Just 250 runners for two races last year. Last year they had a 50M and a 50K, but this year it's a 50K and a 20M. Not sure why they changed.

    The photos here are amazing!
    https://goo.gl/photos/66eD3dqC643c5rNn7
    and a short video
    https://www.facebook.com/TillamookBurnTrailRun/videos/2050958961782237/

    @7lenny7 It's really tempting. We will be out that way in late July; I'm going to suggest we do a day hike on part of the trail and then decide, since it looks like registration for next year should open around October? Plenty of time...
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @ddmom0811 Oh I should clarify -- the coffee shop is thriving! The running store is closing. There are two running shops in our town, and we really only need one. It's weird because Pacers Running has been treading water for a while in Princeton, whereas in DC they are a force to be reckoned with with like four stores.

    Oh, that's good!