April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....6 -
Finally found the thread! I was waiting for it to appear in the challenges section, but today I finally had the idea to check the March thread for the link, so here I am
I hope April will be a better running month than March.
March started great, with a nice long run, followed by three more short runs were I didn't feel like doing more, because I felt so sluggish, and then an attempt for another long run that I cut short after 10km because my left knee started hurting. It had been fine since last November, I am not happy that the knee pain suddenly came back! I took a week off from running entirely (and didn't check in with the challenge at all, otherwise I would have been tempted to go for a run right away!). Afterwards, I only did three very short runs the week after that. The week following that, when I wanted to start running more again, I promptly got a cold...
It's a good thing I didn't sign up for the marathon I was eyeing beginning of May, I'm not even sure I will be back to properly racing a half by then! (maybe end of May??)
So I'm not setting a distance goal for this month, just getting back in shape (and not neglecting strength training!).
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girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.3 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
And donuts and bacon cheeseburgers. Sometimes pizza.
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
And donuts and bacon cheeseburgers. Sometimes pizza.
I run for cheeseburgers and pizza and pancakes.3 -
Yeah, I just ate two big slices of pizza for lunch. Last two days I am so hungry all the time and can't seem to fill up. That will catch up to me. I definitely run for more food.2
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April Running Challenge
Goal: 80 km
Done: 2/80
3/4/18 Run 2 km SL B10 -
Still just lurking this month. Life location is still too much up in the air to have a set goal at this point. Trying to get a little more running in there overall but enjoying my lifting and parallettes work a little too much at the moment.5
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April 2 – 5.01 miles
Fell one mile short of my March goal so I will give 120 miles a try again this month.
@eponine1984 – So very sorry for your loss.
Upcoming Races:
April 7 – Cooper River Bridge Run (10K)
May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
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Hello fellow runners!
1/4: 11.36k -w/u and 10k race-
2/4: 11.1k -Intervals-
Aim: 22.47k/200k
Stay free of injuries!6 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
And donuts and bacon cheeseburgers. Sometimes pizza.
I run for cheeseburgers and pizza and pancakes.
I know, right? I mean some people have shirts that say "Will run for beer" and I am all like "Cheeseburgers and pizza!" Not to mention ICE CREAM - the real full fat kind, not the frankenstein garbage they try to pass off as ice cream.3 -
Love good beer, and good pizza but good ice cream is a necessity of life. Fortunately I live in an area with many homemade quality ice cream places nearby.2
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cburke8909 wrote: »Love good beer, and good pizza but good ice cream is a necessity of life. Fortunately I live in an area with many homemade quality ice cream places nearby.
That's pretty much my ideal food pyramid. It's a good job I enjoy running so much.2 -
Had a good run today...after all the Easter chocolate sweets, it was much welcomed!!! Back into routine with kids back to school...just waiting for some warmer weather to hurry up and get here☺️5
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Date Miles today - Miles for April
4/1 10 miles - 10
4/2 REST DAY
4/3 6.2 miles - 16.2
Upcoming races:
Oak Barrel Half Marathon - 4/7/18
Tapering for this week's HM.4 -
4/1 - REST
4/2 - 5.19 (trail)
4/3 - 3.39
I swear I'm not messing with anyone by not rounding up! Definitely a "run easy" day. 5 miles on trail on a weeknight sure sticks with ya when you don't run on trail every day. That combined with a chilly wind made me slow to get out the door. I think I finally have to chuck the pants i wore today. They are officially "crack pants" because they slide down so badly, and I discovered a hole in them. I will always remember these as my "First HM pants."
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@eponine1984 So sorry for your loss and for what you had to go through!
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Took me a while to find the thread!!!
I went AWOL at the end of march but let's try this again! My target for April is 50km. Aiming to run 3-4 km 4-5 times a week. I am very stretched for time so can't do longer runs at the moment but a short run is better than none right?!
4/1 - 4km - 4/50
4/2 - rest day - 4/50
4/3 - 5.4km - 9.4/50 - awful run... legs are still feeling the effects of spinning and running on the weekend....
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