June 2018 Running Challenge
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I start training for a marathon this month (Marine Corps Marathon, Oct 29)! I'm not sure how this first month is going to play out mileage wise yet, so I'll have to get back to you with a goal after a little calculation - I'm going to tentatively say 110 miles. I am still doing hybrid strength/endurance training as well and am going to need to find the right balance with that.
I start out the month with a half marathon this weekend - the Niagara Falls Women's HM, so at least I know the long run is taken care of. Then maybe the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge a few days after but I have a scheduling conflict so I might have to bag on that. I have a week of travel in the middle of June to probably hot and steamy Iowa so will need to make an extra effort to get some miles in that week.4 -
Gonna lower the bar a little bit this month and say 100 for my goal. I'd like it to be more than that, but things haven't been going my way in terms of mileage. The last two weeks of the month, will begin my plan for a full marathon in October...excited and nervous.3
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This is my first time joining this challenge, and I'm super new to running as a whole. I'm nearly done with c25k, so I'm going to set a goal of running 3 miles three times a week, which comes to around 36 miles a week, but i'm going to lower it to 27 miles because I'm going to be traveling during the last week of June
I have my first ever 5k coming up in September-a foam obstacle course run! 9 -
Welcome back @RespectTheKitty and @Marissaxzxzxz!! We have missed you!
Welcome to our group of crazy runners @JessiRaeSawyer @saraz4 @conatser9 @saravandeputte @pritchk and @amirahdaboss (and any other newbie I missed)! We have runners of all types, distances and speeds - some run long, some run fast, some run long and fast but they are all super helpful and encouraging so don't be afraid to join in the conversations and ask questions.
@katharmonic - I think @BruinsGal_91 is also running the JP Morgan Challenge!3 -
girlinahat wrote: »lporter229 wrote: »TattooedDolphinGirl78 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »me first?????
wow.
Mileage goal - get through a marathon and not die.
Sorry but I'm first.
But are you in the same age group?
That depends on whether she’s had a birthday yet this year!!!
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Good luck this weekend @katharmonic. I know you'll kill it!0
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I did 30 for my "gettin' back to it" month of May, so I'm going to plan on 40 for June. I'm done with school and have a couple of weeks before my kiddos are out, so I'm looking forward to some nice long park runs in the mornings. We do have a little vacation, but hopefully that will just mean some other fun place to run.
I'm starting out tomorrow by chaperoning 150 middle school kids to a chorus field trip/amusement park day, so no run!
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I’ll say 150k again, but that’s an ambitious goal...3
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My goal is 3 runs per week minimum with a total monthly goal of 70 miles.
And to keep up with this thread (sort-of)
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Hi guys, I'm back!! I started training this week for the Chicago Marathon, where I'll be aiming for a BQ (go big or go home, right?). My goal for the month is 135 miles and a PR at the 10K I'm doing later in the month. I'm also hoping to continue being consistent with strength training at least 3 times a week.
Can't wait to start things off tomorrow! Unfortunately fridays are cross training days, so I won't reeeeeally be starting until the 2nd... I'll try to keep up in the meantime, but no guarantees...
Upcoming Races
06/07: Strides for Peace 5K
06/24: Chicago 10K
07/22: Rock 'n' Roll Chicago 10K
10/07: Chicago Marathon5 -
60km this month. May was the first time I've reached (and surpassed) my goal.8
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My goal is 100 miles and consistent strength training workouts.
Upcoming Races:
6/10/18 Manitowoc Half Marathon
6/23/18 Five Fifty Fifty Run for Mental Health
7/4/18 Antioch Run for Freedom 5K
7/29/18 Cudahy Classic 10 miles
8/18/18 Madison Mini Half Marathon
9/16/18 North Face Endurance 10k4 -
MFP Monthly Running Challenge team spirit:
Sisu
"Sisu is a Finnish concept and cultural construct that is described through a combination of various English terms including stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience,[1][2] and hardiness[3][4] and is held by Finns themselves to express their national character. It is generally considered not to have a literal equivalent in English. Sisu is a grim, gritty, white-knuckle form of courage that is typically presented in situations where success is against the odds. It expresses itself in taking action against the odds and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity, in other words, deciding on a course of action and then sticking to that decision".j
Also defined by poet Robert Frost,
"I took the road less travelled, and that has made all the difference".
And our latest team shirt:
https://www.zazzle.com/sisu_mfp_monthly_running_challenge_mens_t_shirt-235323952826501157
(Click Customise to choose female t-shirts, tank tops, whatever.)
My goal for June is "just" to complete my 2018 main running goal:
to run my first 50 km run.
Will aim to embrace the Sisu.
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My June running goal: 75 Miles
All treadmill as running outside is brutal in the desert. Today hit 108°.3 -
Unfortunately not the same one I am. I think she's Boston and I'm Syracuse. It's a series in 13 different cities.
@Scott6255 thanks so much. Not really planning to race it this time I don't think, more of enjoyable long run with friends. We'll see what happens that day though! And I hope your shin feels better.
Welcome to all the new people! Glad to have you join in and good luck meeting your goals this month.
@ariceroni welcome back! Exciting goal to run Chicago and qualify for Boston! I will be rooting for you and I look forward to hearing how your training goes. Of course I won't be directly comparing my training with the goal of merely surviving 26.2 miles to your speedy goal, but will be interested to see how you and everyone else here progresses through marathon training this summer.
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Put me down for 300 miles. It's gonna be a long sweaty month.
ETA: it usually helps if I clarify the unit of measurement8 -
June goal 80km again. Easing into marathon training, probably will look for a race mid or late November. Other goals, get on a trail at least twice. Cycle 200km. Strength training twice a week. Let's see how this goes.2
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@katharmonic @shanaber Yup, I'm running Boston on the 21st. Got a few friends running Syracuse though. It's always way too crowded for a PB, so I'm just aiming to beat last year's time.2
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@ariceroni - Good luck with Chicago. It's kind of halfway on my bucket list, but not this year and not 2019. If I have a good race at Wineglass, the bucket list will include both New York and Chicago, so I can say I ran the 3 World Marathon Majors that I don't need a passport to get to.
Lately I haven't been very good at guessing how many miles I'll run in a month. Achieving the goal of staying healthy in May meant missing my nominal mileage goal. So, this month's guess . . .
Nominal June mileage goal: 160 miles
Real goals: Stay healthy. Survive 4 races scheduled in June, 2 of them outside my comfort zone. Start training toward Wineglass.4 -
200 miles for the month of June (Yes, my goal every month) Hope to go over, just taking one day at a time...3
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Okay, I am back this month. My stupid pinched nerve in my back has finally calmed down. I swear I was cursed this spring. Foot tendinitis, the flu, and then a back injury.
I am starting marathon training at the end of June so it’s time to get moving again. I am in for 150 miles in June.
I also signed up for a Tough Mudder race thing in October. I guess I need to work on my upper body strength seeing how I currently have none. Ambitious goal #2 -suck it up and do 2 ST workouts a week.
Upcoming Races (so far):
6/23/2018 -Fit Foodie 5k
10/10/2018 -Tough Mudder Half
10/27/2018 -Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
1/26/2019 -Fitbit Topical 5k
1/27/2019 -Miami Marathon7 -
I’m in for 70mi tho probably won’t be running for a week. Somehow I gave myself water poisoning on Sunday and I thought I had rested and restricted my fluid intake enough but after yesterday’s run I woke up this morning and it felt like I had been choked in my sleep. Went to the doctors this morning and turns out my throat is really swollen and restricting my airwaves. So bedrest and steroid treatments for me. This is going to be torture as I have insomnia and restless legs. Only upside is the possibility of losing 5 lbs cuz I can’t eat. Lol.8
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Day one of winter down and the first run of the month done: yesterday's 10k - a day late and a smidge short!
1 June: 9.77
Total, 9.77 of an ambitious 150km for the month
Upcoming events
17 June, Xterra Trail Run, 11km +/- 200m
8 July, Xterra Trail Run, 12.1km
29 July, Xterra Trail Run, 12.5km
19 August, Xterra Trail Run, 11km
25 August Mt Maunganui Half
9 September, Xterra Trail Run, 13.2km
29 October, either Auckland Half or Queenstown Half, can't decide!!!
17 November, Kerikeri Half or Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi 20.5km (undecided here too)3 -
Speaking of running before the sun comes up - This is my first summer as a runner and I'm starting to realize why Memphis is one of the most obese cities in America. Both of the running trails I go to - the Greenline and the Greenway near Johnson Park - are illegal to run on except during daylight hours. In fact most parks here are illegal to be in except in daylight.
As for running on roads, the sidewalks are not kept up (plus frequent stretches with no sidewalks at all) and drivers are not pedestrian friendly - I read an article a while back about the odds of being hit as a pedestrian in different cities across the US, and we are statistically one of the most dangerous cities for pedestrians and cyclists.
Near the Greenline bike trail, on a main road entering the most heavily trafficked thoroughfare through the city, the city has made a token effort to be bike friendly by adding a bike lane, but as per usual they kittened it all up - it wasn't possible to widen the road, and one section is too narrow for two lanes plus bikes, so there's a stretch about 200 yards long where the bike lane merges into the right hand traffic lane. So it's a marked bike lane, the law says drivers have to stay three feet away from it, but drivers are also supposed to drive in it. This was understandably confusing, so further up the road drivers kept driving over the cyclists, to the point that the city, in order to avoid being sued by flattened cyclists for tempting them into thinking Poplar avenue was a sane or safe place to be, added narrow, waist high metal poles blocking the bikes from the traffic. The poles are almost invisible in certain lighting conditions, but will really mess up your car if you drive into them, which apparently people do on a regular basis since they are heavily bent and dented.
It's not surprising that a town which makes it nearly impossible to exercise is full of fat people.
I hate running indoors so I'm going to be stuck with the heat of very early morning at the parks, or the broken sidewalks near our home.3 -
@rheddmobile the only thing I can suggest is to run in residential neighborhood before sunup. I do my weekday runs around 5am around my neighborhood in the street, against the flow of traffic. It is rare that I see a car, and if I do, I see it before it sees me, so I can get out of the way.
Not the most exciting runs, but they get the job done.5 -
Back to running after a long, lazy in hot weather, one month gap. My goal for June is 50 km. And keeping up with the 10k training program.
June Running Challenge
Goal: 50 km
Done: 3/50 km
1/6/18 Run 3 km4 -
Happy June everyone!!!
My goal for this month is just 15-20 miles. Mostly, I want to continue allowing my leg to heal, so I'm doing a lot of cross training and strength training. Also, as they say in Parks and Rec, "It's as hot as the devil's butt crack" in South Carolina, so unless I run before the sun is up, it's HOT. But I'm still here, and I'm still running. 8 -
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