July 2018 Running Challenge
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LaDispute57 wrote: »I think we scared off that girl who stopped by to say she was going to run 160 miles in 11 days despite being a non-runner.
who
? us 
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LaDispute57 wrote: »I think we scared off that girl who stopped by to say she was going to run 160 miles in 11 days despite being a non-runner.
Oh no! Does anyone remember her username? I tried to go back and look but this thread is so busy. I would love to send her a friend request and encouraging message.
I had pretty much given up on the MFP forums until I found this challenge. People seemed so hostile in a lot of the forum posts. It is so demoralizing when you are new and just looking for encouragement and information. I hate to think we scared someone away!
The people in this challenge have been so supportive. They gave me so much good advice as a newbie runner doing C25K. I would love to offer that encouragement to someone else.5 -
@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.3 -
@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.
Might have been a "piling" on thing. I mean like 3 or 4 of us posted all at once I think
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Yeah... I felt bad... But we were all blown away by the mileage...2
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@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.
Right, but it was 160 miles starting mid-way through the month. So going from 0 miles / week to 80 miles / week.0 -
@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.
Yeah, it was an immediate red flag to me, so I just wanted to warn her before she hurt herself. By no means was it meant as hostile. If you are out there @JuliaMacEwan, please understand we were just trying to help!! Don't be scared of us....we only want to support and encourage our little family (with only a few jabs here and there ) 5 -
workaholic_nurse wrote: »amymoreorless wrote: »
I seriously think running in this heat is starting to addle my brain.
95.5/125 goal July miles
We're runners, our brain is already addled
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Agreed. I remember earlier this week swearing off afternoon work outs. Its not happened. I was dripping sweat just laying the new soaker hoses today.
@amymoreorless love the selfie
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There is being encouraging and being realistic. You guys were both.
I was part of a group that was "everyone must be positive no matter what" which sounds great until a guy posted that he lost 100lb in 100 days. When I pointed out that was likely a typo I got jumped on. No matter your beginning weight, that is not safe and healthy. And I realised that anytime anyone posted stupid WL or exercise myths everyone was supportive and no one contradicted it. It took the shine off that group.
As for me, I decided to let my body decide if I would run today. Basioits a scheduled rest day but I didn't run Monday so thought I might. I didn't set my alarm and basically said if I'm awake at 530 I'll run, if I don't then I won't. Small child woke me at 5:45.... So rest day it is lol. Given on scheduled run days I wake before the alarm i figured that was a good method!
Lunchtime walk today instead9 -
@avidkeo i was asked to leave a fibro group because i asked for nonanecdotal proof for the anti-inflammatory diet. it's not like we would want to have helpful and accurate and non-woo information. warm and fuzzy is overrated
i find most people here are very supportive and the posts cannot be read aggressively. great advice and great experience.5 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.
Right, but it was 160 miles starting mid-way through the month. So going from 0 miles / week to 80 miles / week.
Right, I mean if it was @AlphaHowls we would have been all like "You get hurt? That why you cut back?" but this a declared "nonrunner." Big difference! 6 -
Joining new here in this thread. I am currently due to my Ashley Horner workouts having to run 2 miles before every lifting session, so I am hitting about 10 a miles a week, and then moving into 3 miles 5x a week as I move into Phase 3 of the workouts...so looking at hitting 15 miles per week starting in August. I am in a stepping challenge, first to hit 1,000,000 steps, and currently I am at 660,558...and have until end of August to reach One million. Your posts are motivating and I enjoyed reading them today!19
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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Race recap. Yesterday’s 7 mile trail race at Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium was scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm. It starts and ends at the part of the park where the wolves are housed (hence the name the Wolf Run). I carpooled with two of my friends and we arrived in plenty of time to find a good parking space, pick up our bib numbers and talk with other runners. About 6:15, a thunderstorm rolled through. Lots rain. Lots of thunder and lightning. The start was delayed about 10 minutes. Lots of mud puddles on the trail most of which I went through the middle. I actually made it past a few runners who were tip-toeing gingerly around them. With about 7-tenths of a mile to go, I came upon one of my friends sitting on a bench beside the trail. She had landed her foot between a couple of roots, heard a pop in her ankle and that was it. She insisted that I go on and finish the race. A few yards past her, I met a volunteer heading her way and I made sure she was going to check on her. Turns out the popping noise was her tendon/ligament which pulled the calcaneus bone from the ankle bone. It took the EMTs a while to get her out. The side-by-side couldn’t get to that area so finally a couple of the guys carried her through the woods and up a hill to a location the side-by-side could reach. We loaded her in her car and off to the ER we went. She was in so much pain. I finally got her home around 1:30 am this morning. We didn’t get to stay for the post-race meal (obviously) so we were starving. Luckily there was a Dunkin’ Donuts still open at 12:30 so we had a donut while waiting on her prescription for pain meds. She will be in a boot for the next 5 weeks and then slowly start some activity. I ended up spending the night at her house and taking her to work this morning. She is single and has two grown daughters one of which lives in the area; however, she is out of town for a work conference. You never can have too many friends! Oh, the good part of my race was that I finished in 1:24:51. I was worried since my previous practice runs out there had me finishing in 1:35 and the cut off was 1:45. Placed first in my AG and an overall 110 out of 144 runners that finished.21
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03/07 3.16 miles
04/07 3.16 miles
11/07 3.17 miles
12/07 3.19 miles
13/07 3.17 miles
15/07 3.16 miles
16/07 3.17 miles
18/07 3.20 miles
I can definitely say that was my best run in a looong time. Felt like I was actually running and not just slogging it out.
Slugs are the only thing I have to dodge in wet weather
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@Marissaxzxzxz Those runs are so nice when they pop up... I wish I could get them more often, but it seems like the "slogs" are always waiting just outside the door for me.3
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@Teresa502 so sorry to hear about your friend. You were a very good friend to provide her comfort and support throughout the ordeal. Very nice. And very good on your AG first place! WooHoo!!
I too dream of those kinds of runs @Marissaxzxzxz. Good for you!!4 -
@Teresa502 so sorry to hear about your friend. You were a very good friend to provide her comfort and support throughout the ordeal. Very nice. And very good on your AG first place! WooHoo!!
I too dream of those kinds of runs @Marissaxzxzxz. Good for you!!
This Seriously, @Teresa502 you are the kind of friend all of us wish we had, and probably all of us strive to be. 3 -
girlinahat wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary - question about the worms. were they all straight? I did a run a while back and all of the worms were out, but they were all straightened out. It was the oddest thing I'd seen but I didn't have a phone with me to take a picture.
Yes, they were all stretched out straight - some of them were massive, about 20-25cm long - and all headed for higher ground. I was concerned they'd get caught out in the sunshine and die, but the weather turned again and, as they're all gone now and there are no remains, I take it most of them survived the deluge.1
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