July 2018 Running Challenge

Orphia

Runs

July 01 – 11.0 km
July 03 – 09.0 km
July 04 – 17.3 km
July 08 – 17.2 km
July 11 – 05.3 km inc fast 1 km
July 12 – 11.4 km inc Quality Session
July 14 – 05.1 km parkrun inc fast 1 km
July 15 – 22.1 km
July 17 – 04.6 km
July 18 – 05.1 km

Total: 117 km

T1DCarnivoreRunner

8.95 miles this morning.

BruinsGal_91

6.2 miles on the treadmill at the gym last night, bringing my monthly total to 34.4 miles. I've got a parkrun on Saturday and then I'm on vacation in North Carolina for a week so probably won't get any running done, but hopefully there'll be plenty of hiking, beach walks, and bird-watching.

AprilRN10

@Avidkeo Thanks! No worries.

Today's run was in a new pair of shoes and it was glorious! You know those pains you all were talking about? Today I ONLY had sciatic pain (always) but not knee, calf, or foot pain! Wonderful!

Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and triceps/back
Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and biceps/shoulders/abs
Wed 7/4 run: 3.14 miles
Thu 7/5 run: 3.15 miles
Fri 7/6 run: 4 miles
Sat 7/7 planned rest
Sun 7/8 planned rest
Mon 7/9 crosstrain: 45 minutes elliptical and legs/back
Tue 7/10 run: 3.16 miles
Wed 7/11 run: 3.51 miles and shoulders/back
Thu 7/12 run: 4 miles speedwork
Fri 7/13 crosstrain: walk, skipped weights for a nap!
Sat 7/14 run: 4 miles
Sun 7/15 run: 5 miles
Mon 7/16 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/17 run: 4 miles
Wed 7/18 run: 2.75 miles tempo
Thu 7/19 run: 3.16 miles
46.17 of 60 completed

UPCOMING RACES
August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run

COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k

cburke8909

6 miles this am slow and steady. I start my 5k training program Monday. I'm hoping I can drop my 5k PR 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Scott6255

So f'n hot at 5am (84F). Decided to cut it short at 5 miles. That happened to be magic number to hit my July distance goal. Didn't realize that starting out. Not bad with 12 days left in the month.



Welcome @AgainWithTheSurfyPants.
@AprilRN10 don't fret about your BFs attitude, it is his problem not yours. He is probably self conscious about himself, so he is taking it out on you. You do what you feel is right for you.

workaholic_nurse

@AprilRN10 people @ work saying the same to me and I haven't lost nearly your *kitten* weight, HOLY COW! You rock ma'am.

@mahganmuskett Welcome!

@Teresa502 Sorry to hear about your friend's injury, great job looking out for her! Nice time in your race as well!

1.78 sticky miles this morning, bringing July's total to 24.58/50.

ETA: Congrats on reaching your goal for the month early @Scott6255 and welcome @AgainWithTheSurfyPants .

PastorVincent

@AprilRN10 All of us that lose a non-trivial amount of weight hear that. You said you have been with him 14 years, so you undoubtedly have faced ups and down with him many times, and they all have passed. This probably will too (assuming he is a decent guy, which I am assuming)

The thing is when YOU lose weight and when YOU get fit you remind others that THEY need to do the same, and you are living proof that it CAN be done, destroying their excuses. So they see (often subconsiously) your journey to healthy as an attack on their condition and strike out in reflective response. Most of the time without even realizing it.

Shrugs. Not much you can do about it really. Eventually, people get used to the new you and forget it.

PastorVincent

AgainWithTheSurfyPants wrote: »

I am slowly getting back into running after a long hiatus from trail running (Injury/accident). Starting small at 5kms, 3x days a week (distance to work)..so for the remaining 2 weeks-ish of July, that's 30km.

Welcome back! I think you will find the road right where you left it.

AmyOutOfControl

7/1 = 8 miles
7/2 = 3 dreadmill miles and 30 minutes strength training
7/3 = 6 miles
7/4 = 5 miles
7/5 = 3 miles
7/6 = 12 miles
7/7 = rest day
7/8 = 7 miles
7/9 = 3 miles & 30 minutes ST
7/10 = sick day
7/11 = 10.5 miles
7/12 = 3 miles
7/13 = 8 miles
7/14 = rest day
7/15 = 10 miles
7/16 = 30 minutes yoga at home
7/17 = 6 miles
7/18 = 9 miles
7/19 = 3 miles

My fitness watch finally apologized for giving me sass earlier this week.



In other news...


98.5/125 goal July miles

Teresa502

PastorVincent wrote: »

No run today - dinner out and then walk with my wife instead. Pretty sure walking easy 4 miles on flat terrain completely cancels out the trip to Red Robin...right?

Maybe not, but "happy wife = happy life!"

PastorVincent

Teresa502 wrote: »

PastorVincent wrote: »

No run today - dinner out and then walk with my wife instead. Pretty sure walking easy 4 miles on flat terrain completely cancels out the trip to Red Robin...right?

Maybe not, but "happy wife = happy life!"

hehe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpFD-kgQxnI

Teresa502

Thanks for all your kind words and support of my friend’s injury. I didn’t do anything that any of you wouldn’t do for a friend. We runners have to take care of each other!

Wishing I had gotten my butt out of bed and ran this morning. It was a nice 61F when I headed to work at 6:30 am. Great running weather especially for this summer!

@polskagirl01 – I completely forgot to wear my watch to Tuesday’s trail race but I did it and I know it counts whether or not it shows up in my Garmin feed! Still....

@AprilRN10 – Sorry about the boyfriend not being supportive of your smaller size. He’s probably just feeling intimidated with the image of the new you.

hesn92

7/1- 2.7 Miles
7/2- lifted weights
7/3- nothing
7/4- 1.62
7/5- lifted
7/6-7/9- out of town. Went to a water park and a couple hikes
7/10- 1.59
7/11- lifted
7/12- 1.82
7/13- lifted
7/14- nothing
7/15- nothing, busy weekend
7/16- lifted
7/17- nothing
7/18- 1.89 miles


LOL This thread is crazy. I have to go back through a million pages to find my last reply since I don't run very often lol

AmyOutOfControl

Teresa502 wrote: »

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.

Oh, your poor friend...ouch! She is lucky she has you around

Congrats on the great race and AG placement!

AmyOutOfControl

I am so behind on this thread. I was actually trying to keep up for a while but... Alas, I am lost. I give up. 😂

mbaker566

7/1-1.01mi
7/2-1.04mi
7/3-1.04mi
7/4-2.02mi
7/5-3.12mi
7/6-1.01mi(2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
7/7-1.01mi(2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/8-1.01mi(walked 5 miles at the renaissance faire)
7/9-1.01mi
7/10-1.5mi
7/11- 2.2mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/12-1.04mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
7/13- 1.01mi (2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
7/14- 2.07mi (3.5 hours of aerial yoga)
7/15- 2.00mi
7/16- 1.01mi
7/17- 1.01mi
7/18- 6.15mi(2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/19- (1 hour aerial yoga)

slow and steady after three miles, first three i couldn't get my rhythm

MegaMooseEsq

My calves are still feeling tight this morning but otherwise I could almost feel my body thanking me for taking some time off. So rest day it is, and I’ve not only got a date with myself for some stretching later today, I researched some of the (5 zillion) yoga studios in the area and found one doing a two-hour runners and cyclists workshop in a couple of weeks that I’m actually available for. Of course I couldn’t figure out how to sign up on their website, which is strike one, but otherwise it looks like a good opportunity. I’ve done a little yoga-adjacent stuff over the years but never regularly, and the idea of classes stresses me out, but this seems like as good a time as any to give it another shot.

I spent a bunch of time yesterday trying to figure out a schedule for August that might be a little easier on my legs and I think I’m almost there. My main debate at this point is whether to just straight up follow the Hal Higdon novice half marathon program or to adapt it. My primary concern with the program is that it recommends stacking running and strength training on the same day, which in my mind is more time than I prefer to dedicate to working out on in a single day, especially as those shorter runs get longer. It says you can put “some” strength training on cross training days, but that starts to look a lot like the schedule that’s currently feeling like a little too much, plus I’m lifting heavy, which I don’t think counts as “some”.

Also, I have no particular interest in taking up another form of aerobic exercise as cross-training so yoga/stretching/walking will have to do. The HH program would also cut my long runs back fairly substantially for six weeks and honestly I’m really enjoying my long runs.

Lots to think about, but for now, time to make up some work.

@AprilRN10 I haven’t gotten the “too skinny” comment from my spouse (yet?), but I have gotten some scoffing when I mention wanting to lose more weight. I’m down 45-50 pounds from my heaviest weight but am still only a few pounds under obese BMI for my height. I’m thrilled with how far I’ve come, but I’m not ready to stop just yet!

@hesn92 I draft my posts in notes and have started keeping a list of the pages I comment on in case I want to go back and look at something.

AprilRN10

Thank you all for the kind words.

@PastorVincent He has been fit and healthy for the last ten years. It is me that is the straggler! He runs quite a bit and lifts heavy, a lot! Not sure what his deal is but isn't that. Alas, I will do what is best for my health. But it's no big deal in the grand scheme of things, relationship wise as you hit that nail on th head. After 14 years this is a pebble in my shoe.