March 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,531 Member
    @garygse Hope you feel better soon! Probably a good idea to take the day off tomorrow.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,569 Member
    @garygse have a good 3-day weekend! Rest up, hydrate, abd you'll be back to 100% by Monday.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Dang...

    Fit And Old: How This 72-Year Old Finished 2000 Marathons
    https://www.menshealth.com.sg/fitness/fit-and-old-72-year-old-finished-2000-marathons-larry-macon/
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    I'll be back. It's only a question of how much time it takes to come back. History suggests it takes less time if I admit that I'm injured as soon as I know than if I stay in denial and keep running for another week or two.


    We all could learn from this :)

    I was just thinking that. We are all very very good at ignoring niggles until they aren't. always a learning curve.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,531 Member

    Wow!!! That's amazing. I like the fact that he doesn't have a training plan other than get out of the house and run.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    edited March 2019
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    I'll be back. It's only a question of how much time it takes to come back. History suggests it takes less time if I admit that I'm injured as soon as I know than if I stay in denial and keep running for another week or two.


    We all could learn from this :)

    I was just thinking that. We are all very very good at ignoring niggles until they aren't. always a learning curve.

    Runners vacillate between hypochondria and denial.

    oh we are dying but maybe if we can just get one more run in... :wink:


    thanks @HonuNui
    hugs to you and your friend. i'm sure this brings up some feelings for you too
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    Just got back from a little shopping spree over my lunch break. A bought a North Face running hat, two pair of Drymax trail running socks, and a pair of arm sleeves. I get to wear them all tomorrow for my long run. I almost bought a pair of Salomon Sense Pro shoes on clearance for $50 but then I remembered they're a high drop shoe and I'm migrating to lower drop.

    I think I may go back to the store again after work. They have a North Face jacket on clearance. It fits great and feels great, but I left it on the rack. Now I want it.
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    Score! GO GET THAT JACKET!
  • NCK96
    NCK96 Posts: 146 Member
    edited March 2019
    Well, the last week of March appears to be a bit hairy for the MFP Running Challenge Crew. It looks like I will not be running again today - my hamstring is still a little tender and it looks like my free time will be used taking the cat back to the vet, as she didn't eat again this morning. The vet was able to eliminate a blockage as a suspect, which is a relief (she does like to eat things she shouldn't eat) but means we get to jump back on the Wheel 'o Testing to try and figure out what IS wrong. Or she just gets better on her own, which would be nice. I'd just like her to do it before I drop too much more cash on it - yesterday was not cheap.

    We also got to spend a hot stack of cash on a plumber this morning - our fancy new (to us) on-demand water heater has been acting up, which meant the last time I was able to work out I was not able to take a hot shower afterward. Only tangentially related to running but very important. I do miss the days when we had a landlord to pay for stuff like this, but so it goes.

    It looks like tomorrow is not going to be the day off that I'd hoped for, but I am still hoping on getting a run in if the hamstring decides to allow it, and if I can get out on Sunday as well I will just barely hit my stretch goal for the month. I've been pretty good on walking and stretching this week so I haven't been totally inactive, but I'd really like to hit the pavement for real.

    I've heard mixed reviews about these. They're already pretty pricey to begin with, so I can't imagine how frustrating it would be if they weren't working! Our water heater has gone out 3 times in the 8 years we've lived here. Even though the water heaters are usually under warranty, we've still had to pay for the labor to put the new ones in. Something has to be up with our setup to have that many issues, but my husband says if it happens again he wants to do on-demand. The last plumber said he didn't recommend them.
  • NCK96
    NCK96 Posts: 146 Member
    edited March 2019
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    I forgot to mention, I had a close call last night with a vehicle. I waiting to cross the busy street by my house, after sunset. The light turns green, I have my walk signal, I check for cars trying to squeeze in before their red light, then we start running across.

    There are four lanes of traffic from my right. A left turn lane, two regular lanes, and the right turn lane. The two regular lanes have cars which stop the proper distance from the crosswalk. As I'm just about to pass that second car, an idiot driver flies up in the right turn lane, fully covering the crosswalk before she stops. She missed me by maybe 2 feet. She had no idea I was there. As she's flying through the crosswalk I threw up my hands and and yelled at her, "WTF?!?!?" She damn near *kitten* her pants. It was pretty clear she was shocked and mortified at what she had almost done.

    Confession time. I saw her coming up because I've learned to give intersections a thorough look not once, not twice, but continually. I saw her coming up in that far lane behind the other cars. I knew she probably wasn't going to see me. From her speed I suspected that she'd be going across the crosswalk so I purposefully got close enough to her path that it would look close, but I was safe the whole time. Because she was negligent in looking for pedestrians, I wanted to scare the crap out her and teach her a lesson. If that makes me an *kitten*, so be it. This is the same intersection where my son was hit by a car while riding his bike a couple of years ago because of an idiot driver and I have no patience for them. The next time it might be a kid crossing on his way to the nearby playground.

    Be safe out there.

    ETA: When my son was hit the lady knocked the bike out from under him, he rolled on the hood and then off to the side. He had a few scrapes and bruises but was otherwise OK. It was close though. The bike pedal was bent inward from the impact. That could have been his foot. The bike was a total loss, a birthday present just a few months old, was a total loss. The gal who hit him stopped, rolled down the window, asked if he was ok, then said, "That's why you need to watch for traffic!" then sped off. My son was too shocked to get a plate number. We called the police and filed a report but nothing became of it. I kind of have a vendetta now.

    This scares me to no end. I've almost been hit so many times, but now I have teenage sons who are learning to drive and I'm terrified they might hit pedestrians. A few years ago a bicyclist was hit and killed nearby, and the person who hit him, I think it was a teenager, didn't even stop. I don't know the whole story, but they figured it out when they saw the damage on the car later. It's unbelievable.

    March Runing Goal: 21.38/20 miles

    3/1 1.05 mile
    3/2 1.55
    3/4 1.52
    3/14 2.07
    3/18 1.21
    3/19 1
    3/20 2.61
    3/21 2.28
    3/22 1.01
    3/25 1.03
    3/26 1.55
    3/27 1.1
    3/28 2.02
    3/29 1.27
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member

    It's Larry Macon, though... the Marathon Investigation page has multiple articles on him :(
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    NCK96 wrote: »
    Well, the last week of March appears to be a bit hairy for the MFP Running Challenge Crew. It looks like I will not be running again today - my hamstring is still a little tender and it looks like my free time will be used taking the cat back to the vet, as she didn't eat again this morning. The vet was able to eliminate a blockage as a suspect, which is a relief (she does like to eat things she shouldn't eat) but means we get to jump back on the Wheel 'o Testing to try and figure out what IS wrong. Or she just gets better on her own, which would be nice. I'd just like her to do it before I drop too much more cash on it - yesterday was not cheap.

    We also got to spend a hot stack of cash on a plumber this morning - our fancy new (to us) on-demand water heater has been acting up, which meant the last time I was able to work out I was not able to take a hot shower afterward. Only tangentially related to running but very important. I do miss the days when we had a landlord to pay for stuff like this, but so it goes.

    It looks like tomorrow is not going to be the day off that I'd hoped for, but I am still hoping on getting a run in if the hamstring decides to allow it, and if I can get out on Sunday as well I will just barely hit my stretch goal for the month. I've been pretty good on walking and stretching this week so I haven't been totally inactive, but I'd really like to hit the pavement for real.

    I've heard mixed reviews about these. They're already pretty pricey to begin with, so I can't imagine how frustrating it would be if they weren't working! Our water heater has gone out 3 times in the 8 years we've lived here. Even though the water heaters are usually under warranty, we've still had to pay for the labor to put the new ones in. Something has to be up with our setup to have that many issues, but my husband says if it happens again he wants to do on-demand. The last plumber said he didn't recommend them.

    It might depend on where you live. In Poland they're pretty common, and the idea of paying for electricity (expensive) to keep a large tank of water (that you don't have space for anyway) hot all the time, doesn't make sense here. Our house once had both, except the electric tank was installed wrong and they didn't use it. But when most people have a gas on-demand system, plumbers know what to do with them and you can buy quality units.
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