April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    lporter229 wrote: »
    I have to get through a hectic workday, followed by an easy 4 mile run, an evening of figuring out what in the world to pack and hopefully a good night's sleep before heading out to Boston in the morning. @MobyCarp, I am truly sorry for your situation, but if it's any consolation, current forecasts are predicting conditions similar to last year, so if you are going to have to miss one, this might not be a bad year for it. I still haven't figured out what I am going to wear, am full of doubt from my "lighter load" training plan, and still nursing both of my hamstrings along. I guess I will just have to take what comes my way and hope for the best. If anyone besides me enjoys spending their Patriots Day at work stalking Boston marathon participants, my bib number is 20895. I am not making any guarantees on time (see above) but if start time conditions are good, my plan is to shoot for a 3:45. If it's cold, windy and rainy, my goal will be to shoot for crossing the finish line. Wish me luck...

    Yeah, that worries me. I know how to deal with that while running, but it will be a major challenge for spectating. I'm particularly concerned about drenching the liner of the air cast, making it unusable when I need it the next day. Oh, well. Decision has been made, I'll be there and do the best I can. Current thinking is wear the boot as much as possible Saturday and Sunday, then wrap my foot and wear trail shoes on Monday to spectate, while being willing to give up early.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Non running question

    Which phone do you have?

    I do samsung religiously. I recently bought an iPad. I like it. So I considered the apple phone. Dh has an apple phone for work, and hates it. What do you like? What do you dislike? And is there a quality difference? (Honestly I’ll prob stick with the Samsung because “what if I hate the apple” and I’m stuck with it).

    I have an iPhone 7, and I'm happy with it. It is the successor to my first smart phone, an iPhone 5.

    Way back when I was thinking about my first smart phone, I talked to my daughter about it. She was Android all the way, but advised me to go iPhone because a) I wouldn't need anti-malware software (a cure almost as bad as the disease), b) I'm not interested in hacking through the operating system to do cool stuff, and c) I want it to just work. In addition to that, there was one app I needed that worked well in the iOS version but had problems in the Android version at that time.

    Fast forward, and I stay on the iPhone because I don't like having to re-learn how to do stuff I already know how to do. This line of thinking should keep you with Samsung. In addition, that one app from way back when? The Android version grew up, and people are fine with it. But it's linked to an unsupported desktop application, and you can't get a new copy any more. I can download it from the app store because I already have it, but I'd be SOL in the Android world.

    To each his own. Apple, Android, they do pretty much the same things. If you're happy with what you have, there's no reason to do something else.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    Good luck @lporter229 (and @MobyCarp ) at Boston! Sorry the weather will be a suckfest :s .

    Good luck to @garygse on your HM this weekend too! Crap weather for you too :(

    Not sure who else is racing this weekend, but best of luck to you! Hope the weather is decent.
  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
    Thanks @Scott6255! Looks like wind and rain all the way, so my coworker may just get to keep the Fastest Half title for this year!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    garygse wrote: »
    The greatest feature with the iPhone relates to the courageous decision Apple made in removing that useless headphone jack. Now, instead of plugging in those horrendous old-fashioned wired headphones, you get to spend extra $$$$ on a pair of AirPods that end up holding a charge for a couple of hours (tops), and you have the added bonus of walking around looking like you have a pair of miniature tampons hanging from your ears.

    Funny, but sadly other manufacturers are following Apple's lead on this.

    Of course, you can use ANY Bluetooth headset with them which is what I was doing long before they gave up the jack. I was very annoyed :unamused: when they took it away, but after a while I realized... I never really used the thing anyway so its impact on me was pretty much nonexistent. I do have the adapter so that I can still plug in wired headphones should I ever want to go back to that impractical (for me) mess that had me replacing headphones whose wires constantly broke where they connected to the jack every few months.

    Again, to each their own. Get the one that works for you, but you do not have to stick tampons in your ears, I mean unless that is your thing...
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @Elise4270 Re: phones. I have an Apple XR and I like it but I’m not sure I needed to spend that much money considering what I do with it. The main reason for me to have an Apple phone is the connectivity with older non-tech savvy relatives. It’s much easier just messaging them than trying to explain how different systems work, I can use find my friends to see where my mom is when she’s supposedly meeting me somewhere, and it works with her watch and her hearing aids. It’s also nice that I have it synced with my iPad so I can see the same messages on both devices.

    As far as my desktop is concerned, I’m a game developer and many of the programs I use don’t exist on anything but PC. Different fields have different cliques and you’re sort of stuck with what everyone else expects - for example all romance novels (my mom is a romance writer) are published by old people who use Macs exclusively and don’t know super basic concepts that PC users know, like how to see a file extension.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Date...........Run.......Walk
    04/01........00M.......1.0M
    04/02........07M.......0.0M
    04/03........11M.......3.5M
    04/04........00M.......3.5M
    04/05........10M.......1.5M
    04/06........17M.......0.0M
    04/07........00M.......4.8M
    04/08........00M.......2.0M
    04/09........08M.......0.0M
    04/10........08M.......0.0M
    04/11........13M.......0.0M

    ---MTD: 16.3 miles walking, 74 miles running, and 0KM resting


    Upcoming Races
    Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
    Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
    Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019

    202? - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)

    2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    @girlinahat My son is 22. He just finished his bachelors degree and is going to Japan to teach English! He wants to to it now before he goes to grad school. He is planning to be there at least a year. I am so glad to hear you had a great experience. He will be in Iwate prefecture which is going to be a lot colder than here and will be snowy. After growing up in Texas he is really looking forward to it.

    I lived in Okayama and taught in Kurashiki. (both on Honshu, sort of mid-way between Osaka and Hiroshima). Okayama has one of the Three Great Gardens in Japan - basically it's a big lawn!!!

    I loved it - I found time to travel a bit, although never went to the North. There were quite a few islands to get to near me so spent time exploring there. The local train system is cheap enough (as opposed to the Shinkasen) but is pretty slow. It's a funny place - so very backwards in some ways (the banks shut down over New Year for three days and over Golden Week, meaning you can't get any cash out at all (smaller cities are more cash based economies) but mind-blowing in other ways.

    He'll have a great experience. My number one tip - even if he doesn't learn Japanese (which is HARD), he should learn to read Katakana - it's the writing system used for foreign words and can be very helpful. And some common phrases such as 'sumimasen' (excuse me - probably the phrase heard MOST) and 'hai' which means yes. I spoke/understood very little Japanese, but found you could learn a lot by watching, as things tend to get done by rote (as an example, in a convenience store you buy a bento box from the fridge. If you say 'yes' to the question (I have no idea what was actually said!!) they ask at the till they put it in the microwave and heat it up).
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »

    Last year when I was injured I bought a bird feeder to keep from going crazy, so I’m posting this from outside in my yard watching birds. Today we have nuthatches, purple finches and house finches, chipping sparrows and song sparrows, bunches of mean old cowbirds and starlings (although I like the sounds cowbirds make, they also are nest parasites), a Cooper’s hawk which flew over, mourning doves, ground doves, and collared doves (aka weird invader doves). I also saw a hairy woodpecker and a flicker. I do feel somewhat better about life sitting here. I highly recommend birdwatching for injured runners.

    I'm going to have to look some of those bird names up - they probably relate to the same birds we have here but you have such cool names!!! cowbird! hairy woodpecker!!
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited April 2019
    garygse wrote: »
    The greatest feature with the iPhone relates to the courageous decision Apple made in removing that useless headphone jack. Now, instead of plugging in those horrendous old-fashioned wired headphones, you get to spend extra $$$$ on a pair of AirPods that end up holding a charge for a couple of hours (tops), and you have the added bonus of walking around looking like you have a pair of miniature tampons hanging from your ears.

    You got a like because your comment made me laugh, but for serious, those AirPods are by far the best headphones I’ve ever owned (ETA to be fair, I’ve only ever been a casual headphone user - my husband had a pair custom fitted to his ears that cost 3-4 times what the AirPods do, but he’s an audiophile). I can’t imagine running (or walking, or weight lifting, or shoveling snow, etc etc) with wired headphones anymore.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,474 Member
    edited April 2019
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    There is something to be said for simplicity. When we were looking at phones it was always “well for x more you can get y”. Yes but honestly at the end of the day, does it matter? 5g vs 4g, 31 battery hours or 34... this fast or that. Meh. Nothing that would enhance my existence any. For that we’d need simply bacon and a fried egg in a burger. :smile: keepin’ it simple!

    Hahahaha That would enhance my existence too. Add in chips and dip for me.

    @Elise4270 Love the new shoes!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,474 Member
    @Tramboman Relax. You're going to do great tomorrow. I feel it in my bones.

    Last night I took the inaugural run in my new shoes, on the treadmill. It was a hard run and I'm not sure why. I don't know if it was the shoes or the fact that I haven't been eating or sleeping properly this week or a combination of all of those things. I did manage to do 2.6 miles and totaled a 5K when I include the warm up and cool down walks. I feel like I used a lot of different leg muscles on this run. Is it possible that my old shoes were so worn out that the new ones are making me use different muscles?
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @Tramboman Relax. You're going to do great tomorrow. I feel it in my bones.

    Last night I took the inaugural run in my new shoes, on the treadmill. It was a hard run and I'm not sure why. I don't know if it was the shoes or the fact that I haven't been eating or sleeping properly this week or a combination of all of those things. I did manage to do 2.6 miles and totaled a 5K when I include the warm up and cool down walks. I feel like I used a lot of different leg muscles on this run. Is it possible that my old shoes were so worn out that the new ones are making me use different muscles?

    Are those the Adrenaline 19s? What you’re describing is actually the reason I didn’t buy them - I felt like they were throwing my weight to the outside of my foot and making my knee stabilizers work overtime.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @Tramboman Relax. You're going to do great tomorrow. I feel it in my bones.

    Last night I took the inaugural run in my new shoes, on the treadmill. It was a hard run and I'm not sure why. I don't know if it was the shoes or the fact that I haven't been eating or sleeping properly this week or a combination of all of those things. I did manage to do 2.6 miles and totaled a 5K when I include the warm up and cool down walks. I feel like I used a lot of different leg muscles on this run. Is it possible that my old shoes were so worn out that the new ones are making me use different muscles?

    Thanks for the positive vibes.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    edited April 2019
    Wow @7lenny7 you have been through the ringer! Hope things start getting better for you. As an aside...I tried some Hoka's about 2 years ago (forget which model), but I didn't like them at all. Not for the low drop, but because I felt like I was running on marshmallows. It was just weird. Hope you can find something that will work for you.

    @Tramboman You've got this! Everyone gets nervous before a race. Relax and you'll do great. And if not, don't fret about it. It's just one race.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Wow @7lenny7 you have been through the ringer! Hope things start getting better for you. As an aside...I tried some Hoka's about 2 years ago (forget which model), but I didn't like them at all. Not for the low drop, but because I felt like I was running on marshmallows. It was just weird. Hope you can find something that will work for you.

    @Tramboman You've got this! Everyone gets nervous before a race. Relax and you'll do great. And if not, don't fret about it. It's just one race.

    Thanks. You're absolutely right. But if I didn't HAVE something to worry about, I'd INVENT something to worry about.

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