April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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4/1 5miles, 30 minutes TRX routine
4/2 5.86miles (tempo intervals)
4/3 rest
4/4 7.25miles (6miles, 6 strides)
4/5 10miles, 30 minutes hip exercises
4/6 4miles
4/7 rest
4/8 6miles, 30 minutes TRX routine
4/9 5.4miles
4/10 2mi, 1hr Regymen (similar to Orange Theory)
4/11 10miles
4/12 3.1miles
4/13 3.1miles
4/14 rest
4/15 6miles, 30min TRX routine
4/16 5.6miles
4/17 5miles
4/18 7.35miles, 30min hip exercises
4/19 10miles
4/20 rest
4/21 rest
4/22 6miles
4/23 5.67mi
4/24 4miles, 30 min TRX routine
4/25 4miles
4/26 10miles
Pace was decent, but effort felt hard! Glad to be done.
Here’s another funny. It’s how I feel any time I try something different than running 🙂
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4/1 5miles, 30 minutes TRX routine
4/2 5.86miles (tempo intervals)
4/3 rest
4/4 7.25miles (6miles, 6 strides)
4/5 10miles, 30 minutes hip exercises
4/6 4miles
4/7 rest
4/8 6miles, 30 minutes TRX routine
4/9 5.4miles
4/10 2mi, 1hr Regymen (similar to Orange Theory)
4/11 10miles
4/12 3.1miles
4/13 3.1miles
4/14 rest
4/15 6miles, 30min TRX routine
4/16 5.6miles
4/17 5miles
4/18 7.35miles, 30min hip exercises
4/19 10miles
4/20 rest
4/21 rest
4/22 6miles
4/23 5.67mi
4/24 4miles, 30 min TRX routine
4/25 4miles
4/26 10miles
Pace was decent, but effort felt hard! Glad to be done.
Here’s another funny. It’s how I feel any time I try something different than running 🙂
THAT put a smile on my face!!!1 -
4-1 rest
4-2 7k easy
4-3 7k easy
4-4 rest
4-5 7k easy/threshold
4-6 11k easy
4-7 7k recovery
4-8 rest
4-9 7k easy/threshold
4-10 4k slow
4-11 rest
4-12 4k easy
4-13 5k (Shine the Light)
4-14 7k recovery
4-15 rest
4-16 7k slow
4-17 7k easy/threshold
4-18 rest
4-19 7k easy
4-20 11k slow
4-21 7k recovery
4-22 rest
4-23 7k easy/threshold
4-24 7k easy/threshold
4-25 rest
4-26 7k slow
April Total: 126k
April Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen
Cool and rainy this morning. My motivation and energy seem to always be at a low ebb after a rest day, but I got out and chugged through my run.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K -- 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-1 Freedom 5K (Will be off the schedule due to another commitment)
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K6 -
@ KatieJane83 Done. Have a great run tomorrow.1
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@quilteryoyo thank you so much! It really means a lot to me!
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4/1 5miles, 30 minutes TRX routine
4/2 5.86miles (tempo intervals)
4/3 rest
4/4 7.25miles (6miles, 6 strides)
4/5 10miles, 30 minutes hip exercises
4/6 4miles
4/7 rest
4/8 6miles, 30 minutes TRX routine
4/9 5.4miles
4/10 2mi, 1hr Regymen (similar to Orange Theory)
4/11 10miles
4/12 3.1miles
4/13 3.1miles
4/14 rest
4/15 6miles, 30min TRX routine
4/16 5.6miles
4/17 5miles
4/18 7.35miles, 30min hip exercises
4/19 10miles
4/20 rest
4/21 rest
4/22 6miles
4/23 5.67mi
4/24 4miles, 30 min TRX routine
4/25 4miles
4/26 10miles
Pace was decent, but effort felt hard! Glad to be done.
Here’s another funny. It’s how I feel any time I try something different than running 🙂
THAT put a smile on my face!!!
I have to say, this is totally true! Had a personal training session last night and she had me do some exercise where I was supposed to fold over and put my hands on the floor. Well, my hamstrings are always tight from running. We both got a good laugh when I could only reach my shins. Something to work on.3 -
Eating and drinking my way through Portland. We'll call it carb loading.
Some highlights were Chinese black tea and steam buns at the Chinese garden, pork belly bahn mi sandwich, Deschutes brewery, Burmese glass noodle soup, creme brulee cream donut with a shot of Cointreau INside the donut, and beignets. All topped off by a $28 pour of a hard to find bourbon.
Not bad for the first day here.20 -
Eating and drinking my way through Portland. We'll call it carb loading.
Some highlights were Chinese black tea and steam buns at the Chinese garden, pork belly bahn mi sandwich, Deschutes brewery, Burmese glass noodle soup, creme brulee cream donut with a shot of Cointreau INside the donut, and beignets. All topped off by a $28 pour of a hard to find bourbon.
Not bad for the first day here.
Jealous of the bourbon!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Back is worse today, but today I actually have a 3 hour block I could run in. BAH. Even yawning hurts.11
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PastorVincent wrote: »@girlinahat and @Elise4270 I love the shirt! And I was just thinking this morning about whether we ever decided to do a virtual group run this year. I could have easily missed something as quickly as these threads move. LOL I think the "hug a runner" challenge sounds like a good idea.
https://runtheedge.com/hug-a-runner/
I emailed them and they said that this years charity hadn’t been selected yet, of course I deleted the email and can’t verify that.. the site claims that it’s “shoes that fit”, an organization that fits kids with athletic shoes. Some of you already know that Run The Edge is run by athletes. This is the organization we are doing, er y’all are doing the RTY 2019 challenge. I encourage you to check them out, feel good about supporting them. Definitely throw out an alternative virtual run, maybe we’ll do more than one.
Oh it’s a 10 day challenge... ya.. 10 days, think thanksgiving pie and all those goodies. You need to run 10 5K’s! Starts November 20th
How to hug a runner
Being that I have trained in multiple styles of hand to hand combat, I am ready for anyone that tries to hug me while I am out running...
That’s why we have a hug button 😉, so no one gets their nose punched. 🧘🏽♀️6 -
Eating and drinking my way through Portland. We'll call it carb loading.
Some highlights were Chinese black tea and steam buns at the Chinese garden, pork belly bahn mi sandwich, Deschutes brewery, Burmese glass noodle soup, creme brulee cream donut with a shot of Cointreau INside the donut, and beignets. All topped off by a $28 pour of a hard to find bourbon.
Not bad for the first day here.
I do not believe I have ever tried bourbon, and at "$28 pour" (I assume that is like a cup? serving?) it is not likely I ever will.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Eating and drinking my way through Portland. We'll call it carb loading.
Some highlights were Chinese black tea and steam buns at the Chinese garden, pork belly bahn mi sandwich, Deschutes brewery, Burmese glass noodle soup, creme brulee cream donut with a shot of Cointreau INside the donut, and beignets. All topped off by a $28 pour of a hard to find bourbon.
Not bad for the first day here.
I do not believe I have ever tried bourbon, and at "$28 pour" (I assume that is like a cup? serving?) it is not likely I ever will. Wow!
I’ve never had bourbon0 -
@PastorVincent I think instead of running you should go see someone about your back in your 3 hour "down time." Hopefully it is just a muscle pull that will heal quickly.0
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PastorVincent wrote: »Eating and drinking my way through Portland. We'll call it carb loading.
Some highlights were Chinese black tea and steam buns at the Chinese garden, pork belly bahn mi sandwich, Deschutes brewery, Burmese glass noodle soup, creme brulee cream donut with a shot of Cointreau INside the donut, and beignets. All topped off by a $28 pour of a hard to find bourbon.
Not bad for the first day here.
I do not believe I have ever tried bourbon, and at "$28 pour" (I assume that is like a cup? serving?) it is not likely I ever will. Wow!
That was for 2 ounces, neat. It was Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, a very limited bottling which I've never found in a liquor store. I've heard people who do find it will often resell it for $300 or more. I wasn't going to get it but I mentioned that it was my favorite and my brother-in-law insisted on buying it for me. Ummm, OK.
They had other selections as low as $6 so they aren't all expensive.3 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Back is worse today, but today I actually have a 3 hour block I could run in. BAH. Even yawning hurts.
Sound ideal for a massage.0 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@PastorVincent I think instead of running you should go see someone about your back in your 3 hour "down time." Hopefully it is just a muscle pull that will heal quickly.
Too soon for a doctor visit. Probably be better in a couple of days. Just gotta grin and bear (or is it bare?) it for now.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Eating and drinking my way through Portland. We'll call it carb loading.
Some highlights were Chinese black tea and steam buns at the Chinese garden, pork belly bahn mi sandwich, Deschutes brewery, Burmese glass noodle soup, creme brulee cream donut with a shot of Cointreau INside the donut, and beignets. All topped off by a $28 pour of a hard to find bourbon.
Not bad for the first day here.
I do not believe I have ever tried bourbon, and at "$28 pour" (I assume that is like a cup? serving?) it is not likely I ever will. Wow!
That was for 2 ounces, neat. It was Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, a very limited bottling which I've never found in a liquor store. I've heard people who do find it will often resell it for $300 or more. I wasn't going to get it but I mentioned that it was my favorite and my brother-in-law insisted on buying it for me. Ummm, OK.
They had other selections as low as $6 so they aren't all expensive.
I think you and my husband would get along fabulously. I am embarrassed to say how much he spends on " hard to find" bourbons. When we were in Boston, he picked up two bottles of Sazarac Rye and a bottle of Weller 107 that were collecting dust in a liquor store. Neither one of those bourbons stays very long on the shelf around here and he got them at their normal cost. Apparently bourbon is not as popular in the northeast as it is in the midwest and south.
BTW, @7lenny7 , if I haven't already told you, good luck on your race this weekend! I will do a virtual bourbon toast for you when you finish!7 -
Note to self: remember to pack my spare gym towel in my running bag when there's a good chance it's gonna pour on your lunch run in the middle of the workday
Gave the automatic paper towel dispenser in the restroom a bit of a workout, lol. Shoes and socks are 110% soaked through, guess I'll be wearing my trail shoes for tomorrow's 5k at the zoo. Whoops!
Date Miles Notes
4/1 -- 5.5 -- Hoped to do 6 but needed to get to dinner plans w/my friend
4/2 -- 0 -- rest day
4/3 -- 1 -- test run of the new kicks + zumba
4/4 -- 0 -- life
4/5 -- 0 -- life
4/6 -- 3.1 -- Bill Fortune 5k w/the bestie
4/7 -- 0 -- life
4/8 -- 0 -- life
4/9 -- 0 -- life
4/10- 3 -- finally getting out after a stressful day
4/11- 2 -- lunch run
4/12- 2 -- after work fun
4/13- 0 -- zumba
4/14- 6 -- miserable miles
4/15- 0 -- rest day
4/16- 1.5 -- short run after 1.4 mi of Autism Awareness Walk at my office
4/17- 0 -- zumba
4/18- 3 -- running an errand while running: to and from the post office
4/19- 2 -- short run after work
4/20- 0 -- 30 min stationary bike
4/21- 6 -- getting back to HR-based runs
4/22- 0 -- rest day
4/23- 2 -- tempo run
4/24- 0 -- walked a little bit in the city
4/25- 0 -- rest day
4/26-- 2 -- light rain, then heavy rain, + 1 lightning flash & 1 thunder rumble
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8.5 mile run tonight, my second long run. I never thought I’d enjoy them, especially alone but actually it’s ok. Except ....and I apologise for the TMI - runners trots! I have recently been diagnosed with ibs. I am trying to eliminate things and find out what helps but it’s early days. Last long run I got home ok but then literally spent most of the next hour in the loo. Tonight I was 5 miles out when the cramps started. There was no facilities anywhere near by, for a few minutes I thought I might have to ring hubby but I walked a while and it eased. I was just walking in about 1/4 mile from home when they came again much more urgent, I just made it into the loo! Obviously this is a concern for the half marathon, any advice. I hadn’t eaten anything unusual. I had a bowl of soup about an hour before setting off.
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