May 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    Great job @rheddmobile! Love the medal!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    That is a wrap. 211 miles for the month. See ya in the new thread!

    Date...........Run.......Walk
    05/01........00M.......2.5M *tapering*
    05/02........00M.......4.0M *tapering*
    05/03........00M.......0.0M *tapering*
    05/04........03M.......0.0M Pittsburgh 5k
    05/05........26M.......0.0M Pittsburgh Marathon
    05/06........00M.......0.0M *tapering*
    05/07........07M.......0.0M *tapering*
    05/08........09M.......0.0M
    05/09........06M.......0.0M
    05/10........09M.......4.0M
    05/11........10M.......0.0M
    05/12........10M.......0.0M
    05/13........00M.......3.3M
    05/14........00M.......3.5M
    05/15........14M.......4.0M
    05/16........08M.......0.0M
    05/17........15M.......3.5M
    05/18........10M.......0.0M
    05/19........6.5M......0.0M
    05/20........10M.......3.5M
    05/21........07M.......0.0M
    05/22........08M.......0.0M
    05/23........00M.......4.0M
    05/24........09M.......0.0M
    05/25........10M.......0.0M
    05/26........00M.......0.0M
    05/27.....13.1M.......0.0M
    05/28........10M.......0.0M
    05/29........09M.......3.5M
    05/30........00M.......3.5M
    05/31........10M.......3.5M

    ---MTD: 42.8 miles walking, 210.9 miles running, and 0KM resting

    Upcoming Races
    Hell Have No Hurry 50k Trail Race - June 2019
    Howl at the Moon - Nighttime 5k - August 2019
    <plus some others that I can not recall>

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

    2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Hell Have No Hurry
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    Got the finish line photos for my race, as usual I look like a dork - as I recall I was thinking about how to land on the finish mat without hurting my bad ankle. But I have a question: WHY ARE MY SUNGLASSES CROOKED? Geez lady, straighten your glasses. So then my husband points out that I am visible in the background of the picture before mine, and in this photo MY GLASSES ARE STRAIGHT. What happened to my glasses between 28:10 and 28:19? Was I hit by a bus and don’t recall it? Very peculiar!
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    It was probably that last hard stride and stretch for the finish line that knocked your sunglasses out of place...
  • simcon1
    simcon1 Posts: 209 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    simcon1 wrote: »
    Totally off topic, but I’m headed to New Zealand next month for work (flying into Auckland, conference is in Hamilton), and will have a couple days free after that. For those of you living there, does exploring Rotorua sound like a good plan? Any national parks not too far (like a few hours’ drive) that would be reasonable that time of year? Should I bring a tent? Um, tying back to make it relevant—any good places not to miss for running? :) Grateful for any advice..NZ feels pretty far away from the US West Coast

    Hey, that’s awesome! Rotorua has some beautiful running, but finding nature is not hard in New Zealand. You’ll get gorgeous off-road running less than half an hour from Hamilton. Rotorua is great, but touristy and smells like rotten eggs (true story). It has awesome trails nearby (namely, The Redwoods which is about 5-10 minutes from town). You haven’t given your dates, but if you’re here on the 22nd June and fancy an awesome trail event, do the Double Rainbow - lots of distance options from easy to mad
    https://www.lacticturkey.co.nz/doublerainbow/
    Also this is on: http://activeqt.co.nz/event/rotorua-multisport/

    You could also head to the Coromandel for some beautiful trail running (you may remember photos my Pinnacles run from March - that’s probably around an hour from Hamilton). Pretty beaches there too.

    If you’re here in Auckland over a weekend I can certainly hook you up with a scenic trail run or two. There are two Xterra trail runs in regional Auckland in June (9th and 30th) and I plan to run the one on the 30th in Waiuku Forest as it’s awesome. https://www.trailrun.co.nz/ and the one on the 9th is probably less than two hours drive from Hamilton.

    And, yes, June is officially winter down here but a North Island winter is fairly mild. Could be wet though.

    Happy to provide other pointers and answer questions!

    @ContraryMaryMary I’m so sorry to have disappeared for a while & am super grateful for all of your excellent advice! I’m glad to hear that the winter is mild, and I am totally fine with wet: I live in Seattle where we have a rep for that anyway, so I’ll be sure to pack appropriately! My dates are 6/23-7/3, and that 6/30 trail run looks amazing! When I first wrote I thought I’d be totally solo (in which case I’d go for that Waiuku Forest trail run), but I may end up in Rotorua with some friends from Palmerston North (?) and I think anything closer to Auckland might be a little far for them. But we will at least be doing some mountain biking near there, I think, and spending time in the Redwoods. I’ll also see what I can get to from Hamilton before hooking up with them, and yes, your Pinnacles run photos were wonderful!!

    Otherwise, I got super involved hosting our out of town guest (during a heavy work week), and then tweaked my lower back by not stretching, biking with my kids, and then spending tons of time in the car with an impromptu trip to the Olympic peninsula last Sunday, and am finally emerging after all of that. I completely forgot where I was in relation to my May goal, but think I may have just squeaked by (will do the math in a minute!) But I also got a good day 1 of June yesterday, which may be otherwise tricky with 2 long work trips.

    May goal: 70 mi

    5/1 2 mi
    5/2 2 mi
    5/5 13.3 mi
    5/8 cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
    5/9 3 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
    5/10 2.7 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
    5/11 cross (12.5 mi biking with kids)
    5/12 3 mi and cross (4 mi biking with kids)
    5/13 cross (9.7 mi bike commute)
    5/14 4 mi
    5/15 2.5 mi (10.3 mi bike commute)
    5/17 7 mi (9 mi bike commute)
    5/18 cross (9.5 mi biking with kids)
    5/19 4 mi and cross (23.25 mi biking with kids)
    5/21 5 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
    5/22 4 mi with hill repeats and cross (5.7 mi bike commute)
    5/23 cross (7.1 mi bike commute)
    5/25 10 mi
    5/26 cross (11 mile Emerald City Bike ride with kids)
    5/27 5 mi
    5/30 3 mi and cross (9 mi bike commute)


    May total: 70.5 mi WHEW! Just made it...
    But also: 145 miles biking for Bike Everywhere month

    2019 Races:
    3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
    4/13 Mud & Chocolate 4.5 mi trail run
    5/5 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
    5/12 The Color Run 5K
    5/18 Your Canyon for a Day 35 mi Bike Tour, Yakima
    6/16 Monroe Bubble Run 5K
    7/21 Seafair Triathlon?
    8/11 Lake Union 10K?

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