June 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Came just short of my goal last month so going for another 50 miles this month!8
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Extra rest day today, may take a planned rest day tomorrow. Listening to my body in the last days of May.
With that in mind, goals for June:
Nominal June mileage goal: 100
Real goal: Get back to running regularly without re-injuring myself
If things go well, I should blow past 100 miles in June. But I want a conservative goal, because I may need to back off to stay healthy.9 -
I'll try for a modest 15miles this month. Got a marathon in October so I wanna start early!8
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I was SOOOO close to making my May goal. And although I want to aim high, I have a vacation and 1work training in places that actually know winter is over. So I might melt by existing, let alone running. And another work training that may mess with my schedule if nothing else..... so, ummm to focus again.... I’m trying for the 50 mile club again. May get it one of these times.8
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Im in. 100 miles (May miles 122)7
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How important is running/cycling/yoga... your exercise addiction/goal to you? How has it helped you in areas of your life and what changes do you envision in the next year.
MY exercise goals are very important to me because meeting those goals help me succeed in other areas of my life like in my career. Plus I feel so much stronger as I am meeting my goals and becoming healthier. This year I am targeting my first half-Ironman so it has been challenging yet rewarding. Swimming and cycling have been consuming my life these past few months so with that being said...
Run Goal this month - 50 miles6 -
How important is running/cycling/yoga... your exercise addiction/goal to you? How has it helped you in areas of your life and what changes do you envision in the next year.
MY exercise goals are very important to me because meeting those goals help me succeed in other areas of my life like in my career. Plus I feel so much stronger as I am meeting my goals and becoming healthier. This year I am targeting my first half-Ironman so it has been challenging yet rewarding. Swimming and cycling have been consuming my life these past few months so with that being said...
Run Goal this month - 50 miles
ATTA GIRL! Love that goal! Welcome to the group! Makes me wanna get to that pool today!3 -
How important is running/cycling/yoga... your exercise addiction/goal to you? How has it helped you in areas of your life and what changes do you envision in the next year.
MY exercise goals are very important to me because meeting those goals help me succeed in other areas of my life like in my career. Plus I feel so much stronger as I am meeting my goals and becoming healthier. This year I am targeting my first half-Ironman so it has been challenging yet rewarding. Swimming and cycling have been consuming my life these past few months so with that being said...
Run Goal this month - 50 miles
Be sure you do enough training on the bike!
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How important is running/cycling/yoga... your exercise addiction/goal to you? How has it helped you in areas of your life and what changes do you envision in the next year.
MY exercise goals are very important to me because meeting those goals help me succeed in other areas of my life like in my career. Plus I feel so much stronger as I am meeting my goals and becoming healthier. This year I am targeting my first half-Ironman so it has been challenging yet rewarding. Swimming and cycling have been consuming my life these past few months so with that being said...
Run Goal this month - 50 miles
Be sure you do enough training on the bike!
My new mantra "unleash your inner hippo" 😄9 -
Still rehabbing my Achilles’ tendon. I can run on it some now, but it freaks out pretty easily, and I’m only supposed to run on it if it’s not painful. So my primary goal is to behave myself and not run if I feel any pain.
However, with that caveat, I would like to run at least 30 and walk at least 30 miles for June, hopefully building up to some longer pain-free runs by the end of the month. And also, keep it up regularly no matter how hot it gets outside, to allow my body to adapt to the weather.We need a good monthly question/questions. Any ideas?
How important is running/cycling/yoga... your exercise addiction/goal to you? How has it helped you in areas of your life and what changes do you envision in the next year.
Yoga turns out to be not for me. Every time I try to get into it, I wind up with joint injuries. Diabetics tend to have poor circulation to their tendons and many times are prone to tendon injuries, and that seems to be the problem. I can be very careful and never do anything that feels even slightly hard and still find myself injured later. Not to mention my knee has no ACL and likes to go out of joint when doing floor work. I do balance, stretching, and stabilization work, based on exercises from physical therapists. Just not yoga anymore. And it’s been much better. I did some research, and for a non-contact, low impact practice, yoga has a surprisingly high rate of injury! Who knew?
However, I find weight lifting as beneficial as running when it comes to keeping my muscle volume so I have less loose skin, and weight lifting heavy also benefits my glucose control not just short term, but over several days.
So much for the practical benefits. But running also keeps me sane, gets me out into nature, and gives me an outlet for my competitive nature. It gives me something to do for my health that I love, instead of having to dread working out every day. Being injured and unable to run has taught me that even a bad run is better than no run!
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Afternoon all. Day 1 of June here, and day one of my June streak - I have to run/walk 3km every. I dragged the kids out for a walk and our cat decided to join us. We managed 1.8ks so went out 9n my own for a short 1.2.
The weather today is appalling. Its cold, with regular heavy rain showers and occasional thunder and lightning. Been enjoying a day of relaxation.
First open home tomorrow!!8 -
I'm rather disappointed in myself that I fell short of the 50 mile goal I had set for myself last month.
So here's to June and making (and MEETING) the same goal.5 -
Have been irregular since past three months. Time to mend my ways time to start running regularly. My June month target is to run 80 km.
Run- 80 km
Done- 3/80
6/1/19 Run 3 km
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brittanystebbins95 wrote: »I'm rather disappointed in myself that I fell short of the 50 mile goal I had set for myself last month.
So here's to June and making (and MEETING) the same goal.
Also, a secondary goal, I would like to complete at least one run that is 10 miles. Currently my longest run to date is 6.2 miles.10 -
16 hot, humid, windless miles this morning.Tried running until I didn't feel stressed. My body gave up before that happened 😭.
Oh well, that is the longest run since January, so that's something.
So finished my first week at the new job. Although it was a short week, it felt like 10 days long. I felt so out of place, even though I have been to that office dozens of times for meetings or product debugging.
The development team kept using these strange terms (scrum, sprints, stories,epics) when talking about task schedules, various meetings, reviews, etc. I just thought they were trying to be cute by associating these things with a 'fun' name.
Also, they required all code to be checked in, sync'd, and merged with the main code branch at EOB, so they could see what you did that day. And we have to have meetings every morning to give status from the day before, plans for the today, and any problems. Not micro-management, but nano-management! Then we have long department meetings every Thursday afternoon.
A HUGE HUGE departure from how I work.
I finally asked why they were using those terms, and they looked at me funny and said it was was part of their methodology. They said "It's agile framework's Extreme Programming. Look it up".
Noooooooooo! @PastorVincent you jinxed me 😮
On top of all that, this is pretty new software, development tool, and documentation system that I have to learn.
It is only the first of June and I have already had the hardest physical test of my life (1st marathon), and the hardest mental (and probably emotional) test of my life this year.
Well it's all downhill from here (from a running perspective that's a good thing).
I will stay strong and get through this with the help and support of my friends and family. And that includes this group. I really have appreciated the hugs and encouragement y'all have provided! 💓
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@Scott6255 - Hang in there! Software development/programmimg is a whole new (agile) world these days. I don't think I could do it and I was in that world in some form for my entire career. I think there are some agile programmers ( @garygse maybe?) in this group who might be able to help with some of that terminology and information on the methodology.1
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I have been absent for a couple of weeks - had a trip to FL and one to Virginia. I really wanted to catch up on the end of last month, but 14 pages is impossible. I'll just say, WTG to everyone who raced, met their goals, or even got out and did something, even if really short of your goals. Anything is better than nothing. At least, that is what I am telling myself as I was WAY short of my goal of 50 miles - only did 26.3 and most of that was walking. Only 4 miles was running! Geeze!
Anyway, my June isn't looking much better. I'll be working at the daycare most days 6:30 - 3:30, the minor league baseball season where I usher is starting on the 18th (so days I usher will be really long days with no time to "exercise"), we have our annual Relay For Life event on the 8th (I do plan to do a lot of walking that night), and my step-daughter and family are coming up for a week in the middle of the month. I'm going to set my goal for 40 miles and see how it goes.5 -
June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – 5.08 group run
June running total to date – 5.08
Nominal May mileage goal: 100
Real Goals: Get back to running regularly without injuring myself.
Today's notes – Went to the group run at 7:30 this morning. The assigned route was 5 + 5 miles, and I decided in advance I'd stop after the first 5. Had decent weather, 59° F (15° C) with light wind and hazy sunshine. Felt like I could go the second 5 miles, but held to discipline and stopped. Some of the other runners were talking about how humid it was; it wasn't anything like it will be later in the summer. I told them this was training for humidity, it will get worse.
The sore spot on my leg now seems to be the vastus lateralis (outermost quad muscle). It didn't bother me running, but I can feel it stretching. So it's time to go easy on the pace and let it heal up on its own. And also time to hold to discipline and not run as far as I want to. A few miles is better than no miles.
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) finished in 50:55
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:48
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY) finished in 33:10
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) 4.9 miles, finished in 32:28
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL) finished in 32:53
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 55:55
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:34
March 16, 2019 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K) (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 32:02
March 17, 2019 Shamrock Half Marathon (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 1:34:21
April 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 28, 2019 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble) (Dedham, MA) canceled registration - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 25, 2019 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 7, 2019 Charlie McMullen Mile (Pittsford, NY)
June 16, 2019 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
June 29, 2019 A Country Mile at Ganondagan (5-ish mile trail) (Victor, NY)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)
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16 hot, humid, windless miles this morning.Tried running until I didn't feel stressed. My body gave up before that happened 😭.
Oh well, that is the longest run since January, so that's something.
So finished my first week at the new job. Although it was a short week, it felt like 10 days long. I felt so out of place, even though I have been to that office dozens of times for meetings or product debugging.
The development team kept using these strange terms (scrum, sprints, stories,epics) when talking about task schedules, various meetings, reviews, etc. I just thought they were trying to be cute by associating these things with a 'fun' name.
Also, they required all code to be checked in, sync'd, and merged with the main code branch at EOB, so they could see what you did that day. And we have to have meetings every morning to give status from the day before, plans for the today, and any problems. Not micro-management, but nano-management! Then we have long department meetings every Thursday afternoon.
A HUGE HUGE departure from how I work.
I finally asked why they were using those terms, and they looked at me funny and said it was was part of their methodology. They said "It's agile framework's Extreme Programming. Look it up".
Noooooooooo! @PastorVincent you jinxed me 😮
On top of all that, this is pretty new software, development tool, and documentation system that I have to learn.
It is only the first of June and I have already had the hardest physical test of my life (1st marathon), and the hardest mental (and probably emotional) test of my life this year.
Well it's all downhill from here (from a running perspective that's a good thing).
I will stay strong and get through this with the help and support of my friends and family. And that includes this group. I really have appreciated the hugs and encouragement y'all have provided! 💓
Scrum/Agile is not bad once you get use to it and is different than extreme programming. I have worked in some form of Agile/Scrum for the better part of a decade now.
STORY - Think of this as a task/feature description. "When a logged in user clicks this specific button, this thing should happen" - Some shops split user and technical stories, but the same principle applies.
SPRINTS - From 1 to 4 weeks pending the shop, it is "the collection of stories we are currently working on" - should end in a small deliverable.
EPIC - Think of this as a collection of similar stories. "All stories dealing with printing" for example.
SCRUM - The generic name for the system
Daily stand-ups are supposed to be so that any blockers can be cleared right away - but typically turn in to just status updates.
Each shop does things a bit different, but that is the general idea.
Check in all code at EOB is not unheard of, but I have not had to deal with that yet.
Hit me up in private messages if you want more details.4 -
brittanystebbins95 wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »I'm rather disappointed in myself that I fell short of the 50 mile goal I had set for myself last month.
So here's to June and making (and MEETING) the same goal.
Also, a secondary goal, I would like to complete at least one run that is 10 miles. Currently my longest run to date is 6.2 miles.
What does your training look like? 10 miles could be in reach, or way out of reach pending where you are. If you can just bearly finish the 6.2 even with several rest days before it, then 10 miles is probably not doable this month. If you can finish the 6.2 as part of a training pattern, without rest days preceding it, then you could probably do 10 this month.
The important thing is not to push too far, too fast too soon. Take your time to build a base and you will be much happier down the road.3 -
Welcome to all the new runners! I am behind in this thread already so do not have all your names, but you know who you are and you are most welcome!0
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PastorVincent wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »I'm rather disappointed in myself that I fell short of the 50 mile goal I had set for myself last month.
So here's to June and making (and MEETING) the same goal.
Also, a secondary goal, I would like to complete at least one run that is 10 miles. Currently my longest run to date is 6.2 miles.
What does your training look like? 10 miles could be in reach, or way out of reach pending where you are. If you can just bearly finish the 6.2 even with several rest days before it, then 10 miles is probably not doable this month. If you can finish the 6.2 as part of a training pattern, without rest days preceding it, then you could probably do 10 this month.
The important thing is not to push too far, too fast too soon. Take your time to build a base and you will be much happier down the road.
To be honest I've only been really running for about a year. And I have no idea what I'm doing, the logistics of it, about conditioning. I just put shoes on, step outside and run.
So you think maybe I should aim for less?
I usually only have time to run 2-4 miles. I work 12 hour shifts with a one hour drive back and forth. So I'm only home for 8 hours and still need to sleep sometime in between there, plus I'm a student. On days I don't work I can do 5 or 6, because there's no time crunch.5 -
A warm welcome to all the new runners!!!
6-1 7.5k slow
June Total: 7.5k
June Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
Monthly average: 145.5k
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
Hot today -- 80 degrees F and humid. Thankfully there was a light breeze so it was not as bad as it could have been. Should have run at 6:00 a.m. instead of being lazy. The crazy half kilometer was to get rid of the half kilometer from February that I never pay any attention to until it's time to calculate averages.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K6 -
First run of the month was a little rough I was wayyy too excited and came out too fast. My first two miles were both a whopping minute plus under my desired pace so I burned myself out pretty quick but all in all it was a good run.
6/1-5.32 miles
Goal: 50 miles10 -
brittanystebbins95 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »I'm rather disappointed in myself that I fell short of the 50 mile goal I had set for myself last month.
So here's to June and making (and MEETING) the same goal.
Also, a secondary goal, I would like to complete at least one run that is 10 miles. Currently my longest run to date is 6.2 miles.
What does your training look like? 10 miles could be in reach, or way out of reach pending where you are. If you can just bearly finish the 6.2 even with several rest days before it, then 10 miles is probably not doable this month. If you can finish the 6.2 as part of a training pattern, without rest days preceding it, then you could probably do 10 this month.
The important thing is not to push too far, too fast too soon. Take your time to build a base and you will be much happier down the road.
To be honest I've only been really running for about a year. And I have no idea what I'm doing, the logistics of it, about conditioning. I just put shoes on, step outside and run.
So you think maybe I should aim for less?
I usually only have time to run 2-4 miles. I work 12 hour shifts with a one hour drive back and forth. So I'm only home for 8 hours and still need to sleep sometime in between there, plus I'm a student. On days I don't work I can do 5 or 6, because there's no time crunch.
I say aim for the 10, you never know until you try it. No harm in doing intervals to get to that 10 either. The added time on your feet is a part of training.3 -
Not a run...
Made it to the pool with DD. It was a very lazy lap swim and I did some water walking. The win is getting her out for anything.
I didn't overdo it yesterday, perhaps it's the steroid pack wearing off, but my hip/knee are not liking any activity today. It's probably catching up from the abuse, early in the steroid pack.
another monthly question for everyone, newbies too.
What's your favorite/ideal pre and or post exercise food? Do you mind the calories/macros? And will you come cook it for me or are you as bad as I am about cooking/planning?5 -
6/1.....8 miles
It was a very pleasant 55 degrees at 6 am this morning. I met a couple of friends for the run and after saw the 7:30 group before they headed out. I got to visit with some friends that I hadn’t seen in a while since I usually run with the early crew. After I showered at the gym I met more friends at Panera where we talked bike talk. Then I went bike shopping and now I’m officially broke!
@Elise4270 I am blessed with a strong stomach so I eat anything from a granola bar to a Little Debbie oatmeal cake before my long runs. Usually during the week when I run 5 miles I run on an empty stomach. Eating afterwards just depends on what’s available. After long runs it takes a while for my appetite to kick in3 -
June minimum goal: 200 run miles
6/1 26.53 miles
How important is running/cycling/yoga... your exercise addiction/goal to you? How has it helped you in areas of your life and what changes do you envision in the next year.
It is very important to me. I am not really sure how to explain it though. I want to run and I want to run long distance. I started my weight loss almost 4 years ago and have continued to maintain my 100 lb weight loss. I started running about 9 months into my journey. I have grown to love the distance and keep pushing to go further. The running and the weight loss/maintenance are part of me now. There is no one else involved, I have control over it, I do not care what others think about it. I do it for me, for the only reason "because I can."
I have grown spiritually over the last few years and I really do not envision any changes, except going further.
*dew claws up*10 -
brittanystebbins95 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »brittanystebbins95 wrote: »I'm rather disappointed in myself that I fell short of the 50 mile goal I had set for myself last month.
So here's to June and making (and MEETING) the same goal.
Also, a secondary goal, I would like to complete at least one run that is 10 miles. Currently my longest run to date is 6.2 miles.
What does your training look like? 10 miles could be in reach, or way out of reach pending where you are. If you can just bearly finish the 6.2 even with several rest days before it, then 10 miles is probably not doable this month. If you can finish the 6.2 as part of a training pattern, without rest days preceding it, then you could probably do 10 this month.
The important thing is not to push too far, too fast too soon. Take your time to build a base and you will be much happier down the road.
To be honest I've only been really running for about a year. And I have no idea what I'm doing, the logistics of it, about conditioning. I just put shoes on, step outside and run.
So you think maybe I should aim for less?
I usually only have time to run 2-4 miles. I work 12 hour shifts with a one hour drive back and forth. So I'm only home for 8 hours and still need to sleep sometime in between there, plus I'm a student. On days I don't work I can do 5 or 6, because there's no time crunch.
So, I suggest you look at a 10miler or 15k training plan. One like this:
https://www.halhigdon.com/training-programs/15k-10-mile-training/novice-15k-10-mile/
(it is free, just scroll past the ads. All of the information is on that page and free. The actual plan it at the very bottom, but the notes above it are important too)
That one is for 10 weeks, but you might be able to start a few weeks into it.
Again, the MOST IMPORTANT THING is not to go too hard or too fast. All inexperienced runners do it. That is how you get hurt and burned out. It is better to take 2 months to get to 10 miles and get there healthy than to pound hard and get there in a few weeks but hating running and hurt the day after.
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