June 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @katharmonic WOOO you can do pull-ups now!
    @katharmonic - not sure how I missed this but Huge Congratulations!! I still cannot do one.
    @MobyCarp - beautiful kitty!
    @polskagirl01 - love the bike!
    @quilteryoyo - we have red tails and sharp shinned. The nesting hawks are sharp shinned. Apparently it is unusual to nest in a urban/suburban area. They are much more common along the river where I run but I have never seen a nest there.

    Back to the hot dog discussion... just in time for the 4th of July! I love the all beef dogs bbq'd crispy on the outside (same for a brat) with some good mustard and onions. I also like them with sauerkraut. My DH eats them with ketchup only...

    No run for me today. It was strength training day and the trainer left me with shaky, quivering muscles. That hasn't happened in a long while. I have a feeling I will be sore again tomorrow. I won't have a chance to run tomorrow morning but I hope to at least get out for a walk in the afternoon or evening then running Saturday and Sunday.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,575 Member
    @ContraryMaryMary Sorry you are all feeling poorly. Hope you get to feeling better quickly.
  • runnermom419
    runnermom419 Posts: 366 Member
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    Well, I am late to the game this month.

    The last two months, I've been able to get 110 miles, so I'd like to set my first goal to 110 miles and my stretch goal at 120 miles. Marathon training is in full swing; I gotta get on the ball.

    June 1 - 6 miles
    June 2 - 10 miles
    June 4 - 3 miles

    19 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 91miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 101 miles



    June 5 - 3 miles of speed work

    22 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 88 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 98 miles

    June 6 - 7 miles after work to help clear my head

    29 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 81 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 91 miles

    June 8 - 3.1 miles (5K with hubby, he got a new PR)
    June 9 - 14 miles

    46.1 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 63.9 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 73.9 miles

    June 11 - 4 miles
    June 12 - 6.2 miles

    56.3 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 53.7 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 63.7 miles

    March 14 - 7.11 miles

    63.41 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 46.59 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 56.59 miles

    Oh my...I think I'm overly tired. March 14 should be June 14.

    June 15 - 6.14 miles
    June 16 - 8.15 miles

    77.7 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 32.30 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 42.30 miles

    June 18 - 6.32 miles

    84.02 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 25.98 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 35.98 miles

    June 19 - 6 track miles (I hate the indoor track sometimes, but gotta do what you gotta do).

    90.02 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 19.98 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 29.98 miles

    June 20 - 3.14 miles
    June 21 - Rest Day
    June 22 - 4.12 miles

    97.28 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 12.72 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 22.72 miles

    June 23 - 10 miles

    107.28 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - 2.72 miles
    Miles until Goal #2 - 12.72 miles

    June 25 - 4 miles
    June 26 - 3.19 miles

    114.47 miles for June

    Miles until Goal #1 - Check :smile:
    Miles until Goal #2 - 5.53 miles

    June 28 - 4 miles

    118.47 miles for June

    1.53 miles until goal #2 of 120 miles for June.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @katharmonic WOOO you can do pull-ups now!
    @katharmonic - not sure how I missed this but Huge Congratulations!! I still cannot do one.

    Missed this too! Back when I had access to a full gym, I was trying to get to that point also, never did though.

    Congrats! That is very impressive.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @ContraryMaryMary Sorry you are all feeling poorly. Hope you get to feeling better quickly.

    This, but also cool that you got a sitter so you can get out in the clean air away from all those mean germs!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Today's long run was the last run of the month for me, as I've jiggled my schedule about a bit to allow for our trip to Madrid and that concert I haven't mentioned I'm going to for at least 5 minutes :-)
    Got up at 6am, thinking 7-9 wouldn't be as unbearably hot as later in the morning. I also had the bright idea of freezing my water bottles last night. Great in theory, and it was nice to have cold water. Not so great when you get to listen to the most annoying sound ever of ice bouncing about and hitting the sides of the bottles for what felt like forever. Got me a few funny looks too, but I'm kind of over worrying about getting funny looks now lol. Amazing how many other crazy people are out walking and running at that time of day, too. At least you could just about cut a path between the zombie tourists.
    Think I'll be heading for the river trail for my long runs for the rest of the summer though. Today I decided to stick to the sea front because I was trying out my first gel (isotonic energy thingy) and as I wasn't sure what my stomach would have to say about that I reckoned it was safer to stick to an area where bathrooms were readily available. Didn't actually need them, no real issues with the gel at all. Good to know as I'm down to my last 5 or 6 jelly babies!
    Was supposed to do 7 miles today, ended up doing 12.1km which puts me at 84.83km for the month. How annoying is that 0.83? I might have to run round the lounge a few times to stop that bugging me. Still, goal was 75km so happy with that. Time to start thinking about July.

    You are going to a concert? I had not heard this* Who? Hootie and the blowfish maybe?
    ;)





    *at least not yet this morning lol
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Today's long run was the last run of the month for me, as I've jiggled my schedule about a bit to allow for our trip to Madrid and that concert I haven't mentioned I'm going to for at least 5 minutes :-)
    Got up at 6am, thinking 7-9 wouldn't be as unbearably hot as later in the morning. I also had the bright idea of freezing my water bottles last night. Great in theory, and it was nice to have cold water. Not so great when you get to listen to the most annoying sound ever of ice bouncing about and hitting the sides of the bottles for what felt like forever. Got me a few funny looks too, but I'm kind of over worrying about getting funny looks now lol. Amazing how many other crazy people are out walking and running at that time of day, too. At least you could just about cut a path between the zombie tourists.
    Think I'll be heading for the river trail for my long runs for the rest of the summer though. Today I decided to stick to the sea front because I was trying out my first gel (isotonic energy thingy) and as I wasn't sure what my stomach would have to say about that I reckoned it was safer to stick to an area where bathrooms were readily available. Didn't actually need them, no real issues with the gel at all. Good to know as I'm down to my last 5 or 6 jelly babies!
    Was supposed to do 7 miles today, ended up doing 12.1km which puts me at 84.83km for the month. How annoying is that 0.83? I might have to run round the lounge a few times to stop that bugging me. Still, goal was 75km so happy with that. Time to start thinking about July.

    You are going to a concert? I had not heard this* Who? Hootie and the blowfish maybe?
    ;)





    *at least not yet this morning lol

    @PastorVincent You, sir, must have masochistic tendencies. Hang on, you run 50k races, that was already a given :-p Hope it goes well and thunder doesn't mess it up.

    BON JOVI! MADRID! 9 DAYS!
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Today's long run was the last run of the month for me, as I've jiggled my schedule about a bit to allow for our trip to Madrid and that concert I haven't mentioned I'm going to for at least 5 minutes :-)
    Got up at 6am, thinking 7-9 wouldn't be as unbearably hot as later in the morning. I also had the bright idea of freezing my water bottles last night. Great in theory, and it was nice to have cold water. Not so great when you get to listen to the most annoying sound ever of ice bouncing about and hitting the sides of the bottles for what felt like forever. Got me a few funny looks too, but I'm kind of over worrying about getting funny looks now lol. Amazing how many other crazy people are out walking and running at that time of day, too. At least you could just about cut a path between the zombie tourists.
    Think I'll be heading for the river trail for my long runs for the rest of the summer though. Today I decided to stick to the sea front because I was trying out my first gel (isotonic energy thingy) and as I wasn't sure what my stomach would have to say about that I reckoned it was safer to stick to an area where bathrooms were readily available. Didn't actually need them, no real issues with the gel at all. Good to know as I'm down to my last 5 or 6 jelly babies!
    Was supposed to do 7 miles today, ended up doing 12.1km which puts me at 84.83km for the month. How annoying is that 0.83? I might have to run round the lounge a few times to stop that bugging me. Still, goal was 75km so happy with that. Time to start thinking about July.

    You are going to a concert? I had not heard this* Who? Hootie and the blowfish maybe?
    ;)





    *at least not yet this morning lol

    @PastorVincent You, sir, must have masochistic tendencies. Hang on, you run 50k races, that was already a given :-p Hope it goes well and thunder doesn't mess it up.

    BON JOVI! MADRID! 9 DAYS!

    Bon Jovi huh?

    I'll take that and raise you Sir Tom Jones in fifteen days....

    nah, doesn't really work does it? :D
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »

    Bon Jovi huh?

    I'll take that and raise you Sir Tom Jones in fifteen days....

    nah, doesn't really work does it? :D

    @girlinahat well I guess that all depends on personal preferences. I'll keep Jon over Tom though tyvm :wink:
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,882 Member
    edited June 2019
    Last day of vacation and I was able to get 8 miles in this morning. It wasn’t pretty. Had to stop and stretch my calves. All this walking and running in the sand does a number on them. I stuck to the streets this morning. Hope to get one last walk on the beach late this evening. Why does vacation time pass so quickly? Good luck to @PastorVincent, @MobyCarp and @Tramboman and everyone else racing this weekend!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Today's long run was the last run of the month for me, as I've jiggled my schedule about a bit to allow for our trip to Madrid and that concert I haven't mentioned I'm going to for at least 5 minutes :-)
    Got up at 6am, thinking 7-9 wouldn't be as unbearably hot as later in the morning. I also had the bright idea of freezing my water bottles last night. Great in theory, and it was nice to have cold water. Not so great when you get to listen to the most annoying sound ever of ice bouncing about and hitting the sides of the bottles for what felt like forever. Got me a few funny looks too, but I'm kind of over worrying about getting funny looks now lol. Amazing how many other crazy people are out walking and running at that time of day, too. At least you could just about cut a path between the zombie tourists.
    Think I'll be heading for the river trail for my long runs for the rest of the summer though. Today I decided to stick to the sea front because I was trying out my first gel (isotonic energy thingy) and as I wasn't sure what my stomach would have to say about that I reckoned it was safer to stick to an area where bathrooms were readily available. Didn't actually need them, no real issues with the gel at all. Good to know as I'm down to my last 5 or 6 jelly babies!
    Was supposed to do 7 miles today, ended up doing 12.1km which puts me at 84.83km for the month. How annoying is that 0.83? I might have to run round the lounge a few times to stop that bugging me. Still, goal was 75km so happy with that. Time to start thinking about July.

    You are going to a concert? I had not heard this* Who? Hootie and the blowfish maybe?
    ;)





    *at least not yet this morning lol

    @PastorVincent You, sir, must have masochistic tendencies. Hang on, you run 50k races, that was already a given :-p Hope it goes well and thunder doesn't mess it up.

    BON JOVI! MADRID! 9 DAYS!

    I swear at every major race I have been in since the beginning of time if not before, the chorus from this song has been played but like at MILE 1 or something.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

    I am NOT halfway there at mile one 1 in ANY RACE. Sheesh.
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,791 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Today's long run was the last run of the month for me, as I've jiggled my schedule about a bit to allow for our trip to Madrid and that concert I haven't mentioned I'm going to for at least 5 minutes :-)
    Got up at 6am, thinking 7-9 wouldn't be as unbearably hot as later in the morning. I also had the bright idea of freezing my water bottles last night. Great in theory, and it was nice to have cold water. Not so great when you get to listen to the most annoying sound ever of ice bouncing about and hitting the sides of the bottles for what felt like forever. Got me a few funny looks too, but I'm kind of over worrying about getting funny looks now lol. Amazing how many other crazy people are out walking and running at that time of day, too. At least you could just about cut a path between the zombie tourists.
    Think I'll be heading for the river trail for my long runs for the rest of the summer though. Today I decided to stick to the sea front because I was trying out my first gel (isotonic energy thingy) and as I wasn't sure what my stomach would have to say about that I reckoned it was safer to stick to an area where bathrooms were readily available. Didn't actually need them, no real issues with the gel at all. Good to know as I'm down to my last 5 or 6 jelly babies!
    Was supposed to do 7 miles today, ended up doing 12.1km which puts me at 84.83km for the month. How annoying is that 0.83? I might have to run round the lounge a few times to stop that bugging me. Still, goal was 75km so happy with that. Time to start thinking about July.

    You are going to a concert? I had not heard this* Who? Hootie and the blowfish maybe?
    ;)





    *at least not yet this morning lol

    @PastorVincent You, sir, must have masochistic tendencies. Hang on, you run 50k races, that was already a given :-p Hope it goes well and thunder doesn't mess it up.

    BON JOVI! MADRID! 9 DAYS!

    I swear at every major race I have been in since the beginning of time if not before, the chorus from this song has been played but like at MILE 1 or something.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

    I am NOT halfway there at mile one 1 in ANY RACE. Sheesh.

    My favourite, every year at the Auckland Marathon there’s a guy at the 1km point playing The Last Post on his trumpet. Makes me smile every time.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    edited June 2019
    garygse wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Nice camera, but be wary of that slippery slope! At some point, you'll convince yourself that you need more lenses (the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM prime lens is particularly awesome for the price), a couple of decent flashes (one as the main flash that can be either on or off-camera, and another smaller flash to provide the fill light), and then before you know it, you'll be upgrading the camera body itself. I will say though, consider buying a UV filter to protect your lens. If you scratch the filter, the replacement is cheap; scratch the lens, and it's $$$.

    @garygse Oh this is my third? 4th? I think 3rd... DSLR. I shoot mostly astrophotography, so my primary "lens" (mirror) is an 8" on an EQ mount with full sky tracking. The weather here in PA sucks for astronomy, and I have not gotten out in a while though :(

    For day time photography I have the 18-55mm kit lens and a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM as my reach out and grab someone lens. I have a UV filter on my 18-55 most of the time, but I also use a Hoya 58mm R-72 for infrared photography.

    Here is a shot of the Dumbbell Nebula I took a while back, my last time I could get out, with my old camera (a T3):
    9c4kj7hxlqoy.png

    If I can several nights in a row were work, life, and weather line up so that I can properly calibrate my setup, I can do much better. Especially with the SL3 now as my sensor.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    garygse wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Nice camera, but be wary of that slippery slope! At some point, you'll convince yourself that you need more lenses (the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM prime lens is particularly awesome for the price), a couple of decent flashes (one as the main flash that can be either on or off-camera, and another smaller flash to provide the fill light), and then before you know it, you'll be upgrading the camera body itself. I will say though, consider buying a UV filter to protect your lens. If you scratch the filter, the replacement is cheap; scratch the lens, and it's $$$.

    @garygse Oh this is my third? 4th? I think 3rd... DSLR. I shoot mostly astrophotography, so my primary "lens" (mirror) is an 8" on an EQ mount with full star tracking. :D Weather here in PA sucks for astronomy, and I have not gotten out in a while though :(

    For day time photography I have the 18-55mm kit lens and a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM as my reach out and grab someone lens. I have a UV filter on my 18-55 most of the time, but I also use a Hoya 58mm R-72 for infrared photography.

    Here is a shot of the Dumbbell Nebula I took a while back, my last time I could get out, with my old camera (a T3):
    9c4kj7hxlqoy.png

    If I can several nights in a row were work, life, and weather line up so that I can properly calibrate my setup, I can do much better. Especially with the SL3 now as my sensor.

    That is a great nebula picture!

    I aspire to own a good camera with a macro lens. I used to have an moderately good camera, but it’s outdated now, and it just hasn’t been a priority recently. Maybe I can put one on my Christmas list.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    garygse wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Nice camera, but be wary of that slippery slope! At some point, you'll convince yourself that you need more lenses (the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM prime lens is particularly awesome for the price), a couple of decent flashes (one as the main flash that can be either on or off-camera, and another smaller flash to provide the fill light), and then before you know it, you'll be upgrading the camera body itself. I will say though, consider buying a UV filter to protect your lens. If you scratch the filter, the replacement is cheap; scratch the lens, and it's $$$.

    @garygse Oh this is my third? 4th? I think 3rd... DSLR. I shoot mostly astrophotography, so my primary "lens" (mirror) is an 8" on an EQ mount with full star tracking. :D Weather here in PA sucks for astronomy, and I have not gotten out in a while though :(

    For day time photography I have the 18-55mm kit lens and a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM as my reach out and grab someone lens. I have a UV filter on my 18-55 most of the time, but I also use a Hoya 58mm R-72 for infrared photography.

    Here is a shot of the Dumbbell Nebula I took a while back, my last time I could get out, with my old camera (a T3):
    9c4kj7hxlqoy.png

    If I can several nights in a row were work, life, and weather line up so that I can properly calibrate my setup, I can do much better. Especially with the SL3 now as my sensor.

    That is a great nebula picture!

    I aspire to own a good camera with a macro lens. I used to have an moderately good camera, but it’s outdated now, and it just hasn’t been a priority recently. Maybe I can put one on my Christmas list.

    When you are ready, shop the used market. Lots of people upgrade regularly and you can find some killer deals there if you are careful. I gave my "old outdated Canon T3" to my son and he took this the first day he had it:
    8ydf3va46uwp.png

    This camera, a full DSLR, goes for like $150-$250 on the used market all the time and will blow away any of the brandy new point and shoots in that price range.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all. Crazy insane week. Works been awesome! Love my new job so much. So glad we've made this move.

    Haven't run this week, so went out this afternoon and did 4km. It felt so fantastic getting out again.

    I went shopping today, got some gloves and a second pair of shoes. I should have enough pairs now to last till next year.


    Sorry, what? Enough shoes? What is this 'enough' of which you speak?
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,213 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all. Crazy insane week. Works been awesome! Love my new job so much. So glad we've made this move.

    Haven't run this week, so went out this afternoon and did 4km. It felt so fantastic getting out again.

    I went shopping today, got some gloves and a second pair of shoes. I should have enough pairs now to last till next year.


    Sorry, what? Enough shoes? What is this 'enough' of which you speak?

    Bahahaha Well I currently have one pair that will probably last another month. And I have 2 brand new pairs. All the exact same model lol. For me, on my very limited income, that's definitely enough!
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