June 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »I have a sick child thwarting my running plans (quickly googles how long you can legally leave a 5-year-old at home alone for...)
Not to scare you... but we had child protective services called on us on time because my son at like 6 or 7 was... playing in our front yard, while my wife was just on the other side of the window. *shrugs*
Meanwhile, I grew up under "I don't want to see your face again till the street lights come on"
Oh sure, until you’re a teenager and it becomes, “where do you think you’re going?” Haha!
5 is young, but I only half suggested it because different areas/cultures may have different rules. And maybe it’s okay in @ContraryMaryMary ‘s world. In our parts I think 10 is the norm, but that isn’t that all 10 yo’s can be left alone. My oldest boy was a heathen. I couldn’t leave him alone at 13... 14. Then he got mad that he was punished for joyriding with older boys when they decided to shoot people with a BB gun. I came down too hard, daddy saved him.
Not where I grew up. I literally rode my bike for miles, taking over an hour each way to a friend's house before I was old enough to drive. At 10 I was babysitting my newly born sister. *shrugs* different times I guess.
I doubt were much different in age, that sir is the difference growing up male vs female and perhaps families and population density. I didn't get my DL until I was married and moved out.
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PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »I have a sick child thwarting my running plans (quickly googles how long you can legally leave a 5-year-old at home alone for...)
Not to scare you... but we had child protective services called on us on time because my son at like 6 or 7 was... playing in our front yard, while my wife was just on the other side of the window. *shrugs*
Meanwhile, I grew up under "I don't want to see your face again till the street lights come on"
Oh sure, until you’re a teenager and it becomes, “where do you think you’re going?” Haha!
5 is young, but I only half suggested it because different areas/cultures may have different rules. And maybe it’s okay in @ContraryMaryMary ‘s world. In our parts I think 10 is the norm, but that isn’t that all 10 yo’s can be left alone. My oldest boy was a heathen. I couldn’t leave him alone at 13... 14. Then he got mad that he was punished for joyriding with older boys when they decided to shoot people with a BB gun. I came down too hard, daddy saved him.
Not where I grew up. I literally rode my bike for miles, taking over an hour each way to a friend's house before I was old enough to drive. At 10 I was babysitting my newly born sister. *shrugs* different times I guess.
I doubt were much different in age, that sir is the difference growing up male vs female and perhaps families and population density. I didn't get my DL until I was married and moved out.
I grew up on the New Jersey Shore, very much middle-class suburb, but densely populated.0 -
My pathetic "running" update.
1 - 20 min pool
3 - 0.33 mile walk. 30 min stationary bike w/KT
5 - 0.21 w/KT
6 - 0.51 no KT- not a good idea.
1.05/10
Steroid shot in right hip labrum scheduled Wednesday. That won't help my knee, but some of you may recall that the doc is a smart, dreamy ginger and, for some pheromone reason, I go GaGa. So who cares about the knee?
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PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »I have a sick child thwarting my running plans (quickly googles how long you can legally leave a 5-year-old at home alone for...)
Not to scare you... but we had child protective services called on us on time because my son at like 6 or 7 was... playing in our front yard, while my wife was just on the other side of the window. *shrugs*
Meanwhile, I grew up under "I don't want to see your face again till the street lights come on"
Oh sure, until you’re a teenager and it becomes, “where do you think you’re going?” Haha!
5 is young, but I only half suggested it because different areas/cultures may have different rules. And maybe it’s okay in @ContraryMaryMary ‘s world. In our parts I think 10 is the norm, but that isn’t that all 10 yo’s can be left alone. My oldest boy was a heathen. I couldn’t leave him alone at 13... 14. Then he got mad that he was punished for joyriding with older boys when they decided to shoot people with a BB gun. I came down too hard, daddy saved him.
Not where I grew up. I literally rode my bike for miles, taking over an hour each way to a friend's house before I was old enough to drive. At 10 I was babysitting my newly born sister. *shrugs* different times I guess.
I doubt were much different in age, that sir is the difference growing up male vs female and perhaps families and population density. I didn't get my DL until I was married and moved out.
I grew up on the New Jersey Shore, very much middle-class suburb, but densely populated.
Dallas. Poor.0 -
6-1 7.5k slow
6-2 11k easy
6-3 rest
6-4 7k moderate
6-5 7k easy
6-6 rest
6-7 7k slow
June Total: 39.5k
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
Mid 60s F and sunny today. Felt like I had concrete legs and was running through quicksand. Primary goal was getting the distance in without aggravating knees, hip, and back. Hip was a little stiff, but all else felt OK.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K8 -
PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »I have a sick child thwarting my running plans (quickly googles how long you can legally leave a 5-year-old at home alone for...)
Not to scare you... but we had child protective services called on us on time because my son at like 6 or 7 was... playing in our front yard, while my wife was just on the other side of the window. *shrugs*
Meanwhile, I grew up under "I don't want to see your face again till the street lights come on"
Oh sure, until you’re a teenager and it becomes, “where do you think you’re going?” Haha!
5 is young, but I only half suggested it because different areas/cultures may have different rules. And maybe it’s okay in @ContraryMaryMary ‘s world. In our parts I think 10 is the norm, but that isn’t that all 10 yo’s can be left alone. My oldest boy was a heathen. I couldn’t leave him alone at 13... 14. Then he got mad that he was punished for joyriding with older boys when they decided to shoot people with a BB gun. I came down too hard, daddy saved him.
Not where I grew up. I literally rode my bike for miles, taking over an hour each way to a friend's house before I was old enough to drive. At 10 I was babysitting my newly born sister. *shrugs* different times I guess.
I doubt were much different in age, that sir is the difference growing up male vs female and perhaps families and population density. I didn't get my DL until I was married and moved out.
I grew up on the New Jersey Shore, very much middle-class suburb, but densely populated.
Dallas. Poor.
Erie, PA. Basketball, baseball, football, fishing, and hunting. Probably should have spent more time studying...3 -
Today is the first low humidity/low allergen day we've had in awhile in the Philadelphia area. I might actually be able to breathe and run outside today!!
Just signed up for the rock n' roll half and am now kicking myself that I missed the discount on June 5. I've been so busy planning my son's end of year party that I forgot to take care of that--kids
@Contrary_MaryM @PastorVincent , same here--I echo this sentiment. I grew up in Philly and my mom literally sent me to the post office, laundromat, corner store, etc. by myself at age 6 to run errands for her. She was from Eastern Europe (I'm first generation) and in her/our culture kids were helping their families make ends meet. By age 9, I was minding my three younger siblings. By 10, my friends and I would leave in the morning on our bikes, come home for lunch--at someone's house, then not return home until the "street lights came on."
When I think about it, "punishment" when I was a kid meant that I had to "stay in." Nowadays it seems as I never see kids playing outside (at least where I live). At least where I teach, "punishment" now means banning them from devices [sigh]. I digress.
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
06/01/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
06/02/19 :::: 13.2 :::: 13.2
06/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.2
06/04/19 :::: 1.3 :::: 14.5
06/05/19 :::: 5.0 :::: 19.5
06/06/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 19.5
06/07/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 23.2
What a gorgeous morning. 60 degrees and sunny, with a light breeze and not too terrible humidity. I ran my warm-up outside along the canal before strength training. We worked on legs today so I'm hoping I won't be too sore for the trail race on Sunday. Which I am going to attempt to sign up for today as online registration was closed. Their website is suspiciously silent about it, but a friend informed me you could register in person at a local bike shop today so we'll see how that goes. The weather looks great for the whole weekend so I'm really looking forward to enjoying lots of time outside.6 -
PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »I have a sick child thwarting my running plans (quickly googles how long you can legally leave a 5-year-old at home alone for...)
Not to scare you... but we had child protective services called on us on time because my son at like 6 or 7 was... playing in our front yard, while my wife was just on the other side of the window. *shrugs*
Meanwhile, I grew up under "I don't want to see your face again till the street lights come on"
Oh sure, until you’re a teenager and it becomes, “where do you think you’re going?” Haha!
5 is young, but I only half suggested it because different areas/cultures may have different rules. And maybe it’s okay in @ContraryMaryMary ‘s world. In our parts I think 10 is the norm, but that isn’t that all 10 yo’s can be left alone. My oldest boy was a heathen. I couldn’t leave him alone at 13... 14. Then he got mad that he was punished for joyriding with older boys when they decided to shoot people with a BB gun. I came down too hard, daddy saved him.
Not where I grew up. I literally rode my bike for miles, taking over an hour each way to a friend's house before I was old enough to drive. At 10 I was babysitting my newly born sister. *shrugs* different times I guess.
Yeah, I grew up in a rural area and our property sat at the foot of a small mountain range - my sister and I used to disappear up there all day and come back covered in bumps and scrapes and poison oak. Good times. @Elise4270: Good point. I grew up in Northern California where there was a pretty decent split between economic classes that you often find in agricultural/tourist areas, but generally very low crime. I don't think my parents treated us any differently than they would have treated boys, though. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 18 but that's because I'd spent the year before that as an exchange student in Switzerland.
I try and stay way far away from anything that even hints at Mommy Wars, but I definitely agree that people and laws in the US in general have swung way too far towards the overprotective side when it comes to giving kids freedom to play and explore on their own. No matter how many studies come out showing that "stranger danger" is exceptionally rare, I think it's too easy to fixate on the few widely publicized cases think that there are Scary Men lurking around every corner waiting to grab our kids. In terms of crime, the US is generally much safer now than when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s. Car violence, on the other hand, is up a lot over the last decade, and that's where I would really worry about kids on their own.4 -
01/06 3.13 miles
02/06 1.37 miles
06/06 2.11 miles
07/06 1.13 miles= one for my almost streat
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Outside Boise, Id - very middle class. Single street with about 5 homes surrounded by farms and fields. I was the youngest of 3 and only girl and followed my older brothers everywhere. We played in the fields and irrigation canals, rode the cows, climbed trees, had wild games of red rover, kickball, etc. and didn't come home until my mom blew a whistle that we could hear for what seemed like miles. Also we had no fences or walls between the homes so it was like having a big park to run and play in. Honestly it was pretty idyllic. We all walked to school together, crossed the highway by ourselves and went to the grocer and ran errands as well.
I could have gotten my DL at 14 but was terrified of driving. Didn't get it until I was 17 and we had moved to Los Angeles (boy was that a shock!).
@MegaMooseEsq - it isn't just the 'Scary Men' mentality. Too many parents are afraid to let their kids play outside and get dirty. My daughter is a pediatrician and she is always encouraging her patients parents to get the kids out and let them play in the dirt and grass, fresh air and sunshine. She truly feels many of the allergies we see so much of now are a result of parents trying to keep their kids in an isolated bubble.8 -
@MegaMooseEsq - it isn't just the 'Scary Men' mentality. Too many parents are afraid to let their kids play outside and get dirty. My daughter is a pediatrician and she is always encouraging her patients parents to get the kids out and let them play in the dirt and grass, fresh air and sunshine. She truly feels many of the allergies we see so much of now are a result of parents trying to keep their kids in an isolated bubble.
Ug, really? Dirt? That is even more mind-bogglingly strange to me. Kids are supposed to get dirty!
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »@MegaMooseEsq - it isn't just the 'Scary Men' mentality. Too many parents are afraid to let their kids play outside and get dirty. My daughter is a pediatrician and she is always encouraging her patients parents to get the kids out and let them play in the dirt and grass, fresh air and sunshine. She truly feels many of the allergies we see so much of now are a result of parents trying to keep their kids in an isolated bubble.
Ug, really? Dirt? That is even more mind-bogglingly strange to me. Kids are supposed to get dirty!
Yes, seriously. I am so glad for my son's sake my wife and I never bought into that. He has scars and dirt. Just like normal boys should have.
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Can't stop laughing. Some of you may remember I've been employing the Jeff Galloway run-walk-run method for a few weeks now. Well I picked up one of his books not long ago and was just leafing through it. He gives information on how to calculate race paces and then suggests adding 74 seconds per km to the marathon pace for long runs. Ok. Then (here comes the good bit) he advises you to also go 20 seconds per kilometre slower for every 2ºC over 14ºC. By my calculations, that means that by August I will need to be doing my long runs at a negative speed. Does that mean I have to run backwards? Seriously, it would mean running slower than my relaxed walking pace...5
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Re: growing up and independence. We were white collar middle class - mom was a college professor and dad designed steel factories - and until we moved out to the country when I was a teenager, we lived in a college area, our house literally backed on to the parking lot of a high rise dorm. I walked to school at 6, across the college campus, ran around unsupervised but wasn’t allowed to cross the major street at the top of our cove until about 10, and then was able to go wherever my feet and bike would take me.
The summer when I was 12, I was horse crazy, and was offered an opportunity to be a working student at a nearby stable - free lessons in enchange for barn work. I got up at dawn, walked a mile to the bus station, fetched the morning paper for the man who owned the local ice cream store in exchange for a free coke, rode the city bus for an hour out to the country, walked another mile of sidewalkless country road, fed, led horses in from pasture, groomed and tacked horses up for lessons, rode my own horse, washed horses down, played around on the wash rack and hayloft, rode other people’s horses, walked two miles or hitchhiked to McDonald’s for lunch, ran around the Germantown mall and arcade, bought saltwater taffy as a treat for my horse, went back to the barn, rode trails, cleaned stalls, cleaned tack, and then my grandmother picked me up at about dark and I went home for dinner. It was the absolute best summer of my life. There were about a half dozen of us girls plus one boy, and I wasn’t the youngest. I think one girl was ten. The only thing we did which ever led to anyone being hurt was ride without hard hats, which everyone did back in the day. I would not recommend that - probably some day I am going to end up with dementia from the multiple concussions I got over my years as a rider. But! Add modern hard hats into the picture, and we were all perfectly safe.
Unfortunately that whole area is paved over now - the stable was more or less where the Germantown library is today, and the street which was a grassy shoulder through pastureland is now one big strip mall. And if I saw a ten year old walking down it, alone, I would wonder where her parents were, because people don’t do that anymore.7 -
Our medals finally came! (Race was back in early May)
5K, Steel Challange, and Marathon:
Steel Challange is for running the 5k the day before the Marathon.
I was not sure we were going to be able to get them. I had to bail early and get Mrs. Pastor Vincent medical attention so we did not collect all the medals on the day of the race. But I contacted them, and they sent them!
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PastorVincent wrote: »Our medals finally came! (Race was back in early May)
5K, Steel Challange, and Marathon:
Steel Challange is for running the 5k the day before the Marathon.
I was not sure we were going to be able to get them. I had to bail early and get Mrs. Pastor Vincent medical attention so we did not collect all the medals on the day of the race. But I contacted them, and they sent them!
Those are really classy looking medals!0 -
2 June....5k
5 June....5k
7 June....5k
Goals June
1...no of runs 13................3
2...total distance 69km.....15km
3...5km no interval............Done
4...speed 5km < 40m........41.53
5...longer run 6km.............5km
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Did my 85 minute long run. I do lng runs by time so I don’t go too fast but I also make sure I run 1 mile for every 10:00. So I run until I reach both 8.5M and 85:00. Paced 10:04 today which was really good for me considering the heat Index was 98 when I finished. Luckily there was a breeze and I made myself walk 30 seconds every 1.25M loop and drink Gatorade. BUT...OH MY GOD. I wore shorts that have these built in undies. They are old- maybe 10 years and while they are the Nike Dry Fit stuff, I got saturated today. I mean I was sloshing around in my own sweat and those “undies” chafed my unmentionables and my inner thighs where the leg meets the unmentionables. Holy F#%+! I am in agony!! Didn’t bother me until I took a shower. I guess those aren’t good shorts to wear when it’s that hot out- they have never done that before. I also came home 4lbs lighter despite drinking 60oz of fluid out there.
So now I’m enjoying lots of water and quite a bit of wine. I only drink 3 or 4 times a month and tonight we are going out to a nice dinner and going to enjoy some drinks.
I hope everyone has a fun and relaxing weekend. My kitty is still doing well after her teeth cleaning on Wednesday!8 -
Lazy_Bones_85 wrote: »
Did my 85 minute long run. I do lng runs by time so I don’t go too fast but I also make sure I run 1 mile for every 10:00. So I run until I reach both 8.5M and 85:00. Paced 10:04 today which was really good for me considering the heat Index was 98 when I finished. Luckily there was a breeze and I made myself walk 30 seconds every 1.25M loop and drink Gatorade. BUT...OH MY GOD. I wore shorts that have these built in undies. They are old- maybe 10 years and while they are the Nike Dry Fit stuff, I got saturated today. I mean I was sloshing around in my own sweat and those “undies” chafed my unmentionables and my inner thighs where the leg meets the unmentionables. Holy F#%+! I am in agony!! Didn’t bother me until I took a shower. I guess those aren’t good shorts to wear when it’s that hot out- they have never done that before. I also came home 4lbs lighter despite drinking 60oz of fluid out there.
So now I’m enjoying lots of water and quite a bit of wine. I only drink 3 or 4 times a month and tonight we are going out to a nice dinner and going to enjoy some drinks.
I hope everyone has a fun and relaxing weekend. My kitty is still doing well after her teeth cleaning on Wednesday!
Nothing quite like a shower to find all the chafing! Ouch, especially in the delicate areas.0 -
I wrote a whole thing that got deleted. Argh. I intro'd a few months ago...35, teacher, runner, occasional vodka fan, yada yada.
So, I am running my 2nd half marathon of 2019 tomorrow. Fingers crossed to get 2:03.
I signed up for my first full, a bucket list item as I am about to turn 36.
I'm hoping to use these running challenges to stay accountable. So hi.
Goal for June is 125...ramping up that mileage.11 -
Alan on our Run the Year challenge page says:alanpeisakoff wrote: »I haven’t run a marathon in 8 years and decided to run the Richmond Marathon in November. In the past, I never incorporated speed work in to my training, but want to do it this time in hopes of a better finishing time. Does anyone have any advice on best practices for speed work that they would be willing to share?
C'mon over Alan!2 -
@rheddmobile - I used to hitchhike too, across Boise to visit my friends who lived on the other side of town! On our end of town everyone knew everyone and I found out later the nice lady at the grocery store used to tell my mom about all the candy we bought with our lunch money 😆
@eleanorhawkins - yah.. some of the things Galloway has just don't make sense to me. I agree you need to slow down when it is hot but you are already walking an interval of 30s or so...
@PastorVincent - awesome medals and great of them to mail them to you!
@Lazy_Bones_85 - OUCH! yep that chafing is miserable!
Today's run was tough and I kept wanting to just turn around and go back home. Instead I kept giving myself little milestones to get to and it ended up the 2nd half felt much better than the 1st. I got in the 5 miles I had planned and longest since my HM in May. It was overcast and incredibly muggy out and I was dripping wet when I got home but the sun popped through right after I got in the house. My ITB has been so tight starting out despite all the rolling and stretching before and during the initial part of my runs. It is interesting that the tightness moves around too; sometimes at my knee where I would expect it but others further up my thigh or even almost to my hip. The glute exercises are definitely helping and I am consciously trying to engage that right glute when I am running. Another rest day due to life events tomorrow but I have a longish run planned for Sunday. Hopefully I can get to 6 miles or maybe a bit longer depending on how it feels.
Date........Miles.......Total
06/01......4.31........4.31
06/02......0.00........4.31
06/03......4.36........8.67 - + Agility class
06/04......3.53......12.20
06/05......3.45......15.65 - Global Running Day pledge
06/06......0.00......15.65
06/07......5.42......21.07
2019 Planned and Completed Races
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon6 -
RunnerGirl238 wrote: »I wrote a whole thing that got deleted. Argh. I intro'd a few months ago...35, teacher, runner, occasional vodka fan, yada yada.
So, I am running my 2nd half marathon of 2019 tomorrow. Fingers crossed to get 2:03.
I signed up for my first full, a bucket list item as I am about to turn 36.
I'm hoping to use these running challenges to stay accountable. So hi.
Goal for June is 125...ramping up that mileage.
Good luck today on your HM @RunnerGirl238!
Welcome (again), and which full are you signed up for as your first?0 -
01/06 3.13 miles
02/06 1.37 miles
06/06 2.11 miles
07/06 1.13 miles
08/06 1.44 miles
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@Lazy_Bones_85 Get some 2Toms SportShield and apply it for those longer sweaty runs...that's what I do, and I've had no inner lining chafing issues. I also apply it to the small of my back where my Garmin RD Pod can potentially rub (it attaches to the back of my shorts) and across my chest where the chest strap sits. You can also use Glide, which I use for my under arm, but I find SportShield is easier to apply "down there".
@RunnerGirl238 Good luck with your race today!2 -
I did it!!!! With an elevation gain of 555. Ran smart. Feeling amazing. I might cry.
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Sorry for the double post. I am just so thrilled. I cut off 25 minutes from last year.
@katharmonic Signing up for Baltimore if I cant get a pity bib for MCM.
@garygse thanks!!
Good luck to everyone running today.8 -
RunnerGirl238 wrote: »I did it!!!! With an elevation gain of 555. Ran smart. Feeling amazing. I might cry.
YAY!!!! CONGRATS!!!1 -
@Lazy_Bones_85 Get some 2Toms SportShield and apply it for those longer sweaty runs...that's what I do, and I've had no inner lining chafing issues. I also apply it to the small of my back where my Garmin RD Pod can potentially rub (it attaches to the back of my shorts) and across my chest where the chest strap sits. You can also use Glide, which I use for my under arm, but I find SportShield is easier to apply "down there".
@RunnerGirl238 Good luck with your race today!
Toms SportShield is new to me, but BodyGlide, Vaseline, and other brands exist to do the same. If you are in a pinch, dry stick deodorant works too. I used to think the only option was BodyGlide, but the more I read on threads like this the more options I come across. I tend to stick with BodyGLide, cause I know it works for me - But during my last marathon, I stopped twice and applied vaseline just in case since it was raining.0
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