July 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
    @PastorVincent Do you have enough time to run the earlier Saturday race and get to the location for the later one? I'd like to hear more about how you intend to resolve the conflict.

    Plenty, the last race is a night time race, a glow run. :) I could take a nap in between the 3rd and fourth races and still have time for dinner. I should be able to run all for, and as is my tradition with multiple races going to try and PR all 4!


    **Note: PastorVincent might not be right in the head, and his race/running strategy might not be the best one to follow

    Having never run one, a night-time race never entered my mind. I'm relieved for you, that you don't have to choose between them. I was thinking that around here, most races start at near enough the same time that *I'd* never be able to complete one and get to the next site before gun time.

    **Note: Just because I'd try to PR all 4 races, too, doesn't mean I'm trying to emulate any other runner on these forums. Any resemblance to another runner's strategy is purely coincidental.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @PastorVincent Do you have enough time to run the earlier Saturday race and get to the location for the later one? I'd like to hear more about how you intend to resolve the conflict.

    Plenty, the last race is a night time race, a glow run. :) I could take a nap in between the 3rd and fourth races and still have time for dinner. I should be able to run all for, and as is my tradition with multiple races going to try and PR all 4!


    **Note: PastorVincent might not be right in the head, and his race/running strategy might not be the best one to follow

    Having never run one, a night-time race never entered my mind. I'm relieved for you, that you don't have to choose between them. I was thinking that around here, most races start at near enough the same time that *I'd* never be able to complete one and get to the next site before gun time.

    **Note: Just because I'd try to PR all 4 races, too, doesn't mean I'm trying to emulate any other runner on these forums. Any resemblance to another runner's strategy is purely coincidental.

    Night races are fun. The course will be lit, at least sections of it, with Tiki torches, and we will be wearing glow necklaces/bracelets. No sun means no need for sunscreen even for those really fair skinned. A bit more of a party atmosphere, but I will be running a race no matter what others are doing. ;)
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    5.28 miles today. Plan was for 8, but started having low BG again and decided to just quit rather than keep treating. Oh, and it was raining. I wore my Patagonia Houdini rain jacket that the reviews say breathes so as not to get swamped out. The reviews are wrong. I may as well have just not worn a jacket. At least that way, I would be cooler and soaked rather than just soaked.

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  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    @PastorVincent Do you have enough time to run the earlier Saturday race and get to the location for the later one? I'd like to hear more about how you intend to resolve the conflict.

    Plenty, the last race is a night time race, a glow run. :) I could take a nap in between the 3rd and fourth races and still have time for dinner. I should be able to run all for, and as is my tradition with multiple races going to try and PR all 4!


    **Note: PastorVincent might not be right in the head, and his race/running strategy might not be the best one to follow

    Having never run one, a night-time race never entered my mind. I'm relieved for you, that you don't have to choose between them. I was thinking that around here, most races start at near enough the same time that *I'd* never be able to complete one and get to the next site before gun time.

    **Note: Just because I'd try to PR all 4 races, too, doesn't mean I'm trying to emulate any other runner on these forums. Any resemblance to another runner's strategy is purely coincidental.

    Night races are fun. The course will be lit, at least sections of it, with Tiki torches, and we will be wearing glow necklaces/bracelets. No sun means no need for sunscreen even for those really fair skinned. A bit more of a party atmosphere, but I will be running a race no matter what others are doing. ;)

    From mid-June to late September almost all the races we have round here are late afternoon/early evening. I find, even though I always train early in the morning, that I really enjoy watching the sun set during races and finishing in darkness.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Glad to hear you are on the mend @MobyCarp !
  • zamirasoni
    zamirasoni Posts: 89 Member
    @bride001 Ooh my, you are in the direct path. We are in Houston, so we might get rain. Prayers for you and all the people in New Orleans. Hope it doesn't get too bad. Stay safe!
  • zamirasoni
    zamirasoni Posts: 89 Member
    @MobyCarp That sounds like a rough week. Glad that the fever broke and that you are feeling better. Best of luck in your upcoming Half-Marathon.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    7-1 rest
    7-2 7k intervals
    7-3 7k moderate
    7-4 rest
    7-5 7k slow
    7-6 7k slow(er)
    7-7 7k slow
    7-8 rest
    7-9 7k intervals
    7-10 7k moderate
    7-11 rest

    July Total: 49k
    July Goal: 150k

    January Total: 131k
    February Total: 159.5k
    March Total: 183k
    April Total: 126k
    May Total: 128k
    June Total: 161.5k

    Monthly average: 148.1k

    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

    Scheduled rest day today. Golf instead.

    2019 Races:

    4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
    6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K - 31:34 chip time; 31/77 overall; second male 65 and older (no official category)
    7-27 Solon Home Days 5K
  • emmamcgarity
    emmamcgarity Posts: 1,594 Member
    zamirasoni wrote: »
    @bride001 Ooh my, you are in the direct path. We are in Houston, so we might get rain. Prayers for you and all the people in New Orleans. Hope it doesn't get too bad. Stay safe!

    I am also in Houston and have been watching the updates regularly. @bride001 I’m hopeful you are evacuated and/or have a safe place to stay safe from the storm.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    zamirasoni wrote: »
    @bride001 Ooh my, you are in the direct path. We are in Houston, so we might get rain. Prayers for you and all the people in New Orleans. Hope it doesn't get too bad. Stay safe!

    I am also in Houston and have been watching the updates regularly. @bride001 I’m hopeful you are evacuated and/or have a safe place to stay safe from the storm.

    Echoing this ^^^ @bride001! I have been seeing the flooding on the news and hope you and your family and friends are all safe!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
    (lyrics are all SFW)

    This is awesome! And I will also be singing it for the rest of the day. :D

    I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole
    Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole

    I got pretty mad at you during my run today. Ran with music yesterday to get it out of my head and today one podcast ended and that song came right into my head, lined up with my footfalls. Aaaaargh! I'm going crazy over here!

    HA! I find myself not sorry about this. :smiley:
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    I'm way behind on the posts again. Missed 100! Sorry guys. I'm the world's worst at keeping up lately. Hopefully things will calm down in August and I can do better.

    It was raining her today, so I did my run on the treadmill. I went down with the intention of doing at least 3 miles and hoping to do more, if I felt like it. I also started out at an unsustainable pace, so had to adjust. Remember, I am slow. I ran 2 minutes at 5.5 mph, then 3 at 5.0 mph for the first 6 minute segment. Then I did 5/1 minutes at 5.0/3.7 mph until I reached 3 miles. At that point, I felt it prudent to slow down a little more, so slowed to 4.5/3.7 mph. Keep up the 5/1 minute intervals until I reached 5 miles running!!!! That's the farthest I've gone in many, many years - like maybe 6 years. I was proud, even though it did take me 1:04:31. With my warm up and long cool down walk, I did a 10K - 6.214 miles, in 1:25:03.

    I have a work conference tomorrow and Saturday, so both will probably be rest days.

    Great workout!!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @PastorVincent I guess I'm not the only one that gained inspiration from the pull up/push up goals of others. I'm trying to do the odd set of push ups now and then. I want to avoid old lady t-rex arms.
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