August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,523 Member
    @JMNagain That is a beautiful place to run. Glad you had a good one, even if the conditions weren't ideal.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited August 2019
    Lazy_Bones_85 wrote: »
    I'm in for 105 miles in August, Training plan calls for 109 but I had to run tomorrow's run today (July 31) due to an all-day work commitment so I'm not going to punish myself for having to rearrange my days.

    I signed up for a 15K on October 19. I am also trying to lose some weight. On top of this, I will be traveling for work 14 out of 16 days from August 4-19, then will be joining the in-laws on the Jersey Shore the last week of the month. So what possibly could go wrong with a high volume running plan, coupled with a caloric deficit, while only being home for what will seem like 4 hours the entire month? But I was able to order 6 pairs of my beloved Saucony Kineta Relay running shoes. And one of the hotels I'll be staying at later this month has a 9ft deep swimming pool so I can act like a child and do back flips all afternoon. I sometimes pick hotels solely based on their pool depth.
    This was me yesterday morning acting like a fool: yzra5blxws97.jpg
    I use to do that as a kid. Don’t think i could do it without a Humpy Dumpty incident. I am seriously jealous of those legs. Do you cross-train? I have chicken legs and now that I’m not running... they are flabby chicken legs. Here look...
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    Haha! Fix me.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,566 Member
    Yep, I say go for it @polskagirl01! Sounds like a doable challenge given the shape you are in. And you know, if you DON'T do it, you'll wonder if you coulda :D
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    edited August 2019
    @polskagirl01 yeah I second the go for it!
    On a much smaller scale which could however be comparable as I had only ever done one HM and the long runs included in a novice training plan for that (in other words, I had probably only ever done 3 or 4 runs longer than 10km in my life!), I did a hiking holiday at Easter and survived it. The longest couple of days were around 20-25km each, which took us 6 hours or so (I think, Strava shows 8 and a half hours for the 24km day but we stopped for lunch and bathroom and coffee breaks). I wasn't in my best shape, had only worked back up to running about 5-6km at a time after my injury, and my legs felt VERY tired and heavy after about 4 hours. In fact I think I found it harder than running for the very reason that I was on my feet for so much longer than when running. The worst part was stopping for coffee and sitting down. It took a mile or so after re-starting to not feel like I was walking on two cement posts. But a week later I was as good as new, and I'm doing another one next Easter :D
    What I think I am trying to say (verbal diarrhea, sorry) is that considering you've done a marathon and are in pretty damn good shape you will probably find it challenging but not impossible. And as @Scott6255 says, if you don't try how will you know if you could, or live with wondering if you could? ;-)

    ETA: PS, we want photos!
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    we have a few popular cemeteries to run in.
    i think, it's ok as the dead ones would probably want people to be happy and enjoy themselves. it's really so the loved ones have a physical place to visit those passed on. imho
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    @rheddmobile: I was disappointed when I found out you can’t run in the cemetery by my house - I love the peacefulness and quiet of cemeteries. Of course, peace and quiet isn’t exactly what I think of when I think of a race, but I agree that celebrating life and a good cause doesn’t feel disrespectful.

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