August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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A short run in the evening after resting my knee all day as I twisted it a bit playing padel last night. Only 2.5km, but quite fast, and lovely temperatures. I wish I could run in the evening all the time, but when I'm at work I'm just so tired when I get home.
@skippygirlsmom the hornets sound terrifying! I did a race last year through a forest and there was a swarm of wasps after someone ran over the nest, it was awful! Everyone just scattered in any direction, am sure the forest took some damage 😣. Glad you're both OK (even though your race sounds super tough).7 -
August goal 30
8/2 +1.5 mi
Total so far 3.55 -
@ariceroni - WTG on your AG wins and PR. Super impressed that you won even after taking a puke break! 🤮 (And that 6:39 just happens to be my mile PR too! I plan on improving that as well since it was in the heat of summer and was mile 6 of a 10K)
@skippygirlsmom - so sorry for your bonk! But it happens. Don't worry about it.
Very happy to hear that Skip is doing well in her running, but my sympathies for the fall and HORNETS! YIKES! Hope she has found her way at the new school. Miss her (and your) updates!3 -
@Tramboman good attitude in embracing the good and bad days and not getting discouraged. Definitely not surprising to have a bad day after all that.
Great run this morning @Scott6255 - sometimes that run in the rain is just plain fun (when it's not too cold and miserable).
@shanaber my legs and glutes are pretty sore right now too from yesterday's strength training and this morning's run. Some aqua running sounds really nice but I could go for a massage and a hot tub.
@PastorVincent that sounds like a miserable environment, I can't imagine. Hope your next ones are more promising.
@ariceroni so sorry about the puking but way to go on the AG finish! Impressive comeback!
@skippygirlsmom - I don't think I've said, but great to see you around here again. Sorry you felt so bad, hope you are doing better now. Congrats to Skip - but crazy about the hornets. Ouch!
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@katharmonic Way to go on the feature!
@ariceroni Honestly it’s pretty cool that you puked and won the AG anyway. That’s hardcore.
@skippygirlsmom have missed you! How’s the Skipster? Good to hear you are both still running.
Thanks everyone for the input on the cemetery race. Having a race seems a little odd, but I think it’s picturing the scheduled bounce house and face painting right outside the funeral home that seems the weirdest. In any case I don’t believe the dead would mind, so if the living are cool with it, I guess I am too. The first funeral I ever went to as a child was right at the chapel where the race starts. I think I will skip this one because I just can’t imagine it being anything other than super weird for me.6 -
Ran late morning today and it was sickeningly hot, literally - my husband asked to stop because he was getting shivers and feeling like he was going to throw up. Temp was 97 and dewpoint 81, but it was mainly the complete lack of cloud cover, the sun was just too direct and the radiant heat was killer. We had planned to do 10k and I knew it would be tough, although it was only supposed to reach 88 according to the forecast, so I tried to run as easy as possible starting out. Which seems to be about 11 minute miles. First couple of miles felt okay, third mile felt hard, fourth mile I was starting to pray a little, and my husband said he was getting overheated. I said try to make it to five and we’ll quit. Going up the last hill in direct sunlight I was thinking I wouldn’t make it to five, never have two tenths of a mile seemed that long. Then we had to walk back in the baking sun and that was pretty dismal as well, so after drinking water we started running again, and ended up bringing in 10k at just under 12 minute pace after all. On the upside the very slow pace kept my Achilles’ tendon from hurting.
There was some sort of group of fit young people wearing Marines t-shirts out running after a guy carrying a flag - maybe ROTC although they looked a little old for ROTC - and half of them were walking. It was hot. Both my husband and I noticed that the bottoms of our feet hurt from the heat of the pavement going through our shoes. Ugh. I am already over August!10 -
DANG...A 55-year-old ultra-runner has become the fastest woman to travel by foot between John O'Groats and Land's End.
Sharon Gayter said she felt "about 105" but was "relieved" after covering the 822 miles in 12 days, 11 hours, 6 minutes, and 7 seconds.
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Ran the Taupo Half yesterday in some seriously wild winter weather. Gale force wind and freezing temperatures (7 degrees celsius, but felt like 2). Made for a hard day at the office. The consolation was at least it wasn't raining, which it had been, in buckets, when we arrived the night before. I wasn't expecting much considering the conditions and the fact that it had only been six days since my previous half.
We headed off with a stiff cross wind, so cold that one side of my face soon went numb. The course was an out and back along the lake front - well, sort of. I kind of lollypop shape. My legs felt good but I kept my pace in check thinking my legs would tire early considering the pounding they'd taken the weekend prior and we seemed to be going steadily downhill on what I'd assumed was a dead flat course.
Normally I'd race a half at just over five minutes per kilometre but was happy to sit at 5:15. After we'd turned, the cross wind we'd been battling became a seriously stiff tailwind at about the 15k mark, pushing us along - to the point I was thinking, "I don't want to run this fast". My pace increased to sub 5 minutes with me protesting the whole time (this went on for about four kilometres and I couldn't seem to slow down).
A kilometre 19 I thought I'd hit the wall, thanks to that unwanted speed, as my legs turned to lead as the tail wind moved back to a cross wind. But I finally figured I was climbing (insert eye roll), and while the climb was only 12 metres over 500m it was at a mentally challenging point in the race. But I soon reached the top and knew I'd survive the final 2k home.
Was blown away to record a 1:49:13 (my PB is 1:48:44, however this course was about 200m short). I also got 5th in my age group! All in all, a great day, especially once I'd had a hot shower!
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@ContraryMaryMary amazing! Sounds like a great race!
I did a lovely 5k along the coast this morning, then got straight in the sea, which is just the BEST way to cool.down and recover! Plus we swam off the rocks so were surrounded by fish of all shapes and sizes, such a lovely start to the morning! Have a good 4th August everyone!
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I think physically you would be fine. Since the race was in June I'm assuming that you will be attempting the route alone and unsupported? In that case you will need to carry lots of water, snacks and maybe a small first aid kit. Is it a double loop so that you circle back to your car at some point? Also, that's a long time to be alone in your head and no one to encourage you when you want to quit.polskagirl01 wrote: »So I've got this idea...
Earlier this year I had considered, and then scrapped plans to do a 50k trail race in June. The route isn't too far from where I'm spending the summer, and after a grueling uphill over the first 10k, it looks pretty flat. I'm currently in "half marathon anytime" shape and have been training regularly, but haven't run farther than that since doing a marathon in May. The idea? To HIKE the 50k route in a day, with maybe a little easy running mixed in after I get up into the highlands, roughly aiming for 10 hours (which happens to be the cutoff were I doing the race). I feel like it's a reasonable thing given the shape I'm in... BUT I've never gone that far before. I kinda expect this group to enable, uh, I mean encourage me to go for it, but please speak up if you have advice or thoughts about it!
Haven't some of you done some all-day hiking? How did it go, compared to your running fitness?
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rheddmobile wrote: »Ran late morning today and it was sickeningly hot, literally - my husband asked to stop because he was getting shivers and feeling like he was going to throw up. Temp was 97 and dewpoint 81, but it was mainly the complete lack of cloud cover, the sun was just too direct and the radiant heat was killer. We had planned to do 10k and I knew it would be tough, although it was only supposed to reach 88 according to the forecast, so I tried to run as easy as possible starting out. Which seems to be about 11 minute miles. First couple of miles felt okay, third mile felt hard, fourth mile I was starting to pray a little, and my husband said he was getting overheated. I said try to make it to five and we’ll quit. Going up the last hill in direct sunlight I was thinking I wouldn’t make it to five, never have two tenths of a mile seemed that long. Then we had to walk back in the baking sun and that was pretty dismal as well, so after drinking water we started running again, and ended up bringing in 10k at just under 12 minute pace after all. On the upside the very slow pace kept my Achilles’ tendon from hurting.
There was some sort of group of fit young people wearing Marines t-shirts out running after a guy carrying a flag - maybe ROTC although they looked a little old for ROTC - and half of them were walking. It was hot. Both my husband and I noticed that the bottoms of our feet hurt from the heat of the pavement going through our shoes. Ugh. I am already over August!
Yikes, that's hot! I would be toast!
I agree with you on running a race in a cemetery. Just too weird and to me it would be disrespectful.1 -
I think physically you would be fine. Since the race was in June I'm assuming that you will be attempting the route alone and unsupported? In that case you will need to carry lots of water, snacks and maybe a small first aid kit. Is it a double loop so that you circle back to your car at some point? Also, that's a long time to be alone in your head and no one to encourage you when you want to quit.polskagirl01 wrote: »So I've got this idea...
Earlier this year I had considered, and then scrapped plans to do a 50k trail race in June. The route isn't too far from where I'm spending the summer, and after a grueling uphill over the first 10k, it looks pretty flat. I'm currently in "half marathon anytime" shape and have been training regularly, but haven't run farther than that since doing a marathon in May. The idea? To HIKE the 50k route in a day, with maybe a little easy running mixed in after I get up into the highlands, roughly aiming for 10 hours (which happens to be the cutoff were I doing the race). I feel like it's a reasonable thing given the shape I'm in... BUT I've never gone that far before. I kinda expect this group to enable, uh, I mean encourage me to go for it, but please speak up if you have advice or thoughts about it!
Haven't some of you done some all-day hiking? How did it go, compared to your running fitness?
Yes, it will be a solo/unsupported trip. I've done a lot of planning, and my hydration pack is mostly already loaded up 'cause I wanted to try it out. There will be campsites along the way for pit stops, but I'm not counting on there being drinkable water. It's point-to-point, and my car will be parked at the end, so unless there's an emergency and I have to call the Park Rangers to get me out, I'll just have to finish
The alone time might be what I'm most looking forward to.
August goal 100 miles
Went for an easy 5k this morning before church & potluck to follow.
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Great race @ContraryMaryMary!0
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The cemetery thing seems weird to me, but then death is a natural part of life. Many of our cultures have moved the cemeteries away, out of sight. It used to be that you passed it on the way into church. I heard someone recently talking about the trend for churches to now lean more towards entertaining, and to this person it makes sense as before, there was a visual reminder that people had deep questions about life/death - right outside the building, and the church needed to be ready to address them. Now the questions are still there, but the visual reminder has been moved away out of sight. It's interesting to think about.5
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Welcome to all the new runners.
@quilteryoyo Happy Birthday!
@rheddmobile There are two rather small cemeteries within my current running distance. I run on the road next to one of them relatively often, but wouldn't go inside. It just doesn't feel right to me.
@katharmonic Congratulations! That's so inspiring.
@PastorVincent Yuck! Some days I have enough trouble concentrating in cube-ville; I couldn't imagine trying to program there.
@ariceroni Wow - congratulations!
@skippygirlsmom Aw sorry, hope you feel better now. Congrats to Skip, and I hope she is feeling better soon as well.
@ContraryMaryMary Congratulations on a great race, especially less than a week since the last one!
Friday was a rest day. Yesterday, I took the dogs out for 2.6 mile walk, then my husband and I drove up to my parents, who treated us to lunch and a spell in their hot tub. Ahhhh. Also, my mom just got herself a handheld massage unit, but it's too heavy for her so now it's ours. I think we'll both get some use out of it!
Today I was planning on running 5-6 miles. Now I'm not so sure... it is supposed to be back down into the moderate range before noon, but of course then it'll be warmer.
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Ran the Taupo Half yesterday in some seriously wild winter weather. Gale force wind and freezing temperatures (7 degrees celsius, but felt like 2). Made for a hard day at the office. The consolation was at least it wasn't raining, which it had been, in buckets, when we arrived the night before. I wasn't expecting much considering the conditions and the fact that it had only been six days since my previous half.
We headed off with a stiff cross wind, so cold that one side of my face soon went numb. The course was an out and back along the lake front - well, sort of. I kind of lollypop shape. My legs felt good but I kept my pace in check thinking my legs would tire early considering the pounding they'd taken the weekend prior and we seemed to be going steadily downhill on what I'd assumed was a dead flat course.
Normally I'd race a half at just over five minutes per kilometre but was happy to sit at 5:15. After we'd turned, the cross wind we'd been battling became a seriously stiff tailwind at about the 15k mark, pushing us along - to the point I was thinking, "I don't want to run this fast". My pace increased to sub 5 minutes with me protesting the whole time (this went on for about four kilometres and I couldn't seem to slow down).
A kilometre 19 I thought I'd hit the wall, thanks to that unwanted speed, as my legs turned to lead as the tail wind moved back to a cross wind. But I finally figured I was climbing (insert eye roll), and while the climb was only 12 metres over 500m it was at a mentally challenging point in the race. But I soon reached the top and knew I'd survive the final 2k home.
Was blown away to record a 1:49:13 (my PB is 1:48:44, however this course was about 200m short). I also got 5th in my age group! All in all, a great day, especially once I'd had a hot shower!
Congratulations!!!! What a great half!!0 -
8-1 3.5k slow
8-2 3.5k easy
8-3 4k slow
8-4 7k easy
August Total: 18k
August Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
July Total: 151k
Monthly average: 148.5k
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
Sunny and mid 60s F today. Went much better than yesterday.
That makes six days on the run. Look out, @AlphaHowls!!!!
Hahahahahaha!!!
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 - 31:11 chip time; 95/141 overall; 4/6 age group (male)
8-31 Race for Freedom 5k
9-14 Gift of Life 5k9 -
0804-5.1k total 5.1k goal-130k
5km in the rain. Ankle feels about 90%.7 -
8/1 - 0
8/2 - 0
8/3 - 10
8/4 - 2
12 of 80 miles
@rheddmobile hi! I’ll give you a quick few sentences on Skip. Since January she’s been really sick, what started off with h pylori, which they cured, turned into months of vomiting anywhere from 1 to 10 times a day. She has had every single test known to man, all negative, they thought everything from a brain tumor, to esophagus cancer to her gallbladder being bad. The vomiting slowed down but we are still trying to find out what is going on. She’s been trying to run as much as possible when she has the energy to do so. The last time she got sick was Monday so we are amazed. Keep your fingers crossed, she has never gone more than one day before. Seemed to leave just the way it started. Her doctor is sending her to Vanderbilt in Nashville to see if they can find something. She said she doesn’t want to go now, but I still want her to go. It’s been a wild 7 months. Otherwise we are good and I’m glad to be back to the running thread. Okay that was more than a few sentences ha ha
@Scott6255 thanks. I was more embarrassed than anything ha ha my friend said at least it was a trail so a few police cars weren’t following me to the end. Good point there! She’s doing well after the falls, I think the hornet bite is bothering her more. She is currently going to our local Community College and loving it. Since her old college blocked her from running at the school she was going to transfer to she decided to take the time get her basics at CC and figure out what to do from there. She talking about ultra trail running instead of running at college.
@katharmonic thanks! Happy to be back. MobyCarp’s passing made me think of everyone and I really wanted to get in touch I’ve missed everyone.
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