April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    @kgirlhart happy birthday! Cause its your birthday here today! I'd say run if you are up to it. I like to keep that kind of thing alive.

    I slept well last night, up with plenty of time to have breakfast before heading out. I'm weirdly excited for a training run haha
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    bearly63 wrote: »
    @Avidkeo I haven't given blood in ages and I did also have a heart murmur back in the day but it did seem to just go away which I thought was odd. We shall see. O+ is the universal donor correct?

    Nearly. O- is the universal donor. Ab+ being the universal receiver.

    If I recall right, O+ can give to any positive blood type, but can only receive type O. O- can give to anyone but can only receive O-. I did not know that about Ab+ though. I think I read that 0+ is the most common blood type?

    Here they are begging for blood cause all drives have been canceled. And if I recall right they can not store blood for an extended period of time.

    Yep. O- can only take O- blood, but can be given to every body else, even if they are positive or any other type. That's why in emergency situations, O- is what is given, blood typing is fairly quick but not instant, and if someone needs blood O- can be given without risk. However AB+ can receive every type. It has all the antibodies so it doesn't matter what they get.

    Note the above is only basics basic. There are actually way more types, and the whole + and - rh factor thing is actually really out of date now lol
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,155 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »

    Nice run @kgirlhart! I get it with the gloves and shorts - I have mild Raynaud's as well. Sometimes worse than others but I think I notice it more when it's actually not super cold out yet my hands are cold. Nice splits on your run, and you've been putting in some good miles this month!

    Thanks @katharmonic!

    And thanks for the birthday wishes @Teresa502 , @PastorVincent , @dreamer12151, @scott6255, @bearly63 and @avidkeo. I don't really have big plans since we are all grounded this year :'( , but I am definitely eating some cake!
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    bearly63 wrote: »
    @Avidkeo I haven't given blood in ages and I did also have a heart murmur back in the day but it did seem to just go away which I thought was odd. We shall see. O+ is the universal donor correct?

    Nearly. O- is the universal donor. Ab+ being the universal receiver.

    If I recall right, O+ can give to any positive blood type, but can only receive type O. O- can give to anyone but can only receive O-. I did not know that about Ab+ though. I think I read that 0+ is the most common blood type?

    Here they are begging for blood cause all drives have been canceled. And if I recall right they can not store blood for an extended period of time.

    Yep. O- can only take O- blood, but can be given to every body else, even if they are positive or any other type. That's why in emergency situations, O- is what is given, blood typing is fairly quick but not instant, and if someone needs blood O- can be given without risk. However AB+ can receive every type. It has all the antibodies so it doesn't matter what they get.

    Note the above is only basics basic. There are actually way more types, and the whole + and - rh factor thing is actually really out of date now lol

    I have to admit the topic fascinates me. One thing nobody told me about, and I wasn't expecting, was to get a needle in the backside after my daughter was born because I'm negative and she's positive!

    It really annoys me that I can't give blood, especially when the banks are often begging desperately for my 'universal' type. If I ever get round to going back to the UK to visit family once all this crazy stuff is over I might try and see if they'll take it over there.

    @kgirlhart happy early birthday!
    @Avidkeo hope the run goes well and is enjoyable.

    My 'long' run tomorrow is 11.5km. By the time I factor in my 10 min walks to warm up and cool down, we're talking around 2 hours on the dreadmill. **sigh**
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    oooohhh blood and toes! Ya'll can't have my blood. My paternal grandfather died of CJD. I may have a zombie gene. I'm thinking if i can get it to smush with this virus, it'd be full on zombie makin's. O+ here and CMV +

    @dreamer12151 I'm a little jealous that you're done with the semester. I'm not looking forward to final the first week of may. I am in full on lazy mode. I just took an exam and prob made a 75-80. I don't care. I should still get an A in the class (per my excel calculations), with the way its weighted. I just didn't wanna study. haha!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    Well, and this is probably TMI, let's just say the long run took care of the extra food I'd eaten earlier in the week and hadn't yet eliminated...

    Haven't experienced that in a long time...

    I keep going through patches of feeling really hungry, having a couple of bites, and then being repulsed by food. So that's interesting.

    I attempted to make snowflakes out of white chocolate, but couldn't get the temper right. So they look pretty but are soft and fall apart. Oh well. Will go to the supermarket at some point and get some compound chocolate which I don't have to temper. Going to bake the cake Monday and decorate Tuesday.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Immm baacckk!

    19.5k smashed. And many things learned.

    1: overnight oats worked well as a pre race breakfast.
    2: I put a drink bottle of sports drink on a neighbours fence so I could have a drink around every 4ish km - not exact but close. This was great. I really noticed the energy boost after this drink.
    3: I still love jelly beans but may need to put them in a plastic bag - sweaty stuck together beans is annoying.
    4: - and the biggest one. I'm running too fast. I'd have been able to finish a HM, but not a marathon at this pace. I averaged about 6min/km. So did 19.5k in 1:59:01. A great pace yay. But my legs and hips were very sore by the end of it. I need to slow down.

    Ive been a bit arrogant up till now thinking I'd be fine, but no. No i wont.

    So my mission for next week's HM run, go slow. Much slower.

    Remember, it's a marathon, not a sprint!

    @eleanorhawkins apparently Coach Hal is very pleased with my workout bahaha

    Yay! Well done!
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    @kgirlhart Happy Birthday!!!

    @Avidkeo Great job on your run! Hope you can get your pace sorted.

    Toe discussion: My toes taper down. I still manage a bruised toenail every once in awhile though.

    Hubby and I took a walk together last night, and today we have a hike planned.

    I ordered shoes for my hubby and myself last night since Brooks had some on sale. Yay for last year’s models! My husband has not run since he got out of the military 8 years ago, but he has made comments lately about maybe doing C25K. I’m just hoping they will be comfortable enough to get a start until stores start to open up and he can get fitted properly (if he follows through with the running).
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Long run complete. Came in at 2 minutes under 2 hours once I'd added my standard 10ish minutes each warm up and cool down walks. My treadmill cuts out automatically after 90 minutes, so I usually stop half way to reset it, refill my water bottle and visit the bathroom if necessary. Today, I managed to avoid the need for that but almost hit the wall behind me... around the 3km mark I could feel my shoulders were tensing up so I went to do the arm shake out thing and my hand caught the safety line. Ground to a halt in anticipation of dreadmill stopping, dreadmill actually took longer than expected to stop. Oops! Near miss!

    Revised April goal: 140km. Run so far: 82.21km

    2 hours on a dreadmill is very impressive! Well done!
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    4-1 7k easy
    4-2 7k easy
    4-3 8k slow
    4-4 7k moderate
    4-5 7k moderate
    4-6 7k easy
    4-7 rest
    4-8 7k moderate
    4-9 7k easy
    4-10 7k easy
    4-11 7k easy
    4-12 7k moderate
    4-13 7k easy
    4-14 rest
    4-15 7k moderate
    4-16 11k slow
    4-17 7k moderate
    4-18 7k easy

    April Total: 117k
    April Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k

    2020 Total through March: 509k

    Partly cloudy and mid 30s F this morning. Even though it snowed just about all day yesterday, the roads and trail were clear; the only snow I had to run through was on the wooden foot bridges. Actually kept pretty much to the pace I planned to run today.

    @Avidkeo I hope you're going to provide us with cake porn...


    When you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?

    Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
    Run at least 4 5k races
    Get a 5k PR
    Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
    Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020K in 2020

    Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders

    2020 races:

    5-23 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson OH
    6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    Supposed to run a half today for the uncanceled project. I gave in to the potential placebo and bought some KT Tape.

    It might be a very bad idea to run today but the idea of not running - not trying at all - feels way worse.

    The good news is that I can change the distance of the virtual race even as I am running it, if need be. This really eliminates and excuse to not at least try.

    @avidkeo good job!

    @kgirlhart happy birthday!

    @Tramboman you’re doing so well! I love your consistency!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,446 Member
    @eleanorhawkins Way to go! Running on the treadmill for that long is mentally tough. You rock!

  • bearly63
    bearly63 Posts: 734 Member
    @eleanorhawkins Now I am hungry. Don't forget the geloto! Had the best ever in Rome! Seriously though, impressed with the hours you put in the the dreadmill. You rock!

    @avidkeo - great run! I can't imagine ever running too fast lol. Not my strong point.🐢 And please, as @Tramboman said, cake porn! Can't wait to see this.
    @quilteryoyo Great cross train! That is impressive.

    I am going to ride later and cross-train with the vacuum cleaner. Woohoo! Fun Saturday.
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    Happy Birthday @kgirlhart Hope you were able to get your birthday miles in!
    @eleanorhawkins Impressive as always on the dreadmill run. Hal will be pleased :)
    @Avidkeo great running as well. I wish I could say I'm going too fast!
    @tramboman I agree. Cake porn would sweet!
    @Camaramandy648 You can! Our team is doing great, and any amount of miles count! Hope the knee/leg behaves
    @katharmonic @Teresa502 Thanks for the HM comments!

    So, speaking of toes. Mine taper down. And I've mentioned before my toe issues with morton's neuroma or metatarsalgia. For the last few weeks, the toes have been a little bothersome, but not painful and I've been able to run with no problem. But. After Thursday's run (was OK during the run) it seemed to have flared up again and now it's back to being painful when walking. So probably rest it again today (may ride if it clears up). I'll just try to do my long run tomorrow depending on how the toes feel. It's really weird the pain is at base in the foot pad, and then radiates to 3rd toe. Might have to go back to the doc for another shot or something else.


  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    @bearly63 I may have to cross train with the vaccuum too as I can't/shouldn't run today. Yay us! LOL

    Oh, and I'm B+ for blood type...Don't know if that is rare, normal or what.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    4/3 - 3
    4/4 - 3
    4/7 - 3
    4/9 - 2
    4/10 - 3
    4/11 - 3
    4/12 - 2
    4/15 – 3
    4/16 - 3
    4/18 - 3

    28 of 40 miles

  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    I'm sitting here procrastinating because my next task is to cross train with the vacuum. :lol:

    We could have a virtual class!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @kgirlhart Happy birthday – eat cake, birthday cake has zero calories
    My toes are almost all the same length, I have like rectangle feet ha ha
    @eleanorhawkins yipes great job on that treadmill
    @quilteryoyo I cross trained with my vacuum yesterday, today it’s with the washer and dryer

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