April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    edited April 2020
    bearly63 wrote: »
    @quilteryoyo I love NCIS. I could run a marathon staring at Gibbs.
    Hahaha Me too!

    @rheddmobile Love the pictures and glad you found a new spot to run. The plants are Mayapples. The plant itself is poisonous if eaten, but you can make jelly out of the ripe fruit. I've never actually made the jelly, but would like to try it at some point, just to see what it tastes like.

    @Tramboman Love the description of your run! It made me smile today. Thanks!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    edited April 2020
    WTG @kgirlhart ! A sub 30 minutes 5K is still a pipe dream for me.

    Today was a cross training day, so I did a 2 mile walk into the neighbor's field with my dog and then finished up with laps on my driveway. Soon after I came back in, Tippy, the dog, started barking. I went out to see if I could figure out what she was barking at and was hit with the distinctive smell of skunk. Oddly enough, it is stronger in the garage than anywhere else. She is still down the hill barking. I'm praying she didn't get sprayed!!

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    Edit Update: It wasn't a skunk...or at least she didn't get sprayed by one. She did, however, roll in something nasty, so still had to get a bath.
  • enaliba
    enaliba Posts: 146 Member
    4/1 1 mile
    4/2 2.9 miles

    It felt really good to be out running today. I chose a route that had less hills and so I could complete the running sections without stopping. my daughter is feeling great again and I am so relieved. I haven’t caught up with everyone else’s posts, but you are all very inspiring to me! It’s so easy to feel anxious and just want to sit on the couch watching movies instead of getting out to exercise.

    June 13-Helvetia 10K

    Abi
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    brittanystebbins95 wrote: »

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    I need a love button for this!!!!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @rheddmobile - some here would pay great money for those used bricks! Looks like an interesting place to run. Someone in our neighborhood did one of those stained glass like chalk drawings too. It is almost exactly the same actually.
    @tramboman - pretty sure the doves and the squirrel are younger though so that just leaves the goose that you beat... 1st place as far as I am concerned😂
    @brittanystebbins95 - I too love that picture like @skippygirlsmom. I keep coming back to it because it makes me smile!

    No run for me today but I did a 45 min stretch and roll class streamed on instagram by my gym and it was awesome. This afternoon I will be doing my regular strength workout, wishing I had more variety of weights but I am making it work with what I have.
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    6.4 running miles today before rain hit!
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    Hey all!

    Still working my guts out at work.

    Over fifty hours last week.

    I am fortunate - I have no complaints.

    I have been working to take all of your advice and strengthen my glutes and core while still getting to run just a tiny bit??????

    I have been lifting and doing strength training all week but today was so pretty, so I took the dog to the trail. Amazing weather, good little run. Just almost five miles. I am not in too much pain. Today it was mostly my knee but the run wasn’t bad. Maybe all the self care is working.

    Also Buzz the love beast malamute saw his first family of deer today and I lived. He’s a good dog who makes good choices - if he had wanted to get those deer, he is fully capable of dragging me along. But he did not and I am grateful lol.

    It’s almost Saturday and I need to choose my distance for the uncancelled virtual race. 10K or half... idk...... probably half 😎
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    I forgot to say

    @Scott6255 i am so so so sorry. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Seriously.

    @Avidkeo your spoiler - you are in a tough tough position but it does sound like you are making the best of it

    @Tramboman i love your run report so much!
  • noblsheep
    noblsheep Posts: 593 Member
    0403-6.2k, total-6.2k goal-100k

    An easy 6km. Not really feeling it today.

    @Avidkeo Lots of hugs. That sounds really tough. Take care of yourself.

    @Camaramandy648 Congrats on a good run and sensible dog! Work is kinda kicking my butt at the moment as well, so really feeling you there.

    @katharmonic The little something you're putting together sounds great. Hope everything comes through.
  • brittanystebbins95
    brittanystebbins95 Posts: 567 Member
    Got my 5 miles in!! ♡
    Question for the more experienced runners.
    Is coughing after a run normal? Not wheezing, but actual coughing. I can breathe fine. Its like phlegm deep in the chest but it's hard to get it to come up. And not for a couple minutes either, it usually lasts anywhere from a few hours to a day or two.
    I thought it was just a part of running and I've jokingly called it runner's cough. I mentioned it to my dad, who was a long distance runner for most of my childhood until he got injured, and he looked at me like I was crazy and asked what I was talking about.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    brittanystebbins95 wrote: »
    Got my 5 miles in!! ♡
    Question for the more experienced runners.
    Is coughing after a run normal? Not wheezing, but actual coughing. I can breathe fine. Its like phlegm deep in the chest but it's hard to get it to come up. And not for a couple minutes either, it usually lasts anywhere from a few hours to a day or two.
    I thought it was just a part of running and I've jokingly called it runner's cough. I mentioned it to my dad, who was a long distance runner for most of my childhood until he got injured, and he looked at me like I was crazy and asked what I was talking about.

    No. :)

    It may just be allergies though. Being outside more means more pollen. Do you notice it only at certain times of the year? Or is worse some times and better others? Does temperature matter?

    It also MIGHT be mild asthma.

    Normally I would say ask your doctor, but given the times we live in, I suggest you wait a few months on that. Showing up to the docs with an unexplained cough right now might get a swab jammed up your nose. :smiley:
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    hanlonsk wrote: »
    I understand the sentiment behind the whole “introverts, please put down your book and check on your extrovert friends, they are not ok right now.” But OHHH MY GEEE
    @PastorVincent - was it you who suggested that the current environment us introverts are actually being subjected to MORE than normal levels of social interaction?? Like I didn’t disagree at the time, as my stir crazy father was already encouraging DAILY family video chats- this is a man I would talk to once or twice a week at best. Today.... I spent FOUR HOURS on video calls. In addition to normal levels of work phone calls, we did an agency wide video call. The rest were family video chats, stir crazy extrovert friend video chats, Etc. And there is another hour i spent on the phone to my mother, because quarantine hasn’t been favorable to her world...as an introvert I am both totally done and over with talking to people AND going stir crazy because of not being able to to go into the out....and I don’t know how to fix either side of my insanity.. but going for a run in sub zero temps = coughing.... and coughing is not s good idea right now.

    Yes, 100%. And for those that just SAY they are introverts and do not really understand what that means, they do not understand. They are just shy extroverts normally. UGH. I need this to be over for that alone never mind all the other reasons!

    Ah well...
  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    April goal: 80 km

    April 1st - 2.5 km
    April 3 - 5.5. km

    Total: 8 km
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @Avidkeo sorry :( Keep safe.
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    brittanystebbins95 wrote: »
    Got my 5 miles in!! ♡
    Question for the more experienced runners.
    Is coughing after a run normal? Not wheezing, but actual coughing. I can breathe fine. Its like phlegm deep in the chest but it's hard to get it to come up. And not for a couple minutes either, it usually lasts anywhere from a few hours to a day or two.
    I thought it was just a part of running and I've jokingly called it runner's cough. I mentioned it to my dad, who was a long distance runner for most of my childhood until he got injured, and he looked at me like I was crazy and asked what I was talking about.

    No. :)

    It may just be allergies though. Being outside more means more pollen. Do you notice it only at certain times of the year? Or is worse some times and better others? Does temperature matter?

    It also MIGHT be mild asthma.

    Normally I would say ask your doctor, but given the times we live in, I suggest you wait a few months on that. Showing up to the docs with an unexplained cough right now might get a swab jammed up your nose. :smiley:

    Must say the first thing I thought upon reading was exercise-induced asthma?
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @Teresa502 Yeah for getting into the Marine Corps Marathon! Sorry about the death. Stay well.

    @katharmonic Hope you slept better last night and hope your plan works out! You'll have to let us know.

    @Avidkeo Yeah on the run. Happy Anniversary - even if you can't celebrate with him today. Like you said, plan something nice for when this is over. Hugs on your current situation. I'm praying things get back to normal sooner rather than later.

    @brittanystebbins95 Not sure if a cough lasting that long is normal or not. I will sometimes start coughing while I am running and I attribute it to the deeper breathing. It usually stops during the cool down walk though. Maybe some more experienced runners have a better answer.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    4-1 7k easy
    4-2 7k easy
    4-3 8K slow

    April Total: 22k
    April Goal: 170k

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

    2020 Total through March: 509k

    Clear and frosty again this morning, with a light breeze from the northeast. It was just too pretty out to NOT run.
    Everything felt good until about the sixth kilometer; then right SI joint, right hip, and right knee all joined in a chorus of niggles. Afterward, drank my Gatorade G2 sitting outside in the sun. All my niggles went away quickly.
    @Avidkeo Happy anniversary!!! Plus, fueling in advance is an excellent strategy I use often.
    @Teresa502 Congratulations on winning the draw!!!

    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
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    A reversion to cold and wet this morning, but I can tell true spring is just around the corner!

    4/1: 7.75m
    4/2: 4m
    4/3: 2.5m

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