May 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    edited May 2020
    @katharmonic So sorry for your loss as well. I do hope your family gets to get together somehow, it does help.

    I’m digging all the shoes! Envious! Time to go online shopping I think...
    Also curious about the various time slots for the trail run @janejellyroll
    I have done staggered starts in a race before so I get that, but the many time slots is confusing.
    @Camaramandy648 I echo the rest especially just starting to feel better from your injuries...

    Rest day, today so went for a walk..had really good intentions of getting back to strength training...but alas didn’t happen. I must restart.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    You want shoe porn? All right then, here is a picture of ALL OF MY SHOES:
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    Disappointing... I know... but it is what I have.
    1) Scaouny Ride ISO street running shoes
    2) Merel Hiking Boots -everyday shoe
    3) Scaouny Perigrine trail shoes
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    @katharmonic Very sorry for your loss too
  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,541 Member
    edited May 2020
    Sorry to hear your sad news about your cousin @katharmonic

    A race - an actual race! Great news @janejellyroll and looking forward to hearing how you get on.

    Great going in April @Camaramandy648 which was somewhat better than my 24 miles for the month.

    Glorious running gear everywhere!!! Right off to find the shoes I know I need and have been putting off!

    Speed test today, then walked a mile and 4 miles back. Bad decision to try hard as Sunday's long run has gone up from 8.8 miles to 9.2 in the training plan.

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  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    @hamsterwheel6 DO IT! I didn't want to do any type of strength training last night because I just did so many hills on Saturday and then I worked all day, but....... I keep thinking about goals and how bad my hip hurt and I really don't want to repeat that. Right now I'm just dealing with mostly regular soreness and perhaps some muscle tears, but that is so much better than what it was. Instead of working on my already sore muscles, I worked on the ones that were not sore. Guts and butts, lol.

    @PastorVincent I love your shoe collection. I also want to buy you millions of pairs of shoes. I won't be posting my shoes. I have I think three pairs in rotation for running (not the worst addiction, I'd suppose) but then I have flip flops and sandals and work boots and ballet flats of different varieties for different work outfits blah blah blah. In my defense, most of these, I've had for a while and I have taken good care of them.

    After my mileage count since I got the mizunos and the asics, I may need to get another pair of running shoes to rotate. I've been getting a lot of miles in and I don't want to tear them up too soon.


    I think I'll follow the advice of everyone in the thread on jumping to twenty miles this weekend. Maybe I just go up to seventeen or something. I am pretty sure my friend Sophie is only going to do the 25K and she's not a distance runner generally speaking and she's been training so consistently - and we got all that glitter - so I feel like I need to stick with her. For her sake and the sake of my legs. ;)


    @kgirlhart I am so sorry. COVID really does suck and its affects on people's lives have been devastating. :( BIG HUGS to you.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    5/1 – 3
    5/2 – 3
    5/3 – 3
    5/4 – 3
    5/5 – 0
    5/6 – 2
    5/7 – 4
    5/8 – 4
    5/9 – 3
    5/10 – 10K Mother’s Day virtual
    5/11 - 2
    5/12 - 3

    36 of 50 miles





    Races:
    Mother’s Day Virtual 5K – done
    Retro Run Virtual 5K – done
    Rona on the Run - Virtual for St. Jude benefit - done
    Keep Moving Huntsville - at least one mile a day 1 - 31 May
    Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June - Sept
    Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,451 Member
    @PastorVincent Love your shoe collection. As for running, the only ones I have are the ones I got yesterday and the ones I need to retire.

    @Avidkeo Yeah for new running gear.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    I played doubles tennis today for my exercise. Running news: I got my new shoes. I'll try them out tomorrow.

    Shoe Porn
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    My first thought was, "Wow, those shoe laces are bright!" I don't recall them being like that in the picture when I bought them.

    Not just shoe porn, but seductively posed shoe porn.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    You want shoe porn? All right then, here is a picture of ALL OF MY SHOES:
    bc3sa7tnrufj.jpg
    Disappointing... I know... but it is what I have.
    1) Scaouny Ride ISO street running shoes
    2) Merel Hiking Boots -everyday shoe
    3) Scaouny Perigrine trail shoes

    Got ALL excited, then...
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    @katharmonic Sorry about the loss of your cousin.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    5-1 7k moderate
    5-2 7k easy
    5-3 11k easy
    5-4 rest
    5-5 7k moderate
    5-6 7k moderate
    5-7 7k moderate
    5-8 7k easy
    5-9 11k slow
    5-10 7k moderate
    5-11 rest
    5-12 7k moderate

    May Total: 78k
    May Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k

    2020 Total through April: 700k

    Mostly cloudy and mid 40s F today; light breeze from the southwest. Cleveland set a record yesterday for the latest recorded accumulating snow - had two tenths of an inch at the airport. Was surprised how well my legs felt today, but the watch doesn't lie. And once my legs found about about the time, they started grumbling. Barely made my moderate pace goal.

    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:

    6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH
    9-19 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson, OH
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Tramboman wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    You want shoe porn? All right then, here is a picture of ALL OF MY SHOES:
    bc3sa7tnrufj.jpg
    Disappointing... I know... but it is what I have.
    1) Scaouny Ride ISO street running shoes
    2) Merel Hiking Boots -everyday shoe
    3) Scaouny Perigrine trail shoes

    Got ALL excited, then...

    I think that is most people's reaction to me... ;)
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,156 Member
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »


    @kgirlhart I am so sorry. COVID really does suck and its affects on people's lives have been devastating. :( BIG HUGS to you.

    I think you meant this for @katharmonic.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @quilteryoyo did you run in them yet. I think I have the same ones or at least close to the same colors.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,156 Member
    May Goal: 100 Miles

    5/3: 11.07 miles
    5/5: 6.25 miles
    5/6: 5.71 miles
    5/7: 5.16 miles
    5/10: 13.2 miles
    5/12: 5.35 miles



    46.74/100 miles completed for May

    482.9/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

    I ran a little over 5 miles this morning. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run this morning or not. We had thunderstorms during the early morning and I do not run when it is lightening. I didn't sleep too well since one of my dogs hates thunder and she was barking and scratching at my bedroom door. I listened to the storm for awhile around 4 or so but by 5:15 or so it was not storming and didn't seem to be raining. I checked the weather and there wasn't any lightening nearby and what was near-ish was moving away from us so I figured I'd rather do it this morning and chance some rain instead of at lunchtime and be rushed plus 80°F and windy. So I got on up and got ready to go. The temperature wasn't too bad at 65°F and it never did rain, but the humidity was 100% and the dew point was 65° so it was a bit of a struggle to get started. But as I ran I settled into it as I usually do and I enjoyed the run very much. I turned off the pacer on my watch since I "raced" my half on Sunday and tried to just run this one by feel and planned to keep it pretty easy. I ended up with an average pace of 10:18 which was slightly faster than my average on Sunday of 10:24. So it was faster than I expected, but still felt pretty easy. I guess that's good.



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    2020 races:
    11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon
  • mari_moulin
    mari_moulin Posts: 3,717 Member
    edited May 2020
    Another 5K this morning putting me at 50/100km for May.


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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,451 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Now, that is shoe porn overload. I'm curious, are your running shoes all the same model or do you have various kinds. I'm sure you have trail and road, but I'm asking like are all of your road shoes Brooks Adrenaline or do they vary? My new shoes are Brooks Launch 6. Is that what you have? Ran in them this afternoon - see below.

    @kgirlhart That's a great pace, especially for an easy run!

    Sounds like you had a nice run this morning @katharmonic . Sometimes I'll do an out and back for the same reason - once I'm at the furthest point, I have no option but to do the same distance home.

    Had the first run in my new shoes this afternoon. I did a treadmill run. These shoes are the Brooks Launch 6. My old ones are Brooks Adrenaline. They are a lot different in how they feel. The biggest difference I could tell right away is that there isn't as much rise in the hill, if that makes sense. Also, during my warm up walk, I felt like the arch support was in the wrong place for my foot, but once I started running, that felt better. I can also feel it in my shins a little, so I don't know if that is the shoe or something else. And, oddly enough, after the run, sitting here at the computer, I'm having a weird muscle spasm on the top of my foot. It's probably all nothing and I'm just noticing things because I'm paying more attention. I will use them for all of my runs for a week and then decide on whether to keep them or send them back and go back to the Adrenalines.

    I did a fast finish run today - 25 minutes easy followed by 10 minutes moderate effort. I continued on at an easy effort to get in 3.1 miles. (I meant to stop at 3.0 miles, but I was already past that point when I looked at the console.) I also walked a mile.

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @quilteryoyo the Launch is a 10mm drop compared to the 12mm of the Adrenaline so that would, I think explain why you feel it in your shins. Also the Adrenaline is a more cushioned shoe.

    I mostly wear the Launch, in that rack are Launch 3 to Launch 7. I also have Brooks Ghost which I hate and keep threatening to give them to my friend who loves them, a pair of New Balance and Brooks Glycerin 12 which I wore a lot then they changed them and I hated them. I wear those when it's pouring. I have Brooks, Salomon (love), Hoko (not a big fan) and 2 pair of Montrails (one per Columbia buying them (best ever) and one post) ha ha. What I love about the Launch is honestly I don't even need to try them on, Launch size 8 and I always love them.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @quilteryoyo the Launch is a 10mm drop compared to the 12mm of the Adrenaline so that would, I think explain why you feel it in your shins. Also the Adrenaline is a more cushioned shoe.

    I mostly wear the Launch, in that rack are Launch 3 to Launch 7. I also have Brooks Ghost which I hate and keep threatening to give them to my friend who loves them, a pair of New Balance and Brooks Glycerin 12 which I wore a lot then they changed them and I hated them. I wear those when it's pouring. I have Brooks, Salomon (love), Hoko (not a big fan) and 2 pair of Montrails (one per Columbia buying them (best ever) and one post) ha ha. What I love about the Launch is honestly I don't even need to try them on, Launch size 8 and I always love them.

    Woah. I'm so boring, I have 3 pairs of Asics Gel Kayano lol. One pair is a mens 25 size 8, the other two are womens 9.5D 26. At first I didn't like the 26 as much but they have grown on me haha.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    edited May 2020
    Well my first run without my watch. I hate it. Lol. And I'm really unimpressed with map my run. So I'm going to try Run Keeper. I don't think it was particularly accurate, though it wasn't way off. Though I'm confident the calories are way out.

    Oh well, the merino was awesome!! Love live the smart wool socks. I don't need any more socks but my golly its tempting to get some more, they are so so comfortable! And I wore the long sleeve merino as it was a cool 8 degrees C this morning. I definitely was warm enough, actually got a bit too warm at the end of the run, though not uncomfortably so. So I'm a merino convert! Who would have thought, wool for running...

    I have one more run using an app before my 26k this weekend, sigh. Well at least the audio worked fine.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @Avidkeo The accuracy of the apps is highly dependent on your phone's GPS accuracy which is, IME, not normally as good as the Garmin watches.

    As for calories... you might just have to fall to the default 110/mile (or however that converts to KM) and go with that for now.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @skippygirlsmom Now, that is shoe porn overload. I'm curious, are your running shoes all the same model or do you have various kinds. I'm sure you have trail and road, but I'm asking like are all of your road shoes Brooks Adrenaline or do they vary? My new shoes are Brooks Launch 6. Is that what you have? Ran in them this afternoon - see below.

    There are two schools of thought on this...

    Some people buy the exact same shoe every time until they have to find a new model because it no longer exists. They tend to argue that they know that shoe works well for them and they do not have to risk getting the "wrong shoe" and getting hurt.

    Other people argue that changing the brand of shoes every time you replace them is better because even if the shoes have the same specs they are all a little different and exercise your foot a little differently which reduces the chance of injury by helping to keep things more balanced.



    As for me? Eh, I buy what I can get on sale cause money. :)
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,451 Member
    @skippygirlsmom and @PastorVincent . Thanks for your responses. I was wondering if changing shoe models during the week messes you up or helps you. I guess, as with everything else in running, there is no one answer that works for everyone.
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Forgot to post this morning and had a lot of catching up to do...

    @katharmonic, condolences for the loss of your cousin. You’re right, this is a lovely group. The achievements, the camaraderie, and all the nature/doggie/running shoe pics make it such a good place to be.

    Speaking of shoe pics @quilteryoyo I really love those! Very jealous

    @kgirlhart - great job on the HM!

    I ran around 5.5 miles this morning. I went out with no clear plan other than to do at least 4 miles, then when I got out there it was gorgeous running weather so I said I’d do an hour, but with no pressure either way. And it was lovely!

    May goal: 60 miles
    May total: 29.7 miles

    1/5: Strength training
    2/5: 4.2 miles
    3/5: Strength training
    4/5: 4 miles
    5/5: Strength training
    6/5: 5 miles
    7/5: Strength training
    8/5: 4.8 miles
    9/5: Strength training, zoom yoga class
    10/5: 6.23 miles
    11/5: Strength training
    12/5: 5.5 miles

    April: 115 m
    March: 76.4 m
    February: 17.8 m
    January: 0

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