May 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,451 Member
    @Ringbearer2 I've thought about doing that in a year, but not 3 months. That's a lot of running. What part of TN do you live in? I'm in upper E. TN.

    @Scott6255 Glad you are all CoVID free. Hugs to you and your wife dealing with your aunt. Dementia is such a horrible disease and so hard on the family. I hope you can get her back into the assisted living center soon.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @Ringbearer2 I've thought about doing that in a year, but not 3 months. That's a lot of running. What part of TN do you live in? I'm in upper E. TN.

    3?
    May, June, July, August = 4 right? So not as bad as you thought?
  • Ringbearer2
    Ringbearer2 Posts: 592 Member
    @quilteryoyo, I don’t live there, it’s a virtual race. I just thought it would be fun because I was born in Knoxville. Plus my crazy Ironman athlete friend made me do it and I also roped my daughter in as well.




  • ImeldaOmom
    ImeldaOmom Posts: 12 Member
    My goal for May is 55Km
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,854 Member
    Ringbearer2 wrote: »
    @quilteryoyo, I don’t live there, it’s a virtual race. I just thought it would be fun because I was born in Knoxville. Plus my crazy Ironman athlete friend made me do it and I also roped my daughter in as well.
    I have some friends who signed up for it and I think it averages out to 5 miles a day?
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    Ringbearer2 wrote: »
    @quilteryoyo, I don’t live there, it’s a virtual race. I just thought it would be fun because I was born in Knoxville. Plus my crazy Ironman athlete friend made me do it and I also roped my daughter in as well.
    I have some friends who signed up for it and I think it averages out to 5 miles a day?

    Well 1000km / 4 months = 250km per month
    250km / 4 weeks = 62.5 km per week
    62.5km /7 days = roughly 9km a day.

    So about 6 miles a day is ballpark I would say. Probably want to do more for the days you will miss due to scheudal, weather, and such though.
  • MinTheKitCat
    MinTheKitCat Posts: 174 Member
    Aiming for 150 miles (mostly walking, some jogging)
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,258 Member
    01/05 1.5 miles


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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Apparently I can't count. LOL I was going by August being the 8th month and May the 5th, so 8-5 is 3, right? Forgot to be inclusive instead of exclusive.

    It is actually a very normal mistake to make. While in college I took a lot of useless classes but one interesting class was essentially on counting and we covered lots of gotchas like this one. Most of the class I have of course forgotten, but I seem to have remembered enough to get this count right. :)

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    renydo2 wrote: »
    Would like to join in this month!
    Will set my goal at 40 miles.
    Best wishes!!

    Welcome!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    5/1 - 3 miles

    3 of 50 miles

    @quilteryoyo I just brought a new pair of Brooks Launch too. Can’t wait for them to get here, they are what I wear all the time on the road. I usually buy at my local Fleet Feet but the didn’t have any.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,451 Member
    @skippygirlsmom That's good to hear. I hope I like them as much as you do.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    edited May 2020
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Tramboman wrote: »
    5-1 7k moderate


    May Total: 191k
    May Goal: 170k

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

    2020 Total through April: 700k

    Doesn't get much better than today. 45 degrees F, a light misty drizzle, and just a bit of a breeze from the north.

    You may want to slow down there a little bit buddy. You are already 21k past your May goal, and it's only May 1! :D

    I TOLD you it doesn't get much better than today!!!!!!
    The editing and proofreading, however, leaves something to be desired.
  • penko47
    penko47 Posts: 236 Member
    May 1st- 2 miles

    2/50 miles complete

    Happy May Day everyone!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    After much waiting, my new shoes arrived today:
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    And an hour later these shoes show up:
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    Ohhh pretty! Love the first one!

    Here is mine!
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    Did my 16k run this morning. Went along the foreshore which was fantastic! It was great to start, but the last couple of Kms it was PACKED! So many people out. Including large groups of friends. I was starting to get peeved because yeah we are allowed to range a bit further from home, but are supposed to still keep distance from people and still keep to our home bubbles.

    I just hope that we don't get a second wave.

    As far as the run went, it was great. 16k feels about what a 8-10k felt like a few weeks ago. I love it when training pays off.

    I'm still a little sore from yesterdays fall. Just a bit of bruising in my knee and left hip fortunately. But yesterday at work, omg my poor hands. I wash my hands between every patient, using alcohol rub of soap and water. Frequently the alcohol rub is quickest. Just think, alcohol and scraped hands....
  • Ringbearer2
    Ringbearer2 Posts: 592 Member
    Completed my first 6.2 miles of my race across Tennessee. Ran the first 3.8 (outside! Yay) and walked the rest. It’s May Day here, which is a big holiday and saw lots of non-distancing groups and questionable beverage and food service. It was quite disconcerting.
  • Ringbearer2
    Ringbearer2 Posts: 592 Member
    @Avidkeo ow for your poor hands! I’m surprised there were so many people out. My in laws live in NZ and they said everyone’s been pretty compliant, but that people started lining up at McDonalds hours before it opened.
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Wow, one day late and we’ve got crazy run challenges @katharmonic, more shoe porn @contrarymarymary and an injury already @avidkeo! It is never dull on these boards! 😉

    So for me this month I’m with @loveychar and I’m going to drop my mileage right down as I want to do strength/circuit training every other day, and chuck a bit more yoga in there too. So a 60 mile goal and I’ve just done my first 4 miles of it this morning in beautiful sunshine!

    May goal: 60 miles
    May total: 4.2 miles

    2/5: 4.2 miles


    April: 115 m
    March: 76.4 m
    February: 17.8 m
    January: 0
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited May 2020
    @katharmonic  The 4 x 4 x 48 sounds really intense! Will you also get up in the middle of the night to run? I think already 24h of that would be crazy tough, but 48...!

    @Avidkeo and @ContraryMaryMary nice shoe pictures :p I just realised I want need new shoes too

    5km/100km done. With 5x20s strides in the middle of the run.
    I haven't done any real speedwork lately, I'll start incorporating that a bit more this month, I think.
    And I need to find a hill for hill repeats! I moved to a new place a few month ago, and everything here is flat. :| I spent a while browsing lists of Strava segments, but didn't find any nice hill nearby. I will have to widen my search radius.
  • ImeldaOmom
    ImeldaOmom Posts: 12 Member
    edited May 2020
    8/55 km completed

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