June 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    6-1 7k moderate
    6-2 7k moderate
    6-3 7k easy
    6-4 7k moderately easy
    6-5 7k easily moderate
    6-6 7k slow
    6-7 7k moderate
    6-8 rest
    6-9 7k moderately easy
    6-10 7k easy
    6-11 7k easy
    6-12 7k moderate
    6-13 7k thresholdy
    6-14 7k moderate
    6-15 rest
    6-16 7k easy
    6-17 7k easy
    6-18 7k easy
    6-19 7k easy
    6-20 7k moderate
    6-21 forced rest
    6-22 rest
    6-23 rest
    6-24 4k slow

    June Total: 130k
    June Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k
    May Total: 200k

    2020 Total through May: 900k

    Managed to eke out 4k today; back never did loosen up completely and I was afraid to try to push it for the full 7 k Amazed I actually did something smart.

    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:

    9-19 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson, OH
    10-11 Haunted Hustle 5k, Aurora, OH
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    @T1DCarnivoreRunner So glad you weren't hit! I've only had one truly close call while running -- it was several years ago when someone making a turn didn't see me and I thought they had and were stopping. They managed to stop in time but it was waaaaaaay too close for comfort. I will never forget that feeling. I didn't have an HRM on, but I imagine I would have had a similar jump.

    @ABabilonia Well done on your new monthly record!

    6/1: 1.75m
    6/2: 5.5m
    6/3: 6m
    6/4: 5m
    6/5: 2m
    6/6: 10.5m
    6/7: 11.75m
    6/8: 1.75m, 1.25m
    6/9: 4m
    6/10: 2.25m
    6/11: 4m
    6/12: 2m
    6/13: 3m
    6/14: 8m
    6/15: 1.5m
    6/16: 3.75m
    6/17: 4m
    6/18: 3m
    6/19: 5.5m
    6/20: 2.25m
    6/21: 26.25m
    6/22: 1.75m, 3m
    6/23: 1.25m, 3m
    6/24: 6m
  • ABabilonia
    ABabilonia Posts: 622 Member
    @janejellyroll Thanks 🤗 You have an impressive amount of miles.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    6/1 – 4
    6/2 – 5
    6/3 – 4
    6/4 – 4
    6/5 – 4
    6/6 – 3
    6/7 – 3
    6/8 – 5
    6/9 – 4 with Champ
    6/10 – 2 with Macy and Champ – walking
    6/11 – 5
    6/12 – 5
    6/13 – 5 miles trails with Champ
    6/14 – 3
    6/15 – 5
    6/16 – 3
    6/17 – 2 miles with Macy and Champ – walking
    6/18 – 5 + 4 with friend
    6/19 – rest have race in morning – might just walk the doggies
    6/20 – 5K Trail Race Bigfoot 5K/10K
    6/21 – 3 with Champ and Skip
    6/22 – 5
    6/23 – 3 with Champ
    6/24 - 5 with Skip

    94 of 100 miles

    @shanaber good for you, people are weird.



    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 - done
    The Big Run - June 3 - done
    NEGU virtual run - June - Team NEGU helping support kids with cancer - done
    Big Foot Wild Thangs Trail Race 5K/10K – June 20 on the trails…all together like a real race - done
    Run 4 on the 4th – Virtual 4 miles on 4th of July
    ISS Virtual 5K in July
    Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June – Sept
    Oak Barrel Half Marathon – October – postponed from April
    Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach 50% there!
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,154 Member
    June Goal: 100 Miles

    6/2: 6.55 miles
    6/3: 7.06 miles
    6/4: 6.72 miles
    6/7: 10.07 miles
    6/8: 7.04 miles
    6/10: 6.53 miles
    6/11: 6.05 miles
    6/14: 10.04 miles
    6/16: 7.02 miles
    6/17: 5.12 miles
    6/18: 6.02 miles
    6/21: 10.06 miles
    6/22: 6.02 miles
    6/24: 6.32 miles

    100.62/100 miles completed for June

    663.83/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

    Today I ran 6.3 miles. It was foggy when I left the house. the temperature and the dew point were both 67° and it was 100% humidity. It was a good run though. I was glad for my noxgear vest. It wasn't terribly dark when I left, but it was foggy and I wanted to make sure that cars could see me. I headed west and the fog seemed to lift, but when I got closer to my house on the east side of town it was still foggy over there. I hit my goal of 100 miles for the month and Team Pavement Pounders got our 1300 mile bib.

    When I am running and I see people I usually greet them and smile or wave. If I see someone who looks sketchy I will usually turn sooner and change my route rather than run past them. Like most small towns in America we have a bit of a meth problem and there are a few people walking around that I try to avoid. But I don't see them often. I don't really see a lot of people, but usually when I do it is either someone I know, or others exercising that I recognize as people who are out exercising the same time as me. I am always surprised when I see someone somewhere and they tell me they saw me running. For some reason I always think that people can't recognize me when I am running, like I'm in disguise or something.

    @ABabilonia Congrats on hitting your June goal and your highest month ever!

    @Tramboman Glad the back is improving. Way to be smart and ease back in.

    @Teresa502 Great job on the Samaritan Purse Virtual 10K!

    @T1DCarnivoreRunner Wow! That was a close call! Glad you are ok.

    @Shortgirlrunning I'm glad your husband was able to come get you. I hope you get to feeling better!


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    2020 races:
    11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    edited June 2020
    @janejellyroll Congrats on the marathon. Impressive for sure doing it virtually! Now you are ready for another..!

    Last two days: 6.25 miles both days. Warm and muggy. Both runs the first and last miles were slow, middle runs were fairly ok pace given the conditions.
    I probably need to get up even earlier, but don't see how it would help when it's already 75 and 90% humidity at 6:00 am.

    @T1DCarnivoreRunner Whoa. Glad you're ok. I'm pretty sure they are the B**** and not you.

    I acknowledge most runners with a wave or a hello, and they usually do the same. Unless I'm going through one of the bridges that has some unsavory characters hanging around. That is the time I try out my speed...

    @Teresa502 nice run on the 10K!


  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    noblsheep wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    noblsheep wrote: »
    One place I run by every day always has security standing around by the front door - today one of the younger guys yelled out to me as I ran by, "You've lost a lot of weight!" :D

    How did that make you feel? I personally would never say that to a stranger. A friend that I knew was trying, I might, but even then I would hesitate. I have the impression that would be a hurtful thing to say or creepy in the case of a stranger.

    @noblsheep have you found this to be true? I have been told that Chinese culture is more open about discussing weight - I remember stopping to say thanks to the Chinese seamstress who helped me with my wedding dress, and she said, “You’ve gained weight, you must be happy!” Which absolutely would not be considered a tactful thing for an American to say, but she meant it quite sincerely. Of course, given her job as a seamstress, she may just be more used to having to discuss weight gain and loss with people!

    Huh... that created a lot of discussion. I nearly forgot that the concept of boundaries and privacy and whatnot are totally different in different cultures. Personally, I didn't think much of it at the time - China is a place where old ladies can come up to pregnant women in the street and say, it looks like a boy! and nobody would think twice about it. (This actually happened to my friend a few days back, she thought it was hilarious.)

    When I was growing up, most people lived in compounds attached to their jobs so nearly everyone was on at least nodding basis. I lived with my grandparents who were high school teachers, and all our neighbors also worked at that school. I'd be playing outside and all the adults walking past would know who I was, and I was always coming home with random stuff people had given me, candy, fruit, eggs etc. I'd get asked by people I may or may not know, did your dad come back from the business trip yet? How are your grandfather's chickens? It's just how society was back then.

    Nowadays in big cities people are slightly more reserved, but talking about things like weight, age, health is not much of a taboo. In rural places, pretty much everything still goes. I've had to explain to various elderly extended family members that no I'm not married and yes I do make a lot of money and yes I've got a mortgage on my apartment. The younger generation tends to have a little more tact than that.

    Having been born into a very reserved, stiff upper lip type of middle class British family I continue to be shocked by the way everyone shares pretty much EVERYTHING here in Spain. I am forever having to remind myself that members of my husband's family are not trying to offend me on purpose... they find it perfectly normal to comment and give opinions and unwanted advice on absolutely everything, physical or not and it absolutely horrifies me!
    I've suffered from severe psoriasis since my teens. Complete strangers regularly come up to be in public and ask what's wrong with my skin. It makes me want to dig a hole in the ground, crawl in and die but again, they don't think it's rude, it's just the way they are. In fact I'm considered to be rude and a weirdo because I try to avoid that sort of situation and I would never dream of commenting or asking people about stuff.
    For example: my physiotherapist confided in February at my last appointment before the lockdown that she was pregnant. When I finally got to see her last week I immediately looked and she didn't look any bigger. She didn't mention the subject at all, so neither did I, figuring it's none of my business and either she has a very very small bump or she lost it. My husband bawled me out for being an inconsiderate person for not asking, whereas to me it would have been really rude to do so.
    A lot of rambling there to basically say it's amazing how different customs are in different cultures, even when you wouldn't expect much of a difference.

    On the pedestrian crossing topic.... @T1DCarnivoreRunner man, glad you're ok!
    I can't remember (which is terrible, I had better brush up on my highway code!) whether it's still the case here, but I do know at some point cars were only obliged by law to stop for pedestrians once they had a foot off the pavement and on the crossing. Or maybe that was in the UK when I was a kid. Or something. My brain is fried. I'm blaming it on the heat!

    Brooks emailed me the other day to take a code to a sports shop in a neighbouring town. At some point I signed up for a virtual run during confinement, they sent us all medals. For free. I do love me some free bling! Photo on my wall. I know it's all marketing strategy but I think they've been really good during this pandemic. Makes me even more intent on buying a pair when I can afford them!

  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    @Teresa502 :-( that sucks. I don't think I could maintain ANYTHING for 26 miles!
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Hi all, a long read to catch up after a busy few days. Well done @janejellyroll! Glad to read @Avidkeo on the mend and @T1DCarnivoreRunner I’m very glad you’re ok! Hope @Shortgirlrunning is feeling better.
    Massive props to everyone running virtual races and battling heat, dogs, and overfamiliar members of the public!!

    I’m behind on reporting two runs. Also took an unplanned rest day but I really needed it. Haven’t had a totally lazy day since mid April so I let myself off the hook. Should be on track to exceed June target a bit regardless.

    June goal: 75 miles
    June total: 64 miles

    1/6: 5m
    2/6: Strength training
    3/6: 5m
    4/6: Strength training
    5/6: 5m
    6/6: Strength training and zoom yoga
    7/6: 6.2m
    8/6: Strength training
    9/6: 5.1m
    10/5: Strength training
    11/6: 5m
    12/6: Strength training
    13/6: 6.2m and zoom yoga
    14/6: Strength training
    15/6: 5m
    16/6: Strength training
    17/6: 5m
    18/6: Strength training
    19/6: 5m
    20/6: Strength training
    21/6: Rest
    22/6: 6m
    23/6: Strength training
    24/6: 5.5m

    May: 80 m
    April: 115 m
    March: 76.4 m
    February: 17.8 m
    January: 0
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    @Teresa502 I'm sorry to hear about that change in your marathon. I would be very reluctant to run a marathon that required me to commit to a pacing stretch goal in order to participate - it's hard enough as it is, you know! I'm also not a fast runner and I always plan on that holding constant on race day. :D
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    I got an email from the organizers of the Marine Corps Marathon this morning. Their time limit was a 14 minute mile pace but now they have changed it to require that runners maintain a 12 minute mile pace. If you can't do that, you can defer to 2021, 2022 or 2023 (for an additional $30) and/or run it virtually (for an additional $45). My last 15 mile run was at a 12:21 pace. My prior 14 mile run was at a 11:21 pace. As much as I would love to be a faster runner, I'm not and I just don't think I can maintain under 12 for 26 miles. :'(

    yeah, i'd have to either defer or do virtual. because i definitely wouldn't plan on not getting swept up

    i'm hoping to make my 16 min for my 50k
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,443 Member
    edited June 2020
    @Teresa502 Yeah for your virtual race. You did great. I like Samaritan's purse too. Sorry about the change to the Marine Corps Marathon. I'm sure they are trying to get the numbers down, but that seems like a fairly fast pace to maintain. I personally think they should let you defer for no extra cost since they are changing the rules. Have you decided what you are going to do yet?

    @Tramboman I'm glad you did the sensible thing. Hope it is back to normal tomorrow.

    @Shortgirlrunning Oh no! Hope you are feeling better.

    Great run @kgirlhart , especially with 100% humidity.

    @natacosupreme Glad you went back a week and are trying again instead of giving up. Repeat week 2 as many times as you need to until you are ready for week 3. Slow and steady is the key.

    @T1DCarnivoreRunner Yes. It's the intentional part that gets me. Anyone can make a mistake. That's just crazy. I agree that the police should write some tickets to get the point across. I guess you'll just have to be extra careful from now on.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    I got an email from the organizers of the Marine Corps Marathon this morning. Their time limit was a 14 minute mile pace but now they have changed it to require that runners maintain a 12 minute mile pace. If you can't do that, you can defer to 2021, 2022 or 2023 (for an additional $30) and/or run it virtually (for an additional $45). My last 15 mile run was at a 12:21 pace. My prior 14 mile run was at a 11:21 pace. As much as I would love to be a faster runner, I'm not and I just don't think I can maintain under 12 for 26 miles. :'(

    yeah, i'd have to either defer or do virtual. because i definitely wouldn't plan on not getting swept up

    i'm hoping to make my 16 min for my 50k

    Dang, @Teresa502 that stinks. Sorry, but yeah if you are hitting 12:21 for a 15 miler, it is very unrealistic to expect you will be under 12 for all 26. I would defer.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    ABabilonia wrote: »
    06/01-06/22: 58.4
    06/23: 2.5

    Mission accomplished! This are the most monthly miles I have ever run. I may actually do 80 miles this month.

    Congrats!!!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Shortgirlrunning wrote: »
    Well that was probably the worst run of my life. Today’s run should have been 4.5 miles but about a mile in I started feeling cramps, figured it’s just my period I’ll run a little slower but push through. A little over half way through I got suddenly super sick and had to stop immediately and call my husband to come get me. Not sure exactly what happened but really hope it doesn’t happen again.

    Sorry. :( That happens some times. Could be you were pushing too hard, or something you ate, or anything. If you do not feel better tomorrow maybe take an extra rest day.
  • ABabilonia
    ABabilonia Posts: 622 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    ABabilonia wrote: »
    06/01-06/22: 58.4
    06/23: 2.5

    Mission accomplished! This are the most monthly miles I have ever run. I may actually do 80 miles this month.

    Congrats!!!

    Thanks 🤗 This group is very motivational!
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @T1DCarnivoreRunner Yes. It's the intentional part that gets me. Anyone can make a mistake. That's just crazy. I agree that the police should write some tickets to get the point across. I guess you'll just have to be extra careful from now on.

    Yeah seriously.

    But I would say for others reading this, no matter what the law says - 2 tons of steel flying at you ALWAYS has the right of way. I try to cross at crosswalks but I never ever trust the drivers on the road.

    Don't forget to add the weight for 3 large people who eat poorly crammed in this truck. There was at least 3 tons, maybe even 3.5 tons. :D
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    @Teresa502 Great job on your virtual 10K! I think that totally stinks about your marathon. I think they should let you defer for free since the requirement changed after you registered.

    @T1DCarnivoreRunner Glad you are ok! People drive way too fast in my neighborhood and never stop at a crosswalk put in a couple of years ago next to the neighborhood playground. The whole purpose of putting it in was to allow kids/families to cross without getting hit, and everyone ignores it. I was about to cross on it the other day but could tell the approaching car had zero intention of slowing or stopping. Like @PastorVincent said, I have trouble trusting that drivers will ever respect a pedestrian’s right of way.

    @Shortgirlrunning I hope you are feeling better!

    It has been storming for the last few evenings. I managed to get in a little more than a 5K before a storm. Tuesday, I went to my first Body Pump class since before the shut down. Let’s just say last night’s outing was a bit slower due to my sore muscles! I only managed a little over 2 miles before it started raining on me last night. Fortunately, I was fairly close to my house. I really wish I could be one of those people who runs at 5am, but I just cannot function to run in the morning. I’m hoping to do a little better on the weekend mornings with maybe a longer 7am run.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    @brittanystebbins95 I have never given birth, but my mom kept a journal when she was pregnant with me and let me read it a few years ago. She wrote about the exact same type of pain and that her doctor said it was something that some people experience -- apparently the pelvis is preparing for giving birth. I don't know if that's accurate though.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    brittanystebbins95 wrote: »
    Pray for me 😭
    My husband just applied for emergency funding through his college because his academy was halted due to COVID, and now he won't be finished with it and working until October. Baby is due in August. We're already scraping by, and now I have maternity leave and then daycare to worry about. He was supposed to be done in May, so everything was very nicely planned out and we were set financially, and then had a wrench thrown into it.
    Our lease was also up June 1st, and our landlord said months ago he would send over a new lease, but he seemingly forgot? So we are using this opportunity to try and find something cheaper. We found a home that's not only bigger, but also cheaper. I sent in an application for the house, but we need this emergency funding or it likely won't happen :( We are living paycheck to paycheck, barely. I'm also afraid that when they contact our current landlord as a reference, he's going to put our house we're in currently back on the market or give us a certain amount of time to get out. And then panic while we scramble for a place to live if we're not approved. He's been cool so far, but I can't help but worry.

    Running's been going okay. I've had to cut my 2 miles down even further to 1.5
    And I am hurting something fierce today. I feel like I got punched in my private area. After googling (bad idea) I think it may be the ligaments in my pelvis are irritated or that the pelvis itself is trying to separate. So I don't know if its from running yesterday, because I did a 1.5 mile run/walk with my husband and then ran my own 1.5 miles, or if it could be from the leg workout I did at the gym right before running. It involved squats and dead lifts and I'm wondering if maybe I'm pushing too hard.
    I'm gonna definitely take it easy the next couple of days and talk to my midwife tomorrow at my appointment. My goal was to make it to at least 32 weeks with running and I will be there on Sunday. Breaks my heart but it may be time to suck it up and start walking instead.

    You're in my prayers. Have faith.

    AND DON'T FORGET YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR TWO!!!!!!!

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