August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    08/01/20 :::: 1.3 :::: 1.3
    08/02/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 2.9
    08/03/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 6.0
    08/04/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 11.0
    08/05/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 15.1
    08/06/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 18.3
    08/07/20 :::: 2.5 :::: 20.8
    08/08/20 :::: 6.8 :::: 27.6

    The temps were nice this morning, but the humidity definitely not. I was on a time crunch because I wanted to get to a class - our gym started holding outdoor workout classes today as they are still not able to open. My trainer was having a class at 9:15 so I wanted to support him and the gym. I ran a few loops of the lakes, hustled to class, and then had to leave that early to get to another appointment. So the whole morning felt rushed and incomplete. But better something than nothing I guess.

    The outdoor workout class went pretty well I think. It was hot out there with the sun beating down. We brought our own mats and they brought out the dumbbells and kettlebells on a cart. We cleaned them off when we were done. They did have some tents set up that offer some shade and shelter in case of rain. The way they had them set up next to the building seemed a little too close and and stuffy so I'm hoping they'll potentially move them.

    For right now they are charging $10 per class as our memberships are still on hold. At that rate I probably won't do too many, but I'm not sure when/how personal training is going to start. NY state and Cuomo are being pretty tough about gyms so it's not clear that they will open any time soon.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Tramboman wrote: »
    8-1 rest
    8-2 7k easy
    8-3 rest
    8-4 7k easy
    8-5 7k moderate
    8-6 7k easy
    8-7 7k easy
    8-8 7k slow

    August Total: 42k
    August Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k
    May Total: 200k
    June Total: 156k
    July Total: 180k

    2020 Total through July: 1236k / 176.5k per month

    Sunny and low 60s today. Actually had the discipline to start slow and stay slow throughout the run.
    Since dreams seem popular, anybody have recurring dreams? I used to dream I was playing with a ball in a curved train tunnel, and I could hear a train coming. I dropped the ball and it rolled to the other side of the train tracks. As long as I stayed near the side of the tunnel, the train would never come around the bend in the tunnel. But as soon as I stepped onto the tracks to get the ball, the train would appear. I've had that dream multiple times.

    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
    I don’t have recurring dreams, but many of my dreams are set in the same city. It’s Memphis but not Memphis. For example, there is a large hill near the center of town with an ancient graveyard, and there is an amusement park near the outskirts of town. It’s consistent and I could draw a map of it. I also live in a house which is always the same, yet not my house. My bedroom has French doors which open onto a large brick patio in the back and there is bamboo around the edges of the back yard. Some things are the same - for example, the Clark tower, which is the tallest building in Memphis (that is not very tall, I think it’s less than 30 stories) is still where it is. The river is there, of course, but the riverfront is much more built up with ultramodern buildings.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    Tramboman wrote: »
    Since dreams seem popular, anybody have recurring dreams? I used to dream I was playing with a ball in a curved train tunnel, and I could hear a train coming. I dropped the ball and it rolled to the other side of the train tracks. As long as I stayed near the side of the tunnel, the train would never come around the bend in the tunnel. But as soon as I stepped onto the tracks to get the ball, the train would appear. I've had that dream multiple times.

    Ha, I know there is a meaning behind the fact that every time you get on track things start crashing down. But I don't know the specifics 🤔

    I have had a recurring dream seems like hundreds of times. It's slightly different circumstances sometimes, but I always am in a school and I forget my schedule and don't know where to go. And sometimes when I am in middle school or high school I forget my locker combination.
    I'm sure it means I don't know my direction in life 😩
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Tramboman wrote: »
    Since dreams seem popular, anybody have recurring dreams? I used to dream I was playing with a ball in a curved train tunnel, and I could hear a train coming. I dropped the ball and it rolled to the other side of the train tracks. As long as I stayed near the side of the tunnel, the train would never come around the bend in the tunnel. But as soon as I stepped onto the tracks to get the ball, the train would appear. I've had that dream multiple times.

    Ha, I know there is a meaning behind the fact that every time you get on track things start crashing down. But I don't know the specifics 🤔

    I have had a recurring dream seems like hundreds of times. It's slightly different circumstances sometimes, but I always am in a school and I forget my schedule and don't know where to go. And sometimes when I am in middle school or high school I forget my locker combination.
    I'm sure it means I don't know my direction in life 😩

    I think mine means I'm afraid of locomotives.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,471 Member
    edited August 2020
    @Tramboman I have two or three recurring dreams. One I am back in the Air Force and have to go somewhere, but can't find my hat. Another is that I am back in college and get lost trying to get to a class that I have missed so much of that I am not going to be able to graduate. And the other is that I am driving and the brakes on the car fail. I don't wreck, just can't stop...and usually I am going in reverse when it happens. Oh, I remember I did wreck once, but wasn't hurt and had knocked down a bunch of trees which cleared a path to a lake and everyone that lived there was very happy I did. LOL

    @katharmonic I hate days when I feel rushed all day. Glad you got in the exercise though.

    I had planned to run 6 miles this morning, but my friend wanted to play tennis, so I did that instead. I hope to get the run in in the morning. I came home and mowed the lawn. Very active non-running day.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @Tramboman I have two or three recurring dreams. One I am back in the Air Force and have to go somewhere, but can't find my hat. Another is that I am back in college and get lost trying to get to a class that I have missed so much of that I am not going to be able to graduate. And the other is that I am driving and the brakes on the car fail. I don't wreck, just can't stop...and usually I am going in reverse when it happens. Oh, I remember I did wreck once, but wasn't hurt and had knocked down a bunch of trees which cleared a path to a lake and everyone that lived there was very happy I did. LOL

    @katharmonic I hate days when I feel rushed all day. Glad you got in the exercise though.

    I had planned to run 6 miles this morning, but my friend wanted to play tennis, so I did that instead. I hope to get the run in in the morning. I came home and mowed the lawn. Very active non-running day.

    I have that college dream occasionally myself.
    Maybe it's a military thing.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    8/1 - 5 mile trail race
    8/2 - 4 with Skip and Champ
    8/3 – rest day
    8/4 – 6
    8/5 – 5 with Champ
    8/6 - 5
    8/7 - 3 with Champ
    8/8 - 5 with Skip and Champ

    33 of 115 miles
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Speaking of dreams, we just saw Inception for the first time. Thoughts in the spoiler, cause spoiler :)
    Very interesting movie but I am not a fan of the ending. I have my own theory. I personally believe that Cobb never woke up from that dream with Mal, and Mal was right. So while he woke all the way up from the dreams we saw in the movie, he never made it back to reality.

    I am aware of the plot hole of the wedding ring, and the father-in-law, AND the murder, AND the kids, and few others (like the useless top totem) but if I start with the assumption everything in the film was on purpose, then Cobb still dreaming is the only thing that fits.

    If I assume poor writing dealing with things like murder charges being dropped in MINUTES, including clearing all they way through immigration, with a single phone call from a foreigner, then he woke up into reality and the movie is not as good as I want it to be. :)

    So either Cobb is still dreaming, or the writing sucks cause there are to many things that only make sense in a dream - some of which Mal points out. I am going with he is still dreaming. :)
  • bride001
    bride001 Posts: 153 Member
    @AlphaHowls - Sorry about the poison ivy. Hope you get some relief soon!

    08/01 - 2.55 miles
    08/02 - Rest Day
    08/03 - 2.44 miles
    08/04 - 0 miles
    08/05 - 0 miles
    08/06 - 0 miles
    08/07 - 0 miles
    08/08 - 5.73 miles (run/walk)

    Foot was hurting to much this week to get in any running. Felt better this morning, so I set out for 5, but had to run/walk. Ran first mile, run/walk last 4 miles. My friend joined me for last 3. She much faster runner than me. She did notice I was still limping a little on the foot.

    Going to try for 2-3 miles tomorrow morning.

    Still trying to decide about my virtual half marathon in December. We have until Tuesday to make a decision about the race - deferring until next year, running virtual this year or even adding different distances to run.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @PastorVincent

    I thought
    the general consensuswas he was still dreaming
    at the end of Inception.

    It's been years though so I don't really remember.
  • mahmood_ak
    mahmood_ak Posts: 15 Member
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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,471 Member
    @PastorVincent I have never seen or heard of that movie. I'll have to look for it now. Sounds interesting.

    @AlphaHowls You are amazing. I hope the meds help.

    @ContraryMaryMary Congratulations! Sounds like you had an excellent run!

    @PastorVincent Sorry you couldn't get the sink fixed. Guess it's time to call a plumber.
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    We discussed dreams a good bit in one of my graduate school classes and how to help clients to process them. You have the person recount the dream several times, trying to pull as much detail as possible. You then see if anything is similar to something really going on. For instance, with the train tunnel dream, the fact that the train never comes if you don’t step out could indicate anxiety about making a change in your life. That is pretty general, but a start of how I would help a client process a real life issue. Of course, dreams are the brain’s way of filing away all of the information we have obtained during the day, so sometimes a mix of strange things can be just that and maybe mean nothing at all.

    I ran 4 miles yesterday morning. It was cooler but still humid, so I was drenched in sweat at the end.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    WooHoo @ContraryMaryMary! You got to run in a real race, with real people! Sounds like it was a great day for you!

    @AlphaHowls you NEVER cease to amaze me! Be careful with the meds, and hope they are effective!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,861 Member
    Got a 4 mile run in this morning. Temp was 65F with a real feel of 71. Nothing to complain about compared to the heat a lot of you are experiencing. Didn’t really see any humans. Only one truck passed while I was running. Did a release and recover online session when I got back home. It involved torture with a tennis ball and the foam roller. Felt good.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    8-1 rest
    8-2 7k easy
    8-3 rest
    8-4 7k easy
    8-5 7k moderate
    8-6 7k easy
    8-7 7k easy
    8-8 7k slow
    8-9 7k easy

    August Total: 49k
    August Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k
    May Total: 200k
    June Total: 156k
    July Total: 180k

    2020 Total through July: 1236k / 176.5k per month

    Sunny and low 60s again today. Started out easy and stayed that way.
    @marisap2010 Thanks for the insight. That dream was from when I was young, and literally everything was changing.

    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
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,164 Member
    August Goal: 100 Miles

    8/2: 10.52 miles
    8/4: 6.40 miles
    8/5: 6.52 miles
    8/6: 6.22 miles
    8/9: 11.02 miles


    40.68/100 miles completed for August

    856.69/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

    I ran 11 miles this morning.  It was hot. I got out the door around 6:45 and it was already 80°F feels like 84°F. When I got home it was 83°F feels like 87°F. It is supposed to be over 100°F every day this week,  so I guess that was the cool part of the day. It wasn't a bad run. I saw a fox and lots of birds. I  only saw a couple of loose dogs but I was far enough away from them to easily alter my route. The last couple of miles were tough because of the heat, but I managed an average pace of 11:38 mi/min which is slower than usual, but still pretty good for me in the heat.



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    2020 races:
    11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,471 Member
    Great run @kgirlhart !
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,164 Member
    Thanks @quilteryoyo! What a cute puppy. And Tippy is adorable as well.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    August Goal: 100 Miles

    8/2: 10.52 miles
    8/4: 6.40 miles
    8/5: 6.52 miles
    8/6: 6.22 miles
    8/9: 11.02 miles


    40.68/100 miles completed for August

    856.69/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

    I ran 11 miles this morning.  It was hot. I got out the door around 6:45 and it was already 80°F feels like 84°F. When I got home it was 83°F feels like 87°F. It is supposed to be over 100°F every day this week,  so I guess that was the cool part of the day. It wasn't a bad run. I saw a fox and lots of birds. I  only saw a couple of loose dogs but I was far enough away from them to easily alter my route. The last couple of miles were tough because of the heat, but I managed an average pace of 11:38 mi/min which is slower than usual, but still pretty good for me in the heat.



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    2020 races:
    11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon

    Well done, Teammate!!!!
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Congratulations on your race @ContraryMaryMary!

    @AlphaHowls hope the meds are clearing things up. Sounds miserable. You are so tough to still run a long run!

    Well done on your run @kgirlhart

    @teresa502 good job also. What is the release and recover? I need to do more rolling.

    @quilteryoyo - ah, the day the music died :'(:p OMG, what a cute puppy. I would not want a husky but they are beautiful dogs. Your Tippy looks so sweet too, with her little pack. I wonder if Stella would take to a pack.

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,164 Member
    Thanks @Tramboman and @katharmonic. That trail woth the falls sounds lovely.

    @ContraryMaryMary Congrats on your race!

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