August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    So funny story. Wondering why everyone had suddenly gone quiet.

    I was still in the July thread. Forgot it was August.

    So um, my goal is to cycle and heal, and be back with a new goal in September. Wow light at the end of the tunnel!

    I did wonder why you were still commenting in the July thread. Whoops!
    Good to see you're still about, and healing.
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Morning all, got my 10k in this morning but it was super sticky and hot so I decided to just take it really slowly but keep going, no breaks, walking, breathers etc. So I added a couple of minutes to my usual time but I’m glad I was able to hold it steady and keep going even with the big hills. I know it makes running so much harder but we so rarely get this kind of weather in London I refuse to complain about it! My Greek soul is loving it!

    Hope everyone is doing well. @AlphaHowls is the poison ivy any better? @skippygirlsmom hope the college prep is going well. @PastorVincent I don’t think I’ll ever be at a place where more than 40 miles qualifies as a low mileage week! Hi and high fives to everyone else, especially those battling much madder heat than I!

    August total: 33.7m
    August goal: 75m

    2/8: 2m interval training
    3/8: 5m
    4/8: rest (6 mile walk)
    5/8: 6.3m
    6/8: Strength training
    7/8: 6.2m
    8/8: rest
    9/8: 8 miles
    10/8: Strength training
    11/8: 6.2 miles

    July: 81m
    June: 78m
    May: 80 m
    April: 115 m
    March: 76.4 m
    February: 17.8 m
    January: 0
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    We had thunderstorms all evening, so no run last night. I ended up doing a couple of ab and arm videos instead.

    @kgirlhart, hope all goes well with your dad.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    Today is a rest day for me. I thought I'd pop in and ask for prayers and good vibes for my dad. He fell last night and broke his hip. They are doing surgery today at 4:00. He is in relatively good shape, but will be 83 in two weeks and he does have a pacemaker. Plus his hearing is really bad so it is especially hard for him being alone in the hospital.

    hope he has a quick recovery
  • 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
    8-10 rest
    8-11 7k slow

    August Total: 56k
    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

    Mostly sunny and low 70s F today. Started out at an easy pace, but couldn't maintain it and dropped back to slow.
    I keep forgetting that dragging a set of clubs around chasing a little ball on a golf course is more like cross training than rest. My legs always feel it the next day.

    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
  • 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
    08/09/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 30.7
    08/10/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 34.3
    08/11/20 :::: 5.1 :::: 39.5

    1 mile warm-up, sprint workout (about 15 minutes), and 30 minutes hill repeats. Then strength class outdoors at the gym. I may not be able to move later.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    edited August 2020
    @kgirlhart Sounds like everything with your dad's surgery went well. That's good news!!!
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,164 Member
    Tramboman wrote: »
    @kgirlhart Sounds like everything with your dad's surgery went well. That's good news!!!

    Thanks!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Tramboman wrote: »
    @kgirlhart Sounds like everything with your dad's surgery went well. That's good news!!!

    Yep! yay!
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    @kgirlhart what a relief! Woo hoo!
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,164 Member
    Thanks @PastorVincent @Camaramandy648 and @Avidkeo! And sorry to hear about the NZ covid status. Y'all stay safe!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,861 Member
    Glad to hear your dad is doing good @kgirlhart. Great run especially considering all those factors!

    @Avidkeo - sorry about the cases. Do they know how they got into the country?
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    Glad to hear your dad is doing good @kgirlhart. Great run especially considering all those factors!

    @Avidkeo - sorry about the cases. Do they know how they got into the country?

    That’s why we are in lockdown - four people in one family with no known connection to anyone in managed isolation or who works on border control.
    The three-day lockdown will be to try and work out how they caught it and that will dictate whether we stay in lockdown or not.

    We knew this would happen. It was always just a case of when.

    In more positive news: My children are delighted!

    @ContraryMaryMary - I read that someone in the family had traveled out of the country and presumably brought it back with them and now they were doing the contact tracing... Hoping it is just the one family that is affected!
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Fab news @kgirlhart - fingers crossed the recovery continues well.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,470 Member
    edited August 2020
    @shanaber Hobbes looks like he is really enjoying himself. Glad you're able to run more and getting used to the PM.

    @kgirlhart Hope your dad is doing well today.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,470 Member
    @Camaramandy648 Good luck with all of your running. Sorry to hear about your friend. I hope she and her family will be okay.

    @AlphaHowls Glad your poison ivy rash is getting better. I apparently got some the last day we worked on the trees in the drive way - this past Friday, despite wearing long sleeves and taking a shower as soon as we were done. I didn't notice anything until yesterday, which I think is a little odd. Guess I just took longer to react to it this time. Thankfully, mine isn't really itching to much, just red and funky looking.

    @kgirlhart Glad everything went well with your dad. Praying for a speedy recovery.

    @Avidkeo and @ContraryMaryMary Hope it is only the one family and things will get back to normal with you all soon.
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    kperk91 wrote: »
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    Today was the longest I ran without slowing to a walk! Pushed thru the mental barrier and kept going 😁

    Great stuff. The mental battle is the toughest bit.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,470 Member
    WTG @kperk91 !
  • kperk91
    kperk91 Posts: 226 Member
    Thank you!!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    kperk91 wrote: »
    Today was the longest I ran without slowing to a walk! Pushed thru the mental barrier and kept going 😁

    YAY!! CONGRATS!
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    6 miles this morning. Feels like 91 at 5:18 am 😓😓😓

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