August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

shanaber

There have been quite a few questions about when to replace your running shoes and while on an REI forum I saw the mention on this article. It is pretty good, concise and covers all the main points.
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/replace-shoes.html

I will post my update and comment later today...

quilteryoyo

@T1DCarnivoreRunner Glad you were able to have an "uneventful" run. Glad you didn't have to "stop" the dog. I know if you did, it would have been to protect yourself, but I would have hated it for the dog, since it isn't his fault that the owners are irresponsible. Can you report them to animal control or something? Yeah for being 10 miles over your goal for August!

quilteryoyo

I got out the door at 7:20 this morning for my long run. It was 70°F and 100% humidity! It was a real struggle today. The first mile wasn't too bad...LOL. It was foggy/cloudy, so the sun wasn't beaming down. Other than that, it pretty much sucked. My legs were fine, I just had a hard time breathing and not overheating. I'm allergic to ragweed and I'm pretty sure there was a lot of pollen in the air today. It was a slug fest - like a turtle running through peanut butter mixed with cold honey under water. I did manage to average 13:33 min/mile, even walking more than I normally would have. So, I guess I shouldn't complain too much. I ran 7 miles and walked one. Then, after lunch, I walked another fast mile with the dog so I could count it toward my total too. This is probably my last run/walk for the month. I'm taking mom and dad to see their great grandson tomorrow, so won't have the time or energy for a run.

Eight miles over my running goal for the month. I'd say my 61st year is starting out pretty good on the exercise front. This is my highest mileage month ever and I mean EVER!



Also 18.25/20 miles walked. Twenty was a number I just picked out of my hat, so I'm happy with that.

Faebert

Thanks for the info on shoes @shanaber. I seem to go through them depressingly quickly. Need to be better at finding good bargains.

Knocked out another .8m with the kids doing Couch to 5k this evening to end on 101 miles for the month.

I’m tempted to round it up to 105 tomorrow. Will have to see how I feel. But if not, see you all in September!

August total: 101m
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
12/8: rest
13/8: 6.3 miles
14/8: Strength training plus 0.75m (C25K with kids)
15/8: 8 miles
16/8: Strength training and 1m C25K
17/8: 6.25 miles
18/8: Strength training and 1m C25K
19/8: 6.2 miles
20/8: Strength training and .9m C25K
21/8: 6.9 miles
22/8: Strength training
23/8: 8 miles
24/8: Strength training
25/8: 6.2 miles
26/8: Strength training and .8m C25K
27/8: 6.2 miles
28/8: Strength training
29/8: rest
30/8: 8 miles and .8m C25K

July: 81m
June: 78m
May: 80 m
April: 115 m
March: 76.4 m
February: 17.8 m
January: 0

kgirlhart

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
8/11: 5.51 miles
8/12: 6.05 miles
8/13: 6.02 miles
8/16: 10.13 miles
8/17: 6.51 miles
8/19: 6.62 miles
8/20: 7.36 miles
8/23: 11.26 miles
8/25: 6.52 miles
8/26: 6.41 miles
8/27: 6.06 miles
8/30: 10.10 miles

129.23/100 miles completed for August

945.23/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

I dedicated today's 10 mile run to @pastorvincent.  It's still hard to believe he is gone. It was a pretty good run.  It was hot and humid starting out and the dew point was 69° or 70° depending on which weather app I looked at.  I thought about how he always said that the dew point was so important and I never knew that before. I was pretty slow too and thought about him reminding us that we will be slower when it is humid and the dew point is high. It was a fairly uneventful run but I did see a cardinal near the park. And the about .25 miles from home it started raining.  It wasn't a lot of rain, but it was a nice cool down at the end of the run.









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

RunsOnEspresso

I went to take Shadow out this morning and there was a chihuahua that kept running at us. It would retreat when I yelled but if I tried to start walking it would run over again. We never left the driveway. Turned around and went back inside. I'm not going to have a repeat of a few months back of her getting attacked by small dogs.

I decided to rest today and will try again tomorrow morning.

skippygirlsmom

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
8/9 – 0 drove Skip to college move in
8/10 – 3
8/11 – drove home from college move in
8/12 – 3 with Champ
8/13 – 0
8/14 – 5
8/15 – 10K Scooby Doo Family and Pet Virtual Run
8/16 – 5 with Champ on trails
8/17 – 5
8/18 – 4 with Champ
8/19 – 5
8/20 – 5 with Champ in am then 2 with Champ at night
8/21 – 3
8/22 – 10K Trail Race
8/23 – 3 with Champ
8/24 – 5 with Champ
8/25 – 4 with Champ
8/26 – 0 rest day
8/27 – 5 with Champ
8/28 – 6
8/29 - 5 with Champ
8/30 - 5 with Champ

118 of 115 miles

T1DCarnivoreRunner

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@T1DCarnivoreRunner Glad you were able to have an "uneventful" run. Glad you didn't have to "stop" the dog. I know if you did, it would have been to protect yourself, but I would have hated it for the dog, since it isn't his fault that the owners are irresponsible. Can you report them to animal control or something? Yeah for being 10 miles over your goal for August!

@quilteryoyo I am not sure we have an animal control. It's a small town and the last time I reported issues with stray dogs to the PD, it was just ignored. That was actual strays / homeless, though, and not loose dogs. And that was about a year ago when they killed a woodchuck in my back yard.

skippygirlsmom

@T1DCarnivoreRunner I’m glad you didn’t need to pull your gun on the dog, but you need to protect yourself. I hate dogs running loose.

shanaber

Heat has finally broken for a few days but it will be back with a vengeance I fear at the end of this week. I took advantage of the nicer weather and finally complete my ISS 10k yesterday. It wasn't as fast as I would have liked (thought I would be back to my 'normal paces by now) but it is done.
I hit my initial goal last Sunday and surpassed my stretch goal yesterday with one run left tomorrow for the month. I also surpassed my 1000 miles for Run the Year at the beginning of the month and have now passed 1100 miles!

Date..........Miles........Total
08/01.......0.00..........0.00
08/02.......7.62..........7.62
08/03.......5.10........12.72 - + Agility Class
08/04.......0.00........12.72 - + HIIT Class and Stretch and Roll
08/05.......0.00........12.72
08/06.......5.52........18.24
08/07.......5.53........23.77
08/08.......8.59........32.36
08/09.......0.00........32.36
08/10.......5.14........37.50 - + Agility Class
08/11.......0.00........37.50 - + HIIT Class and Stretch and Roll
08/12.......0.00........37.50
08/13.......5.30........42.80
08/14.......4.53........47.33
08/15.......5.90........53.23 - 1st run for eRace Racism
08/16.......0.00........53.23 - Strength Training at Home with the Vizsla Strength Trainer
08/17.......5.73........58.96 - + Agility Class
08/18.......0.00........58.96 - HIIT Class and Stretch and Roll
08/19.......4.71........63.67
08/20.......0.00........63.67
08/21.......5.59........69.26
08/22.......0.00........69.26 - Pilates Class
08/23.......5.84........75.10
08/24.......5.56........80.66 - + Agility Class
08/25.......0.00........80.66 - HIIT Class and Stretch and Roll
08/26.......6.92........87.58
08/27.......0.00........87.58
08/28.......5.58........93.16
08/29.......7.95......101.11 - ISS 10k
08/30.......0.00......101.11



2020 Run the Year Team - 2020 R.I.O.T. (Running Is Our Therapy) 1113.46/1000 miles (running and walking)

2020 Planned and Completed Races
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/31/20 - ISS Virtual 10K (Late)
08/15-09/30 - eRace Racism (200 miles) 88.30 miles completed. Getting close to halfway and near Mammoth Cave NP
09/21-09/27 - Womxn Run the Vote - 680 mile virtual relay
09/26/20 - Beat the Blerch 10K Virtual
10/01/20 - 2020 Scooby Doo Family and Pet Run/Walk - Virtual Event

shanaber

I went ahead and set up the September (yikes already!) challenge thread. You can find it here -
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10808706/september-2020-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=1

quilteryoyo

@shanaber You're a beast with your mileage. Congrats on meeting your stretch goal with one more run to go. Also, thanks for setting up the Sept Challenge.

Teresa502

8/2 – 12.01 miles
8/4 – 4.38
8/5 – 11.02
8/8 – 15.02
8/9 – 4.01
8/10 – 4.01
8/12 – 6.59
8/13 – 3.26
8/15 – 15.05
8/16 – 5.32
8/18 – 5.01
8/19 – 4.01
8/20 – 5.04
8/22 – 17.05
8/24 – 5.01
8/25 – 4.10
8/27 – 6.01
8/29 – 4.46
8/30 – 13.11
Total – 144.48

@rheddmobile – thank you for letting me know that we could watch the replay of @PastorVincent’s memorial service. I’m glad I did. He was just the man whom he portrayed himself to be here. He enjoyed eating at Red Robin. After running a race, he would circle back and run Mrs. PastorVincent to the finish line. I loved his slogan of Love God and Love People and regardless of whether or not your shared his religious beliefs, he still loved you.

@shanaber – congratulations on completing your virtual 10k! Thanks for setting up the September thread.

This weekend was supposed to be the Asheville Half Marathon. Like everything else, it eventually had to go virtual. Two friends and I signed up to run it before the pandemic hit. We were going to drive to Asheville (about 1 ½ hours) and run the course route yesterday but due to Hurricane Laura it was a wet and soggy morning so we elected to run in our local city this morning. As my almost-neighbor @quilteryoyo mentioned, the humidity was a killer. 70F and 100% humidity with a dewpoint of 70. We slugged it out but it wasn’t pretty. My goal for the month was 130 miles and I’m ending the month with 144.48 miles. Congratulations to all who hung in there this month!

Tramboman

shanaber wrote: »

I went ahead and set up the September (yikes already!) challenge thread. You can find it here -
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10808706/september-2020-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=1

Thank you!!!

HonuNui

August Goal: 55 miles

8/1 3.00
8/2 off
8/3 4.00
8/4 off
8/5 3.00
8/6 off
8/7 4.00
8/8 off
8/9 2.50
8/10 snorkel 2 hours
8/11 3.75
8/12 off
8/13 3.00
8/14 off
8/15 3.56
8/16 off
8/17 4.00
8/18 2.75
8/19 off
8/20 3.20
8/21 off
8/22 2.90
8/23 4.09
8/24 snorkel 2 hours
8/25 3.27
8/26 2.71
8/27 off
8/28 4.30
8/29 off
8/30 3.63

Total 54.95(!?%$##&) (obviously I wasn't paying attention...but my virtual run from downtown Vancouver to the beach ended with the virtual sunset. So I stopped......)





Upcoming and current races:

D-Backs Virtual Run Against Cancer on 10/17 (which would have been my son's 43rd birthday....)
https://raceroster.com/events/2020/27903/2020-d-backs-virtual-race-against-cancer


Big Island Challenge (virtually run 110 miles from Hilo to Kona by 9/27)

katharmonic

Thank you so much for the kudos on my virtual 5k. You guys are all so supportive and wonderful.

Congrats @teresa502 on your virtual half. That humidity! Sounds pretty miserable so huge congrats to you. I really like that t-shirt by the way.

Good job getting your 10k done @shanaber, glad you got some nicer weather.

Nice work @Faebert on your mileage this month!

Excellent job on meeting and exceeding your mileage goals this month @kgirlhart, @quilteryoyo, @shanaber, @Teresa502 and @skippygirlsmom! And I probably missed some of you so great work to everyone who kept going in what was for many of us a very hot August.

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
08/12/20 :::: 4.5 :::: 44.0
08/13/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 46.0
08/14/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 49.1
08/15/20 :::: 10.0 :::: 59.1
08/16/20 :::: 1.4 :::: 60.5
08/17/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 63.6
08/18/20 :::: 2.4 :::: 66.0
08/19/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 68.1
08/20/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 69.7
08/21/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 73.4
08/22/20 :::: 7.0 :::: 80.4
08/23/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 83.5
08/24/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 85.8
08/25/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 88.8
08/26/20 :::: 3.8 :::: 92.6
08/27/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 94.2
08/28/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 96.5
08/29/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 99.6
08/30/20 :::: 2.1 :::: 101.6

I took another morning to sleep a little extra and ease into the day. I really needed to get work done so I decided to go get a lovely breakfast of a bagel with smoked salmon and head to work and run later. The weather was much improved here today too so when I finally got out there about 4:30 pm it was 70 degrees and low humidity. Very pleasant. I ran from the trail near the grocery store so I could pick up food right after and head home. Although I could have done more miles I really wanted to get home early enough to walk the dog, eat, and relax so I kept it short.

So, I didn not do a long run this week, my longest run was less than 4 miles, and my mileage was only 18 miles for the week. I'm not going to feel (too) guilty about that because I clearly needed the rest and I'm swamped at work. I said at the beginning of this month that it was going to be busy and I set my goal very conservatively at 100 miles. I thought midway that maybe I'd up that but as it turns out it was right-on. I maintained my streak and I finished the OneNY 1000 km challenge, so I accomplished what I set out to do.

Thanks @shanaber for setting up the September (gasp) thread. I'll update the final time and check in with you all here tomorrow and think about my goals for September. It's going to be much the same story I think.

durhammfp

Congratulations folks on all the work you have completed on your racing/running/life goals. Life seems harder these days so, dang, just having a goal is a thing. Here's my report for August:

durhammfp wrote: »

Greetings! Mostly a lurker, I participated more in these challenges last fall as I was finishing C25K. Then I took a 4 week break in the winter and when I got back to running I was trying to minimize my social media time...

Anyway, after my first 10K in March, things pretty much shut down race-wise b/c of covid, and in April I took another month off. That proved to be beneficial since in that time my plantar fasciitis disappeared. And here I am back running again!

August miles: 50
August race: https://www.huaracheturbo.com/event_loteria_run.php

Distance completed: 101 kilometers (~62.8 miles)
August race completed: https://www.huaracheturbo.com/event_loteria_run.php in a little over 30 minutes. Not my best 5K time. I'm finding it hard to get psyched up for virtual racing.

Also, I joined Strava. Now you know I have a running problem. :-)

martaindale

I haven't been active here in a while. Still running but the thread just got to be too much for me to keep up with. I pop in from time to time to see how people are doing.
I just heard about @PastorVincent passing from a Strava post. He was so friendly and quick with a joke about whatever the topic of the day was. I always appreciated his commitment to the group and how he went out of his way to make sure new members felt welcome. Such a loss to the community here. Even though I've never met any of you IRL, I still feel like I know many of you and I definitely felt that way about him.
I hope everyone else is doing ok. Hugs to those who aren't.

Avidkeo

So saw the physio today. We both agree it's going to be about 4 weeks till 8 can start some short jogs.

I'm starting walking for exercise as of this week, and I've got some strength training as well. All to start building strength towards getting back to running. So the ortho surgeon was right, 3 months.

I checked, my last run was 13th July, with the incident that caused the tear on 23rd July. So will be nearly 3 months when I run again.

And running again will be warm up, run 1 min. Walk 5. Repeat 3 times. I'll be keeping it super light and stop at any moment I feel a niggle.

I can't wait. Those minutes will be awesome

eleanorhawkins

Avidkeo wrote: »

So saw the physio today. We both agree it's going to be about 4 weeks till 8 can start some short jogs.

I'm starting walking for exercise as of this week, and I've got some strength training as well. All to start building strength towards getting back to running. So the ortho surgeon was right, 3 months.

I checked, my last run was 13th July, with the incident that caused the tear on 23rd July. So will be nearly 3 months when I run again.

And running again will be warm up, run 1 min. Walk 5. Repeat 3 times. I'll be keeping it super light and stop at any moment I feel a niggle.

I can't wait. Those minutes will be awesome

@Avidkeo hang in there, you're getting closer. After my injury I started from scratch with C25k.

The run I'm about to go out for will put me at just over 117km for the month. I can't remember what I set as my goal, and tbh I don't really care right now. It might have been 115. I'll look at the plan for September over breakfast later.