September 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • noblsheep
    noblsheep Posts: 593 Member
    0908-7k, total-12k goal-80k

    Late night 7km tempo toward VM for PV with @polskagirl01 . It was almost not hot!
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @Avidkeo hope your calf mends quickly! I know you must be frustrated.
    @mbaker566 Oh my, poor Speed Demon! I am a huge Speed Demon fan, I love her airplane ears.
    @hamsterwheel6 Glad to hear the hamstring may be a little better.

    @kgirlhart Sounds like a great run! Virtually you are passing right through the Wellesley Scream Tunnel right now!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jx7t8p4GWw

    Yes me too...Really hoping it's not a major issue!
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    Today I kicked off @noblsheep and my VM for PV with a short speedwork session on the treadmill, because I had extra time this morning when I realized my kid is still coughing and still can't go to school.
    Any cough or sniffle at all, and they don't want them in the building. It's understandable, but send the homework list PLEASE because the kids feel fine and there's no reason for them to get behind on schoolwork.
    Then I had an exciting time with 4 groups at preschool
    disinfect everything kids touch between groups, and I also got to witness an epic tantrum by new girl who decided she wanted to get mad and beat her new classmates with a Boom Whacker, and then threw herself on the floor screaming when I dared to pluck the thing out of her little hands before any real damage could be done 😆
    and now I'm spending Day #2 in the kitchen basically doing a banana bread baking marathon for work events. I know it's part of my job and not random, but it's for homeless/needy folks and I'm getting tired and the bananas came with a fruit fly infestation that I'm repeatedly vacuuming up but more keep coming, so can I just count this as my random act of kindness? 😆

    ohh sorry about your kid - and yeah getting behind is no fun
    LOVE banana bread!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,852 Member
    I’m having to remind myself to honor my rest day! All this challenge talk is making me want to go run!

    @skippygirlsmom – That looks like a beautiful place to run. Nice change of scenery! I’ve never seen a mushroom that colorful. My parents raised sheep for a while and Great Pyrenees dogs. That’s why I wasn’t alarmed when I saw this guy behind me. Mom had a fenced field of sheep with two dogs guarding them. The dogs were sisters who were born at the barn and raised alongside the sheep. She could not get the dogs to leave the field. She would open the gate and try to coax them out and they would not cross that invisible line. When she took them to the vet, we had to pick them up and carry them to the truck. Do you know how heavy those dogs are?!?

    @mbaker566 – Vengenance is beautiful!

    @kgirlhart – I was really impressed that you carry spare batteries on your run. Here I was whining last week about carrying a light! Then I read that you were expecting the batteries in your vest to die but I’m still impressed!

    Glad your hamstring is doing better @hamsterwheel6. Remember @MobyCarp’s advice and after it feels better give it an extra day! And as @PastorVincent said – do as I say not as I do! 😊

    @polskagirl01 – tell me again what your job is? Is teaching music to pre-schoolers part of it or volunteer work? Mmmm banana bread!

    I’m so sorry @kristinajeang! I hope your ankle is just irritated and nothing is broken!
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    @kristinajeang Ugh! Sorry about that! You may be right if it's swollen. You are doing it right though!
    @teresa502 Thanks! Yep - I will keep both of them in mind - I'm usually more of a @pastorvincent mentality, but @MobyCarp was probably more right!
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,152 Member
    @rheddmobile Thanks for sharing the video. That is so cool. I've never run a big race so the support I've had at races is usually just at the start and the end. That looks so fun!

    @kristinajeang I hope the ankle gets better soon. Try not to be too hard on yourself. It actually would have been worse to get hit by a car.

  • WandaVaughn
    WandaVaughn Posts: 420 Member
    Mmmmmm. Banana bread.....
    I haven't had my computer since last Thursday, so I've had over 145 posts to get through! I'm too late to join the marathon challenge, so I'll keep my running on track and try to add as many acts of kindness as I can. I might even get around to reading the Pastor Vincent ebook I have waiting on my Kindle app.

    Good running, everybody!

    9/1 5.55
    9/2 5.21
    9/3 5.23
    9/4 Helped with Mom's yard sale all. day. long.
    9/5 Bass fishing tournament with the Hubs. We didn't win, but I caught fish!
    9/6 4.35
    9/7 10.17
    9/8 4.25

    September miles = 34.76 so far.
    Space Race 400K = 114.45 (Just 134.05 to go!)
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @Teresa502 too funny about the dogs, my friend’s cousin had 2 and they supposedly ran away. We all don’t think so we think someone grabbed them because they are so beautiful. They are big loving fluff balls.
    Oh no @kristinajeang hope the ankle feels better soon
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    WandaVaughn wrote: »
    Mmmmmm. Banana bread.....
    I haven't had my computer since last Thursday, so I've had over 145 posts to get through! I'm too late to join the marathon challenge, so I'll keep my running on track and try to add as many acts of kindness as I can. I might even get around to reading the Pastor Vincent ebook I have waiting on my Kindle app.

    Good running, everybody!

    9/1 5.55
    9/2 5.21
    9/3 5.23
    9/4 Helped with Mom's yard sale all. day. long.
    9/5 Bass fishing tournament with the Hubs. We didn't win, but I caught fish!
    9/6 4.35
    9/7 10.17
    9/8 4.25

    September miles = 34.76 so far.
    Space Race 400K = 114.45 (Just 134.05 to go!)

    You’re not too late! Challengehound automatically fills in any miles done during the challenge time, so your runs on the 7th and 8th would get added when you joined. You can join any time before Sept 13.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    edited September 2020
    @Camaramandy648 Your team name is MandyEatSleepRunLiftRepeat. Your Strava miles are showing up fine on the challenge.

    I have no idea how to get Strava to sync to mapmyrun, I do know that if you want mapmyrun to sync to Strava it seems like you have to upload each run individually but I’ve never tried it the other way around.

    @HonuNui did you want a challenge link or are you good? I sent you a message but I never know if they are going through or not, some of my messages seem to disappear!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,443 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Sounds like you and Champ found a great place for a walk/hike/run. Love the pictures. I really Two and a half mile rubberized path? NICE!

    @kgirlhart Glad you had a good run. I'm also glad I didn't have to do the marathon all in one day. I may not get another run in until Thursday. That's why I wanted to make sure I had two long runs on the schedule for this week. LOL I'm glad the Great Dane was friendly and well behaved. They are big dogs and I wouldn't want one barking at me.

    @hamsterwheel6 Glad your hamstring feels better today.

    @rheddmobile I bet those young ladies had sore throats the next day. Love all the videos you are sharing!

    @polskagirl01 I think that is an act of kindness. I don't know that it has to be random... I agree, they should send a list of the schoolwork for the kids so they don't get behind. Welcome to my world with the tantrum. Happens all the time at daycare. LOL Once she realizes she can't get away with that stuff with you, she'll calm down. Good work on getting your VM started.

    Oh no @kristinajeang ! I hope all it needs is a couple of days of ice and you'll be back to running again.

    @Camaramandy648 You are a beast.


  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    @rheddmobile I'm ok, thanks. Couldn't mentally negotiate setting up an account, linking/syncing it, etc. No, I didn't get a message, but neither did I get notice that you tagged me here...just happened to see it. I see lots of reports of MFP bugs recently, though.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,443 Member
    Took today as a rest day after yesterday's long run. I was surprised to find that my legs were a little bit sore this morning, since the run felt so easy yesterday. I haven't been sore from running in a long, long time. My exercise today was mowing the lawn. I'm working the rest of the week, so if it was going to get done, today was the day.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,443 Member
    Glad you got your run in @shanaber . Hope the Santa Ana winds don't make the fires worse.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @shanaber I’m glad you finally got a run in! It seems like AC always picks the perfect moment to go out. Ours last died during a record heat wave, on July 4 so no repair guys were in the office, when my husband had both salmonella and a crunch time deadline which he could only work on from home! Hope you get it fixed without any major hiccups and try not to get blown away!
  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
    So, even if I hadn’t already learned I am not mentally prepared for running in below freezing temps..... there are lines and trees down all over the place, and even when things aren’t down.... there are lots that are still very sketchy and may still come down. So, I had a short little date with my dreadmill and got 1.5 in.

    So, 1.5 today = 3.25/why am I starting over again?

    For any of you curious how summer looks in Wyoming, this year.

  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
    Ok, will apparently try the pictures on a day when my internet is working better.
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    @shanaber you are right...will assess tomorrow! Still hoping to get my half in by Sunday. Those fires sound awful really. Fell for everyone there. Take care of yourself!
    Haven’t used Strava directly for a couple weeks as I was using peloton app outside runs and didn’t want so many apps running. But I have had other issues with it. Like auto pause pausing when I’m running. Lol
    Feel better everyone who isn’t! Hugs.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    edited September 2020
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @shanaber I’m glad you finally got a run in! It seems like AC always picks the perfect moment to go out. Ours last died during a record heat wave, on July 4 so no repair guys were in the office, when my husband had both salmonella and a crunch time deadline which he could only work on from home! Hope you get it fixed without any major hiccups and try not to get blown away!

    Ours went out while we were out of town. DH had to try to arrange everything while in Chicago Field Museum. Our dog sitter couldn't be there during AC time so he had to try & get ahold of his parents.

    Oh also in July. And we had dogs so we couldn't just leave it until we got home
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @shanaber I’m glad you finally got a run in! It seems like AC always picks the perfect moment to go out. Ours last died during a record heat wave, on July 4 so no repair guys were in the office, when my husband had both salmonella and a crunch time deadline which he could only work on from home! Hope you get it fixed without any major hiccups and try not to get blown away!

    Ours went out while we were out of town. DH had to try to arrange everything while in Chicago Field Museum. Our dog sitter couldn't be there during AC time so he had to try & get ahold of his parents.

    Oh also in July. And we had dogs so we couldn't just leave it until we got home

    I am so thankful ours held out through the worst days. Today it was considerably cooler and we have been pretty comfortable with just the whole house fan running. They are coming on Thursday to fix it. Husband wanted to find someone for Wednesday but I was shocked we could get anyone this week. Because of where we live though there are many service places for our specific brand. So we just have to manage through tomorrow's heat and part of Thursdays and then we should be good!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,443 Member
    @hanlonsk I saw a picture of the Wyoming snow yesterday. That's crazy. I would have used the treadmill too.

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