September 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

hamsterwheel6

Great race report @polskagirl01 ! Very cool.
Congrats to all our finishers! @PastorVincent is certainly saying well done!
The pizza and beer are delish!

Did a spine ride yesterday and today is rest day which will include usual chores. Hamstring feeling better each day. Been doing a lot of stretching. I will try a slow run tomorrow and see.

@rheddmobile happy Runniversary! Great running, despite the conditions.

quilteryoyo

@TheMrWobbly What a pretty place to run!

@rheddmobile Happy Runniversary. Great time on your 5K. Love the pictures.

@RunsOnEspresso You can do it. We'll all be waiting to ring our cowbells and cheer you on as you come across the line!

quilteryoyo

I slept later than I meant to this morning. It seemed like a good idea when I was laying in bed. Not so much when I didn't get out to run until 8:30. LOL

The temperature was 73°F and 78% humidity. Doesn't sound too bad, but it was a miserable run. My plan called for an 11 mile run today, but decided I just wanted to finish my HM for @PastorVincent today - so 8 miles.

I did driveway laps since I got a late start and it would be sunny and even more miserable on the road. It was a horrible run from the beginning. I think the stronger gravity that @Scott6255 had the other day moved to E. TN. The first two miles were the worst. It got a little better when I ran further down the driveway and, therefore, walked more to get back up the hill. Still, I just felt awful. After 5 miles I decided to finish up on the treadmill - it would be cooler, more controllable, and I could watch virtual church at the same time. Even that was horrible. But, I got it done and completed the marathon distance in a total time of 5:29:59. My goal was to finish under the 6 hour cutoff. Thanks to my great run on Monday, I accomplished that.

When I was looking at my stats on Garmin Connect after the run, I saw that my warm up walk was odd. For around 3 minutes in the middle of the walk, my HR was over 200 BPM. If that was correct, that's probably why I just wasn't feeling it today. But, my average HR during the running portion was 155, so not bad. It was just one of those days.



Also 8/20 walking.

shanaber

Ended up just walking today because of the smoke and ash. Didn't want to breathe too hard. Even walking made me cough and my eyes water and I smelled like smoke when I got home. Hobbes enjoyed getting to sniff everything though. I am not hopeful that it is going to get any better any time soon unless the fires get under control and the winds shift.

When I was in Strava today it popped up with a friend I should have. @KeepRunningFatboy (Dennis) has been gone now for a bit over 2 years. Another young, inspiring, runner lost too soon and sorely missed. Thinking of him and rereading the comments from his brother just made me so sad.

Date..........Miles........Total
09/01.......0.00..........0.00 - HIIT and Stretch and Roll Class
09/02.......5.33..........5.33
09/03.......5.17........10.50 - Intervals
09/04.......4.58........15.08
09/05.......0.00........15.08 - record breaking heat
09/06.......0.00........15.08 - record breaking heat
09/07.......0.00........15.08 - + Agility Class
09/08.......5.46........20.54 - 1st run for WunjoWomen for PV goes to Boston.
09/09.......5.40........25.94
09/10.......0.00........25.94
09/11.......4.62........30.56 - smoke
09/12.......0.00........30.56 - smoke
09/13.......2.65........33.21 - smoke

2020 Run the Year Team - 2020 R.I.O.T. (Running Is Our Therapy) 1177.06/1000 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) 151.77 miles completed.
09/21-09/27 - Womxn Run the Vote - 680 mile virtual relay
09/26/20 - Beat the Blerch 10K Virtual

T1DCarnivoreRunner

Making a mid-month update... this past week wasn't good, so might not actually make my goal.

HonuNui

September Goal: 26.2 miles during Boston Virtual Week for PastorVincent (DONE!)

9/1 3.85
9/2 off
9/3 2.58 + snorkel 1 hour
9/4 off
9/5 3.31
9/6 off
9/7 5.83
9/8 6.16
9/9 2.60
9/10 off
9/11 7.46
9/12 2.37
9/13 2.48 for 26.93/26.2 for @PastorVincent Virtual Boston Marathon

recap:

So I finished my "Boston Marathon" today. I most certainly did not avoid the 6 hour sweepers, but I did accomplish my goal, which was to do all 26.2 miles, quite a heady feeling since I have been....less than regular....for the last couple years.

Though I like pizza and beer as well as the next guy, I instead chose to celebrate with a hot dog. With ketchup-not mustard- in honor of @PastorVincent.

@rheddmobile suggested we include pictures of ourselves or where we run. As others have mentioned, we have lost too many of our number: @keeprunningfatboy, @mobycarp, and now @pastorvincent, and I can tell you from personal experience how much this community meant to me when my own son died, and you rallied around me. When we ran a live/virtual 5k in memory of him (my son), ya'll sent pictures with your AimAtMelanoma medals and shirts. Of those pictures, I created a montage, so I include that, and as you can see, @pastorvincent is prominently present there, representative of the wonderful, supportive community this is.

Total 36.64





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)

ContraryMaryMary

Argh, the Boston dates are clashing somewhat with my taper. No run yesterday and no run today. I have an hour scheduled for tomorrow (15th here, which I’ll do at 8:30am) and which may still fall into the 14th Chicago time. However, as I only have 3km to go, I think I’ll just go for a walk this afternoon to ensure I don’t miss the cutoff.

ContraryMaryMary

My random act of kindness in honour of @PastorVincent was to offer to look after a friends children while she and her husband packed their house to move. When she texted later in the afternoon saying, ‘I’m knee deep in packing, what time shall I collect them?’, I said, keep going, I’ll feed them dinner, come after then.

This may not seem much to you but my max for extra children (and noise) is about two hours!

skippygirlsmom

9/1 – 6 with Champ
9/2 – 3 with Champ
9/3 – 5 miles
9/4 – 3 miles of trail climb with Champ
9/5 – 7 miles
9/6 – 5 miles
9/7 – 5 miles with Champ
9/8 – 5 miles with Champ
9/9 – 10K for my monthly challenge
9/10 – 3 miles with Champ
9/11 – 5 miles with Champ
9/12 – 6 miles
9/13 – 5 miles with Champ

64 of 115 miles

@Marisap2010 happy anniversary
@RunsOnEspresso beautiful picture, but so sad – what a difference in the 2 pictures
Oh my gosh @Shanaber when are they coming to fix your air conditioner
@WandaVaughn you might want to do some reading on the chills while running in the heat, it’s not a good thing, and it’s a sign of heat exhaustion. They recommend you stop running immediately. Hydration comes into play, make sure if you are running over 5 miles you are drinking 12-15 oz of water every 20 mins, have something with electrolytes.
@polskagirl01 as a Catholic I gotta say the Holy Water was a weird touch. Ha ha you were an international star, interview and all. Great race, sounded interesting to say the least.
@Teresa502 great long run
Beautiful pictures @TheMrWobbly
Great Runniversary @rheddmobile love your virtual Boston finish
@HonuNui love the fireworks



Miles for PastorVincent – finished 9/12

Went to run today where I used to work, the office park is nice that a lot of it is still farm land so today there was corn (though picked) and cotton out.

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 - done
ISS Virtual 5K in July – done
Jackalope Trail Run 4 miler – done
Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach – done
Scooby Doo Virtual 10K - done
Skunk Ape 5 miler August 1 trail race in person – done
Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June – August – done
Chupacabra 10K/HM – August 22 - done
Running of the Bulls Virtual 5K – 9/14 – 30/2020
The Pinhoti Trail Challenge 335 miles virtual – 1 Sept to 31 Dec – 67 miles done
2020 Liberty Road Challenge WWII soldiers journey from St. Mere Eglisde to Bastogne, Belgium – charity virtual run for the WII museum in New Orleans 716 miles team event 4 July – September – our team has finished
Space Race 400K Challenge 12 weeks running 248.5 miles to the ISS – August to November – 129 miles done
Oak Barrel Half Marathon – October – postponed from April

kgirlhart

September Goal: 100 Miles

9/1: 6.22 miles
9/2: 5.05 miles
9/3: 6.06 miles
9/6: 10.11 miles
9/7: 6.25 miles
9/8: 6.11 miles
9/10: 6.25 miles
9/12: 10.03 miles

56.08/100 miles completed for September

1001.31/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

28.78/26.2 miles completed forthe@PastorVincentvs. Boston Memorial Challenge

My dad has been moved back to the hospital ICU. He was doing well and planning to be released on Wednesday and then he started having trouble keeping his oxygen levels up. They have ruled out Covid,  pneumonia, and cancer and believe that it is a reaction to some medication he was taking for  a fib. So it has been a pretty stressful few days. I have read all the post and liked and given hugs but I've gotten behind and I'm sure I missed stuff. Lots of great pictures. Happy Anniversary @marisap2010 and great job on your real life race @polskagirl01.

Great job to all who are finished with the Boston Challenge.  I finished this morning with a 10 mile run.  It was really good and just what I needed. It was not too hot at ~68°F. But it was 99% humidity.  It was still more pleasant than it has been. I was at my sister's yesterday and got home late so I got a later start than I wanted. I managed to keep my pace at 10:46 mi/min. I always feel pretty good if I am under 11 minutes. I think I completed my virtual Boston Marathon in 5 hours.  I actually went 28.78 miles this week. I thought about stopping at 26.2, but I didn't want to cut my long run short and I figured that since @PastorVincent usually finished his race and then went back to run in with Kristi it would be appropriate to run farther than the 26.2.

I also did my RAOK today. It wasn't a lot, but I made a little care package for a lady I know. She is one if my youngest sister's friends. She is really sweet and always does nice things for others. I left anonymously it on her doorstep. I had called my sister to get her apartment number and she told me that her friend was feeling sad today because it was the birthday of her nephew who passed away not long ago. So I was glad I picked today to do it. She was pretty excited and posted about it on Facebook and that made me feel really good.

I also got my 1000 mile bib for the Run the Year challenge. I pledged 1000 miles for my team so I hit my goal. I did have a stretch goal to run the year in kilometers so I'm still working on that.

When do you need pictures @rheddmobile? I'm on my phone now,  so I will need to get them to you tomorrow if that's ok.






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

marisap2010

I spent most of yesterday and today at my parents’ house helping my dad get settled after his hospital discharge. I’ve come to realize that my dad is, and probably will continue to be, at a point where he will have to be cared for by others for the most part. I had to help him with some things that made me pretty sad.

Anyway, I got home late to storms moving in, so I ran around the downstairs of my house listening to a David Tennant podcast to finish my last 2.3 miles. Marathon for @PastorVincent complete!

The talk of finish line pizza sounded so good, so I made a homemade pizza tonight!

skippygirlsmom

@kgirlhart sorry to hear dad is back in ICU - I'll keep him in my prayers.
@marisap2020 I'm sorry about your Dad, glad he's home, but I understand how hard it can be to care for an ill parent. I didn't live with my parents when my dad was sick, but for some reason he only wanted me to care for him. Like you said I had to help him with things that made me sad, hugs.

kgirlhart

Thanks @skippygirlsmom. I appreciate your prayers.
Hugs @marisap2010. It's hard.

Oh and I made pizza today too after my run.

hanlonsk

I missed my morning run window, so I went out tonight after it started cooling off. So,mostly through the effort s of @TheMrWobbly , Team Make Tomorrow Better is officially across the finish line.

I blamed my breathing issues last Monday on the sudden cold. But, I think there is more to it than that, since lungs kinda ended both of my last runs, also. Part of it is probably air quality, even if it “looks” better, it probably isn’t very good. Part of it is definitely still how incredibly out of shape I am. Part of it is, I think I need to pay more attention to my breathing early on in the run for a while, because when I focused on steady and full breaths stuff got a bit better today, but I was already around the wrong corner on the subject, so it wasn’t enough. But, especially since cold will start being a fourth factor, I think I may need to return pre-dosing with my inhaler even at run lengths/intensities I haven’t usually needed to do that for.
So, all that to say, my last run interval wasn’t as runny as it was supposed to be. But otherwise, it was a pretty uneventful run.

2.25 today = 8/ why am I starting over again?

ContraryMaryMary

My half marathon on Sunday - the one I've been training so hard for since February and that was postponed from April and was to be my first 1:45 or faster (!) half - has been Covid'd. We were hoping for an announcement today to go from level 2 lockdown to level 1 which would mean the full event could be held. Sadly, we're staying at level 2 a little longer.

The race is still on. Kinda. It's being held as a 'training run' where up to 75 people can book a 15 minute start time, run the event (wear the event bib as the timing mats will be out) and then go home.

I've signed up for a 6:45 start to ensure easy parking and as little breeze as possible, and while there will be plenty of people out running, there will be no marshalls or road closures or support crew, except bewildered locals out with their dogs wondering what the hell is going on and getting in the way (another reason to choose an early start).

Wish me luck.

TheMrWobbly

Huge amounts of luck @ContraryMaryMary and thank you for making the finish for Team Make Tomorrow Better get over the finishing line!!

polskagirl01

@skippygirlsmom I'm glad it wasn't just me that found that a bit odd. I just took it as his way of wanting to bless us though. I've lived here for a while, but sometimes still have "Did that really just happen?" cultural moments.

@kgirlhart sorry about your Dad. I hope he feels better soon and that they can figure it all out.

@ContraryMaryMary that stinks about your race not happening exactly as planned, but I hope it goes great for you anyway!

I was up and dressed early for work and now am done and have some free time but can't decide whether I want to bike or run fast. Stalling like this could mean I do neither. Hmm. But then I also have to get one kid to school and pick the other one up. Maybe I should make lunch.

rheddmobile

Today is the final day to log miles for the @PastorVincent Boston Marathon Week Virtual 26 mile challenge! Most of you have already made it in, it’s time to grab your VIRTUAL FINISHER’S MEDAL:

My husband did this for us - it’s similar to the design of the official Boston Marathon medals, except that instead of the blue and yellow with Boston unicorn, we have red and yellow with a dragon which is based on the cover of “The Elwyn Chronicles,” part of the Dragon Masters series by Vincent Trigli, aka @PastorVincent.

I love you guys! Thank you for coming together as a community to run for @PastorVincent.

rheddmobile

kgirlhart wrote: »

Thanks @skippygirlsmom. I appreciate your prayers.
Hugs @marisap2010. It's hard.

Oh and I made pizza today too after my run.

Praying for both your dad @kgirlhart and @marisap2010 - I went through the same thing with my dad a few years ago, it was not only physically hard to deal with hospitals and care for an adult but emotionally exhausting. You two take extra good care of yourselves!

rheddmobile

@kgirlhart Re: photos, etc. I will be messaging challenge participants at some point later today with my email so we can send pictures to each other without worrying about MFP’s message system. There’s no time limit on random acts of kindness, but if you can be thinking about what you would want to share with Kristi, in terms of photos from your challenge, stories, etc., we’ll be getting the stuff together for our challenge ebook throughout the week.