October 2020 Monthly Running Challange

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  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    10-1 7k easy
    10-2 7k slow
    10-3 7k slow
    10-4 7k easy
    10-5 rest
    10-6 7k easy
    10-7 7k easy
    10-8 7k easy
    10-9 7k easy
    10-10 7k easy
    10-11 7k easy
    10-12 rest
    10-13 7k easy
    10-14 7k easy
    10-15 7k slow
    10-16 7k moderate
    10-17 7k easy
    10-18 7k easy
    10-19 rest
    10-20 7k easy
    10-21 7k easy
    10-22 7k easy
    10-23 7k easy
    10-24 7k easy
    10-25 7k moderate
    10-26 rest

    October Total: 154k
    October Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k
    May Total: 200k
    June Total: 156k
    July Total: 180k
    August Total: 172k
    September Total: 176k

    2020 Total through September: 1584k / 176k per month

    Scheduled rest day today. Golf instead of running.
    @Teresa502 Congratulations on your MCM!!

    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 - Completed 10-11
    Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
    Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders -- Completed 9-29

    2020 races:

    9-8 to 9-13 "Virtual Boston with Vincent" Time goal 5:15:00; actual time 4:47:01
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    @Teresa502 Sounds like a tough race, but you did it! I'm so impressed by the coordination of this virtual run. It's so awesome that your friends rallied and made this a such a neat experience for all of you.

    @katharmonic Running during those long hikes, especially in boots and spikes, sounds crazy!!
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    57.9/70 miles

    10/2: 3.1 miles
    10/3: 6.2 miles
    10/5: 5.2 miles
    10/7: 3 miles
    10/8: 4.7 miles
    10/13: 3.5 miles
    10/14: 3.5 miles
    10/16: 5 miles
    10/17: 4 miles
    10/20: 3.9 miles
    10/21: 3 miles
    10/22: 3.1 miles
    10/24: 6.2 miles
    10/26: 3.5 miles

    Monday speed work, with a couple tweaks to get it within my available time window this morning. It was in the upper 60's and the humidity was not too bad. Really pretty nice weather. My training app made another fitness adjustment after my race this weekend, so the pace targets for my speed work are getting faster, but so far I've been able to keep up.
    I am currently looking at a couple of potential replacement HMs for early 2021 since the Houston HM went virtual. I really like to train my distance up once a year even though I have no plans to maintain that mileage year-round. Without a race, I just don't have the motivation to put in the mileage I need to get there.
    So far I have found a small one not too far from my house on New Years Day (Texas Marathon). It was started to help a friend complete a marathon a week for a year goal when he couldn't find one that week and it has kept going since then. It looks like a fun race. Some people run in costumes and you are handed a themed stuffed animal along with your medal at the end, which is just so quirky and fun. It's interesting because it's a BQ marathon and a HM but it's capped at only 700 people.
    The other is the Galveston HM/Marathon in late February. It would make a nice weekend getaway, just a couple of hours from home. The weather in Galveston can be a little dicey in February. It's guaranteed to be a bit windy as you run along the seawall, but if it is cold, it will feel REALLY cold with the wind. I had a friend who did a half IM in April a couple of years ago and got pulled from the course with hypothermia. Might be worth a shot, but I would definitely have to plan for some serious weather contingencies.
    Maybe I'll do both...
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    @katharmonic Running after hiking for 14 hours...and in boots and spikes! You are amazing. Hope you got some rest today.

    @Scott6255 I'm with @polskagirl01 and want to give Aunt Betty, and your wife, a hug. Dementia is so hard on everyone involved.

    Sounds like a tough hill repeat session today @polskagirl01 !
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,570 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    noblsheep wrote: »
    GUYS LOOK WHAT JUST CAME IN THE MAIL.
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    :open_mouth: [That's actually the face I'm making. WOW!]
    I am impressed that you got yours first. You must be closer to where they are manufactured.

    @katharmonic Those pictures are beautiful. I'd say well worth the time and effort it took to get there.

    ^^^^ This... EXACTLY!!!

    @Faebert hang in there! You are doing great!!!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,871 Member
    No run for me again today. My quads are still sore but not as bad as yesterday. I did a couple of gentle stretch videos this morning and hope to get out for a run in the morning.

    @katharmonic – those pictures from your hike are gorgeous but I am not ready for snow! What was the temperature during your hike? Did you ever get warm enough to take your jacket off?

    @polskagirl01 – Beautiful Fall foliage!

    @Faebert – I have zero mechanical skills so I’m in awe of your putting together the treadmill all by yourself! I hope having it will relieve some stress you have going on now. Hugs!

    @noblsheep – The medal is beautiful!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    @katharmonic Great hiking pictures. For some reason, I wasn't expecting to see snow.

    @noblsheep That's awesome! You must be the first one to receive it. Can't wait to get mine.

    @Faebert Sorry you have had such a rough month, but sounds like you are making progress. I'm impressed that you were able to put the treadmill together by yourself. Sometimes handling life is hard. You are doing great.

    @polskagirl01 Nice run and love the forest trail and golden colors. Mom and dad and I are planning to go for another drive today to take in all of the colors around here.

    @Teresa502 Hope the stretching helped and your quads feel better.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    edited October 2020
    10-1 7k easy
    10-2 7k slow
    10-3 7k slow
    10-4 7k easy
    10-5 rest
    10-6 7k easy
    10-7 7k easy
    10-8 7k easy
    10-9 7k easy
    10-10 7k easy
    10-11 7k easy
    10-12 rest
    10-13 7k easy
    10-14 7k easy
    10-15 7k slow
    10-16 7k moderate
    10-17 7k easy
    10-18 7k easy
    10-19 rest
    10-20 7k easy
    10-21 7k easy
    10-22 7k easy
    10-23 7k easy
    10-24 7k easy
    10-25 7k moderate
    10-26 rest
    10-27 7k slooooooooow

    October Total: 161k
    October Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k
    May Total: 200k
    June Total: 156k
    July Total: 180k
    August Total: 172k
    September Total: 176k

    2020 Total through September: 1584k / 176k per month

    Cloudy, damp, mid 40s F and no wind this morning. Felt slow, so ran slow.
    I don't pay a lot of attention to heart rate, other as an indicator of what my relative effort is. Noticed that my maximum heart rate Sunday was 215 BPM, while my maximum heart rate today was 169 BPM.

    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 - Completed 10-11
    Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
    Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders -- Completed 9-29

    2020 races:

    9-8 to 9-13 "Virtual Boston with Vincent" Time goal 5:15:00; actual time 4:47:01
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    noblsheep wrote: »
    GUYS LOOK WHAT JUST CAME IN THE MAIL.
    eywxq9izpusu.jpg

    Looks great!!!!!
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    @Faebert good for you for getting your treadmill assembled and using it! Hang in there, you're doing great.

    @noblsheep the medal turned out so cool.
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    @katharmonic – those pictures from your hike are gorgeous but I am not ready for snow! What was the temperature during your hike? Did you ever get warm enough to take your jacket off?

    @Teresa502 and @quilteryoyo - there was really only snow/frost on the trees and greenery up above 3500 feet or so. There wasn't snow on the ground, but lots of ice. I think the temps started around 28 degrees when we set out at 4 am. It really varied a lot but the sun came out and it felt pretty good, maybe into the 40s at points, but of course colder at the summits. I never took my jacket off I did take my gloves off and on a lot. I also wore fleece-lined hiking pants which was a good move, and my new Salomon hiking boots did well. I certainly tested out their waterproof nature.
    @Teresa502 hope your quads feel better after some more stretching. Mine are pretty sore and yoga helped some today.

    @polskagirl01 beautiful fall colors. Looks like a lovely place to run and clear your head.

    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    10/01/20 :::: 2.1 :::: 2.1
    10/02/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 3.9
    10/03/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 8.9
    10/04/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 12.0
    10/05/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 15.5
    10/06/20 :::: 1.9 :::: 17.4
    10/07/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 19.0
    10/08/20 :::: 2.7 :::: 21.6
    10/09/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 23.7
    10/10/20 :::: 4.2 :::: 27.8
    10/11/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 30.9
    10/12/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 34.3
    10/13/20 :::: 2.4 :::: 36.7
    10/14/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 39.8
    10/15/20 :::: 1.7 :::: 41.5
    10/16/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 43.5
    10/17/20 :::: 7.8 :::: 51.3
    10/18/20 :::: 0.9 :::: 52.2
    10/19/20 :::: 1.9 :::: 54.1
    10/20/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 55.9
    10/21/20 :::: 4.4 :::: 60.3
    10/22/20 :::: 1.7 :::: 62.0
    10/23/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 65.2
    10/24/20 :::: 10.7 :::: 75.9
    10/25/20 :::: 0.9 :::: 76.8
    10/26/20 :::: 2.7 :::: 79.5
    10/27/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 81.1

    Treadmill this morning before yoga, but I didn't get there on time so I had to finish up after. My Garmin is still not even close to being calibrated to the treadmill pace. I may need to do a longer run on it. It is frustrating because I keep adjusting it and it shows up fine in Connect, but in Strava it doesn't adjust to the new distance so I've been deleting and re-entering manually. Let's get it together everybody!

  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Got 5 miles running and a hike on the far side of the river Monday. Getting used to the gravel, my legs don’t feel as beat up as the first time. It’s really pretty back there. There were two large horse trailers at the trail head when we arrived and we kept seeing fresh hoof prints (and fresh poops!) but we never did see any horses. I think they turned the opposite direction from us and looped back around before we finished. We did see two bobcats though! Two! I looked it up and bobcats are solitary ordinarily, and this isn’t their breeding season, but sometimes they remain with their mothers through the winter, so I’m guessing it was either two young brothers or a mom and mostly grown child. They were standing right in the middle of the trail when we sighted them and just looked at us as calm as could be, then swiftly vanished into the underbrush.

    My husband also glimpsed what he guessed was a gray fox run across the trail but wasn’t sure. We peeked back and yep, big brushy pile exactly like the fox den they used to have in our back pasture. And then a dozen strides down the road we could smell it. Yep! Definitely a fox!

    Weather was windy, nippy, and foggy. I got to try out my new sleeves. I was a little chilly setting out, never got hot enough to want to take them off. They were comfortable though.
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    I liked this big golden tree.

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    New sleeves!

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    This was where we stopped - according to the map the trail ends about half a mile before this point, but we didn’t figure that out until later.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,188 Member
    @teresa502 Great job on finishing your marathon!

    @noblsheep The medal looks great!

    @katharmonic Beautiful hiking photos!

    @faebert Sorry things have been hard lately. Great job on getting the treadmill together. I hope it helps. 

    @polskagirl01 What a lovely fall run.

    @rheddmobile How scary to see not just one bobcat but two. Great photos too.

    @martaindale The one good thing about running in warm weather is I always know how to dress.

    I decided to move today's run to Friday. It was 32°F feels like 23°F with freezing drizzle this morning. I don't have the right gear for that kind of weather and I don't want to slip and fall running on icy roads in the dark. Especially when my race is less than 2 weeks away. I'm not sure if I will try to run tomorrow or not. It's only supposed to be 36°F tomorrow and rainy but not icy. I haven't decided if I will tough it out or not. But it should be nicer on Thursday and Friday.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    edited October 2020
    Oh and I forgot to share. You guys get bears, coyotes, and other deadly creatures. Because of the rain and warmth, NZs most dangerous creature has come out! Open to suggestions on how to deal with these wee beasties...
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  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Oh and I forgot to share. You guys get bears, coyotes, and other deadly creatures. Because of the rain and warmth, NZs most dangerous creature has come out! Open to suggestions on how to deal with these wee beasties...
    rx4shgy1qqep.jpg

    My thought is to give them a wide berth!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    10/1 – 6 miles
    10/2 – 9 miles
    10/3 – 6 miles intervals with Champ
    10/4 – 4 with Champ
    10/5 – 0 rest day
    10/6 – 6 miles
    10/7 – 5 miles with Champ
    10/8 – 3.13 miles
    10/9 – 13.1 Oak Barrel Virtual Half Marathon
    10/10 – 2 miles recovery
    10/11 – 6 miles
    10/12 – 6 miles
    10/13 – 4 miles with Skip and Champ and Miss Ann
    10/14 – 0 life took over day
    10/15 – 6 miles
    10/16 – 0 life took over today – again
    10/17 – 9 miles
    10/18 – 5 miles of the Wade Mountain 10K trail race
    10/19 – 3 with Champ
    10/20 – 6 miles
    10/21 – 4 with Champ
    10/22 – 5 miles
    10/23 – 3 miles with Champ
    10/24 – 13.1 Bridge Street Virtual Half Marathon
    10/25 – 4 miles recovery with Champ
    10/26 – 0 unplanned rest – work
    10/27 – 5 miles

    133 (135.21) of 115 miles

    Hey can you all save me a minute are these folks in our challenge? Arrowj653, Mamichael322 and Topofmountains? If so I’ll go accept your friend request, if not I’ll delete them. Thanks

    @noblsheep the medals are beautiful

    @rheddmobile nice sleeves, what kind are they?

    I signed up for a 15K trail race, it’s similar to the one I ran last year except I did the 5K and this year decided to do the 15K. I have done a lot of volunteering for the race director so he gave me 50% the race. Couldn’t pass it up.

    @Avidkeo I have those in my yard, I call them my running mates.


    Races:
    283 of 335 miles Pinhoti Trail Challenge done
    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 - done
    The Pinhoti Trail Challenge 335 miles virtual – 1 Sept to 31 Dec – 133 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 – 194 miles done
    Bridge Street HM Virtual – 10/24 – 11/7/2020
    Yuletide Madness Oct 31 – Dec 31 2020
    Oak Barrel Half Marathon – October – running virtual - done
    Cathedral Caverns 15K trail race – in person

  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,786 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Oh and I forgot to share. You guys get bears, coyotes, and other deadly creatures. Because of the rain and warmth, NZs most dangerous creature has come out! Open to suggestions on how to deal with these wee beasties...
    rx4shgy1qqep.jpg

    Gumboot.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @kgirlhart Unless you are a rabbit the bobcats aren’t all that scary, they are super shy. I grew up on a farm with bobcats on the property and only once saw one, although we often heard them screaming in the mornings! They sound like human women, it’s freaky.

    @skippygirlsmom The sleeves are Decathlon. I tend to forget Decathlon even exists but everything I’ve bought from them was inexpensive but good quality.

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