April 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,151 Member
    Great job on your race and AG award @Teresa502 !

    Lovely pictures @Avidkeo and @polskagirl01!
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    @quilteryoyo look again - there are TWO ducks! The female blends in and we didn't see her in real life right away, either. Also great job on your long run!
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,776 Member
    edited April 2021
    Nice work @Teresa502 and @kgirlhart
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @Teresa502 and @kgirlhart Look at you all running real races with real people! Great job both of you! @Teresa502 AG group place!! @kgirlhart So impressed with your PR!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,851 Member
    Great race @kgirlhart and nice swag goodies! Congrats on the PR!

    Congratulations on your long run @quilteryoyo. Still amazed by how well you are doing post-surgery.

    Love all the history and pictures @rheddmobile. Thanks for taking the time to do that.

  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    @rheddmobile thanks for the tour! The asylum reminded me of the psychiatric hospital featured in House, so I looked it up and you're right - that was also a Kirkbride building.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,550 Member
    Awesome racing and AG awards @Teresa502 and @kgirlhart! Exciting that you both got to run races IRL!

    Thanks for the tour @rheddmobile! That's very interesting. I'm afraid I won't be such a great tour guide when we get to Dallas.

    @Tramboman way to go getting your 7K PR!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,437 Member
    edited April 2021
    @katharmonic You are doing great! Enjoy the time with your mom.

    Hahaha @ContraryMaryMary ! Maybe the correct number is six.

    @kgirlhart Great race report. You sound like me, being indecisive about what to wear, where to pin the bib, etc. CONGRATULATIONS on your AG and overall Female placement and especially on your PR! You killed it!!! Nice swag and race pictures! You look so strong in the one where you are running.

    @polskagirl01 Now I see it. She sure does blend in.

  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    4/1 - 1.87 mile 30 min easy effort
    4/2 - 1.84 mile 30 min easy effort
    4/4 - 3.68 mile 60 min easy effort
    4/5 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/6 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/7 - 1.68 mile 23 min stamina effort
    4/8 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/9 - 2.29 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/11 - 4.32 mile 70 min easy effort
    4/12 - 2.35 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/13 - 2.34 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/14 - 1.77 mile 23 min stamina effort
    4/15 - 2.35 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/16 - 2.41 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/18 - 4.64 mile 70 min easy effort
    4/19 - 2.93 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/20 - 2.84 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/21 - 2.1 mile 27 min stamina effort
    4/22 - 2.81 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/23 - 2.84 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/25 - 5.55 mile 82 min easy effort

    April total/goal miles: 57.27/50

    @ContraryMaryMary - I'm lucky to get a whole cup of coffee down before I have to leave for a Sunday morning run, let alone get in 5 cocktails! :tongue: Sounds like a lot of fun though, except maybe afterwards. Not sure if more cocktails would help.

    @kgirlhart - Awesome 10k report, placement and excellent swag!

    Thanks for sharing @rheddmobile

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,437 Member
    @rheddmobile Thanks for the tour. I love the old buildings. Wish they had kept a little more of the historical aspects of the plantation house, but at least it wasn't torn down and it looks beautiful.

    Thanks @Teresa502 ! I amaze myself sometimes too! So thankful it went so well.

    @Tramboman ! Way to go on your hard run and PR's. That's awesome!

    Nice long run @pfeiferlindsay ! Increasing slowly is the smart thing to do.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    @Teresa502 congrats on your race and AG place! That's awesome!

    @ContraryMaryMary I think 5 cocktails is about right for fueling pre-run. Lol. I've had 5 shots during a 5k and it was a load of fun, although I wouldn't recommend it for a regular strategy.

    @kgirlhart great job on your 10k! Wow, PR and 1st in AG! Awesome job, you killed it! Love the flying race photo.

    @polskagirl01 I love the Strava art. I'll have to try it when I get back home. Here in Daytona my art has been a straight line up and down the beach.

    Thanks for the tour @rheddmobile
  • GatorLally
    GatorLally Posts: 9 Member
    goal - 20 miles
    started - 4/24/21

    4/24 - 2.5 miles. jog/brisk walk
    4/25 - 2.5 miles. jog/brisk walk
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,306 Member
    52.3/70 miles

    4/3: 6.2 miles
    4/5: 4 miles
    4/6:. 4.1 miles
    4/9: 4.1 miles
    4/12: 5.1 miles
    4/13: 2.6 miles
    4/16: 4 miles
    4/17: 5 miles
    4/20: 4.6 miles
    4/21: 4.1 miles
    4/22: 4 miles
    4/25: 4.5 miles

    Well I didn't make it out Saturday morning before work. I enjoyed the morning and ended up skipping my long run. I don't usually run on Sunday but I went out to a trail with my family today and ran with them today. It ended up being about what I would be doing tomorrow, so I'm just going to do my long run tomorrow and call it a switch.

    Awesome local history tour @rheddmobile
    Great race! @kgirlhart
    Good job getting your race done virtually @RunsOnEspresso. I might have just gone home.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,151 Member
    Thanks @contrarymarymary,
    @rheddmobile,
    @Teresa502
    @scott6255, @quilteryoyo, @whatmerunning, @katharmonic and @saramartiandale!

    And thanks for all the interesting info on the Memphis area @Rheddmobile. When we get to Texas the route will go about 10 miles north of my house. But I doubt it will be that interesting.  About all that is in that area are cows and pump jacks.

    @saramartaindale I was visiting with a couple of the runners after the race on Saturday and one lady asked if I was running the Possum's Revenge.  She said it is really nice and very scenic.  I told her that I have never run trails but that I knew someone who was running it. I'm not sure which distance she is running, but she said it is a really good race.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    4-1 7k slow
    4-2 7k slooooooow
    4-3 4k easy
    4-4 7k slow
    4-5 7k easy
    4-6 rest
    4-7 7k temperate (between tempo and moderate)
    4-8 4k easy
    4-9 7k easy
    4-10 7k temperate
    4-11 7k tempo
    4-12 rest
    4-13 7k tempo
    4-14 4k easy
    4-15 6k treadmill
    4-16 5k treadmill
    4-17 6k treadmill
    4-18 7k tempo
    4-19 rest
    4-20 7k tempo
    4-21 6k treadmill
    4-22 5k treadmill
    4-23 rest
    4-24 7k tempo
    4-25 7k hard
    4-26 rest

    April Total: 131k
    April Goal: 150k

    Rest day today. Golf instead of running.

    When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?

    PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
    Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)

    2021 Races:

    6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH
    9/18 5k Run and Roll, Aurora, OH
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,306 Member
    @kgirlhart Glad to hear I picked a scenic one! I’ve never been to that area so I’m really looking forward to it.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited April 2021
    4/1 - 1.87 mile 30 min easy effort
    4/2 - 1.84 mile 30 min easy effort
    4/4 - 3.68 mile 60 min easy effort
    4/5 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/6 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/7 - 1.68 mile 23 min stamina effort
    4/8 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/9 - 2.29 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/11 - 4.32 mile 70 min easy effort
    4/12 - 2.35 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/13 - 2.34 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/14 - 1.77 mile 23 min stamina effort
    4/15 - 2.35 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/16 - 2.41 mile 35 min easy effort
    4/18 - 4.64 mile 70 min easy effort
    4/19 - 2.93 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/20 - 2.84 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/21 - 2.1 mile 27 min stamina effort
    4/22 - 2.81 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/23 - 2.84 mile 41 min easy effort
    4/25 - 5.55 mile 82 min easy effort
    4/26 - 2.89 mile 41 min easy effort

    April total/goal miles: 60.16/50

    The warmer temps this morning definitely affected how quickly my HR climbed today, but my pace was still a little faster overall compared to prior runs. So six of one, half dozen of the other, I guess. Was a nice day for sure, even the strong winds (since they are blowing in warm air).

  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,550 Member

    I think part of the reason I am having a hard time getting motivated to run right now is that I am getting bored with my usual routes. The spots right around my house have been run hundreds of times over the last year + and I’m just tired of looking at them.

    Amen to that sister! I really need to find some new routes in my neighborhood.
  • pfeiferlindsey
    pfeiferlindsey Posts: 163 Member
    I'm in for 100 miles in April.

    Lunch run to start the day and month off right.

    April 1 - 3.14 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to Go- 96.86 miles

    Mileage goal for the week - (March 29 - April 4) - 25 miles - 13.15 miles to go

    I have been slacking about logging my miles daily.

    April 2 - 3.09 miles
    April 3 - 3.11 miles - Really great 5K. Feel like I'm getting my speed back.
    April 4 - 7.76 miles

    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to Go - 82.9 miles

    Mileage goal for the week - (March 29 - April 4) - 25 miles - Goal met with a little extra

    April 6 - 4.6 miles. Ran in a t-shirt today. Woohoo!!

    Total for April - 21.7 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    MIles to go - 78.3 miles

    Finals week in college, so things have been crazy and I've been falling behind on just about everything.

    April 7 - 4 lunch miles.

    Total for April - 25.7 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 74.3 miles

    April 9 - 6.03 miles

    Total for April - 31.73 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 68.27 miles

    Happy Happy Saturday!! Just realized I marked my Friday run wrong...I ran yesterday, not Thursday.

    April 10 - 4 miles
    Total for April - 35.73 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 64.27 miles

    Got the rare opportunity to run with my husband today :smile:

    April 11 - 8 miles
    Total for April - 43.73 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 56.27 miles

    5.11 miles to start this great day.

    Total for April - 48.84 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 51.16 miles

    Easy 5K on my day off...

    April 14 - 3.11 miles
    Total for April - 51.95 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 48.05 miles

    Got my second COVID vaccine dose yesterday and I am sure feeling it today. Glad I got to run yesterday morning because there is no way I'd have been able to run today.

    April 15 - 4.98 miles (8K as part of a virtual challenge)
    Total for April - 56.93 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 43.07 miles

    Felt so good at Saturday's 5K :smile: - Made me realize I still have a lot left in me and I am progressing towards another PR.

    April 17 - 3.11 miles
    April 18 - 3.38 miles

    Total for April - 63.42 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 36.58 miles

    3.5 miles to celebrate my 35th birthday!

    April 19 - 3.5 miles
    Total for April - 66.92 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 33.08 miles

    I appreciate all the birthday wishes!! Thank you all so much!!! All in all, it was a really good day.

    April 21 - 6.2 miles
    Total for April - 73.12 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 26.88 miles

    Asked my son last night how far I should run today. His first response was "85 miles!!", but decided on 4 after I told him 85 was a little out of my league.

    April 22 - 4.43 miles (little extra credit)
    Total for April - 77.55 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 22.45 miles

    @quilteryoyo - He's 7, so he totally knows 85 miles is a lot of miles to run. I wonder if he was just messing with me, but yes, 4 was the better choice.
    @WhatMeRunning - Maybe when they're older I'll venture into the realm of ultra running.

    April 24 - 4.59 miles
    Total for April - 82.14 miles
    April Goal - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 17.86 miles

    Met my long run goal for April which is 9 miles. Increasing my long runs slowly this year after 2020. It's hard because I feel so good, but I don't want to injure myself. So, slow it is.

    April 25 - 9.33 miles
    Total for April - 91.47 miles
    Goal for April - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 8.53 miles

    Strugglebus of a run today at lunch. Legs felt really good, everything else did not.

    April 26 - 3.10 miles
    Total for April - 94.57 miles
    Goal for April - 100 miles
    Miles to go - 5.43 miles (SO CLOSE!!!)