April 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

quilteryoyo

@katharmonic That was a beautiful low peak. Glad you made it that far. So sorry you started your weekend with a fall and there was drama during the weekend. It's good to hear that the group was able to basically get over it all before the weekend was over. I laughed at "picked up beer and pie." What a combination, but sounds like just the ticket to make everything feel a little better.

WhatMeRunning

quilteryoyo wrote: »

Which HRM do you have? I wonder about the accuracy of my Garmin sometimes, but I just go with it. LOL

I have a Garmin RUN chest strap HRM. I have two actually. The one giving me trouble today is the older one that came with my Forerunner 630 watch five years ago. I bought a second one in 2017 when this one started acting up exactly like this. I kept this one just in case and for these first couple weeks it has worked just fine, until now. I'll be breaking out the other one and probably buying a backup in the next few weeks. I like having an extra one on hand ever since I started having trouble with my first one a few years back.

skippygirlsmom

Hi all my monthly check in ha ha!

I'll go back and catch up. Hopefully now that I can "walk with a purpose" I can get some mileage in. Therapist said 3 miles 5 days a week. She doesn't think doctor will release me to start running until at least June or July based on seeing my type of injury in the past.

I'm putting in 50 miles this week.

RunsOnEspresso

Hal has me doing low mile base building with Sun/Mon off. I'm gonna go against him and run on Sundays anyway.

Anyway, a 5k this morning. 5.1 miles for April so far.

I was gonna post a couple of photos but MFP is being weird.

Avidkeo

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

Hal has me doing low mile base building with Sun/Mon off. I'm gonna go against him and run on Sundays anyway.

Anyway, a 5k this morning. 5.1 miles for April so far.

I was gonna post a couple of photos but MFP is being weird.

Lol its kinda fun going against hal from time to time. He won't notice haha.

I'm going against garmin for the next week. It's going to want me to do 8ks and speed work, but it's taper week. Greg isn't happy but he will be next week lol.

Avidkeo

Morning all.

Well im definitely enjoying the cooler weather! As you guys head into summer, we see the darkness descending and think "yay time for some PBs!"

Today's training is a 19.5k run.im going down along the water again, good practice for next weekend.

I started checking the weather for next weekend and it's conflicting. Some saying rain, others saying overcast. And it looks like it's going to be windy. But northerly wind, so shouldn't be a headwind at any point since the course is west to east.

Right better hit the road!

kgirlhart

April Goal: 100 Miles

4/1: 5.51 miles
4/2: 1.41 miles


6.92/100  miles completed for April

I'm in for 100 miles again for April.

I decided to run today even though my run streak is over. I think I am going to keep the short runs before yoga on Mondays and Fridays.  So I ran 1.4 miles this morning. It was a nice little run. And tomorrow will definitely be a rest day. I'm looking forward to it. My son and his girlfriend are coming for Easter.  My daughter is not coming this year, but I am still looking forward to CJ and Clarissa and my "granddog" Ein.

@katharmonic I'm sorry your hike didn't turn out the way you wanted.  But I'm glad your back is better and it still looks like a lovely hike.






2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon

sweetdaisy13

9.5 miles today - longest multi-terrain run wearing my 'barefoot' minimalist shoes. No knee problems and I think (apart from the mountain trails where I use my trail shoes which are comfortable) I'm going to switch to these for the time being. They really are helping to stop my knees from hurting.

April cumulative: 14/100 miles

emptydog

It was icy here this morning. I am mostly okay with cold or snow, but ice is not my friend.
I did a shorter run this afternoon just so I would not miss a day.
The sun was shining, the temperature was 34F, and the ice was gone.
I went 1.39 miles around the neighborhood. It was quite pleasant.

I hope the day went well for all.

April: 6.57/100 miles.

Avidkeo

Back from my long run. I did 19.5k in 1:53:45 which means I'm well on track for the sub 2:03:00 half. I was incredibly tempted to do it today since I had hit my stride but decided not too because I want to save it for next week.

It was one of those runs that no matter how often I tried to slow my pace kept getting faster and faster. I settled into 5:45 quite happily and often crept up to 5:35. Which gives me confidence that in June ill break the 2hrs.

I had some rice pudding in the car for straight after - fantastic post run fuel I think! I really liked it. And now have a heap of chores to keep me occupied for the rest of the day. Yay

Teresa502

April 1 – 5.11 miles
April 2 – 8.07 miles

Ran on a local trail this morning with a friend. The sun was shining but it was breezy and the temp was around 31F.

Glad you’re hamstring is improving @shanaber but I don’t know how you run in that heat!

Those puppies are soooo adorable @quilteryoyo!

Great to see you @katharmonic. I’m so scared to take a running break – afraid that I won’t start back if I stop. Gorgeous views from atop that mountain! Sorry the weekend didn’t work out as planned. Sounds like you salvaged what you could and didn’t injury your back any worse.

quilteryoyo

@skippygirlsmom I was just thinking about you this morning. I'm glad you are doing ok. And, I assume you mean 50 miles this month, not week. June will be here before you know it!

@RunsOnEspresso and @Avidkeo ! You are such rebels!

I hope you have great weather next weekend @Avidkeo ! You are doing great!

@kgirlhart Enjoy your family this weekend!

Nice running @sweetdaisy13 . Glad the minimalist shoes are helping your knees.

I don't think ice is anyone's friend @emptydog ! Way to get out there and get a run in in those conditions.

Nice running @Teresa502 ! That wind sure did make things feel a lot colder. I stayed inside most of the day.

quilteryoyo

Date.......Run............ Walk
4/1...... 0.00............ 2.25 - Treadmill
4/1.......2.25.............1.00 - Treadmill - easy

5.50/80 miles

I got up this morning feeling motivated to get some house cleaning done. By the time I ate breakfast, that motivation was gone and I just had zero energy. I made myself wrap up and walk to get the mail, thinking the cool, fresh air would give me some energy. Nope. So, I came in and laid down for almost 1.5 hours. I didn't nap, but felt better when I got up, so decided to go to the basement and get my exercise in before my energy level dropped again. Since I wasn't feeling the best, I did decide to take it really easy. So, I did my run/walk for 4/1 minutes doing the 4 min parts at 4.5/4.6/4.7/4.7/4.6/4.5 mph and the walk at 3.8 mph. Turned out to average 4.5 mph and my HR averaged 139bpm.

Not surprisingly, I felt a lot better and had more energy after the run, but it was short lived. I hope I'm not getting sick and all I need is a good night's sleep.

katharmonic

quilteryoyo wrote: »

I laughed at "picked up beer and pie." What a combination, but sounds like just the ticket to make everything feel a little better.

@quilteryoyo it was a great combo! LOL. One of our friends always stops at this diner that makes fantastic pies so he made us stop and we got 3 of them - apple blackberry, apple raspberry and strawberry rhubarb. And he was right, they were awesome. And then there was a craft beer store right next door to a gas station we stopped at so it was perfect. One of the beers was some kind of peanut butter stout that was fantastic. Maybe not with the pie.

Teresa502 wrote: »

Great to see you @katharmonic. I’m so scared to take a running break – afraid that I won’t start back if I stop. Gorgeous views from atop that mountain! Sorry the weekend didn’t work out as planned. Sounds like you salvaged what you could and didn’t injury your back any worse.

Thanks @Teresa502. I was and still am scared about that too. It was so easy to just take another day, and then another and another. And then I decided March was a wash anyway so I shouldn't push it just to log miles. Fortunately I have friends who won't let me quit and my sanity sort of depends on it

Great to see you check in @skippygirlsmom! Fantastic progress to be putting in some serious walking miles.

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ContraryMaryMary

I had a 30 min aerobic (comfortable chatting pace) + 30 min tempo (not quite half marathon pace) today which promised to be a challenge as I was aching all over from yesterday’s glute-centric yoga/gardening marathon. I really didn’t know if I’d be able to get the legs going, however I did and I was very pleased with how it turned out. Particularly happy with my tempo pace as it was about 10 secs per kilometre faster than usual and that I was able to maintain it the whole 30.

quilteryoyo

Sounds like a great run @ContraryMaryMary ! Yea for the faster pace.

kgirlhart

I hope a good night sleep is all you need and you aren't coming down with something @quilteryoyo.

Good to see you checking in @skippygirlsmom.

emptydog

@quilteryoyo

I hope I'm not getting sick and all I need is a good night's sleep.

I hope you are feeling better. Being sick is no fun at all.

rheddmobile

Short easy run yesterday but it was an event! We ran the Germantown Greenway for the first time since Covid! Scads of people out there, mostly cyclists. I really missed running there. No wonder my legs are out of shape, just a 3 mile easy run was working muscles I haven’t felt in a year, with all the curves and up and down. The river is as high as it can be without flooding the trail, and very fast. Flowers were pretty, we saw a deer, and we also saw a bunny! It must have been the Easter bunny out making preparations!

pfeiferlindsey

emptydog wrote: »

pfeiferlindsey wrote: »

pfeiferlindsey wrote: »

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

@pfeiferlindsey
So you had pi for lunch.

@emptydog you totally made my morning! Thank you!!