May 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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Nice run @Scott6255 !
Great run @Tramboman !
@pfeiferlindsey I'm sure that was a tough 4 miles. Hope you have recovered tomorrow.
Finally back to the HM plan - rest day on Sunday. LOL I did walk 1.0 mile at a 3.5 mph pace. I'm still really tired. Getting more sleep would help that. And, now I have laryngitis. My throat's really not sore and I've only coughed a little. I just can't talk. It's really weird. One of these days I'll get back to normal, I hope.8 -
Checking in from Tx where apparently it is MONSOON season. LOL. Got 1.3" of rain since last night. Buttt... I did manage to sneak in a 10 milers today to put me at 105.59 for the month against a goal of 200. It's going to be tough because I do not like running in the rain and that is the entire forecast for the rest of the month.
I guess I can't complain because it is warm out so the only thing I worry about is ruining my shoes.
Speaking of which yesterday I used a new on sale pair of nikes different model than I had been the last year and my 4 mile pace was LIGHTNING. I got no explanation except the shoes.
Just as a sort of comparison which I think yall as runners will understand I look at year to year pace and distances. This would not be such a big deal if I was new to running but for someone who has run off and on (mostly on) for over 35 years and never really improved much it is huge. The green is 2021 pace and the right side is pace for the same date in 2020. Overall I am on target to get 40 % of my splits under 10 min pace this year. Last year I was lucky to break 11. I really chalk it up to doing a lot more sprint work and 2 per day runs. Or it could just be the shoes....
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Congrats @SummerSkier that is a very large jump in one year for an established runner!
Hope you are quickly on the mend from that laryngitis @quilteryoyo3 -
Sorry to leave y'all hanging! It's been a busy day.
RACE RECAP:First race since September! First day of "no masks required outside". The neighboring town had a huge fire years ago that destroyed a lot of the town, and they now commemorate it with a night 5k - this year it was in a closed-off skate park with "no spectators", and firefighters holding torches to light the route. There were 4 separate waves of 125 people each, with an hour between start times, and the course map even listed how many volunteers from each sponsoring group were allotted to stand at each location (almost like they knew ahead of time exactly what the regulations were going go be).
On my drive there, I passed 2 guys running along the main road and wondered if they were going to the race. They were - I later saw them as they arrived. They had about 7 km to go from where I passed them, and weren't from my running club, so I don't know where they started from, but they added at LEAST 14k to the 5k race. Now that's a warmup!
My race (wave 1 with a 9pm start) was pretty uneventful, it was just great running with people and not having to deal with the mask. It was 5 laps of a 1-km rollerblade course, with only a slight bit of elevation change, which of course felt almost flat on the first lap, and got steeper with every lap. I went a little too fast on the first 2 laps, which I didn't fully realize until lap 5 when I saw that people I had been steadily passing were now passing me - and it wasn't that they had sped up, I was slowing. I wasn't too concerned though, as I was well within my time goal. Just had to hold on for that last lap.
There were 2 fast guys I don't know from the running club also running, and another friend ran in a later wave, but I didn't stick around. The organizers wanted us to leave anyway because they were trying to keep numbers down. I got top 10 in my age group for my wave, not sure how that stacks up with the other waves. Not bad for me
To finish out my night, on the drive home I heard a remake of Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio, followed by a long discussion about it in Czech, which I hardly understood. The group (Pentatonix) didn't use any instruments other than their voices. I mean, they're very talented, but to me you can't just remake that song and try to copy it note for note. So I needed to go home and YouTube the original to feel better 😆
Today was a rest day: church, Food Truck Festival(!), and some friends came for coffee. I need to get to sleep, but am still full of energy for some reason.
Pictures - check out how fast I was going in the finish line photo, LOL.
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Great race report and congrats @Polskagirl01! The first wave started at 9:00 pm? I could never race over there - way past my bed time!3
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May Goal: 100 Miles
5/2: 9.75 miles
5/4: 5.52 miles
5/5: 5.30 miles
5/7: 5.26 miles
5/9: 10.03 miles
5/10: 5.27 miles
5/12: 5.11 miles
5/13: 5.27 miles
5/15: 5.02 miles
56.53/100 miles completed for May
So far we haven't had any of the storms they were predicting. We did get 3/10 an inch of rain. It was nice this morning so I went out and ran 6.25 miles even though I ran yesterday. I didn't run long yesterday so my weekend mileage was about average. Right now I am on track to hit my goal this month. I'm hoping to get some runs in this week but we'll just have to see. My son and his girlfriend are going to Denver next weekend so they are coming here first so we can watch Ein the Corgi. I'm pretty excited about seeing them.
Great race race report @polska_girl! And great job on your race!
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon
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5/1 13.29 miles
5/2 13.24 miles
5/3 13.52 miles
5/4 13.42 miles, 1100 Days on the run, 282 days HM+ streak
5/5 13.22 miles
5/6 13.56 miles
5/7 13.49 miles
5/8 13.31 miles
5/9 13.43 miles, 1105 Days on the run, 287 days HM+ streak, Crazy Laps
5/10 13.35 miles
5/11 13.47 miles
5/12 13.35 miles
5/13 13.44 miles
5/14 13.39 miles, 1110 Days on the run, 292 days HM+ streak
5/15 14.37 miles
5/16 14.55 miles, 25.2 miles Cycle7 -
Nice improvements @SummerSkier ! I hope they are wrong about the forecast and you can find some non-rain running times.
Thanks @WhatMeRunning . It's very frustrating, especially trying to talk to mom who can't hear well anyway.
Great racing @polskagirl01 ! You were lightening at the finish line.
Congrats on being in the top 10 for your wave.
Glad you got in another run today @kgirlhart ! I know you are going to enjoy seeing your son and his girlfriend.4 -
You're a blur, @polskagirl01 !!!2
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5/1 - 3.14
5/2 - 3.34
5/4 – 3.22
5/6 – 3.11
5/9 – 3.27
5/11 – 3.2
5/12 – 1.11 walking pups
5/13 – 3.26
5/14 – 1.30 walking pups
5/14 – 1.52 hike with Champ
5/15 – 5.02 miles trail walking
5/16 – 3.20 miles
34.69 of 50 miles
Thanks @rheddmobile @quilteryoyo @WhatMeRunning and @Scott6255. I actually hiked over the weekend at 2 different places then where I fell. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever be able to go there again, the first place I went Rainbow Mountain I have never been before and I turned towards the parking lot because I was getting tired of all the ankle twisting rocks and starting to climb next to a creek sort of like where I fell but on a smaller scale. I wouldn’t even look at the creek. I was happy thought my ankle was okay yesterday after all the turning it did. I was happy to go on Sunday for 5 miles at my old stomping grounds with my friend, we thought we’d run but once we got there we were chatting away because we haven’t seen each other in almost a year so we really enjoying walking and talking, it was good to get my feet on the trails there. When we pulled up to the gate to enter the guy who mans the gate was like girl where have you been, I said oh that’s a very long story for another day but I’ve miss you and the pup (he has a sweet dog that comes to work with him).
@pfeiferlindsey that is definitely a good note to yourself.
@polskagirl01 I’m thinking I wouldn’t have hung around that cemetery either ha ha. There are some songs that should just be left alone…anything by Queen is one of them. Great race! Nice picture, you are moving, love the medal. Ha ha @Teresa502 you and me both
@kgirlhart forecast of 9 day so rain, yuck @SummerSkier yuck on all your rain too, just don’t put them in the dryer let them air dry and they will be good. If you take in inner soles out and put newspaper in them they will dry rather quickly. You’re doing great
Races:
November 14 – Battleship 12K
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After the most glorious running day yesterday - cool, clear and still - today is cold and very gusty with sunshine and drizzle at short and unpredictable intervals. Happy it's a rest day.
I'm off to the physio to try and sort out my hip/ankle/foot. Have also booked an osteo appointment for Wednesday. I thought I was getting better but yesterday's long run showed my I wasn't. I'm pretty confident it's my hip, but unjamming it is quite tricky. Fingers crossed it comes right quickly.7 -
Ahhh been crazy with work the last few days. I think that illness I had really took the stuffing out of me, I felt awful for my long run Saturday and just didn't run well. Rest day yesterday and I was exhausted. Mentally and physically. Today I feel like a new person. I had energy, and just feel better. I went for a 1hr run at around 12pm in the pouring rain - dodging thunder storms. It was fantastic. And my HR stayed green for the bulk of the run, rather than straying into the orange which it has done the last week. So apart from the occasionally annoying cough I think im finally over it.
That said, last night at work I dropped my phone and think I damaged the screen. It's a couple of years old but still had a lot of life. After the drop the screen would randomly do weird things, including calling my BFF at 11pm! Fortunately she's always awake at that time of night. I investigated fixing it but would have cost as much as the phone is worth, and also take over a week. And because I'm on call over the weekend I decided to just buy a new phone. I need something reliable.
So spent most of today figuring that out. Turns out my priority was getting garmin set up! Pro tip - if you don't disconnect your watch from your old phone, it won't connect to your new one. I won't tell you how long it took me to figure that out.
Camera isn't as good as the old one but meh doesn't matter.
don't believe the sunshine, its lying to you!7 -
Great race report and congrats @Polskagirl01! The first wave started at 9:00 pm? I could never race over there - way past my bed time!
Wave 1 sold out pretty fast, I was glad to get into it. Felt bad for the midnight Wave 4 runners. But it had to be dark for the torches to make sense, and we get a cool high-vis vest in the packet. I'll probably use it a lot for cycling, as it fits better than the ones I have.
Today I did 8.5 km in the rain on one of my standard road routes. My hip botheres me for the first 7 km, then suddenly everything just felt better. So I made sure to do the PT routine and feel fine now. I really don't like doing all that stretching, but if it keeps me running, ok.7 -
Goal: 100 running miles
May 1 – Hiking (7.79 miles)
May 2 – Biking (22.37 miles)
May 3 – Running (4.5 miles)
May 4 – Strength; walking (1.41 miles)
May 5 – Running (3.65 miles)
May 6 – Rest
May 7 – Running (5.17 miles)
May 8 – Hiking (6.93 miles)
May 9 – Running (6.53 miles); Strength
May 10 – Hiking (5.5 miles); Strength
May 11 – Running (5.22 miles)
May 12 – Running (5.01 miles)
May 13 – Strength; Exercise Bike (10 miles)
May 14 – Running (7.02 miles)
May 15 – Hiking (9.5 miles; 3565 elevation gain)
May 16 – Biking (32.06 miles); Strength; Stretch class
May 17 – Running (5.15 miles)
Last night rain was in the forecast for this morning but it held off and was cloudy and humid instead - 96% humidity and 54F at 5:00 am
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Distance Log:
5/4 1.5 miles
5/8 1.7 miles
5/10 2.2 miles
5.17 2.2 miles
Total: 7.6/20 miles
Feeling much better now! A lingering cough but my head finally feels much clearer. My 10 year old son actually went with me today - he's been asking for a while now but he's usually not up early enough. But today he committed to getting up and was actually ready to go before me. I'm still doing Couch to 5k and he was able to do the shorter intervals without taking a break to walk. He's very, very active otherwise, but the idea of doing a steady, measured pace for any preset length of time is antithetical to his nature. But we had fun and he wants to come with me again. 10 -
Hope you have a great visit with your son @kgirlhart
@polskagirl01 - Someone should let the race organizers know that they need to use high-speed cameras to try and catch you whizzing past the finish line
Someday I want to be like @AlphaHowls No lie!
So happy to hear you are feeling back to your healthy self again @Avidkeo and hope you enjoy the new phone. Phone camera seems to work just fine!
Hope that physio can help with the foot/ankle/hip issues @ContraryMaryMary6 -
5/2 - 5.66 mile 82 min easy effort
5/3 - 2.11 mile 30 min easy effort
5/4 - 2.15 mile 30 min easy effort
5/5 - 1.66 mile 20 min stamina effort
5/6 - 2.19 mile 30 min easy effort
5/7 - 2.17 mile 30 min easy effort
5/9 - 4.15 mile 60 min easy effort
5/10 - 3.46 mile 48 min easy effort
5/11 - 3.47 mile 48 min easy effort
5/12 - 2.61 mile 32 min stamina effort
5/13 - 3.45 mile 48 min easy effort
5/17 - 3.20 mile 45 min easy effort
May total: 36.28 miles
May goal: 95 miles
The rain ended just in time for me to get out an run this morning, and I felt good enough to attempt it. Had no issues whatsoever with my gait or discomfort. I took a different route towards the paved streamway trails to check for any flooding to determine the best route, and it turned out all of the normal paths were clear save for a few puddles too large to avoid. Those parts were the most fun though.
I ran for a different amount of time (45 minutes) because this downtime gave me some extra time to analyze the last several weeks and it looks like I am ready (and long overdue) for some higher HR efforts. So my overall "mileage" (more accurately my time spent running per week) will stay the same as where it had been on this last training cycle but the overall effort will be going up by adding in tempo efforts and sprint intervals.5 -
@polskagirl01 Great race report. I like the idea of a night race and have toyed with the idea of a couple in my area, but have never done one. I am asleep before 10 usually, so it would definitely be a weird time to run. But it seems cool because they usually have a neat "thing" like the torches, or a headlamp trail race, or lots of glowy things on the racers. Fun stuff.
Looks like a bunch of people are sharing my rainy week forecast. I don't mind running in the rain at home. But this weekend is my trail race and its supposed to be off and on raining there all week too. I have never been there so I have no idea how those trails hold up to moisture but I am preparing for the worst. I never expected to have a fast race because I figured it would be hot. I am staying at an airBnb close enough to walk to the race site. That may end up being a really good thing because I may be so muddy I wouldn't want to get in my car.8 -
5-1 7k moderate
5-2 5k tempo
5-3 5k treadmill
5-4 4k moderate
5-5 5k treadmill
5-6 7k tempo
5-7 5k treadmill
5-8 5k treadmill
5-9 5k treadmill
5-10 rest
5-11 7k tempo
5-12 6k moderate
5-13 rest
5-14 7k tempo
5-15 7k threshold
5-16 7k tempo
5-17 rest
May Total: 82k
May Goal: 150k
Rest day today. Golf instead of running. Diet Coke really tastes good when the losers buy for the winners.
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, OH6 -
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In for another 100 miles this month. Stretch goal will be 110 miles, but have a lot planned this month, so we'll see if I can squeak that out.
May 1 - 3.09 miles
Total for May - 3.09 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 96.91 milespfeiferlindsey wrote: »Morning all!
In for another 100 miles this month. Stretch goal will be 110 miles, but have a lot planned this month, so we'll see if I can squeak that out.
May 1 - 3.09 miles
Total for May - 3.09 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 96.91 miles
Ha, I should have waited until after my run to post everything, but oh well.
May 2 - 6.43 miles
Total for May - 9.52 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 90.48 miles
Miss a day and you miss so much!!
@quilteryoyo - You totally got it! Look forward to hearing all about the training and experience.
May 4 - 5.11 miles
Total for May - 14.63 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 85.37 miles
Yesterday in a t-shirt, this morning in long sleeves and probably should have worn gloves. Come on warmer weather!
May 5 -4.47 miles
Total for May - 19.1 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to Go - 80.9 miles
@martaindale - I promise you I want that sweet spot of not needing gloves/tights/long sleeves but not hot and humid.
Took my speed work to the track today. Five, four minute tempo intervals with recovery in between. Felt really good.
May 6 - 3.61 miles
Total for May - 22.71 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 77.29 miles
May 7 - 3.13 miles
Total for May -25.84 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 74.16 miles
First double digit run in over a year!!
May 9 - 10.04 miles
Total for May - 35.88 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 64.12 miles
Just an easy 10K to start the day.
May 11 - 6.28 miles
Total for May - 42.16 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 57.84 miles
Had another opportunity to run with my husband today and really enjoyed it as we don't get to do it often.
May 12-4.36 miles
Total for May - 46.52 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 53.48 miles
May 13 - 3.11 miles
Total for May - 49.63 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to Go - 50.37 miles
May 15 - 6.22 miles
Total for May - 55.85 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 44.15 miles
Note to self...don't try to run long less than 24 hours after donating blood. Did get a nice 4 mile run in though.
May 16 - 4 miles
Total for May - 59.85 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 40.15 miles
@skippygirlsmom - I totally know better too.
@ quilteryoyo - Thanks, feel much better today.
Much better today. Wanted to get a Monday run in since tomorrow and Wednesday are iffy with weather (calling for thunderstorms).
May 17 - 4 miles
Total for May - 63.85 miles
May Goal - 100 miles
Miles to go - 36.15 miles5
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