May 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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5-1 7k moderate
5-2 5k tempo
May Total: 12k
May Goal: 150k
Sunny, low 60s F with a brisk wind from the south. Went to my favorite 5k course with my wife and daughter -- they waked and I ran. Originally planned on three laps, but started too slow and then went too fast, so cut it to two laps.
Love the idea of a memorial run -- the simpler the better.
@quilteryoyo Agree with the sentiment behind registering now to increase training motivation -- not that you need any motivation!!!
And welcome to all the new participants. This is a great group chock full of super ideas. Only caveat is that new people cannot be more than 69 years and 63 days old as of today. I refuse to be dethroned as oldest participant, as it's about the only running thing where I have taken and can maintain the lead (just barely).
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, OH10 -
Thanks @quilteryoyo for pointing me into the right thread
Happy May everyone! Sorry I have been so MIA, work has just been insane.
I'm setting a mileage goal of 50 this month and I CAN RUN!!!! Went to the surgeon on Thursday for my check up and she said the break is completely healed as expected and the ligaments as attached beyond her what she would have thought at this point in recovery. She said she was really worried since they were completed disconnected from the bone. She said to start with intervals and put off trails for a bit, she was amazed at the strength in my ankle already and said I must have been working hard on on PT. I promptly went home and ran 1.5 miles, well I ran 1 and did intervals on the .5. I'm going to count everything here that is done with a purpose so like my 3 miles yesterday I split up, 1 mile with dogs walking, one mile with Champ running, and 1 miles with Champ alternating run .25 walk like .1.
5/1 - 3.14
5/2 - 3.34
6.48 of 50 miles
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@skippygirlsmom that is incredible! I remember back in Jan when you hurt yourself and the doc said maybe a year before you could run. LOOK AT YOU GO!!!! Talk about underestimating a runner's ability to come back.
@quilteryoyo I agree. Train for the half. It's a great motivator!
@Scott6255 that's an AMAZING race for you today. Well done! in spite of the extra 5 lbs of sweat. (for women we call it "glow")
May 1 8.1 miles/8.1 cum goal 200
May 2 9.12 miles/ 17.22 cum
May 3
May 4
May 5
Today's run was in 2 parts. I am working really hard at improving my cardiovascular by not only running for speed but also to keep my heart rate down. First 6 miles I managed to keep it in the 140's avg altho the pace was over 11 min miles. (which always chuffs me!) but second 5K was a sprint in my rocket nikes which sometimes I have trouble keeping up with. And altho my HR was in the 170's with a high over 190 (YIKES!) it really was speedwork with 8:49 avg for the distance.7 -
So I, smugly, thought I was pretty fit after a year with a trainer who upped my mileage from 40km to around 60km a week. Now that I’ve moved from working on my half marathon to working on my 10k, I’ve had two weeks of speed work on the trot and I’m dead.
My bum hurts, my legs are heavy, and my abs hurt. I know runners need and will have a strong core but I’ve never actually gotten sore abs while running before. And the fact that my sprint pace is still ridiculously slow, it seems a little incongruous to be this beat up.
Oh well, as I’m not literally dead I must be getting stronger.
If you need me, I’ll be napping over here.13 -
Nice running @SummerSkier ! Haha about having trouble keeping up with your rocket nikes. I think your paces are amazing.
@ContraryMaryMary I guess when you start doing things differently, you're going to feel it. You are so good at following the coach's plan, you are going to kill the 10K. Do you have a goal in mind?2 -
May Goal: 100 Miles
5/2: 9.75 miles
9.75/100 miles completed for May
I had a really good 9.75 mile run this morning. I probably should have gotten out earlier, but I slept in a little. It was 66°F with 96% humidity at the start and at the end it was 72°F but the humidity had fallen to 78%. It was warm and kind of muggy, but I was so glad to see some sunshine that I didn't really mind. I kind of hated to stop at 9.75, but by the time I got home I was pretty hot and I really needed to use the bathroom so I decided that 9.75 was good enough and I didn't have to go to 10.
I think the idea of a memorial run is great. I am in, unless tutus are mandatory and then I am out. 🙃 But seriously I think it's a great idea and I think the simpler the better.
Welcome @gamommy2 and @jane_76! And welcome back @abowersgirl!
@skippygirlsmom I am so glad you are able to run again!
@quilteryoyo Definitely sign up! You have plenty of time to train!
Great run @Scott6255! It was definitely humid today, but I was still glad it wasn't raining anymore.
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon6 -
I did it. I signed up for the AF HM in September. It's a little scary, especially when I read the description of the course and it starts with "The Air Force Half Marathon course is as challenging as it is rewarding!" Not sure my first HM should be "challenging" and the course "heads uphill right from the start." Guess I'd better start running those hills instead of walking them. LOL
Since I won't have anyone there, I don't think, as support or to take pictures, I did order their picture package. I'd hate to not have a picture of my first HM.
I am going to try to follow the Matt Fitzgerald plan fairly closely. I also signed up for their free running coach just to see how they compare.
Looking at the plan, my goal for May is to run 60 miles, walk 30 miles, and keep my streak going.
Today is a rest day on the plan, so I walked one fast mile to my mom's house for our Sunday lunch. Totals for the month so far are 3.0 miles walked, zero miles ran.
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Way to go @quilteryoyo! You are definitely up to the challenge!2
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Yay @quilteryoyo you totally for this. I'm in awe of your recovery!
@ContraryMaryMary I feel ya! I am doing more speed work atm and the butt hurt is real.
@SummerSkier nice work, and I wouldn't stress too much about HR
@skippygirlsmom omg thats awesome!! So so happy for you!2 -
You got this, @quilteryoyo. Just train as your plan requires and execute the plan. With all you've overcome, a half should be a breeze.4
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I'm too tired from hiking today o catch up but just found we moved over here. So I'm bookmarking and I'll be back tomorrow!6
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Today called for 40 mins easy run, with 5 min warm up and cool down, so 50 min easy run 😜
Kids have gone back to school, and I'm still on holiday (yay). I popped into work for 2 minutes to say hi to my students who have come back to clinical, and to send myself a presentation I'm working on for a virtual conference in June. I thought I had until June to do it, turns out I have to submit a recording it next week. So my holiday week will now become finish presentation week lol.
I then went for a run along our costal walk way. As always I love it. It was an easy nice run. I really embraced the slower pace and did have to keep slowing myself down, but still enjoyed it.
Now chilling at home with a very happy cat in my lap.
Leo the Lion7 -
WTG, @quilteryoyo! I think you made a good decision. You got this!5
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On the location of the thread - note for the future... the MFP admins can move a thread opened in the incorrect location if need be - that way we don't have two threads open or people lost/confused because there are 2,
On the memorial run - I am up for whatever the group decides. I think keeping it simple is the best way to include everyone and something that goes over a weekend would work well for everyone.
I am in for the 100 Mile Club - reposting here to keep my accountability. Got in 4.46 miles in yesterday and today was a rest day.7 -
Thanks @rheddmobile and @polskagirl.
Maybe to start we get some ideas of what people would want to do, and go from there. I agree the worldwide marathon was a challenge! And I can see a lot of issues with trying to say everyone run bwtween 9am - 11am GMT or something like that - though it sounds fun!
I had thought of keeping it really simple, set up a give a little or everyday hero page to a specific charity, probably an American running related charity, and people can sign up, contribute what ever they want (if they want to contribute, no one has to, that's important).
Or another idea is a month long bingo type challenge. So we make up a bingo card with several options, people check off their bingo card, and when they have completed it, they get the certificate.
Challenges can include run in a tutu, find a dog on your run, say what motivated you for this run etc. Can post in a seperate forum post dedicated to it, or our private FB page.
Commenting on this as I read it so I don't lose it or run out of time.
I think it's an awesome idea and I'm in, whatever gets decided on.
One suggestion though, if possible I would ask PV's wife and son about the charity.4 -
Ok, I've caught up more or less, phew!
Hi everyone, still crazy busy but I miss you all so am going to try and keep up this month!
Awesome to see lots of new names over the few weeks I've been gone, welcome everyone!
I'm not setting a distance goal for this month because I have absolutely no idea what my plans are (and not knowing/having the plan terrifies me!) The only thing I'm sure of is I'll be doing my HM distance for the month on either the 15th or the 22nd to keep up my streak (7 months so far).
Reason I have no idea, is my local sports club started an official trail club and for some strange reason I joined. Group training sessions on Monday and Thursday afternoons with two very nice but scarily fit coaches, so I'm having to adapt to lots of new stuff. There are only usually 5 or 6 of us, and sadly they're all way faster than me but they do stop and wait for me to catch up every now and again.
First, running with other people, which was new to me and is interesting as their easy warm up pace is my 5k race pace! I'm going to come out of this either super fit or broken, not quite sure which yet. My Garmin keeps telling me I need something crazy like 3.5 days to recover from a workout.
Second, just running in the afternoons... I'm used to running first thing in the morning and having all day to eat the calories back. A couple of days I haven't managed to eat enough before or after a session and ended up feeling really dizzy the following day.
Third, hills. I hate hills, why on earth did I get myself into it???
Because I LOVE it, that's why!
Had to buy myself a pair of decent trail shoes, which are hiding in the hopes by the time my husband spots them they'll be too dirty to look like they're new...
And there's the subject of the race....
Trail races are starting to happen again here, but they're very small events, usually 200 runners at the most. So places go within 2-3 minutes of them opening. There's one nearby in October everyone was interested in. I said I might sign up for the 12k and everyone else talked me into doing the 21km (with 1000 metres of elevation, argh!)... then I was the only one to get a place, so I'll be all on my own, eek! Good job there's lots of time to train. Not sure if I'm excited or terrified.
The evilest of the two coaches sent me this week's plan last night. Drills and speedwork today, 1 hour easy run tomorrow (will do Wednesday morning and hope he doesn't tell me off), group run on the trails/hills on Thursday, 2 hours solo with hills on Saturday. Ok. I can do that. I'm a bit wary of reducing my mileage, but I spent most of April juggling and trying to work out how to meet the random mileage I've been doing every week in combination with the group sessions, so this month (apart from insisting on doing my HM distance) I'm going to trust the guys and see what happens.
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That's brilliant @quilteryoyo! Good luck with your half marathon training.2
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Re: location of the thread
I attempted to delete the discussion the discussion I started (in the wrong location) several times, but it is still there. So I renamed it to "This is the WRONG May 2021 Monthly Running Challenge", and the only thing in the body is the link to the correct location. I see it is tagged as "Closed" now, so hopefully no one else will be able to post there.8 -
Saturday ran for the first time since being sick, very easy 5k on trails. First hot run of the year, it was 82 and humid. Still not up to usual but much better than Friday when just lifting my warm up weights had me out of breath! I haven’t been this sick to my stomach in years, wonder what my husband and I got into. We still don’t see enough people for it to be likely to be a stomach bug.
Sunday lifted normally, back to feeling almost like my usual self. Failed my highest weight on military press which sometimes happens when I’m not feeling perfect, but otherwise good. I also took a belly dancing class online. My mom was a belly dance instructor many years ago and I grew up playing around with it but haven’t done it in decades. It was fun and a good low impact rest day activity.7 -
5-1 7k moderate
5-2 5k tempo
5-3 5k treadmill
May Total: 17k
May Goal: 150k
Today is supposed to be a golf day, but rain washed that out. Had to stretch my back this morning - it was tight yesterday and tight again this morning. It normally loosens up after a couple of kilometers, but if I'm planning on racing a 5k, I don't have a couple of kilometers to loosen up. I usually do a slow kilometer or so before the race, but I really need to work on my back (again).
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, OH7 -
Thanks everyone for your support for the HM. You're all the best.
@Avidkeo I hope you don't have to spend too much of your vacation time working on your presentation. Nice run and cuddle buddy.
@eleanorhawkins Glad to see you back here. Sounds like you are enjoying the trail run group, even if, or maybe because, it is hard and challenging.
@rheddmobile Glad you are finally feeling better and were able to run on Saturday. Belly dancing sounds like fun, but I don't think I am coordinated enough for it.
@Tramboman Hope your back is feeling better.5 -
Legs are noodles today after being a weekend warrior. LOL
Managed to turtle out a 5K but it was pretty ugly. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
May 1 8.1 miles/8.1 cum goal 200
May 2 9.12 miles/ 17.22 cum
May 3 3.1 miles/ 20.32 cum
May 4
May 5
Love reading all the updates so far. Wow this thread moves like lightening. Wish I could run that fast.9 -
So great to hear you are cleared to run @skippygirlsmom
@ContraryMaryMary doing speedwork after a couple years of regular HM running kicked me hard in the core at first too and made me rethink a bit about how I was focusing on endurance at the expense of strength. In the end though you have a heck of a head start from all that long distance training so you'll get there faster than you think.
Nice cardio work @SummerSkier!
@quilteryoyo you can definitely do that HM!
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@eleanorhawkins I think your plans with that trail group sound really exciting!
Good to hear you are starting to feel a bit better @rheddmobile and are back at things. Sounds like a really rough bug you caught!
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5/2 - 5.66 mile 82 min easy effort
5/3 - 2.11 mile 30 min easy effort
May total: 7.77 miles
May goal: 95 miles
First run of the down week out of the way. I think my body is ready for it. Hoping to be fully charged again next week with brand new super legs.5 -
5/1 - 3.14
5/2 - 3.34
6.48 of 50 miles
Thanks @SummerSkier what I like about this ortho practice is just about everyone there runs in some way, shape or form so they get it when you say “I need to get back to running”. Those are some rocket Nikes you have there haha
Thank you @kgirlhart @Avidkeo (your cat is too sweet) and WhatMeRunning
@ContraryMaryMary sometimes I’m amazed at a difference in pace, even slightly, can make my body stand up and notice. Like damn why does that hurt.
I signed up for a race in November in Mobile (where Skip goes to school). It’s the Battleship 12K, we are running from in town to the USS Alabama in Battleship Memorial Park. I LOVE this place. Skip and I went quite a few years back to tour the ship. They said it takes about 2 to 2.5 hours, okay we were there for 6 hours ha ha we ate lunch and went back in. You can’t tell Skip and I that you can go anywhere you want, touch anything you want, climb anywhere you want and not expect us to do it ha ha We will actually run over the Mobile Bay, on a bridge, with water on both side I’m really looking forward to it.
Races:
November 14 – Battleship 12K
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Also have walked a total of 5 miles.
Did my first run of the month on the treadmill this morning. I walked one mile and ran a fast finish run - ran 5min @ 4.2 mph, 10min @ 4.5 mph, 6:14 min @ 5.0 mph. Total of 2 miles in 26:14 minutes. Fairly easy run. No walk breaks.
It took me a little bit longer to start this session than I anticipated. See below if you aren't afraid of critters than can get in your house.I saw something at the bottom of the stairs that I thought was a big bug. Nope. It was this.
Tiny, itty, bitty mouse.
Upon further inspections there were three of these little critters down there. I swooped them up in a bucket and took them to the bottom of the driveway later and turned them loose.
I saw another, I thought, but it turned out to be a corn snake!
The odd thing about it was that it was dead. Stiff as a board. But, still coiled up and off of the floor. It was almost as if it had been freeze dried in mid movement. So very strange.
It was also very strange that I found these 4 critters down there at the same time when I was just down there on Saturday, I think. All very odd. I'm just glad I found them and got rid of them. I do not like snakes and really think I dislike mice even more. I searched and didn't find a mouse nest or any signs of a mouse anywhere. I hope that was all of them.7 -
Goal: 100 running miles
May 1 – Hiking (7.79 miles)
May 2 – Biking (22.37 miles)
May 3 – Running (4.5 miles)
I found you! Finally on the board with some running miles. It was so humid this morning. I paused my watch at 1.12 miles when we had to stop and plan a re-route to an open Burger King so that one of the girls in our group could make an emergency pit stop. Of course, I forgot to start my watch again when we took off running.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »
Also have walked a total of 5 miles.
Did my first run of the month on the treadmill this morning. I walked one mile and ran a fast finish run - ran 5min @ 4.2 mph, 10min @ 4.5 mph, 6:14 min @ 5.0 mph. Total of 2 miles in 26:14 minutes. Fairly easy run. No walk breaks.
It took me a little bit longer to start this session than I anticipated. See below if you aren't afraid of critters than can get in your house.I saw something at the bottom of the stairs that I thought was a big bug. Nope. It was this.
Tiny, itty, bitty mouse.
Upon further inspections there were three of these little critters down there. I swooped them up in a bucket and took them to the bottom of the driveway later and turned them loose.
I saw another, I thought, but it turned out to be a corn snake!
The odd thing about it was that it was dead. Stiff as a board. But, still coiled up and off of the floor. It was almost as if it had been freeze dried in mid movement. So very strange.
It was also very strange that I found these 4 critters down there at the same time when I was just down there on Saturday, I think. All very odd. I'm just glad I found them and got rid of them. I do not like snakes and really think I dislike mice even more. I searched and didn't find a mouse nest or any signs of a mouse anywhere. I hope that was all of them.
Mice and snakes -- my two favorite critters. Finding a spider would have made it 3 for 3.4 -
May 1st: 21m hike5
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