June 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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@katharmonic and @sweetdaisy13 I love reading about your adventures! And I'm impressed with that time on the ultra!
@yirara sorry about the watch
Thinking of you @rheddmobile
I ran a road route close to home for 7ish km this morning. Could use a bit more sleep, but tried to keep the pace close to my HM pace, and it seemed ok for that distance today. Maybe I'll try to go see the swans tomorrow... although they were kind of aggressive yesterday with those cute little ones around.6 -
Right, planned was a kind of tempo run today in longer intervals. I started too fast, didn't speed up for the fast interval, but had to stop at 4km instead of 5. Well, did walking/running intervals in the end over the last km. Done.
I guess swimming 1k for a Garmin badge earlier today was too much. I've not swam laps since 2015, thus it was super difficult. Plus I lost the breaststroke technique I used to have. Phew, tired. But happy.7 -
June Goal: 116 Miles
6/1: 6.10 miles
6/2: 5.11 miles
6/3: 5.35 miles
6/6: 11.02 miles
6/8: 3.12 miles
6/9: 6.22 miles
6/10: 6.55 miles
6/13: 11.03 miles
6/15: 6.26 miles
59.75/100 miles completed for June
This morning's run was surprisingly awesome. I didn't necessarily expect it to be bad, but it was so muggy when I walked out the door that I didn't really expect it to be great either. I figured it would be one of those runs you just do and feel good about later. But I really got into the zone and had a great run. I ran 6.25, so a 10K and I felt like I could have run forever. And that great mood stayed with me the whole day. I joined the Fit Project that is put on by Run The Year. Today I did the Face the Music Jazz edition. It wasn't music I would normally listen to, but it was lot of fun. Last week I did the Sea Shanty edition and it was really fun too.
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon10 -
Distance Log:
6/2 2.50 miles
6/5 2.69
6/7 2.78
6/9 2.72
6/11 2.98
6/14 2.70
6/16 3.26
June: 19.63/30 miles
Made it over 5K today! Woohoo!
It was unexpectedly cool (I'm glad I had enough brain cells operating when I got out of bed to get a long-sleeved shirt out of the drawer) but it made for quite pleasant running. My pace was 12:32/mile, which was a pleasant surprise, I thought for sure I was slower than that.
I already downloaded a 10K training app on my phone so that's what I'll go for next. The one I have is a six week program if you can already run 5K. After that, I think then I can start working on pace a little.
Now that there are more races in my area happening I think I might scope out what's coming up in the next couple of months and sign up for one or two!
Me right now:
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June 2 - 5.27 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 104.73 miles
June 3 - 4.35 miles of speed work.
Total for June - 9.62 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 100.38 miles
I have had a crazy few days and will have to catch up with this thread later.
June 5 - 3.11 miles
June 6 - 12 miles
Total for June - 24.73 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 85.27 miles
I'm in the homestretch of my Spring Start Challenge. 12 weeks, 500 km. I have just over 16 miles to knock out by Saturday. Not to mention the half on July 10. Just have to keep plugging away.
June 8 - 6.23 miles
Total for June - 30.96 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 79.04 miles
Awesome! Was able to knock out 7 miles this morning.
June 9 - 7.07 miles
Total for June - 38.03 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 71.97 miles
June 11 - 6.22 miles
Total for June - 44.25 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 65.75 miles
Happy to say that I finished up my challenge this morning. 500 km in 12 weeks. It pushed me way past my comfort zone and honestly, there were days I was not sure I'd finish in time. But, I kept telling myself it wasn't over until it was over and to keep pressing on.
June 12 - 3.66 miles
Total for June - 47.91 miles
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 62.09 miles
June 13 - 3.12 miles
Total for June - 51.03 miles
June Goal -110 miles
Miles to go - 58.97 miles
My trainer asked me to do a 12 minute time trial today. Ouch. Overall felt good though. 1.39 miles in 12 minutes and shook and shook out my legs with another 2.6 after.
June 15 - 4.01 miles
Total for June - 55.04
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 54.96 miles
June 16 - 5 miles
Total for June - 60.04
June Goal - 110 miles
Miles to go - 49.96 miles4 -
@kgirlhart so nice to hear you had an awesome run. You can hear the joy in your description!
@penguinmama87 you are doing so great! Your progress is fantastic. Wonderful to see!2 -
Swimming always gets me afterwards. I feel fine while in the water, but then later realize how hard I was working.I guess swimming 1k for a Garmin badge earlier today was too much. I've not swam laps since 2015, thus it was super difficult. Plus I lost the breaststroke technique I used to have. Phew, tired. But happy.
Today I ran 7.7 km and got to see the swans again. It was kinda hot out, but would've been fine had I just brought some water.
Pics 'cause its pretty out.
No pics of swans because I didn't want to stand around taking pictures while fishermen were staring at me.
Then I contacted the organizers of the 20/30k races and they transfered my entry in the canceled Spring 20k over to the 30k in July. I had a discount voucher, so didn't have to pay anything extra!
And now I'm having the "Oh no what have I done?" phase of race signup excitement 😆 Seriously though, it's super flat. Do I need to train for that? If so, how?
June Goal 100 miles (stretch goal 184k)
"40 weeks of 40K" - 25 Weeks DONE! / 20 weeks left to complete the challenge
Upcoming races:
June 19: WizzAir Katowice HM
June 26: Rybnik 10k
July 10: Pszczyński Cross 30k
August 14: Bieg Zbóju 25km (mountain trail, 1400m elevation)10 -
6-1 7k tempo
6-2 rest
6-3 7k tempo
6-4 6k tempo
6-5 7k tempo
6-6 6k tempo
6-7 rest
6-8 7k tempo
6-9 6k tempo
6-10 rest
6-11 6k temperate (between tempo and moderate)
6-12 7k moderate
6-13 7k moderate
6-14 rest
6-15 7k temperate
6-16 7k moderate
June Total: 70k
June Goal: 150k
Sunny, low 50s F, and a nice breeze from the north. Back was stiff for the first time since I started my chiropractic care, but ran well once it loosened up.
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
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH
9/18 5k Run and Roll, Aurora, OH7 -
6/3 – 3.11
6/4 – 3.02
6/5 – 5.15 biking (not counted in miles)
6/6 – 1.29 with pups
6/7 – 3.02
6/7 – 1.02 with pups
6/10 – 4.02
6/10 – 3.01 Fleet Feet Fun run
6/11 – 1.06 with pups
6/14 – 3.02
6/15 – 5.05 biking (not counted in miles)
6/16 – 4.02
6/16 – 1.08 with pups
26.59 of 60 miles
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Congrats everyone! And way to go @penguinmama87 you have been absolutely killing it!
@polskagirl01 if you have trained almost exclusively with lots of elevation change then you might find a flat run a bit challenging. Your legs don't get the change from uphill to downhill that they are adapted to in that case and instead just need to fire on steady like a drone for longer than they may be ready for. All you need to do to fix that is train on flat routes.4 -
6/1 - 3.36 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/2 - 3.23 miles, threshold run (25 mins Z4 w/7.5 min warm-up/cool-down)
6/3 - 3.32 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/4 - 3.35 miles, sprint intervals (12 x 45 secs w/1:45 recovery and 7.5 min warm-up/cool-down)
6/6 - 6.76 miles, long run (90 mins Z2, 5 mins Z3)
6/7 - 3.36 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/8 - 3.33 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/9 - 3.63 miles, threshold run (30 mins Z4 w/7.5 min warm-up/cool-down)
6/10 - 3.40 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/11 - 2.43 miles, sprint intervals (12 x 30 secs with 1 min recovery and 7.5 min warm-up/cool-down)
6/13 - 8.93 miles, long run (90 mins Z2, 30 min Z3 finish)
6/14 - 3.41 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/15 - 3.42 miles, easy effort (45 mins Z2)
6/16 - 3.49 miles, threshold run (19 mins Z4, 7.5 min Z2 warm-up and 18.5 min Z2 cool-down)
Total: 55.42 miles
Goal: 105 miles
I felt fired up ready for today's threshold run. I was hoping to maybe run a full 30 minutes in Z4, or at least the vast portion of it. Things started out really well but then after 15 minutes of running in Z4 my legs just didn't have enough left to keep me in there. While I was disappointed initially, after thinking about it this was still progress, I was able to run steady in Z4 without pushing myself into Z5 at all, and put out a lot more distance actually running in Z4 before my legs started giving out than the last couple weeks. I still have a long ways to go though.10 -
Yep, that great progress @WhatMeRunning! Gotta take those wins.1
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Everyone is doing so well with their running (and summer weather) whereas I've got the mid-winter blues. My running is poor at the moment (the hip/foot/ankle issue persists making running slow and uncomfortable) and the weather has been grey, wet, windy and gloomy for a few weeks now. I'm desperately counting down to the shortest day (five days to go) and before that an appointment with my osteopath tomorrow to help my hip and foot.
It doesn't help that my girls weekend away to a trail event is now a bust as everyone has pulled out bar me (and I'm not driving 3.5 hours to run in the mud by myself - I don't even like running in the mud). However, we are all meeting for a drink tonight to discuss running - events, adventures, trips, etc - so hopefully I'll find something else to work towards.
I know these things are temporary, and are not helped by being on a work deadline (which is not helped by me procrastinating), so I'll give myself a proverbial kick in the pants, make another coffee, and get on with things.
Happy Thursday!13 -
@ContraryMaryMary hugs to you! Sorry you are struggling right now, but I've known you long enough to know that you will be back to crushing runs in no time. It's ok to have a few down days (weeks, months). Running is so cyclical, always has ups and downs. Just have to get through the lows to get to the highs.
Hang in there!7 -
I’m still getting out there. Pretty lonely without my running buddy. Husband had his stress and echo today but there was no doctor present and they don’t give you results until your doctor has viewed them which they say might be as long as TEN DAYS, really? We will both have gone barking mad by then. I do know that there wasn’t anything too horribly wrong because the tech (who isn’t allowed to talk about results) was merciful enough to tell him that if there was anything terribly wrong she would have cancelled the stress test. He doesn’t really know his max on the stress test since he had to stop early because he was having a panic attack from having to run in a mask with asthma - since asthma meds are a vasoconstrictor he wasn’t allowed to take them and he has exercise induced asthma. However he did 14 minutes before stopping - heart only got up to 158 - and they said that someone of his age and weight should be aiming for 9 minutes. The tech said the longest she had ever seen in her career was 28 minutes by a guy who ran a marathon every weekend.
So, at this point unless the techs are very good at hiding secrets it looks like his pvcs are probably stress. Which would not be a shock, we are both under huge amounts of stress.
While he did his tests, I ran the trails behind the cardio clinic. Nice weather, a little cooler and less humid. So, silver lining to everything, the trails back there are beautiful and really safe feeling, I passed lots of old people and women with babies. We will definitely be doing that again, particularly if I have to run alone. We have been back there before years ago but the trails have been extended since then. I got in a good four miles plus three walking miles, and there were lots more trails to explore.
Monday was my 53rd birthday, and I got up early to get my 5.3 miles in at WC Johnson before heading out to take care of my mother. It was brutally hot even first thing in the morning, had to take a couple of walk breaks because I was getting goosebumps which is my usual first sign of overheating, but I managed an 11 minute mile average even with the walk breaks. And I got a pr on the little hill at Cox park. Memphis is not a hilly place, so things we consider “hills” aren’t very big to other people from other places - @quilteryoyo runs bigger hills in her driveway than anything in the whole Memphis area! usually I look on Strava and find “that big hill” is something like 10 feet of gain in half a mile or something. This hill is 38 feet vertical in slightly less than a quarter mile which to us feels like a hill! Anyway I was trying to run very easy due to the heat but apparently chugged up the hill at 9:38 pace which is a respectable tempo run pace for me.
I had an okay birthday despite being very stressed and tired and angry the day before. My present to myself was a hip scarf and skirt for my belly dancing classes. I’m not very good yet but it’s a good low-impact workout for non-run days, and it’s a great stress reliever!
53rd birthday!
This was the view looking down from the bridge behind the clinic. The whole world smelled like mimosa and magnolia!9 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
06/01/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 3.1
06/02/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 5.3
06/03/21 :::: 2.4 :::: 7.6
06/04/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 7.6
06/05/21 :::: 13.1 :::: 20.7
06/06/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.7
06/07/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.7
06/08/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 23.8
06/09/21 :::: 4.6 :::: 28.4
06/10/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 30.5
06/11/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.5
06/12/21 :::: 6.2 :::: 36.6
06/13/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 36.6
06/14/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 39.7
06/15/21 :::: 3.6 :::: 43.3
06/16/21 :::: 5.5 :::: 48.8
Sorry to just drop in and not catch up right now. It was a busier than expected day. Went to HM/marathon group tonight and committed to it by paying the extra money (beyond regular run group which is included in gym membership). That keeps me a little more motivated to get my money's worth. Tonight's workout was a ladder of 1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1 minute intervals with 2 minutes recovery between. Amazingly it was a much cooler night tonight at only 64 degrees, which felt cold starting out after 90s last week.6 -
What a difference a day makes - same run scheduled as yesterday but today, with the same amount of effort and the same time, I ran a whole extra kilometre!11
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June Goal: 116 Miles
6/1: 6.10 miles
6/2: 5.11 miles
6/3: 5.35 miles
6/6: 11.02 miles
6/8: 3.12 miles
6/9: 6.22 miles
6/10: 6.55 miles
6/13: 11.03 miles
6/15: 6.26 miles
6/16: 6.25 miles
66/116 miles completed for June
Another 6.25 mile run for me this morning. It wasn't quite as awesome as yesterday's run, but it was still pretty darn good. It even seemed a little cooler today. I really like that it is starting to get light out while I am running.
Happy Belated Birthday @rheddmobile!
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon7 -
@ContraryMaryMary I too find myself very affected by the seasons - the darkness in the middle of winter is so difficult, even with a whole list of things that help. Hugs to you, and it's bittersweet as you count down your 5 days until the daylight starts getting longer, because that's when it will start getting shorter for me. I've still got a couple more months of glorious summer in Poland though. It really makes up for the gloomy winters.
@rheddmobile I can hear half of us saying "28 minutes? Challenge accepted!" but I imagine they make it extremely tough, especially with stuff covering your face. I hope you get back good results quickly - you've got enough stress in your lives right now.
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Happy Belated Birthday @rheddmobile! I saw that you ran your 5.3 miles on your 53rd birthday on Strava and was going to come here and wish you a happy birthday, then life got in the way and I completely forgot 😜
Glad you had a good run @ContraryMaryMary! Ride the wave 😁
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