July 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

AlphaHowls

@quilteryoyo wrote: »

@AlphaHowls I hope getting the tooth implant doesn't impact your running too much. Loosing your amazing streak would be awful. But, if you need to, don't push it. Your health is more important than a streak. Thanks for the shoe info too. I'm really surprised they are lasting that long! What do the sole of the ones you are currently wearing look like?

So this was 2/1/2021

To Today:

And with that, I went ahead and retired those two and next ones in rotation.

Saucony Cohesion 10
Mizuno Wave Rider 22

Edit to add:
I will not lose the running streak, but potentially could lose my HM+ streak

katharmonic

polskagirl01 wrote: »

katharmonic wrote: »

I will stay in the 100 mile club as well. Hopefully I'll do better this time.

July is Sarcoma Awareness month and I typically dedicate my running to my younger sister who passed away from chondrosarcoma in 2014. The main reason I started running was to cope with the grief of losing her and that link between her and the ways my life has changed due to becoming a runner is always on my mind. I will dedicate July again but I am keeping my mileage goals minimal this year because of work and hiking commitments. I am doing a 5k in August for the Sarcoma Foundation too. In any case, I will be thinking of Kelly and those who have fought this cancer during this month of running and supporting the cause of research to advance the few treatments available.

This little 2-word phrase right here (I put it in bold) is a key part of why some people are successful at sticking with it, and some aren't. You consider it a commitment, similar to things you "have" to do for work. I think your sister would be very proud.

Thank you @polskagirl01. I appreciate it.
Thank you also @quilteryoyo

Welcome to our new group members! And welcome back @WandaVaughn!

No run yet for July. I'm off to hike in the rain tomorrow so no run then either. July is starting slowly. I'll be back to report on Saturday, hopefully with some running too!

quilteryoyo

@AlphaHowls Those are getting pretty worn. Glad you have some ready to take over. Also glad to hear you won't lose your streak. I hope you don't lose the HM streak either.

kgirlhart

July Goal: 100 Miles

7/1: 6.26 miles

6.26/109  miles completed for July

I  started July off with a nice 10K. It was hot and humid at 5:30 am, but I still enjoyed the run. I really love that it is starting to get light out before I am finished.  I  saw the skunk again today in the same yard as yesterday. He didn't seem to notice me.
 

2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon

Orphia

I'm back! Missed you guys even though I see many on Strava.

Popped in last month for the first time in about 2 years and read that Pastor Vincent died last year. I was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say. Checked his Facebook and saw it was true. So sad. He was always so supportive and funny.

After I had two years from hell 2019-2020 including Covid-19 and a mental breakdown, my running suffered and I barely could run at all.

I'm fighting my way back and hoping to do 30 km in July, though I too have the beginnings of an implant scheduled later in the month.

WhatMeRunning

Welcome back @Orphia and @WandaVaughn

Scott6255

Welcome back @Orphia and @WandaVaughn!

penguinmama87

Distance Log:
July 2: 4.58 miles

Goal: 4.58/40 miles

Wednesday was hot and humid and I actually ended up feeling a little faint afterwards, but today was much, much better (59 F and breezy.)

I can't remember if I mentioned this but I did sign up for a 5K in September! There's quite a few scheduled before then too, but every one that I was interested in conflicted with our apparently full-to-bursting calendar! I actually really wanted to do a pretty popular area 10K but that day my husband is taking our older two boys on a special trip that he planned out months ago. 10Ks are harder to come by, but I'll keep looking!

Tramboman

7-1 4k tempo
7-2 7k tempo

July Total: 11k
July Goal: 150k

Mostly cloudy, 60 degrees F, with a fickle wind that blew from every direction. Felt good today; seem to have recovered quickly from last weekend's race.

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 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH
9/18 5k Run and Roll, Aurora, OH

Teresa502

Rest day today from running. Our in-person fitness classes have resumed at some of our work fitness centers for those employees who have been vaccinated. I’m planning on going to yoga at lunch and then hitting the gym for some time on the exercise bike.

@quilteryoyo – I have a race coming up next Thursday at 7:00 pm. I’m signed up for The Bear race which is held during the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. This is one of those races that sells out in a matter of hours. It is limited to 800 runners. I was signed up last year but it was cancelled due to COVID. It’s a 5-mile “challenging” run from Linville, NC to the top of Grandfather Mountain. You have to be at the 3-mile aid station withing 60 minutes or you get picked up by the sag van. According to the race site, the view at the top is breathtaking “that is if you can still catch a breath by the time you reach the top!” Once everyone finishes they shuttle you back to the start area. Hence the extra hill workouts! Those cedars are so aggressive. I think you have some pretty special neighbors!

Welcome back @WandaVaughn and @Orphia!

Hugs for you @katharmonic. I lost my only sister when she was 18 years old to leukemia.

Hope all goes well with your oral surgery @alphahowls.

martaindale

ElfBodGoals wrote: »

Hello, this is my first time doing this challenge. I want to do the half-marathon at Disney Wine & Dine in 2022!

I did the Wine and Dine HM a couple of years ago. It was my first HM and was so much fun! I saw that runDisney is restarting soon and I can't wait to go back. Those races are such a good time. I asked for time off for the princess HM in Feb 2022 and I'm going to try to get a registration spot. Fingers crossed.

martaindale

penguinmama87 wrote: »

Wednesday was hot and humid and I actually ended up feeling a little faint afterwards,

This happens to me too in the summer. I think mine is largely a vasovagal reaction to going from the extreme heat and humidity to my nice air conditioned house. I have to take laps in my house for another 5 minutes or so until my body temp comes down so my BP can slowly recover rather than plummeting. Otherwise, I just end up on the floor with my feet in a chair.

martaindale

Welcome to the new folks and welcome back @Orphia and @WandaVaughn

I hope you all had a good June. I had a fantastic time on vacation. The hikes we went on were beautiful and we got pretty lucky with the weather. There were definitely some heat waves across the northern Midwest but they seem to just miss us as we were moving from location to location. Once I went on vacation I mostly lost track of the thread, so I'm starting anew for July. I don't know what my mileage will be. I am going to go for my first run tomorrow morning and see how my knee feels. It gave me a few issues off and on throughout the hiking trip and I am going to make an appointment to go see an orthopedist and try to figure out what is happening.
With the heat, even if I feel like I can run regularly my mileage will not be too high. At this point, my goal is to recover and/or not injure myself any further throughout the summer. My first scheduled race right now is a half marathon in January So I probably need to start training in earnest around October or November. That should give me a few months to do what ever I need to do to get my knee back on track.

RunsOnEspresso

5 miles this morning to start July AND hit 500, halfway to my yearly goal mileage!

WhatMeRunning

Unscheduled rest day for me today. I woke up last night to use the restroom, and wound up suddenly feeling hot, sweaty, light-headed and actually fainted. I wound up unhurt, but was a little shaken by it. This morning I didn't feel like running after that event last night but I also felt fine so I made myself do it. I actually dressed and headed out to run. But my heart rate was bouncing around quite a bit in that first 1/4 mile. So I stopped and went home. My pulse seems OK by 3 different readings (one manual). I think my HRV is high though. One indicator of that is that Garmin's body battery score stopped recharging at the time of the incident last night and started going down, even with some more sleep. The other is a pulse oximiter I have that shows a graph of my heart rate. I feel fine so I really can't explain it. But I'm just going to take today and tomorrow off and see how things go.

penguinmama87

martaindale wrote: »

penguinmama87 wrote: »

Wednesday was hot and humid and I actually ended up feeling a little faint afterwards,

This happens to me too in the summer. I think mine is largely a vasovagal reaction to going from the extreme heat and humidity to my nice air conditioned house. I have to take laps in my house for another 5 minutes or so until my body temp comes down so my BP can slowly recover rather than plummeting. Otherwise, I just end up on the floor with my feet in a chair.

Oh that's helpful, though I'm sorry it happens to you too!

I jumped right into the shower when I got home that day - so still on my feet in a hot and humid environment. When I got out I felt absolutely terrible. I ended up drinking some water straight from the bathroom faucet (in theory I know it's the same water that comes out of my kitchen tap which I use for cooking and drinking all the time, but in my head it's gross, so for me to be willing to drink it is a BIG DEAL) and left the bathroom early to collapse on a chair for a while until I felt normal again. My husband knew I wasn't feeling well because I hadn't combed my hair yet when he came downstairs, which is priority #1 for me after a shower because I have very curly hair. But I felt much better after I sipped another glass of water and rested. Our house has A/C too, but I hadn't thought to connect that to how I felt.

polskagirl01

Took it easy today - actually had a positive experience at a government office and got what I needed done smoothly in one trip! Then we took the kids to a mall (found the American footballs and a ball that might be good enough as a kickball, that we need for kids camp), had Chinese food and then went to a nearby lake for a swim and a paddleboat ride

Avidkeo

WhatMeRunning wrote: »

Unscheduled rest day for me today. I woke up last night to use the restroom, and wound up suddenly feeling hot, sweaty, light-headed and actually fainted. I wound up unhurt, but was a little shaken by it. This morning I didn't feel like running after that event last night but I also felt fine so I made myself do it. I actually dressed and headed out to run. But my heart rate was bouncing around quite a bit in that first 1/4 mile. So I stopped and went home. My pulse seems OK by 3 different readings (one manual). I think my HRV is high though. One indicator of that is that Garmin's body battery score stopped recharging at the time of the incident last night and started going down, even with some more sleep. The other is a pulse oximiter I have that shows a graph of my heart rate. I feel fine so I really can't explain it. But I'm just going to take today and tomorrow off and see how things go.

Errr please please get this checked out. Seriously. The need to use the bathroom followed by a faint is serious. It's a vasovagal response telling you something is wrong and I'm seriously worried. I've lost enough friends here, I don't want to lose more.
Please get checked out now. Like go to the ER and tell them what happened.

It could be a heart attack

WhatMeRunning

Thank you @avidkeo I actually thought about you while I was posting wishing I could ask directly.

I did call a clinic who directed me straight to the ER voluntarily or via ambulance. Wife drove me (in a panic of course).

I have to follow up with my primary doctor about all this, but the discharge diagnosis is micturition syncope.

I have a history of blood pressure at the low end of normal (97/66 today). I do not however have any history of actual recorded low blood pressure.

I also did not mention here that when I started to get up I got a cramp in my right adductor making me bolt upright out of bed and hurriedly try to walk it off on the way to the bathroom. It was still cramped up when I came to on the floor, actually.

Between the sudden standing, stress, urinating, being officially "older" now (I guess) and low blood pressure, I had a surprise date with the floor last night.

I don't feel old. I'm only 49. But I am aware of a lot of changes, I guess this is another.

I also found out that having something as seemingly unofficial as my 4 week resting HR being at 43 in the Connect app can soothe a couple nerves about my HR while just lying there in the ER with low HR alerts constantly going off.

I suppose this doesn't mean I'm in the clear until my primary doctor finishes any follow ups, but I did go in a hilly walk this afternoon with no issues. HR data looks spot on. I feel 100% now.

granitepeak45

Day two of July and no significant mileage. Nursing sore knee today. Have a 13 mile hike tomorrow so instead of exacerbating the knee I’ll play it safe for one more day.