August 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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@7lenny7 When I saw you pop in here, I wondered about Kody too. He was such a big part of your runs in years past. Sorry to hear the inevitable march of time is catching up to him, but at least he can still enjoy some activity with you when it cools down. We always had labs growing up and they were amazing dogs!
@rheddmobile I have noticed the same weird weather thing on my strava. wildly optimistic is a good description. It’s usually a few degrees cooler and several degrees off on the heat index.
@quilteryoyo I love the name of the Tweetsie Trail! My parents have a portion of a rails to trail near their house that has been started. Ultimately it will cover 129 miles. Some sections in a local town have been cleaned up and paved with asphalt. There is a perfect 10k area not far from my parents. A lot of it has only had the rails removed and a rough bush hog but it is hikeable. I think it would be cool to hike the whole thing eventually. It runs within a half a mile of my parents, so I could pop in for a place to stay one night!5 -
Good job getting your HM in for the month @katharmonic
Glad you hopped back on the wagon @RunsOnEspresso!quilteryoyo wrote: »Nice running @Scott6255 ! Only 11 miles! Now I know how mom feels when I tell her I only ran 5 miles and she looks at me like I'm a crazy person and says, "ONLY?"
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Aug Total: 33.8/60 miles
8/4: 3 miles
8/7: 3.1 miles
8/8: 5.1 miles
8/11: 3.1 miles
8/12: 3.1 miles
8/14: 6.7 miles
8/17: 3.6 miles
8/18: 3.1 miles
8/21: 3 miles
In the hill country this weekend, so I explored another road near my house for my 3 mile run. Several hills but none as crazy as that first one. I was able to run a bit more but still walked some of the steepest uphills when it felt like my heart rate was getting too high. I spent some time looking at the run analysis on strava and noted a grade adjusted pace for the first time. I usually have close to a 0 grade, so I’ve never even noticed this piece of info before. Overall, my pace was almost 12 min/mile but the race adjusted pace was 11:10, so actually pretty close to what I have been targeting for my train slow to race fast goal. And, I found my neighbor on strava. I met her when she ran by the house a couple of weekends back. On my run, I now hold the 3rd fastest time overall for a segment which is laughable given how slow I am out there. There aren’t a ton of runners in the area. Anyway, she holds all the top times and the local legends. She’s running those hills in the mid to low 9 min range. Impressive and I hope to get there at some point.7 -
Curious to hear what element's will draw you out for your next run @7lenny7 😁
Very interesting speedwork strategy @penguinmama87
Way to "only" get 11 miles in @Scott6255 🤪
Congrats on keeping that HM streak going @katharmonic
Nice cycling @Teresa502
Way to get that run in and congrats on getting 89 in so far during all this heat @RunsOnEspresso
The AF HM reasoning is perfect @quilteryoyo I hope you find a course befitting it!
Sounds like the right call to me @shanaber I'm sure an upcoming outing this week will be better than expected because, well, that's just how these things go all too often!
@Tramboman You know you better than I, but to me that problem with the swing by the 12th hole sounds a lot like a classic case of not doing enough fishing.6 -
8/15 - 1 mile
8/19 - 1 mile
8/22 - 1 mile
August total: 3 miles
At this rate I might actually hit 7 miles this month! 🤯6 -
Way to conquer those hills and set the local records @martaindale
As for Strava and the grade adjusted pace, I personally never got much more out of it other than seeing a better number than what I had. It usually was still a ways off from my flat course paces. To be fair though, most of the times in the past when I was hill training and paying more attention to it, I was pushing myself pretty hard (ie overdoing it again). So it could be that my performance was the factor and not the measurement.5 -
August 1 – 6.33
August 2 – 5.35
August 3 – 5.28
August 4 – 5.27
August 6 – 6.04
August 7/8 – 5.01
August 9 – 4.83
August 11 – 5.59
August 12 – 4.08
August 13 – 5.15
August 14 – 5.52
August 16 – 6.02
August 17 – 3.11
August 18 – 8.02
August 20 – 6.01
August 22 – 10.01
I ran on trails this morning at a nearby state park. I ran two loops of a 5-mile loop. I felt I needed to run the second loop after clearing all the spider webs out on the first go around….@shanaber – Sorry your hamstring was acting up. Glad you listened to it although 6 miles is nothing too shabby!
@quilteryoyo – I think we can add that to our list of you know when you are a runner. You say things like I only ran _____ miles!
@katharmonic – Great job keeping that half marathon streak going!
@martaindale – glad you found a less hilly route. I’m going to have to see if Strava has that grade adjusted feature for my run this morning.
@WhatMeRunning – I like your golfing advice!
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@Tramboman Sorry about your golf game going south, but glad you enjoyed it anyway. We don't have beechnuts around here...do have tent caterpillars though.
@martaindale That does sound like a great hike to plan for, esp. with a free overnight stay.
Nice job on the running. It's great that you met your neighbor and found her on strava. You keep up the good work and you'll be at her times in no time.
Thanks @WhatMeRunning . I think anyplace new, and hopefully pretty, will be befitting for the HM.
@Teresa502 That looks like a pretty place to run. I love that you did the second loop since you had already cleared the spider webs. Running into webs you don't see is the worst because you don't know where the spider might be. I agree with your addition to the list.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »Curious to hear what element's will draw you out for your next run @7lenny7 😁
Very interesting speedwork strategy @penguinmama87
Way to "only" get 11 miles in @Scott6255 🤪
Congrats on keeping that HM streak going @katharmonic
Nice cycling @Teresa502
Way to get that run in and congrats on getting 89 in so far during all this heat @RunsOnEspresso
The AF HM reasoning is perfect @quilteryoyo I hope you find a course befitting it!
Sounds like the right call to me @shanaber I'm sure an upcoming outing this week will be better than expected because, well, that's just how these things go all too often!
@Tramboman You know you better than I, but to me that problem with the swing by the 12th hole sounds a lot like a classic case of not doing enough fishing.
Do you mean fishing for trout with my fly rod or fishing for balls with my ball retriever? I got to do the latter yesterday and the former last Wednesday.3 -
I'm certainly not the best person to ask because I've never been any good at golf (or fishing for that matter).WhatMeRunning wrote: »Curious to hear what element's will draw you out for your next run @7lenny7 😁
Very interesting speedwork strategy @penguinmama87
Way to "only" get 11 miles in @Scott6255 🤪
Congrats on keeping that HM streak going @katharmonic
Nice cycling @Teresa502
Way to get that run in and congrats on getting 89 in so far during all this heat @RunsOnEspresso
The AF HM reasoning is perfect @quilteryoyo I hope you find a course befitting it!
Sounds like the right call to me @shanaber I'm sure an upcoming outing this week will be better than expected because, well, that's just how these things go all too often!
@Tramboman You know you better than I, but to me that problem with the swing by the 12th hole sounds a lot like a classic case of not doing enough fishing.
Do you mean fishing for trout with my fly rod or fishing for balls with my ball retriever? I got to do the latter yesterday and the former last Wednesday.0 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »Very interesting speedwork strategy @penguinmama87
I can't remember who suggested it, but I asked about incorporating speedwork in either last month's thread or the month before and it was one of the suggestions I got. I didn't need to find a separate plan or buy a HRM, so it seems as good a place to start as any! (I subscribe very much to a "KISS" philosophy).
And yes, @quilteryoyo, I did enjoy it very much!6 -
Back from a family break away and ran 20 miles today along a coastal path. Good ultra marathon training with 1,826 feet of elevation. At this rate, I may make my monthly running goal.
August cumulative:
72/100 miles
6,056/10,000 feet of elevation7 -
Set out for 16 miles today but at 4 miles I turned around and walked home for a total of 5.6 miles. I had some pain on the outside of my left hip (IT band?) that kept getting worse as I ran and started to affect my gait. I stretched before I turned for home and it helped a bit. I iced it a bit when I got home. I am trying to move around as if I sit too long it acts up. I'll do some more stretches and ice tonight and see how it feels tomorrow morning.
95/192 (I think my new adjusted goal will be 140?)7 -
@penguinmama87 Glad you enjoyed the speed work. I usually do too. It breaks up the monotony of just running at a "constant" pace.
Nice running @sweetdaisy13 .
@RunsOnEspresso I hope your leg feels better in the morning!3 -
Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - driveway laps, barely beat the heavy downpour
2 Aug - 3.30 Run 1.0 Walk - Tempo run - 2 hours mowing the lawn
3 Aug - 2.50 Run 1.0 Walk - Recovery Run on the driveway - Weed eat at mom's in the afternoon
4 Aug - 6.20 Run 1.0 Walk - Birthday run on the driveway - played singles tennis earlier
5 Aug - 2.50 Run 1.0 Walk - Long Interval Run on the driveway
6 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Driveway walk this evening - doubles tennis this morning
7 Aug - 10.0 Run 1.0 Walk - Long Run with Speed Play
8 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Driveway walk to keep the streak going
9 Aug - 2.75 Run 1.0 Walk - Tempo Run - driveway laps
10 Aug - 2.50 Run 1.0 Walk - Recovery Run - driveway laps
11 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Treadmill walk between shopping and church
12 Aug - 2.25 Run 1.0 Walk - Driveway Long Interval Run also played singles tennis this morning
13 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Treadmill walk after work
14 Aug - 5.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Cut my 10 mile run short so that I could trim mom's lawn
15 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Walk in the neighbor's field
16 Aug - 3.50 Run 1.0 Walk - Tempo run doing driveway laps
17 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Treadmill walk after running errands all day
18 Aug - 3.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Foundation run - driveway laps
19 Aug - 3.50 Run 1.0 Walk - Long Interval Run on the local road
20 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Driveway laps to keep streak going
21 Aug - 10.0 Run 1.0 Walk - Long run with fast finish (sort-of) out the local road
22 Aug - 0.00 Run 1.0 Walk - Driveway walk
57.0/100 miles running 22.0/31 miles walking
Did my Sunday mile walk on the driveway between church and lunch. Keeping the exercise streak alive.4 -
Very nice run @sweetdaisy13 .
@RunsOnEspresso I hope your hip feels better in the morning! I've never had IT band issues, but I've heard they can be quite painful.1 -
August Goal: 75 Miles
8/1: 6.50 miles
8/3: 5.16 miles
8/4: 4.67 miles
8/5: 5.35 miles
8/7: 7.06 miles
8/10: 5.02 miles
8/11: 5.10 miles
8/12: 5.26 miles
8/15: 7.62 miles
8/17: 4..37 miles
8/18: 4.64 miles
8/19: 4.03 miles
8/22: 6.22 miles
71/75 miles completed for August
Today Hal's plan was a long run of 5 miles in 52 minutes at a 10:24 pace. It was hot when I got up this morning. I didn't get out as early as I wanted, but honestly I don't really think it would have made a lot of difference. It started out at 79°F feels like 81° and ended up 83° feels like 89° with a dew point of 71° - 73°. I was really not feeling it today. The heat was just too much and I couldn't keep up the pace. It was one of those runs that makes me feel like I won't be able to finish my Half in November much less get a good time. I know that even if the weather isn't great it is most likely going to be a lot better than August. But it was still a discouraging run. Plus my hip feels kind of tweaky and that makes me anxious. I ended up running 6.22 miles in 1 hour 14 minutes and a 12:14 average pace. I figured my score would be lower for not hitting the pace and increasing the distance, but Hal said "right on target".
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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Oh no @RunsOnEspresso, hope your hip gets better soon. IT Band injuries can be painful and take a while to heal. Hopefully it's just a niggle and not an ITB issue.0
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Welp back to being under a heat warning! Depending on which local station you pay attention to it was anywhere between 98 and 112 heat index, felt more like 112 honestly! No cloud cover, felt like being baked alive. Also my knee with the weird meniscus has decided to start doing a thing again. My husband was feeling the heat more than I was so we walked a lot but honestly I wasn’t sorry to walk more because my knee was making my whole leg have problems, ankle, knee and hip too.
Supposed to be 10k plus walking to bring it up to 10 miles. Honestly maybe 5 miles running? And 9 something total.
Saw one other runner and he looked like he was riding the struggle bus all the way to struggle town. Lots of cyclists and a couple walking with the most adorable St Bernard puppy which they took out of the car, set down on the asphalt trail, and she immediately demanded to be picked up because her paws were too hot. Last I saw the woman was carrying the puppy, which didn’t look very sustainable for a long walk.
Since @Tramboman mentioned beech nuts, I realized I had no idea what a beech nut even looked like so I looked them up, and I don’t think they are common around here. What we get is loads and loads of hickory nuts, including pecans and walnuts which are both varieties of hickory. Who knew? Reading about it I learned there are a lot of varieties of hickory nuts, some delicious and others not. So today I picked up a hickory nut from the trail and brought it home to figure out what kind it was. Turns out the trees along the Greenline are Mockernuts, so called because they mock you by appearing to be good nuts, but when you open the shells, the shell is really thick and the meat is really tiny. I know there are pignut hickories at WC Johnson park, which aren’t good either, but it turns out that two of the other types at WC Johnson, steelhusk and shagbark, are reportedly delicious. So thanks @Tramboman for inspiring me to learn something new!5 -
Distance Log:
Aug 2: 4.17 miles
Aug 4: 4.80
Aug 6: 5.94
Aug 9: 5.74
Aug 11: 2.75
Aug 16: 5.86
Aug 18: 3.58
Aug 20: 5.75
Aug 21: 2.29
Aug 23: 5.91
Total: 46.79/60 miles
@RunsOnEspresso I hope your hip feels better soon!
@kgirlhart That stinks about the heat. I really don't do well with it myself and never have. Give me cold anytime.
@rheddmobile That's really cool about the different nuts! My kids are going to school next week and our time as homeschoolers will be officially ended, which is bittersweet. One of my favorite things to do with them was have nature study days and we'd walk in the woods and explore all sorts of things. We'll still get to do a little of that, but it won't be as often as we used to and I will miss it!
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@rheddmobile yikes! Those are really hot temps, no matter which weather station you listen too. It feels so much hotter than the reported temp because (in addition to the humidity and dewpoint factors) the air temp is taken in the shade. And I doubt you are running the majority of your runs in the shade!
And thanks for the nut education!
@kgirlhart sorry your hip is giving you problems. Hope it isn't a long lasting issue.
6 miles this morning. Mondays always seem to feel hard. I told myself it was going to be a slow recovery run, and my upper half listened. My average HR was only 119. But my legs didn't get the memo. They felt like lead, and both shins hurt with every step. But it wasn't the normal shin bone pain. It feels like high muscle soreness, close to the knee. Not sure what that is, but just going to continue the slow jogging until it goes away.
ETA: Oh, that makes 12 months straight of 100+ miles. Amazing what consistency will do for you!7 -
August 1 – 6.33
August 2 – 5.35
August 3 – 5.28
August 4 – 5.27
August 6 – 6.04
August 7/8 – 5.01
August 9 – 4.83
August 11 – 5.59
August 12 – 4.08
August 13 – 5.15
August 14 – 5.52
August 16 – 6.02
August 17 – 3.11
August 18 – 8.02
August 20 – 6.01
August 22 – 10.01
August 23 – 5.30
Beautiful full moon graced the skies this morning.
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8/2 – 6.01
8/3 – 5.01
8/5 – 3.01
8/6 – 6.22
8/8 – 6.01
8/8 – 3.39 biking
8/10 – 6.01 Happy 60th birthday to me
8/11 – 3.03
8/14 – 2.72
8/16 – 4.02
8/17 – 6.01
8/20 – 13.11 August Half
8/21 – 2.01 recovery
8/22 – 3.23 bike ride (not counted in miles)
8/23 – 2.02
64.67 of 70 miles
Haven’t logged on in a few days. I’ve been cranky so keeping to myself. One I need to lose the 50 lbs I gained so I cut my calories and started counting, of course I cut them way too much so I feel like *kitten* while I’m running, I’ve upped them starting today to 1680 and we’ll see where I am from there. Maybe I need to get up earlier and get something in my stomach before I run, I did take a gui and some pretzels ha ha no Bueno. Second my car is in the freaking shop again the transmission went, I can’t even think about what that is going to cost me. So I spend the weekend alone feeling sorry for myself. Okay enough of that, it is what it is.
On a good note I did my August HM for my virtual challenge.
@quilteryoyo the worst is when you stop it’s like someone open a faucet over my head and it just pours off. Ugh I use a Nathan vest Trail 7L and love it. Sorry the HM went virtual.
@katharmonic I use a couple of apps too. Sometimes when I know I’m off and pull it out I’m like WTH how did I get over here. I do love looking at my strava after I’m been lost and walking in circles it’s hysterical.
@ContraryMaryMary glad you were able to get an appointment for your “jabs”.
Hi @steviebee888 welcome to our group. We are a fun bunch. All 50 states that is so awesome. Hope the hip is feeling better soon.
@RunsOnEspresso come on girl little at a time.
Thanks @Teresa502 she is having fun. Saturday they practiced at the scrimmage she was on top of the stadium sending me pictures. This week she does volleyball and soccer.
Hey @7lenny7 glad to see you back, the summer heat sucks. Kody is such a beauty, can’t believe he’s 13. Macy, my Labradoodle has hip issues too and she’s only 10. It’s hard on them.
@kgirlhart happy anniversary a bit late
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Stretched a bit this morning and went out for scheduled 5 miles to do as much as I could. I went slow and after every mile I stretched. Finshed all 5. Felt tight, not painful this morning. Stretched and iced when I got home.
99/192 (so close to 100 ugh!)8 -
Speaking of spider webs, I'm not sure I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but there were a bunch of them that morning in the forest, and I somehow ran into one with my FACE, and as I was wiping it off, realized I had the spider on my face as well 😱. I was surprisingly calm in the moment, but got more and more horrified the more I thought about it afterwards.
Maybe I should stop with my forest stories, before you all get scared off of trail running, haha.10 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »Speaking of spider webs, I'm not sure I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but there were a bunch of them that morning in the forest, and I somehow ran into one with my FACE, and as I was wiping it off, realized I had the spider on my face as well 😱. I was surprisingly calm in the moment, but got more and more horrified the more I thought about it afterwards.
Maybe I should stop with my forest stories, before you all get scared off of trail running, haha.
Nothing worse in the world than spider to the face.3 -
Great running @sweetdaisy13
I think I am starting to get why some of you have been complaining about the heat. I was soaking wet just from a WALK this morning. I don't know how you crazy runners do this crap to yourselves, you must be a special crazy breed or something! You won't catch me doing that for the time being, no sir! 🤪
Hope your shin/knee pain is nothing more than a one-run nuisance @Scott6255
Sorry to hear about all of the stress @skippygirlsmom I hope you have easier (and less runger-filled) days ahead.
Good to hear your run today was pain free @RunsOnEspresso and bonus for being able to celebrate 100 with fresh legs at the one mile mark on your next run!
As much as I detest webs, spiders don't actually bother me. Except when they're on my face. That's definitely a problem.7 -
8-1 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
8-2 rest
8-3 7k measy
8-4 7k easy
8-5 rest
8-6 7k measy
8-7 7k moderate
8-8 7k measy
8-9 rest
8-10 4k easy
8-11 4k moderate
8-12 rest
8-13 6k measy
8-14 4k measy
8-15 7k easy
8-16 rest
8-17 4k easy
8-18 5k treadmill
8-19 rest
8-20 4k measy
8-21 4k moderate
8-22 4k easy
8-23 rest
August Total: 88k
August Goal: 150k
Golf today instead of running, on a miserably hot, humid day.
@rheddmobile Shagbark and shellbark hickories are the best!!!
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; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over
9/18 5k Run and Roll, Aurora, OH3 -
I'm looking at going back to Nike from Brooks. Does anyone run in fly knits? Do you still go up half a size? My last nikes were in like 2013 and not fly knit.0
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Hi @shanaber ! My intention was to breed Kody so we'd have a pup around the time he was 10 but it became apparent that having a dog won't work for what we want to do in retirement. We want to do too much traveling and sailing and I wouldn't feel right kenneling a dog that much. I love dogs, especially labs, but I feel terrible every time we have to kennel him. I did find a great person to take him to on Rover.com but I can't count on her being available for the lifespan of another dog. I am trying to talk my son into getting a lab so we still have a dog for hunting, and for me to take running, but he's in a small apartment and not ready to be tied to dog yet.
Hi @katharmonic @RunsOnEspresso @Avidkeo @kgirlhart and @skippygirlsmom !!
@runsondiesel I hope that hip pain resolves quickly. Glad the last run was better.
@quilteryoyo I notice you do a lot of driveway laps. I'm curious, why is that? Do you have a long driveway?
@rheddmobile I can't imagine someone thinking they could take a dog for a walk on asphalt on such a hot day! At least they picked it up. Interesting info about nuts!
No running for me over the weekend. We got up early Saturday to take my son back to college for his sophomore year. On the way there the air conditioner went out in my truck. I knew what the problem was, a ground wire on the compressor case with a bad connection. I pulled over, took out the screw, wiped it off and put it back in. It worked for about 30 minutes so I gave up and will try to fix it in the next day or two. Thankfully it only reached the mid 70's that day. After dropping him off in South Dakota we drove all the way across Minnesota to our boat. Spent the night there and had PERFECT day for sailing yesterday. Perfect wind, steady wind, mid 70's, a clear sky, and some good friends to join us. We ended up sailing two hours longer than we had planned. The downside to that is that I wasn't able to run when we finally got home. I'm happy with the tradeoff though.10
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