October 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

AlphaHowls

200 mile minimum goal, and will probably be able to get over 400 miles

10/1 13.51 miles, 1250 days on the run, 432 days HM+ Streak
10/2 18.57 miles, Running Partners A & E

So, I am still here. My computer (really old) gave it up last weekend. I am working with a new one, but 'learning' takes time. I am dealing with some grief/loss issues and seasonal affect. Really just trying to put one foot in front of the other and not sink.

I did finish September

9/1 17.35 miles, 402 days HM+ Streak! 1220 days on the run
9/2 17.47 miles
9/3 17.54 miles
9/4 17.42 miles
9/5 17.18 miles, Crazy Laps (3 miles OTR, Driveway Loops and Crazy Laps)
9/6 17.42 miles, 1225 days on the run, 407 days HM+ Streak
9/7 18.42 miles, Running Partner A, makes me pick up pace
9/8 17.5 miles
9/9 17.52 miles
9/10 17.48 miles
9/11 18.32 miles, 1230 days on the run, 412 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner E
9/12 17.32 miles
9/13 17.5 miles
9/14 13.44 miles, Flu shot yesterday, really dragging
9/15 13.39 miles
9/16 13.4 miles, 1235 days on the run, 417 days HM+ Streak
9/17 13.36 miles
9/18 1.03 miles, barefoot crazy laps to relax before race
9/18 13.63 miles, Hoptown Half, Running Partner A & E
9/19 13.26 miles, Guinness World Records Official Attempt Run (10 km / 6.2 mi)
9/20 13.29 miles
9/21 13.24 miles, 1240 days on the run, 422 days HM+ Streak
9/22 13.63 miles Crazy Laps, cold rain
9/23 13.46 miles
9/24 13.39 miles
9/25 17.69 miles
9/26 13.25 miles, 1245 days on the run, 427 days HM+ Streak
9/27 18.37 miles
9/28 13.35 miles
9/29 13.43 miles
9/30 13.43 miles, 1249 days on the run, 431 days HM+ Streak

466.48 Miles for September 2021
19221.71 Around the earth miles
5680.29 miles to get home

polskagirl01

Got my 40th week of 40km DONE, with a few weeks to spare 🥳
My son came along on my 10k run today with his bike. He's faster than me, so had time to stop at a convenience store, then rode ahead of me and ate the ice cream he bought. I only gave him one direction at a time, so he wouldn't get too far away. It was a beautiful, sunny Fall day. Very nice.

ContraryMaryMary

Did 20km this morning - longest run in ages. Felt good though.

Teresa502

October 1 – 5.14
October 2 – 22.24

@Tramboman – Could you get me some of that discipline as well?

@penguinmama87 – Glad you were able to avoid the dogs.

Sorry for all that life is throwing at you @AlphaHowls. Hang in there!

Congrats on your 40 weeks of 40Ks @polskagirl01! A year to remember for sure!

Not really a race (for me), but my timed endurance run report is in the spoiler below.

Today I ran in the Buffalo Mountain Endurance Run. It was held at a church camp in NE Tennessee. You could choose to run 36 hours, 24 hours, 12 hours (Saturday day), 12 hours (Saturday night), 6 hours Saturday, 6 hours on Sunday or 3 hours on Saturday. The course consists of a 1.25 mile loop of mainly paved road but some gravel and some grass. You simply run as many loops as you can within the time frame for which you registered. The course was hilly. You were always either going up or going down.

I signed up for the 3-hour run. However, my friend was running the 6 hour so I emailed the race director Friday morning to see if I could switch to the 6 hour. Since we were riding together, I figured instead of sitting around waiting for her to finish I could at least walk the course and get a few more miles in. The race director never responded to my email so I was prepared to run the 3 hour. All times were staggered. The earliest runners (those running 36 hours) began at 7 am. My 3-hour run was from 11:00 – 2:00 but my friend’s 6-hour started at 10:00. We got there about 9:15 and picked up our bibs and I learned the RD had indeed switched me to the 6 hour. Okey-dokey – It would have been nice if I had time to mentally prepare myself but hey I figured it wouldn’t kill me.

The temp was about 69F at the 10:00 am start with a high of 78F but it was pretty humid. The course was partly shaded and partly sunny. There were beautiful trees though and most here are starting to change colors. I mostly ran the first 8 miles and did walk/run on miles 9 and 15-22. There were a total of about 80 runners signed up for all the events but with the staggered start times, everyone was in different stages of their runs. There were some people who ran every single loop and some people who walked every single loop. Everyone was friendly and it was fun to talk to different people throughout the day.

There was one aid station at the start/finish line and it was fully stocked with hot and cold food all day long. There was also a bathhouse with flush toilets and showers. Best of all there was a small creek close by and I got in it for a while when I finished and it felt fabulous! I ended up with 22.24 miles with 21 minutes left but I was ready to call it day so I did. We stayed around to cheer a few friends on for about an hour before we headed home.


We got a really soft long-sleeve shirt and a nice fleece blanket for participating.

quilteryoyo

@penguinmama87 I'm glad you got out for your run before anyone else woke up this morning. I am a dog lover, but I still get scared of being bitten by dogs that are aggressively barking. You just never know.

@Tramboman Knowledge is power. Now that you know, you can do something about it. Asking Santa for discipline is a good start.

@sweetdaisy13 Nice running and sounds like a very wise plan for the month.

@mshawski Great run. Looks like a really nice trail.

@AlphaHowls Hugs. All of those things are hard. Great running in September.

@polskagirl01 Glad your son rode his bike with you today. I love seeing all of you who get your kids involved with your running and out exercising instead of sitting on the computer all day!

Yeah for a great run @ContraryMaryMary .

@Teresa502 You did great on your endurance run. Sounds like you had a fun too! I'll bet that creek was cold.

kgirlhart

Great job on the timed run @Teresa502. I love the shirt and blanket.

@mshawski What a pretty place to run our walk..

quilteryoyo

The neighbors, mom, and I sawed wood again this morning. We worked for about 2 hours pulling trees he cut last week up out of the woods, sawing them, loading and unloading the big blocks. I tried to only count my active time, so Garmin says 50:21 min for that. We took a break for lunch and mom and I got some pallets to put the wood on and loaded up some that was at the woodpile that needed to be split and took it to her house before eating. Then the neighbors came back and we used his hydraulic splitter and split all we had sawed....I staked it in the shed after they split it. That took a little over 2 hours. While we were doing that, my brother came down and mowed mom's lawn with his big mower (didn't help with the wood because he said he had to go to work today), so, after splitting the wood, I push mowed the trimming that needed to be done on the yard. That only took about 30 min today and I decided I didn't need to weed eat. I came home and did my mile walk on the driveway at a 3.7 mph pace, ate a piece of peanut butter toast, took a shower, got ready, and left to pick up mom to go to a celebration of another neighbor's 92nd birthday - had cobbler and homemade ice cream. When I got home from that, I cleaned out the gutters and blew the leaves off of the porches because it is supposed to rain tonight. Total active time was 4:40:04, traversed 3.88 miles, and burned 1,283 calories. I'm beat!

TheMrWobbly

Good morning All, I am on holiday at the moment. It was meant to be a chance to get back into a relaxed fitness routine however I am just putting together the 2022 business plan for work! Rest is just around the corner!

quilteryoyo

@TheMrWobbly I hope the rest comes soon and you get to enjoy your holiday instead of working!

Tramboman

10-1 7k slow
10-2 7k sleasy (between slow and easy)
10-3 7k slow

October Total: 21k
October Goal: 150k

Cloudy, mid 60s F, with a tiny breeze from the southeast. Today's amusement was identifying the fallen leaves on the path: hard maple; silver maple; red oak; white oak; bigtooth aspen; sycamore; ash; beech; tulip poplar; and sweet gum.

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 Hattie Larlham ThriveK, Aurora, OH Scratch

juliet3455

kgirlhart wrote: »

Welcome, @mshawski , @momtoCMG , and @sthompson0214 !!!

My plan has 111 miles for October, so I am setting that as my goal.

Thanks for setting us up @martaindale!

Another welcome to the new running addicts.
I saw this MFP blog about new runners and thought it might be of interest to you.
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/mental-mistakes-new-runners-make/

@shanaber Here is a picture or two of the "Walk" (my garmin does not have a Hike option) I did with 3 friends from the local club yesterday. Some of them were supposed to be panoramic but seemed to have failed

If you look to the right of the lady in this picture you can see the Rolly-Polly Hills that we just came through along the Ridge overlooking the river valley on the left. A lot of fun. Some how I never got a picture of the little Cactus that grow in the area. Yes we have cactus up in the north that survive through our winters and snow cover.

Still in a recovery rebuild mode so the Blog also rings true for me or anyone in a similar place

Scott6255

@juliet3455 really cool pictures!
@quilteryoyo whew! You are a workhorse!! You did a LOT of work in one day!
@Teresa502 great job on your 6 hour run! That's a LONG time on your feet!
@polskagirl01 very cool that you did 40K for 40 weeks on your 40th year on this planet!
@ContraryMaryMary very nice 20K!
@AlphaHowls hugs to you! Sorry you are feeling down. Hope you can get on the other side of it soon.

Yesterday I started out on my long run, but stopped after 1 mile. My right shin was just hurting too much to keep going. So today I had all the band-aids I could think of on my right leg...KT tape, compression socks, and a calf strap. Wanted to see if I could do the race mileage I need to do. Went slow and leg felt quite good. Hopefully I can ween myself off of these crutches in the next couple weeks. If not, I'll probably succumb to actual crutches, but by God I will complete the 15K on October 16! Airline tickets and race registration already paid for.

mshawski

juliet3455 wrote: »

Another welcome to the new running addicts.
I saw this MFP blog about new runners and thought it might be of interest to you.
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/mental-mistakes-new-runners-make/

Thanks for the blogpost! It was a helpful read. I’ve sadly got a built in default “don’t rush your goals” mechanism. If I increase my mileage or speed too quickly I get some major GI distress. It’s so annoying. It means I up mileage so slowly. Lol. (TMI for a newbie maybe, but oh well.) As annoying as it is it’s helpful I guess? 😂🤔. Open to any and all sage advice as to how to avoid this though. It’s my #1 complaint about running, besides the devil that is “hills”.

Today’s workout was a functional strength training class at the gym.

shanaber

@Teresa502 - great job on your timed race!
@quilteryoyo - So much hard work! Makes me tired reading about it all!
@TheMrWobbly - as my daughter used to say to me, 'Why are you working? You're on holiday??'
@juliet3455 - fantastic 'walk'! Beautiful views! I had no idea that cactuses grew so far north.
@Scott6255 - hope your shin feels better soon. Have you considered different running shoes?
Rest day for me today but I did run yesterday for my first run of the month. It's just too hot here again (99F here yesterday) but they are saying a cool down later this week and maybe even a chance for some rain. Not going to hold my breath but that would be lovely!

polskagirl01

Great job @Teresa502 !

@quilteryoyo that sounds like quite a workout.

@mshawski it's not TMI for this thread; we're runners, and we do talk about stuff like this. I don't have any great advice on this, other than looking at what/when you're eating before running and seeing if there's any connection. It's still good to increase slowly, so maybe it's a blessing in disguise to get you to slow down.

sweetdaisy13

@Scott6255 Fingers crossed your leg holds up for race day. Even if you have a few days of rest, you still be fine for your race as you already have a good base fitness.

Not sure if you've changed your shoes, but if your new shoes are causing shin splints, maybe it's best to go back to your old ones until your race is done.

johnisrunning

10/1- 7.6 miles
10/2- 4.05 miles
10/3- 14 miles (2:03:05, 8:47/mile)

October To-Date: 25.65 miles
October Target: 185 miles
Percentage Complete: 13.86%
On-Pace?: 7.74 miles ahead of pace

kgirlhart

October Goal: 111 Miles


10/3: 10.30 miles


10.30/111  miles completed for October 

Finally on the board for October! I don't usually run on Friday and Saturday so I hate when the 1st is on a Friday.  I feel so behind. But Sunday is my long run day so now I have 10 miles done for October.  The plan was a base run of 10 miles in 1 hr 38 minutes average pace of 9:48. I have decided that I will be ignoring Hal's paces. My goal pace for the Half next month is 9:37. And I will be happy if I have a pace of 9:48 for the race. On Thursday Hal has a 7 mile HM Pace run with an average pace of 8:58. I guess he thinks my goal is  sub 2 hour Half even though I entered my goal as 2 hrs 6 minutes.  That base pace he is giving me is practically my race pace,, and I am not going to exhaust myself trying to run all my training runs at race pace. So today I ran 10.3 miles in 1 hr 57 minutes with an average pace of 11:19. That was a little more than 90 seconds slower than race pace, but I think that long runs shouldn't be run fast. It was a great run. I  haven't run a double digit run since July.  The weather was really nice. It was sunny,  but not hot and I really enjoyed it. My hip wasn't bothering me. I saw Sunny the donkey and that always makes me smile. It was just a good run.  It's nice sometimes to not worry about pace and to just run.




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

skippygirlsmom

10/1 – 3.01
10/2 – 5.05
10/3 – 7.02

15.08 of 90 miles

Catching up as usual after the weekend.

@julieannegannon sorry the hip is still giving you trouble

@CarsonSurfs if I had a dollar for every time I hit the ground on a trail I’d be rich. Sounds like fun.

@RunsOnEspresso it got cooler here in the mornings and I got used to it, then it said ha ha I went back to a million degrees

@Tramboman too funny!!! I’m seriously thinking I’d trust the eye of newt vs the national weather service.

Dogs always give me reason to pause on a run…are they nice? Are you not? At the coyotes and other critters just move along.

Hugs @AlphaHowls

@TheMrWobbly your holidays sound like mine, working while I’m on vacation.

@mshawski I’m with @polskagirl01 – nothing is TMI here!

skippygirlsmom

Got this today in my email.