March 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,543 Member
    That sounds like a lovely start to your day @kgirlhart .

    @martaindale Great running and glad you have a nice trail that you enjoy.

    Thanks @Teresa502 . You are right, moving cattle can be major exercise, especially if you have to run to keep them going in the right direction. It was a beautiful day today. I'm glad you got to run at lunch. Enjoy your hike tomorrow and look forward to the pictures. It should be another beautiful day. hahaha about the little boy wanting to sell you chickens. Nice shoe porn. I hope you like them.

    @SummerSkier I think BP and the causes are sort of personal and a lot of genetics. I started the diuretic today and no change in BP. It was 132/97 tonight. It's usually pretty good in the morning...at 8:15 am it was 110/75. I have no idea why it goes up so much when I'm sitting at the computer. You are so speedy. We are close to the same age, so maybe there is some hope for me to get faster too. For some reason I thought you were a lot younger....I guess it was the speed.

    Oh no @ContraryMaryMary ! I hope you have a mild case and fell better quickly. Just saw your update. I hope you don't have it. I think I would still stay home and pretend like I do, just to be on the safe side since there are a lot of false negatives. I hope your daughters get well soon.

    @eleanorhawkins Yeah for climbing the mountain. I love your plan to be the only one in your age group at some point.



  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @ContraryMaryMary It’s so depressing to learn covid has finally reached Kiwiland, you guys did everything right! Hopefully you all have mild cases and your country can benefit from the advances learned over the past couple of years to get through this as painlessly as possible. You and your family get well soon!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,543 Member
    @rheddmobile I'm glad you were able to get some running in. Sounds like you are making progress. Also very glad that your eye is okay. My dad had a retinal detachment and later a tear. They were able to fix both so that he didn't lose his sight, but the recovery time isn't fun. I have lots of floaters in both my eyes. My eye doctor says my eyes are fine. They can be aggravating, especially when I'm trying to see something small in the sky. Seems like all I can see are the floaters. I feel bad for the poor little raccoon. I'm sure he's lonely and hates the smell. Hopefully he learned his lesson and will leave the skunks alone from now own.
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    @quilteryoyo Good for you sticking with a scrappy run!

    @rheddmobile Glad to hear your eye is ok. Sounds like your trails took quite a hit. You and I will have to agree to disagree on 80F being nice in the shade! I am a southerner too and 80F is HOT. Shade helps but, yeah, it's hot. Good for you guys getting your runs done in that heat.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,570 Member
    @rheddmobile scary about your eye and glad it is ok. And poor raccoon. I feel sorry for him

    I got in 13 miles late this morning. It was rather hot and windy, so not ideal. Didn't feel super great, but got it done. One earbud died even before I started my watch, so ran with one. That was distracting to hear my foot falls and breathing. I usually like to tune those things out 🙂

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,543 Member
    Thanks @martaindale .

    @emmamcgarity Sounds like you are going great at easing back into running. I think the worst mistake people make is going too far, too fast, too soon.

    @Scott6255 Great job on getting in 13 miles this morning. Funny that you like to totally tune out your breathing and foot steps. Since I run on the road, I have the trekz titanium headphones so I can listen to music AND hear everything around me.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,188 Member
    March Goal: 100 Miles

    3/1: 5.15 miles
    3/2: 5.16 miles
    3/3: 5.16 miles
    3/4: 2.02 miles
    3/5: 1.61 miles


    19.10/100 miles completed for March

    Just a quick 1.5 miles this morning for the streak. It was nice, but a little windy and almost a bit warm at 65°F. But I prefer a little warm to cold. I will need to get out earlyish to beat the heat tomorrow for my long run. The last few weeks I have had to wait for it to warm up, but it is supposed to be in the 60's overnight. But then it is supposed to get cold again this week.

    @rheddmobile. I am glad the eye wasn't too serious. A couple of my brothers in law have had detached retinas and it is definitely no fun. That poor racoon. Hopefully he has learned not to mess with the skunks anymore.

    @scott6255 I wear aftershoz headphones now, but before I got them I always just used one earbud so I could hear things around me.

    @quilteryoyo Those judgy cows were probably wondering what the heck you were up to.


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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,543 Member
    @kgirlhart Nice job on your streak. I, too, prefer warmer to colder weather for running. I hope today's run is a good one.

    @emmamcgarity You are doing great. There is no shame in taking walk breaks.
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    @rheddmobile, That would scare me so much if that happened to my eye! I’m terrified of something happening to my eyes. I’m glad it isn’t anything too serious. I also hope the little raccoon can get himself clean and go back to his brothers for safety.
    Good job easing back in, @emmamcgarity.
    Awesome job on your 13 miles @Scott6255.
    I’m sorry your runs have been so scrappy @quilteryoyo, but I bet those cows were thinking about how awesome you are, not judging you!
  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    Actually, I may have been hasty. While my girls definitely have Covid and I have had a sore throat for two days now, I haven't managed to get a positive test. Just took my third on the third day, another negative. Could be a coincidental cold...

    They can often be false negative. Anyway, hope you all get better soon! :)
  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    Scott6255 wrote: »

    I got in 13 miles late this morning.
    Amazing! :) I hate running without music too...
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,873 Member
    3/1 – 6.51 miles
    3/3 – 6.01 miles
    3/4 – 4.08 miles
    Total – 16.61/100 miles

    Yesterday’s hike started in Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia. We had to hike about a mile on a side trail to reach the Appalachian Trail on Wilburn Ridge. It was a perfect day for hiking. The sun was out and it was 47F at the start and 67F at the finish. Grayson Highlands is know for its population of wild ponies although as you can see in the pictures in the spoiler they aren’t all that wild. The ponies were introduced in the 70s to maintain the balds that had previously been farmed. There are about 15 herds of them spread out over 3500 acres. Total hike mileage was 9.14 miles although I paused my watch one time and failed to resume in a timely manner. The terrain ranged from rocky to crossing the balds to going through the forest. Total elevation gain was 1,473 feet.

    I hope you get better quickly @ContraryMaryMary regardless of whether it is the C-thing or not.

    @Scott6255 – These new shoes are the Gel Nimbus. I need to buy a width shoe and that was the style that came up when I narrowed my search on the site.

    Congratulations on your 10K finish @marisap2010!
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    About 2 miles into the hike, we started seeing the ponies
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    More ponies
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    This was called the Fatman's Squeeze
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    One of the many beautiful views
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    Rocky section of trail
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,570 Member
    @quilteryoyo yeah I'm sure those cows were just in awe that you were running that fast.
    @marisap2010 great job on your race! Glad you met some new running buddies.
    @Aine8046 welcome to NY! Brave of you to run in a new city in the dark.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,543 Member
    Awww. Thanks @marisap2010 . I wasn't feeling particularly awesome at the time. I guess that's why I saw judgement, not approval. LOL Nice running and placement in your race. Glad you were able to meet some new potential running buddies. Nice running today too and love that your husband went walking while you ran. Really pretty trail.

    @Aine8046 Wow! I'm amazed that you got out and ran at 5 am with jet lag. You are amazing. The view from your hotel is pretty awesome too.

    Love the hiking report @Teresa502 . I didn't know about the "wild" ponies. That is so cool. Could you pet them?

    @SummerSkier You are doing great and gives me some hope of improving my speed, if I work at it. I'll probably never be as speedy as you, but would like to get below 11 min miles consistently.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,543 Member
    @kgirlhart It is amazing how much colder it gets when the sun goes behind a cloud. You are doing great with getting back into running after being sick. Maybe three days of running in a row was a little much. Hopefully you can get a double digit run in next week.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @Aine8046 - I saw the cat and figured you must be staying with family or friends... I have been to hotels with lobby cats or dogs but none that you could have in your room. I stayed in a hotel in the Netherlands when I was there on business that had ducks that would wander into the buildings and would come in your room if the door was left open. They were famous for their friendly ducks and had a woodcarver who made 2-3 ft tall replicas of them for the rooms. You would set it outside the door as your 'do not disturb sign'. I bought one and brought it home with me 😊 named after the town we were in (Baarlo)