August 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,557 Member
    Thanks @shanaber for setting up September. Those are really beautiful pics!

    Great job getting 16 miles @eleanorhawkins! You are a beast for doing that much after you have been feeling so poorly. Hope you stay healthy!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    shanaber wrote: »
    ...I took a couple of pictures of the scenery but we didn't take a single picture of the pups.
    We will now all do our best Hobbes impressions and look at you judgingly.

    😂😂😂
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,381 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @tarun_yadavA If you do ever come back to TN, let me know. Maybe we could meet up for a run walk or drink.

    @Teresa502 I'm glad your ankle held up for the hike. You're views were amazing. Looks like a perfect day for it. Just beautiful skies.

    @eleanorhawkins Great job with another 16 miles. If you continue to feel well, you should be able to complete Sunday's race. No pressure here, but you are doing great. I hope your stomach doesn't rebel...after all, you did reward it with ice cream. It should be happy. Right? :wink:

    @polskagirl01 Nice bike ride and interesting things you found. The little doll is cute. I hope you make it up to the mountains tomorrow.

    @shanaber Thanks for setting up next month's challenge. Love the pictures of the lake. I'm sure that Hobbes and the other pups had a great time. Be careful with those excessive heat days and we'll all be sure to hydrate while running in AZ. I need to put my mileage in - I do it manually and haven't taken the time in the last week. Won't be much, but will move us along.

    I didn't work today. Mom and I went to town to do our shopping and look at gas heaters. I think we have talked her into getting one so that she doesn't have to bother with putting wood into a wood stove. It was getting hard for her to do last year. We had looked into pellet stoves, but decided she'd still need help to keep that going, so we're going to try a gas one. She's not real comfortable with gas, but this one seems to be really safe and is small but powerful. The guy was supposed to call me this afternoon with a price and possible delivery/install date, but he didn't. I'll have to give him a call tomorrow.

    When I got home, I was beat. As I said before, I always am after a trip to town. So weird. Anyway, I rested for a couple of hours, maybe napped a little, then went out and did my planned Fast Finish Run on the driveway. It was 88°F, but there was a slight breeze and it is mostly shady, so thought it would be okay. It felt fine when just standing there. :lol: It really wasn't too bad until about 1.5 miles into the run. I stopped for a drink of water and then had a hard time getting going again. I felt like I was fading fast, but did manage to do the last 5 minutes of the run at a 10:48 min/mile average pace. The other 1.8 miles was at 13:38 min/mile pace.

    With that and my warm up and cool down walks, I did a total of 3.1 miles today. That brings my monthly total to 65.6 miles/62.0 mile goal....so have exceeded my goal with 2 days left in the month. Haven't done that in a long time.

    @quilteryoyo hahaha! Love it! Definitely! 😊

    PS: Tennessee bbq is great! Went to a place called Calhoun's - don't know if any good or not as per locals but I loved it
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,478 Member
    @rps67 Yeah for your progress on C25K and that your daughters are liking running with you.

    @tarun_yadavA I have never had the BBQ at Calhoun's, but it is a decent restaurant. Another nice run in the books for you.

    @yirara Sorry your run was so horrible, but you did it! I hope you are feeling better today. How did you bump your head?
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,319 Member
    @marisap2010 Great work on your 16 miler! 23 mins faster is a serious pace improvement.
    @eleanorhawkins Great work on yours too! Glad you felt well and were pain free!

    @AlphaHowls That road looks like such a good place to run!

    @Teresa502 Lovely hiking spot! While I enjoy camping I haven't crossed into full-on backpacking yet. My husband thinks I will eventually. IDK. I guess time will tell.

    @yirara Cave in the dark. It'll get you every time!
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,319 Member
    August total: 101.7/105 miles

    8/1: 5.1 miles
    8/3: 5 miles
    8/4: 4.1 miles
    8/5: 5 miles
    8/6: 10 miles
    8/7: 4 miles
    8/9: 4 miles
    8/10: 4.1 miles
    8/11: 3.1 miles
    8/12: 3 miles
    8/13: 6 miles
    8/14: 2.8 miles
    8/15: 4 miles
    8/16: 3 miles
    8/18: 3 miles
    8/19: 3 miles
    8/20: 13.1 miles
    8/22: 2.2 miles
    8/23: 3 miles
    8/24: 3.1 miles
    8/26: 3.1 miles
    8/27: 4 miles
    8/29: 4 miles

    Forgot to post last night's run. I got to run outside in the late afternoon in the rain! It was only 79F because of the rain, which was a lovely light and steady shower through my entire run. No other people out, just the cars driving by. I love love love rainy runs! This one got me over 100 and my run today or tomorrow (haven't decided yet) should get me to goal. This will officially wrap my first summer with 100+ mile months. Kind of crazy. Never thought I could do that kind of mileage in these temps.
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,145 Member
    I am still laughing about Hobbes' disapproval look! I can SO see that!

    Great running everyone - lots of adversity in August for sure. I am 2 miles away from 1K for the year which is actually a pretty low mileage but I am pretending it's a good milestone to motivate me the last week or so. I did over 2021 last year and over 1700 in 2020 so i am quite far behind on miles this year but I think RTY really took my mojo for distance away. sigh.

    Anyway I am at 118.6 and will hit 120 for the month which is better than last month! Might have to run in the rain tomorrow morning but determined to get it finished.

    Thanks for setting up Sept for us.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,557 Member
    @yirara hope your head feels better soon. You also have to watch out for those stalagmites 😁 Congrats on meeting your goal

    @martaindale this is the 1st summer to have a 100+ month 👍 and coincidentally the 1st summer you had access to a treadmill 😏. Way to go!

    I did some speed work on the treadmill this afternoon totalling 6 miles.

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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,170 Member
    August Goal: 100 Miles

    8/2: 5.51 miles
    8/3: 6.04 miles
    8/4: 6.01 miles
    8/7: 11.03 miles
    8/9: 6.02 miles
    8/10: 6.04 miles
    8/11: 6.10 miles
    8/14: 10.08 miles
    8/15: 5.51 miles
    8/16: 5.60 miles
    8/17: 6.01 miles
    8/21: 10.30 miles
    8/23: 6.02 miles
    8/24: 5.31 miles
    8/25: 6.02 miles
    8/28: 10.02 miles
    8/30: 5.30 miles

    116.92/100 miles completed for August

    We finally got some much needed rain last night. We had 3.5 inches at our house and some across town had 5. We needed the rain, but it certainly made for a very humid run this morning. I ran 5 miles. The run started out kind of meh, but it got better as it went. I did see a skunk, but it was pretty uneventful. There is more rain in the forecast and a chance of thunderstorms in the morning so I guess I will have to see if this was my last run for August or if I can get one more in.

    Great running everyone and beautiful pictures. Thanks for setting us up for next month @shanaber.

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  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,478 Member
    @yirara Wow. That sounds like an adventure for sure and I can imaging that really hurt. Glad everyone had their phones for some light though. That would have been a little, if not a lot, scary.

    Glad you had a nice run in the rain @martaindale ! Great mileage for the summer months too!

    You are doing great @SummerSkier . I feel like you have concentrated more on pace this year, so having 1000 miles in August is great.

    Nice running @yirara ! Sounds like a really fun swim too.

    @polskagirl01 Glad your daughter went hiking with you. It's nice to do things like that with family.

    So glad you got rain @kgirlhart ! Glad your run got better as you went. Great August mileage!

    I wound up working today from 11-5. I tripped over a chair while the kids were sleeping and almost fell in the floor. I'm sure it was comical, but I'm also sure that I twisted my body in ways it should not have been twisted to keep semi-upright. I contemplated not running because of that, but, since it feels okay tonight and may not tomorrow, I went ahead and did my 30 min foundation run on the treadmill after I got home. I ran 2.30 miles in 30:19 minutes. I also walked 0.7 miles total for warm up and cool down. That brings my August total to 68.6/62.0 mile goal.
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,381 Member
    tarun_yadavA wrote: »
    Hi all.
    Got 138 done in July, from 26 (/31 runs). That Included a 13.1 Half in there.

    Probably gonna go for 140 for August

    158.59 for the month
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  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,862 Member
    I looked back through the first few pages and I don't think I set a goal for the month which was just as well since I sprained my ankle and missed a few days last week. I finished up the month with 5 miles this morning bring my total to 71.82 miles for the month. Great running everyone!
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  • rps67
    rps67 Posts: 163 Member
    tarun_yadavA wrote: »
    Good morning everyone!
    Me done!

    I love seeing your posts because I imagine this route has to be amazing! You're probably totally used to it but to me, it seems so cool to be able to run through London.
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    rps67 wrote: »
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    @rps67 – You have 8 children? And time to run? I’m in awe! So glad that your 8 and 10-year old are interested in running. Hopefully the excitement of a 5k race will keep them motivated.

    Four of them are adults, so it's really not that challenging! One is a 15 year old that I never see so it's like I only have 3 kids at this point. :D I've found that running is REALLY good for my mental health so I've made it a priority now, and having that time with the girls -- when their faces aren't glued to some electronic device -- is also wonderful. We're going to run later today and they went off to school all excited about our running date.

    @rps67 that is so awesome! I only have one, she's 16 and yeah, I hear ya about never seeing. I have tried to get her interested in running (or anything!) with me but nope.
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,145 Member
    what a great month! i wrapped up with 5 plus miles to hit 1k for the year plus to date.

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