October 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

eleanorhawkins

@shanaber that guy with the kids sounds wonderful, we need more people like him in the world.
Re: toenails, do you know to cut a little V in the centre of the nail in question? I have suffered with them since my teens, had to have one surgically removed due to infection and they taught me to do that with the other one. It encourages growth 'inward' to fill in the V instead of out to the sides. Might be worth a try.

tarun_yadavA

Morning all.
Got another 7 in

quilteryoyo

@tarun_yadavA That's a great pace for a hangover run! Way to get out there and get it done.

Teresa502

Happy Sunday all! I’m in Utah for some hiking and camping in Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Escalante. I may not even be in town when all the Run the World peeps pass through!

Congratulations @alphahowls! What an accomplishment! Thanks for the description of your town. We’ve been blessed with rains this summer so all is still green at my house. Not always the case this time of year but it should make for some beautiful leaves this Fall. The trees are already starting to change.

tarun_yadavA

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@tarun_yadavA That's a great pace for a hangover run! Way to get out there and get it done.

@quilteryoyo thank you!! 😊

tarun_yadavA

Teresa502 wrote: »

Happy Sunday all! I’m in Utah for some hiking and camping in Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Escalante. I may not even be in town when all the Run the World peeps pass through!

Congratulations @alphahowls! What an accomplishment! Thanks for the description of your town. We’ve been blessed with rains this summer so all is still green at my house. Not always the case this time of year but it should make for some beautiful leaves this Fall. The trees are already starting to change.

@Teresa502 niiiice! Enjoy! Heard hiking "the narrows" is meant to be amazing 😊

martaindale

@eleanorhawkins If I remember correctly, we have kids about the same age. Mine is hard-core into friends come first mode right now too. Sorry the family won’t be there for your big race. Mine is there less and less these days too. I have really grown to enjoy the selfishness of getting to do a race weekend exactly the way I want.

@shanaber I love the idea of that kids run program! Such a neat way to introduce kids to the sport. If running with my own kid is any indication of other parents’ experience, it’s probably more fun for the kids to have other kids around.

@noblsheep I rarely boulder anymore because I was too worried about getting hurt while falling. I stick to sport climbing almost exclusively but bouldering is such a good upper body workout. I like to do some easy climbs every now and then just to work those explosive power muscles that sport climbing doesn’t hit as much. Hope you feel better soon and glad your fall wasn’t more serious.

@AlphaHowls Big high five for such a cool accomplishment!

shanaber

@eleanorhawkins - Thanks, I had not heard about that but will look up how to do it and give it a try.

@Teresa502 - Enjoy Bryce, Zion and Escalante! Don't know if you recall we went there last February and it was amazing! Not sure what I was expecting but I don't feel like words can describe it, it was so beautiful! My husband doesn't hike so I only did a few short ones (Canyon Overlook was great). I wanted to do the Emerald Pool trails but when we were there they were closed. Are you camping? Hope the weather is great and it isn't too crowded!
We are actually talking about going back again in February weather permitting and doing the loop from Zion to the other National Parks (Capital Reef, Arches, Canyonland and the Grand Canyon).

One comment about the Kids/Students Run LA program - a lot of these kids are from disadvantaged areas/families who would probably not have parents who are runners or any running role models really.
From their website: To make this journey possible, SRLA provides students and their SRLA Leaders with training shirts, running shoes, entry fees and transportation to the races, a Marathon uniform, Marathon Day support, and more. With most SRLA students coming from underserved communities, SRLA is steadfast in keeping its program FREE for all students and promoting healthy lifestyles and goal setting in diverse, predominantly Latinx communities.

Rest/recovery day today. Will likely do some cross training later this afternoon.

polskagirl01

Back from a weekend conference. No running. Too much mental energy required, but nice to see some coworkers.

Scott6255

Just an easy 3 mile treadmill recovery run today.

quilteryoyo

@Teresa502 I saw that you had been "walking" and not running. I was wondering if you were hiking somewhere. Enjoy your vacation. That is a really beautiful area of the country.

@shanaber I was wondering if that running program was for disadvantaged youth. I'm glad they are keeping everything free for all the kids. Even if parents have money, they may not always want to pay it for their kid to train for and run a marathon. Do they do anything special for the kids at the finish line?

Sounds like a nice Sunday recovery day for you @Scott6255 .

quilteryoyo

October: 20.05/80 mile goal

1 Oct - Ran 2.50 miles, Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
3 Oct - Ran 2.75 miles - walked 0.70 mile - driveway laps
4 Oct - Ran 3.00 miles - walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
5 Oct - Wun 2.00 miles - driveway laps
6 Oct - Ran 2.30 miles - walked 0.80 miles - in town while on lunch break
7 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
8 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
9 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps

I decided to give myself another easy day, even though I am in a better mood and feel some better today. So, I did my normal mile walk between church and lunch with mom.

kgirlhart

October Goal: 100 Miles

10/2 - 13.13 miles
10/4 - 5.52 miles
10/5 - 6.02 miles
10/6 - 6.27 miles
10/9: 14.02 miles

44.96/100 miles completed for October

I got a PR for distance today. I ran 14 miles. My previous longest run was 13.5. The weather was really nice again. The guy who does the Half Marathon that I have been running retired after last year, so I didn't have a big race this year so I decided to go for a distance record. The run was really good. It was overcast, but there was some sun. It was 57°F at the start. It was probably in the low 70's by the end, but there was a light breeze and enough cloud cover that it wasn't too hot. I felt really good and even though my legs are tired, they don't feel too bad. It was a great run.

@alphahowls Great accomplishment!

@Teresa502 Your hiking trip sounds so awesome!

@noblsheep Good to see you back!

@Shanaber What a wonderful program!

ContraryMaryMary

Hello everyone. I’m back. Life got a bit busy there - work mostly - but I’ve kept up with the running and have a 15km on Sunday then the Auckland half at the end of the month. Spring has finally sprung here so the thing that is messing with my training is the garden. So while I’m feeling pretty fit and ready to race, I’m nowhere near the speed I was two years ago. I’m not unhappy about it - I had the time to focus on my training back then and was working towards a PB that I knew I’d probably never beat once we moved to the country. That training, while effective, did take a lot of joy out of running too. Now that the pressure is off, I’m loving it again.

tarun_yadavA

Morning all. Hope everyone had a nice weekend.
Struggled today after an unhealthy couple of days of drinking and eating crap. Got in 4. Reset!!

quilteryoyo

Congratulations again @kgirlhart ! That's an awesome accomplishment.

Glad to see you back @ContraryMaryMary ! Glad to see that you have found the joy of running again. Good luck with your upcoming races.

Excellent weekend recovery run @tarun_yadavA .

Scott6255

Hi @ContraryMaryMary! It's good to see you back.

6.2 miles this morning. Felt really sick all last night and didn't feel better when I woke up this morning. Stomach felt very nauseous. But I always feel better when I run, so I thought I could go out and so just a very slow plod. First mile didn't feel too terrible, so I just kept going. Had to take a walk break about half way through, but then felt ok the rest of the way. Hate feeling sick, but I'm sure this will pass by the end of the day.

tarun_yadavA

Scott6255 wrote: »

Hi @ContraryMaryMary! It's good to see you back.

6.2 miles this morning. Felt really sick all last night and didn't feel better when I woke up this morning. Stomach felt very nauseous. But I always feel better when I run, so I thought I could go out and so just a very slow plod. First mile didn't feel too terrible, so I just kept going. Had to take a walk break about half way through, but then felt ok the rest of the way. Hate feeling sick, but I'm sure this will pass by the end of the day.

@Scott6255 hope you get well soon buddy

martaindale

@ContraryMaryMary Welcome back!!

@Scott6255 Here’s hoping you shake off the stomach weirdness.

@kgirlhart Way to go on the distance PB. Sounds like you had a really nice run.

@teresa502 enjoy the hiking. Can’t wait to see some pics. I have never been to that part of the country but really want to make it out there. Everyone I know who has gone just raved about it.

martaindale

October total: 46.9/180 miles

10/1: 10 miles
10/2: 6.1 miles
10/3: 6.2 miles
10/4: 5.1 miles
10/5: 7 miles
10/7: 6.6 miles
10/10: 5.9 miles

Speed work this morning. 6 x 800m w/ 400m recovery. Went back to the dam, my hill country track. Splits were really good today. Target was 4:20-4:25 for the 800’s. My splits were 4:29, 4:25, 4:23, 4:25, 4:26, and 4:17. Super consistent and right on target. I honestly didn’t feel like that last one was any faster than the others but maybe knowing it was the last one I turned on the burners a little.
After the run I did a short hike down to the lake to wrap up my cool down. Here’s a couple of pictures. I really like this park.