March 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,186 Member
    great run and what a most beautiful couple you two are Tarun! 💖💖

    117.8 miles to date out of 120 goal this month. Yesterday was stormy in the morning so I decided to do my tempo run at lunch. I am really enjoying the new features to race yourself on my watch. Of course I will never beat my current PB times since the GPS went crazy on Wed and gave me record breaking times for a 5K and 6K

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    @katharmonic WOW I bet you are so happy to see that surgery in the read view mirror and start to focus on recovery.

    waiting on race report @Laurz9191!

    @quilteryoyo looks like we had the same warm weather yesterday - my AC kicked in again in the afternoon after about a week off and needing a heater. Have fun with tennis today.

  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,408 Member
    @SummerSkier aww thanks bON 😊
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,532 Member
    @kgirlhart It stormed here last night too. Fortunately, Tippy is not afraid, but she did come into the bedroom and wake me up, just so I would know it was raining, I think. LOL You did great getting in your exercise and keeping the streak going.

    Great run @tarun_yadavA . Love that you had a change of scenery. Fantastic mileage for the year so far too. Great picture of you and your wife. You two are so cute together. The dessert sounds good, but I've never had saffron infused ice cream.

    Great running and mileage @SummerSkier . Can you go into the watch database and delete those record breaking times? I know you can with Garmin. We had storms overnight, so am hoping it will be dry enough for my tennis match at noon. It's also supposed to be breezy. If it is, should be interesting tennis.

  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,569 Member
    @Laurz9191 - good luck on your race!
    @tarun_yadavA looked like a really nice celebration. Great picture!

    We decided to leave a little later today so was able to get in 7.5 miles.

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  • Laurz9191
    Laurz9191 Posts: 509 Member
    My race is tomorrow. Did a mostly relaxed 5.5 km this morning. My start block starts at 10:50, so I should be done before 7 am US east coast time :). I’m excited and ready to go!

    @tarun_yadavA Great pictures! I hope you have a nice weekend celebrating! You are a very cute couple!

    @katharmonic Glad to hear that you surgery went well!

    @quilteryoyo @martaindale @Scott6255 Wow! It sounds pretty hot where you are! Good job getting your run in despite the weather.
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    @katharmonic I hope your recovery continues to go well.

    @tarun_yadavA That dessert sounds really tasty. You and your wife look like such a happy couple.

    @Laurz9191 Good luck tomorrow on your race! Can’t wait to hear how it goes.
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    March total: 86.1/100 miles

    3/4: 13.2 miles
    3/8: 4.2 miles
    3/9: 4 miles
    3/10: 5.1 miles
    3/11: 6.9 miles
    3/13: 4.1 miles
    3/14: 5.2 miles
    3/15: 4.1 miles
    3/17: 4.7 miles
    3/18: 9.1 miles
    3/21: 5.7 miles
    3/22: 3.1 miles
    3/23: 6.7 miles
    3/25: 10 miles

    No run and no massage yesterday. We have some family in town, staying with my husband’s parents, so we ended up visiting with them in the evening. They had a rough year with both of them going through treatment for cancer at the same time and a cross country move. They are doing well now and it was nice to see them.

    Went to my favorite long run trail this morning. Had a good run and tried something new, salt stick chews. I used some salt stick chews during the marathon but never used them during training. Today it started out pretty nice (58F) but temps were rapidly climbing and it was going to be almost 70F by the time I was done. I know a few people who swear by them for hot weather runs and say they make a huge difference in how they feel. The marathon is long and I was on the 4th day of running, so I’m sure they helped with the dehydration but I can’t say I could feel any difference. Today though, I could really tell. I took a couple chews around mile 7 and by mile 8 or so I actually felt fresher. I’m going to use them a few more times and see if that was a coincidence, but with as hot and humid as it gets here, I doubt adding in some electrolytes would hurt anything and it might be a bit of a hot weather running game changer.
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,281 Member
    edited March 2023
    I've hit my target for the month, yah!

    01/03 2.84 miles
    04/03 2.56 miles
    05/03 2.56 miles
    06/03 3.03 miles
    11/03 2.57 miles
    13/03 2.90 miles
    14/03 2.91 miles
    16/03 3.42 miles
    20/03 2.56 miles
    23/03 2.92 miles
    24/03 2.56 miles
    25/03 2.93 miles

    Total 33.76/30 miles
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    @tarun_yadavA - Enjoy the birthday celebration!
    @katharmonic - Glad you have your op over with and it went well!
  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,539 Member
    Mari33a wrote: »
    I've hit my target for the month, yah!

    Hey @Mari33a Congratulations!

    💪🏾
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,869 Member
    edited March 2023
    March 1 – 5.05 miles
    March 4 – 12.01 miles
    March 6 – 5.02 miles
    March 8 – 5.09 miles
    March 11 – 18.97 miles
    March 15 – 5.14 miles
    March 16 – 5.15 miles
    March 18 – 8.02 miles
    March 20 – 3.01 miles
    March 21 – 5.01 miles
    March 22 – 4.07 miles
    March 23 – 5.03 miles
    March 25 – 8.01 miles
    Total – 89.58 miles

    It was storming and raining early this morning. It’s been pretty windy the past couple of days but nothing like our neighbors to the south experienced. I met a couple of friends at 9:00 am after the rain had passed through and we ran 8 miles.

    @katharmonic – Sounds like you are doing great with your surgery and are well on the road to recovery. I know it’s not as easy as you made it sound. You hang in there and keep on keeping on!

    @Laurz9191 – Good luck with your race!

    Happy Birthday to your beautiful wife @Tarun_yadavA!

    @chris_in_cal - Did your doctor release you? Hope you are healing well.
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,408 Member
    Morning everyone!
    Got in my 9K. Bit of a struggle.
    Bad eating and a few beers/cocktails catching up with me.
    Friday - Mediterranean, yesterday - Indian, today- Italian. Feel it's getting progressively 'heavier' and unhealthier. Back to salads and hummus tomorrow! Lol
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    Thanks for the kind words everyone ❤️
    Yeah... The wife... She cleans up Ok too 😁😁😁

    @kgirlhart @Mari33a well done on hitting your monthly goal!! 🙌

    @martaindale sorry to hear about the cancer with your in-laws

    @Laurz9191 - can't wait to hear how you got on!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,532 Member
    Great running and walking @kgirlhart . I hope you have great weather for your long run today.

    @tarun_yadavA Enjoy the Italian and then back to healthy living.
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,869 Member
    edited March 2023
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    I played league tennis at noon today, with someone else I had never played with before. She was pretty good and we were hanging in there for the first set, but fell apart in the second. We lost 3-6, 1-6. The first set was closer than the score, as most of the games were duce games. We had a fifth player today that just loved to make the ball go in odd directions and speeds - her name was WINDY. :lol: It was 70F (21C), according to Garmin, with wind speed of 21 mph (32kph) - it was gusty so sometimes it was harder than that. Would have been perfect weather without the Windy. I traversed 1.1 miles today during the match.

    When I got home, I did a 2.25 mile walk on the treadmill. I ran just a tiny bit to get my HR up to 120. It stayed higher today. I wonder if not having had much to eat all day would make my HR higher? I did drink, so shouldn't have been dehydrated. For tennis, my avg HR was 115 with a max of 140 bpm. The walk was avg 111 with a max of 128 bpm.

    I wish Windy would get the heck out of town! Sounds like you had fun playing anyway.

  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    March total: 90.1/100 miles

    3/4: 13.2 miles
    3/8: 4.2 miles
    3/9: 4 miles
    3/10: 5.1 miles
    3/11: 6.9 miles
    3/13: 4.1 miles
    3/14: 5.2 miles
    3/15: 4.1 miles
    3/17: 4.7 miles
    3/18: 9.1 miles
    3/21: 5.7 miles
    3/22: 3.1 miles
    3/23: 6.7 miles
    3/25: 10 miles
    3/26: 4 miles

    Recovery miles today in the rain. I haven't been running on Sunday since I dropped back to 5 days a week. I missed my run on Friday so rescheduled to today. I really like having a short recovery run on Sunday. I may rework my schedule to do that as much as I can. It also frees up another day during the week, which can be nice for weeks where I have a lot of early shifts.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,185 Member
    Congratulations on your race and your PB @Laurz9191! I love the "medal"! I think you will have no problem running the marathon in the fall.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Congrats @Laurz9191 on your HM PR! You can definitely do a full if you train for it. I'm not going to lie, it's hard, but that feeling of accomplishment is worth it.
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,869 Member
    Way to go @Laurz9191! Congratulations on your PB! The City Hall is beautiful and I love that wooden medal. Remember how one time, we thought running an entire mile was impossible? And then a 5K? Then a half? Now a marathon! As @Scott6255 said, set up your training plan and follow it and you will be ready come race day.
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,408 Member
    @Laurz9191 well done! Amazing! 🙌
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,281 Member
    I felt like I my legs stayed at home for this run but still got it done. The weather is to get really wet all next week so wanted to get out while it's still nice.
    01/03 2.84 miles
    04/03 2.56 miles
    05/03 2.56 miles
    06/03 3.03 miles
    11/03 2.57 miles
    13/03 2.90 miles
    14/03 2.91 miles
    16/03 3.42 miles
    20/03 2.56 miles
    23/03 2.92 miles
    24/03 2.56 miles
    25/03 2.93 miles
    27/03 2.56 miles

    Total 36.32/30 miles
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    @Laurz9191 - Well done on your race, U did excellent!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,869 Member
    March 1 – 5.05 miles
    March 4 – 12.01 miles
    March 6 – 5.02 miles
    March 8 – 5.09 miles
    March 11 – 18.97 miles
    March 15 – 5.14 miles
    March 16 – 5.15 miles
    March 18 – 8.02 miles
    March 20 – 3.01 miles
    March 21 – 5.01 miles
    March 22 – 4.07 miles
    March 23 – 5.03 miles
    March 25 – 8.01 miles
    March 26 – 3.07 miles
    March 27 – 5.21 miles
    Total – 97.86 miles

    Perfect morning for running. The temp was 54F and the birds were chirping!

    Lovely Blue Bonnet @kgirlhart!

    You are doing awesome @Mari33a – it’s amazing what some decent weather does for our running mojo!

    @Tarun_yadavA – how was the cheesecake?
  • spl8
    spl8 Posts: 101 Member
    @Laurz9191 - well done!!! You'll totally be fine for the marathon.

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