March 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

Laurz9191

Yesterday I forgot to post my run. I did 8.1km. The weather is starting to get nicer here and the flowers are starting to bloom. I was only a little bit sore from the race, for the first part of the run until I warmed up.

Today I was planning on doing a 12k, but underestimated the distance of my loop, so I ended up with 15k.

So far for March I have 219.3/175km, with one run remaining .

ScienceofTeaching

Did 3 miles today. Some running, but more walking. A little chilly, but beautiful sun today. And the daffodils in the park are finally blooming! They grow all along the trail that I like to run.

Scott6255

Congrats on hitting 40 miles (tomorrow)
Dang @spl8 sorry about your fall. You can't catch a break these days
Pretty daffodils @ScienceofTeaching!
Nice 15K @Laurz9191 (sometimes its nice to get lost or do running-math wrong

Was cold and raining after work, so did my 5 miles on the treadmill. 2 more miles to go...

kgirlhart

March Goal: 115 Miles

3/1: 5.06 miles
3/2: 5.51 miles
3/3: 2.15 miles
3/4: 2.02 miles
3/5: 10.1 miles
3/6: 5.1 miles
3/7: 5.27 miles
3/8: 1.05 miles
3/9: 5.27 miles
3/10: 3.17 miles
3/11: 2.02 miles
3/12: 10.1 miles
3/13: 2.1 miles
3/14: 5.26 miles
3/15: 6.03 miles
3/16: 5.51 miles
3/17: 3.26 miles
3/18: 2.11 miles
3/19: 10.11 miles
3/20: 2.51 miles
3/21: 5.26 miles
3/22: 6.02 miles
3/23: 6.02 miles
3/24: 2.11 miles
3/25: 2.02 miles
3/26: 11.04 miles
3/27: 2.26 miles
3/28: 5.12 miles
3/29: 5.25 miles
3/30: 5.31 miles

144.12/115 miles completed for March

It was a nice morning. About 60°F and not terribly windy. I was able to run in shorts and a t-shirt and it was nice not having to layer. I ran 5.3 miles which puts me at 144.12 for the month. That beats my previous highest mileage month of 143.3. Tomorrow is the last day of the streak challenge, so I will at least add one mile to my total for March.

@spl8 I hope you aren't too sore from your fall!

@Mari33a You've got this!

@ScienceofTeaching Beautiful daffodils.

chris_in_cal

My first full month here on the thread. My first monthly goal. Not too bad. Grossly overestimate my number of runs and underestimated my miles/run. I'm happy I got my milage goal.


March Running Goal: 16 runs, 21 miles

1. March 2 - 1.63 miles
2. March 5 - 1.86 miles
3. March 7 - 1.68 miles
4. March 9 - 1.92 miles
5. March 12- 2.72 miles
6. March 14- 2.35 miles
7. March 26- 2.98 miles
8. March 28- 3.06 miles
9. March 30- 3.23 miles

March total: 9 runs, 21.43 miles

tarun_yadavA

Got in a 5K today! Sticky throat and runny nose... Just breathing a bit off and starting to feel leg-stiffness after 40+ consecutive runs

tarun_yadavA

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

Morning all.

Aiming for a v.ambitious 160 miles this month

Absolutely annihilated that goal... 175 Miles!



Someone pls tag me on the April thread when it's set up 😊

Mari33a

Got there! Very pleased It drizzled the whole time but no wind so quite relaxing. Can't believe it's April tomorrow.

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
30/03 2.57 miles
31/03 2.56 miles

Total 41.45/30 miles

martaindale

March total: 103.3/100 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
3/28: 6.1 miles
3/29: 3 miles
3/30: 4.1 miles

After logging yesterday's run, I made my goal for the month. I'm glad because I do not feel up for running this morning but would have drug myself out since I was less than a mile from 100 before I logged it. I'm going to take a walk and have a coffee instead.

chris_in_cal

martaindale wrote: »

I'm going to take a walk and have a coffee instead.

Richly deserved. Congrats (to everyone) for fighting for your goals.

shanaber

Didn't see that anyone has created an April Challenge so I went ahead and set it up, especially since it is already April for some folks!

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10887725/april-2023-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=1

AlphaHowls

3/1 15.29 miles, 1766 days on the run, 948 days HM+ Streak
3/2 16.62 miles Running Partner A
3/3 15.57 miles, 0-3 Crazy Laps! 3-15 OTR
3/4 15.57 miles, Running Partner A & E
3/5 15.28 miles, 1770 days on the run, 952 days HM+ Streak Crazy Laps!
3/6 15.53 miles, Running Partner A
3/7 15.59 miles
3/8 15.34 miles, Running Partner A
3/9 15.21 miles
3/10 15.63 miles, 1775 days on the run, 957 days HM+ Streak Crazy Laps!
3/11 15.21 miles Crazy Laps! Residual Headache issues
3/12 15.38 miles Crazy Laps! Cold, drizzle
3/13 15.17 miles Crazy Laps! Cold, grumpy guts
3/14 15.18 miles Crazy Laps! Cold, IBS issues
3/15 15.49 miles, 1780 days on the run, 962 days HM+ Streak Crazy Laps!
3/16 16.78 miles, Running Partner A
3/17 15.52 miles Crazy Laps!
3/18 15.24 miles Crazy Laps! So tired of winter/cold
3/19 15.32 miles Crazy Laps! So tired of winter/cold
3/20 15.33 miles, 1785 days on the run, 967 days HM+ Streak, Crazy Laps! Cold 16°F
3/21 15.18 miles, Crazy Laps! Cold
3/22 15.8 miles, Crazy Laps! Rain
3/23 15.35 miles
3/24 15.18 miles, Crazy Laps! Rain
3/25 15.22 miles, 1790 days on the run, 972 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner E+1
3/26 15.47 miles, Crazy Laps!
3/27 15.55 miles 0-5.75 Crazy Laps! Then outside
3/28 15.53 miles
3/29 15.69 miles, Crazy Laps!
3/30 15.46 miles, 1795 days on the run, 977 days HM+ Streak
3/31 15.37 miles, Crazy Laps! Thunderstorms

480.05 Miles for March 2023
Have not been posting, just busy, so many storms, with another again tonight.

Forgot to add:
I worked on a new streak this past month and went meatless. I still have eggs, milk and cheese, just no meat. Day 42 today, going to Good Friday.

Laurz9191

Got in a very wet and soggy 8.1km run in the rain this morning to bring my March total to 227.4/175km.

Scott6255

Thanks for setting April @shanaber!
That is even more amazing @AlphaHowls that you can sustain that much volume with no meat!! SMH

I did just enough (3.2 miles) today to push me over the 200 mile mark for the month. Won't be doing that again (for a while at least)



See you all tomorrow in April

kgirlhart

March Goal: 115 Miles

3/1: 5.06 miles
3/2: 5.51 miles
3/3: 2.15 miles
3/4: 2.02 miles
3/5: 10.1 miles
3/6: 5.1 miles
3/7: 5.27 miles
3/8: 1.05 miles
3/9: 5.27 miles
3/10: 3.17 miles
3/11: 2.02 miles
3/12: 10.1 miles
3/13: 2.1 miles
3/14: 5.26 miles
3/15: 6.03 miles
3/16: 5.51 miles
3/17: 3.26 miles
3/18: 2.11 miles
3/19: 10.11 miles
3/20: 2.51 miles
3/21: 5.26 miles
3/22: 6.02 miles
3/23: 6.02 miles
3/24: 2.11 miles
3/25: 2.02 miles
3/26: 11.04 miles
3/27: 2.26 miles
3/28: 5.12 miles
3/29: 5.25 miles
3/30: 5.31 miles
3/31: 2.26 miles

146.38/115 miles completed for March

I ran 2.25 miles this morning to finish out March. I completed my streak and had my highest mileage month. It definitely felt like summer at 74°F. I'll have to look at my goal for April. I'm sure I won't have quite as high of mileage as this month. I enjoy doing the streak, but I am looking forward to just relaxing with my coffee in the morning.

See you all over in the April thread! Thanks for setting us up @shanaber!

quilteryoyo

I didn't post yesterday - just ran out of time. I worked all day, so ran on the driveway after I got home. I got delayed by an important phone call, so had limited time. I walked a total of 1 mile for warm up and cool down and ran for close to 15 min - 1.1 mile in 14:42 min.

Mom and I had planned to do some shopping today, so I set the alarm to get up early enough to get my run in before we left. But, I didn't get to bed early enough last night and really didn't want to get out of bed. After hitting the snooze a couple of times, I was very, very tempted to reset the alarm and wait until I got home to exercise. Finally, I told myself, "You know you are going to hate yourself if you wait and it's going to be so hard to run after having Mexican for a late lunch." So, I did get up and got myself on the treadmill. I'm so glad that I did because our day turned out to be a lot longer than anticipated. Details in the spoiler if you are interested.

Instead of the shopping we intended to do, we spent the day driving around looking at possible new assisted living places for my cousin. I'm okay with where he is, but dealing with Medicaid, which he needs to afford it, is stressing me out and I can't get anyone to give me answers to my questions. So, I've decided to try to find a place that he can private pay and just drop the Medicaid. I have a little more research to do, but think we found one that will be great and is closer to home than where he is currently. We also went by to talk to him, and he's okay with moving. We put in a lot of miles and didn't get home until after 6:30.

I wanted to traverse at least 2 miles, but didn't have time for a lot, so I traversed 2.65 miles in order to make my monthly run/walk mileage be an even number. I walked one mile for warm up and cool down and did a run/walk for 1.65 miles. I did 5.2/3.8 mph in order to try to keep my HR between 120-130 bpm, but wound up throwing that to the wind at the end. The run was 20:30 min, 1.65 miles, avg pace of 12:25 min/mile (4.8 mph). Avg HR was 125 and max was 140 bpm.

quilteryoyo

Now to catch up with you guys for last couple of days.

Ouch @spl8 . So sorry about your fall. Don't overdo just to meet some arbitrary number. There's always next month. Having said that, I hope I will see later in the thread that you felt great today and had a good run.

Great running @ScienceofTeaching . That's a beautiful trail with all of those flowers blooming.

Congrats @chirs_in_cal on making your monthly mileage goal!

Great running this month @tarun_yadavA . I hope you feel better before leaving on vacation.

I hope you aren't getting sick @martaindale . A walk and coffee sounds great though.

Thanks for setting up next month's thread @shanaber !

Congrats on your highest months ever @Scott6255 and @kgirlhart . Amazing.

Great job @AlphaHowls ..raising the streak to over 15 miles and all of those you had to do Crazy Laps this month. I can't imagine!

Congrats to everyone who met their goals for the month and to those who maybe didn't but did their best! You're all awesome and inspiring.

shanaber

Just to wrap up the month since I haven't posted an update for a few days. I did get in a few runs and walks this last week and last Sunday's run was especially nice. Had some IBS issues the last few days of the month. I did get enough in to meet and surpass my goal of 50 miles for the month with 59.89 (should have done even a bit more to hit 60 at least!) but not the 70 I had hope for.

See you all for Spring running in April!

spl8

My knee is still sore, so I didn't meet my monthly goal.
I'm moving on to April...

Mari33a

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