July 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

kgirlhart

July Goal: 115 Miles

7/1: 1.26 miles

1.26/115 miles completed for July

I just ran 1.25 miles today. July is a streak month for Run the Year. You have to run, walk, cycle, swim etc. one mile per day. You can even count elliptical and other things. I usually run, but I have counted walking before. I was thinking that I might walk some this month, but when I got up I saw that there were thunderstorms heading our way and figured it would be quicker to run. Plus it was only 76°F. I am hoping it will be a little cooler tomorrow morning. Last week the lows were in the 80's all week and the highs were around 107°. I think we have only been up to 77° today and it has rained all day. Hopefully it will be nice tomorrow for my long run.

quilteryoyo

Way to start out the month @Scott6255 !

@tarun_yadavA I'm going to Melbourne FL. My late husband's family all live in Palm Bay, which is fairly close. I'll be staying at a B&B on the beach. I stayed there last year and really liked it. I am actually going to go to his ex wife's family reunion. We are great friends and she has been trying to get me to come for a few years now. I know that all of the family makes sure they get off work for that, so it's the best way to make sure I see everyone (2 step-children, 5 step-grandchildren, and 9 step- greatgrandchildren). I figured I would give it a try and if I feel awkward, I'll know not to do that again.

@AlphaHowls I understand. My brother isn't a caregiver either. It's hard when it all falls on your shoulders. I'm surprised the cat stayed with you for 3 miles too! So glad you found it's home and it's okay.

Great start to the month @kgirlhart . I'm glad it was cooler for you today.

martaindale

AlphaHowls wrote: »

@SummerSkier wrote: »

Wait. @AlphaHowls He ran with you for 3 miles! 😳 Glad you got him home.

Yeah, we thought for sure he would peter out, but he did his best to stay with us. He faded a few times and I had to encourage him to keep it up. And anyone who is thinking I am cruel, no, I carried him more than I admit, but he was a trooper and did good.

This is how I got my cat! He followed me home one morning. I carried him across the intersections because I didn’t want to be responsible for him getting hit by a car, but he did the bigger part of a mile by himself.

quilteryoyo

July 1 : Walk 1.00 mile Run 2.00 miles treadmill

3.00/80 mile goal

I did a treadmill run this morning. Following my plan to work my way up to running at 5.5 mph for 30 min straight, I did 12 x (1/1 min at 5.5/3.8 mph) plus 1:33 min at 5.5 mph. I had some tummy issues earlier in the day, so wasn't sure how it would go, but it was okay and I've felt pretty good since.

Afterwards, my neighbor and I went down and built an electric fence around mom's garden. We're hoping to keep the racoons and ground hogs out. It was 88F (31.3C) when I got home, so we were all sweaty messes.

If someone can help me with the ticker I would appreciate it. I get on the site, but it seems to get in a loop when it is putting up the tickers to chose from and won't let me create. I used to do it, so I think I know what I am doing, but it just hasn't worked for me in over a month.

martaindale

July total: 5.2/100 miles

7/1: 5.2 miles

We picked up our kid from camp today so I woke up early to squeeze a short run in before we had to leave. Found a few sprinklers, which felt really nice. Even for an early Saturday morning, it was really quiet. I think a lot of people left town for the holiday weekend. It was nice to run through an empty neighborhood.
It’s nice having the kid home. They had a good time at camp but said they think this is the last year they will go. I kind of hope they will change their mind but this may be another part of their life they have outgrown. We are currently doing our 3rd load of laundry and still have a couple to go to get everything clean. It’s amazing how stinky clothes can get!

Teresa502

July 1 – 4.00 miles

It started storming around 6:00 am this morning and lasted a couple of hours. I didn’t get started on my run until 10:30 and it was already hot and humid. I accidentally paused my Garmin for half a mile but I was running the 1-mile loop at our local park so it was easy enough to get the correct mileage for my log. My goal for this month is to run at least a mile every day. The only exception will be if I go on a hike that is over 10 miles and includes climbing mountains. My hiking partner is recovering from surgery so it may be a while before we’re back out on the trails.

Thanks for starting this month’s thread @martaindale I hope you have a wonderful visit to Rome! Your runner-kitty is so cute and glad the kid is back home.

@quilteryoyo – Is Tippy making the trip with you to FL again this year?

Happy Birthday to your mom @AlphaHowls and enjoy the family visiting. Cute kitty – glad you were able to reunite it with its family.

Never heard of tartufo. Had to google it and, oh my! Looks so good!

quilteryoyo

Great start to July @martaindale . Glad your kid had a good time at camp and is now home.

@Teresa502 Nice run. We didn't get any rain/storms today. I guess they stayed North of us. Yes, Tippy is going with me again this year. Maybe she'll be a little braver with the waves. We'll see.

eleanorhawkins

Teresa502 wrote: »

Never heard of tartufo. Had to google it and, oh my! Looks so good!

I may not have the number right but Tre Scalini's tartufo has 13 different types of Swiss chocolate in it. Sinful heaven! Also @martaindale they're pricey but if you get them to go instead of sitting at a table and ordering to eat there they're a couple of euros cheaper ;-)

tarun_yadavA

Morning everyone!
Hope you all are having a nice long weekend!
I went for it a bit... Rolled the dice...

Got my new insoles. Told I could try and go back to normal... But form was key. Physio said to run with a straight back, chest puffed out... Like you're about to 'chest bump a Bro at a game'.

Let's see how it goes. 🤞🙏🤞🙏

(Ate all sorts of cr-p at my Mother's yesterday too, so had energy all pent up... Will go back to 6K for a few days at slower pace just to make sure I don't overdo it!)

@quilteryoyo - been to the Melbourne in Australia! But just googled it... Been to somewhere not far from there though. Indian river by Vero beach.
Have a lovely time and I hope it doesn't get awkward at all 🤞🙏

Teresa502

eleanorhawkins wrote: »

I may not have the number right but Tre Scalini's tartufo has 13 different types of Swiss chocolate in it. Sinful heaven! Also @martaindale they're pricey but if you get them to go instead of sitting at a table and ordering to eat there they're a couple of euros cheaper ;-)

My mouth is watering...

Teresa502

July 1 – 4.00 miles
July 2 - 4.01 miles

I did my weight session before running this morning and wouldn’t you know that today was posterial chain day. An hour and many, many Romanian dead lifts, Bulgarian split lunges, etc. later and my legs were jelly. Thought about sitting down and resting for a few minutes before I headed out for my run but I figured if I sat down too long I would not get going again. I ran 4 miles, walked 0.69 of a mile and pulled weeds out of my landscaping for a cooldown.

Good push @tarun_yadavA. Now stretch, stretch, stretch! I hope the new insoles work out.

@quilteryoyo – We got another strong line of thunderstorms around 4:30 yesterday evening. Today it is sunny and beautiful but more storms are forecasted for this evening.

SummerSkier

Today I decided to screw with Apple and broke my 10k run into 3 segments. It was actually kind of interesting. 2 miles pretty slow pace. 3.2 at a nice pace and then 1 mile as fast as I could! My HR actually got up to 195 but I had a 9:31 min mile. So altho I was messing with Apple to get 3 of my 21 5 minute runs in it actually encouraged me to do a little further and push at the end. I haven't run a 10k since early May and I love the distances so it is encouraging to me that things have hopefully turned the corner.

oh be careful of the cat.

tarun_yadavA

@Teresa502 thank you! 😊
Stretching away... And still doing my Heat-Ice-Heat regimen! Will do a couple of slower 6K ones for next couple of days. Work on form and posture
@SummerSkier well done on the 10K 🙌

chris_in_cal

July Running Goal: 16 runs, 60 miles

Hello,

I'm Chris, I live in San Diego, California. I've been on MFP since 2009 and during that time I've had some wild swings with health and fitness. My most fit years were 2010 and 2019, when I did lots of food tracking and a lot of running. This year 2023 is my post covid/get back to running year. This is my fifth month on this thread, and I find that it is great accountability. I just plugged in some guesses, and then started following along.

I'm doing small goal increases each month to try and keep it fun, and injury-free.

Please connect on Garmin if you have one.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/profile/chris_in_cal

chris_in_cal

BTW: I'm about 100 lbs over my race weight, and since I've started running again five months ago I've lost zero pounds. I weigh about once a week or more, and it has been flatlined/locked on this weight.

I know a bunch of you have dropped their excess weight and are in maintenance, and of course that's my dream. I now have the beginnings of a base of fitness after these five months on this thread. I can plow through a couple of miles running, my BP is good, resting heart rate is good, VO2 Max is trending.....and I'm 100 lbs overweight. I'm not whining, just reporting the facts.

SummerSkier

chris_in_cal wrote: »

BTW: I'm about 100 lbs over my race weight, and since I've started running again five months ago I've lost zero pounds. I weigh about once a week or more, and it has been flatlined/locked on this weight.

I know a bunch of you have dropped their excess weight and are in maintenance, and of course that's my dream. I now have the beginnings of a base of fitness after these five months on this thread. I can plow through a couple of miles running, my BP is good, resting heart rate is good, VO2 Max is trending.....and I'm 100 lbs overweight. I'm not whining, just reporting the facts.

Which just proves that you can’t outrun the fork Chris. 🥹. It’s tough to train and also drop weight best of luck

chris_in_cal

SummerSkier wrote: »

Which just proves that you can’t outrun the fork Chris. 🥹

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kgirlhart

July Goal: 115 Miles

7/1: 1.26 miles
7/2: 11.11 miles

12.37/115 miles completed for July

It was pretty pleasant this morning when I started out. It was 72° F which isn't really cool, but is much cooler than it has been lately. I ran 11 miles. It was nice, but it was starting to get warm by the end at 83° feels like 85° so I was ready to be done. I saw 2 jackrabbits and a roadrunner at the cemetery. And I saw 7 people walking at the park. One lady had 2 dogs with her. I guess everyone wanted to get out after the rain yesterday. It's kind of a weird holiday weekend. I'll be off on Tuesday, but have to work tomorrow. I would have rather been off tomorrow and worked on Tuesday so I would have actually had a long weekend, but I guess at least I get a day off, so I shouldn't complain.

polskagirl01

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

Side note- does anyone here on Strava get those 'On this day 1y ago' reminders?
😔

Yes, and they make me sad, grateful, depressed, hopeful, and several other mixed feelings all at once. There are ones from 2, 3 or more years ago as well. 😕

@AlphaHowls I've heard of dogs that enjoy running, but that cat sure was determined!

I'm still trying to rest my way back to my recent baseline. Some storms came through and got rid of the Canadian wildfire smoke, which is awesome. So I sat way up in the backyard, next to my storage shed (where I found my old comfy lawn chair), and enjoyed the view.

Of course the pretty roses back home finally decided to bloom. Husband sent me pictures:

I found bikes in the shed suitable for the kids (one of them that I rode for the entire Great Allegheny Passage bike trail one year), and my nice bike that they aren't allowed to touch😆, re-inflated all of the tires, and got them going. Once I get back to baseline, I may replace my good-day walks with some light cycling (starting with maybe 5 minutes up the road in the more flat direction, then back). My aunt's lake house is 5.2km away, but includes quite a bit of dramatic elevation change. Not sure I'll get there by bike this summer, and not setting it as a goal, but we'll see how it goes.

martaindale

July total: 9.3/100 miles

7/1: 5.2 miles
7/2: 4.1 miles

Treadmill miles this afternoon.