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SEPTEMBER 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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September 1: Walk 2.50 miles - treadmill wun
September 2: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill - weed eat for almost 2 hours
September 3: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill
September 4: Walk 2.14 miles - Ran 1.86 miles - driveway laps and to mom's -D1W1 HM training
September 5: Walk 1.14 miles - Ran 1.76 miles - driveway laps - D2W1 HM Plan - mowed mom's lawn
September 6: Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - treadmill - D3W1 HM Plan
September 7: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill D4W1 HM Plan
September 8: Walk 0.04 miles - Run 2.10 miles - Driveway laps - D5W1Cross training + other stuff
September 9: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 5.00 miles - treadmill - D6W1 Long Run - 6 miles
September 10: Walk 1.00 miles - driveway laps D7W1 - Rest day
September 11: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.25 miles - Fast Finish - W2D1 - also 1h17m of league tennis
September 12: Walk 0.74 miles - Run 1.51 miles - Foundation Run W2D2
September 13: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.25 miles - Speed Play Run W2D3
September 14: Walk 1.00 miles - Tennis for 1h56m39s - W2D4 - Cross train
September 15: Walk 2.00 miles - actually a wun keeping HR under 120 - called it cross training W2D5
September 16: Walk 2.50 miles - singles tennis for 1h49m59s - supposed to be long run - fail W2D6
September 17: Walk 3.00 miles - treadmill - rest day W2D7
September 18: Walk 1.26 miles - Run 1.84 miles - W3D1 Fast Finish plus almost 1.5 hours tennis
September 19: Walk 1.15 miles - Run 1.85 miles - W3D2 Foundation run - plus mowed mom's lawn
September 20: Walk 1.00 mile - treadmill after church
September 21: Walk 1.00 mile - Run 2.25 miles - Driveway Speed Play Run
September 22: Walk 2.25 miles - Actually a driveway Wun (cross training)
September 23: Walk 2.75 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - driveway and road - scheduled long run (fail!) +stroll
September 24: Walk 2.00 miles - Driveway laps rest day walk
September 25: Walk 1.00 mile - Ran 2.60 miles - driveway Fast Finish - plus leaves and tennis
September 26: Walk 1.00 mile - Ran 2.10 miles - driveway Foundation Run
September 27: Walk 2.00 miles - driveway laps
September 28: Walk 2.10 miles - driveway wun - plus tennis
September 29: Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 2.10 miles - driveway laps - Hill Repeats
79.0/80 mile goal
I worked all day today. It was a bit rough with the full moon and 8 two and three year olds who are mostly in the "no" stage...my least favorite stage of development I think.
When I got home I went out and did yesterday's scheduled Hill Repeats on the driveway. My one hill is almost exactly the right distance for 30 sec speed runs. I did 5 min Zone 1, 5 min Zone 2, 8x(30 sec zone 5/90 sec recovery walk), 5 min zone 1. It wasn't too bad. I like hill repeats because I feel like I am bada$$, but only for 30 seconds at a time. Overall, the run was slow, as expected with the recovery walks. But, the hill speedy parts averaged 11:18 min/mile. Not as fast as I felt I was running, but not horrible either.
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September Goal: 130 Miles
9/1: 3.30 miles
9/2: 1.51 miles
9/3: 11.12 miles
9/4: 2.01 miles
9/5: 7.02 miles
9/6: 7.05 miles
9/7: 6.26 miles
9/8: 3.15 miles
9/9: 2.12 miles
9/10: 11.02 miles
9/11: 1.26 miles
9/12: 6.50 miles
9/13: 7.02 miles
9/14: 7.04 miles
9/15: 3.52 miles
9/16: 1.35 miles
9/17: 14.03 miles
9/18: 3.25 miles
9/19: 7.20 miles
9/20: 7.02 miles
9/21: 7.12 miles
9/22: 3.13 miles
9/23: 1.35 miles
9/24: 11.02 miles
9/25: 2.55 miles
9/26: 6.51 miles
9/27: 7.01 miles
9/28: 6.02 miles
9/29: 3.26 miles
160.71/130 miles completed for September
The moon was lovely again this morning, but it was warmer than yesterday, so still not feeling like fall. But it was a nice enough run. I ran 3.25 miles. I am over my goal for September, and tomorrow is the last day of the streak challenge so I am planning at least one more run.
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tarun_yadavA wrote: »
Goal met! 149.6 Miles.
Got in a 5Miler (10"20). Rested yesterday as a precautionary measure. Wore these chunky Nike Airs today instead. Suspect it was definitely the change in shoe.
Do need to revert back to the specific ASICS I had before.
@quilteryoyo that's amazing what you do for your cousin! ❤️
@Laurz9191 brunch. evil. That is all.
Lol
@SummerSkier nice shoes! 😊
See you all in October8 -
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Had to loop back around the block because I forgot my hat, then made a few detours when I saw a sprinkler in the distance off my route. So ended up doing 14 miles. It wasn't awful when I started at 73F, but it was 82F when I finished. Come on fall!
So that finishes September with 202.6 miles.
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01/09 3.27 miles
04/09 1.01 miles
05/09 3.51 miles
06/09 3.51 miles
07/09 3.25 miles
08/09 3.12 miles
10/09 2.70 miles
14/09 3.33 miles
18/09 2.79 miles
20/09 3.53 miles
21/09 3.12 miles
23/09 3.81 miles
27/09 3.46 miles
28/09 3.03 miles in morning + 1.5 miles at C25K with my daughter in the evening.
29/09 2.53 miles
Total 50.18/50miles
Yah! Got the 50 miles done and it rained. See you all next mont
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9/1 17.18 miles, 1950 days on the run, 1132 days HM+ Streak
9/2 18.31 miles, Running Partner A, County Line to Red Barn and back
9/3 17.33 miles, County Line, south till sunrise and back, Saucony Cohesion 14
9/4 18.37 miles, County Line, turn north till sunrise, then back, Saucony Grid Cohesion 10
9/5 18.22 miles, Gout attack, right outer heel, not bad
9/6 17.56 miles, last two Crazy Laps! Rain caught me @15 and had to strip quick before shakes started
9/7 17.53 miles, Running Partner A
9/8 18.58 miles
9/9 18.28 miles, Running Partner A
9/10 18.64 miles, County Line and back
9/11 18.22 miles, 1960 days on the run, 1142 days HM+ Streak, Poison Ivy!
9/12 18.56 miles, Running Partner A, Poison Ivy
9/13 18.46 miles Poison Ivy
9/14 18.55 miles, Running Partner A
9/15 18.44 miles, County Line and back, and poison ivy still sucks
9/16 18.51 miles, Running Partner A
9/17 18.63 miles, County Line and back
9/18 18.42 miles
9/19 18.52 miles, Shooting Star!
9/20 18.4 miles
9/21 18.46 miles, 1970 days on the run, 1152 days HM+ Streak
9/22 18.59 miles, Salute! So long summer! Clearing 400 miles so far
9/23 26.73 miles, Hello Fall! County line and around
9/24 18.37 miles, 3000 day on MFP, County Line and back, Baby Dash is here!
9/25 18.3 miles
9/26 18.36 miles
9/27 18.47 miles yes, I got up for 2 AM run
9/28 18.19 miles, 0-3 Crazy Laps!, 3-14 Running Partner A, 14-18 Crazy Laps! Thunder Storms in the area. So blessed and thankful my running partner is back!
9/29 18.47 miles
9/30 19.64 miles, Running Partner A, Dense Fog!
558.29 miles for Sept. 20238 -
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Sept total: 101.7/100 miles
9/2: 8 miles
9/4: 4.3 miles
9/5: 3 miles
9/6: 3.9 miles
9/8: 3 miles
9/9: 13.1 miles
9/12: 3 miles
9/15: 5.2 miles
9/16: 6.5 miles
9/18: 5 miles
9/19: 6.1 miles
9/20: 5 miles
9/22: 3 miles
9/24: 6.5 miles
9/25: 2.9 miles
9/26: 5.2 miles
9/27: 5 miles
9/29: 5 miles
9/30: 8 miles
Long run Saturday on the Spring Creek greenway trail. It was low 70’s when I started but probably over 80 by the time I finished. I tried a different fuel today - untapped. It’s maple syrup, this one also had some ginger and electrolytes. It was on clearance and I had been curious. Verdict: it does the job but it’s too sweet. I don’t usually find gels to be too sweet while I’m running. I need the calories and the sweetness level is usually fine. But straight up maple syrup is crazy sweet and the consistency is odd by itself. I tried it and will cross it off my list. I can see the benefit for people who have really sensitive stomachs but I can tolerate other things that I prefer.5 -
Good work everyone. Lots of goals being met and good running happening! See y’all in October!4
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01.09 Fri 23°C 5.0km 47min 9:20/km
03.09 Sun 23°C 3.0km 26min 8:46/km
05.09 Tue 20°C 4.2km 36min 8:30/km
06.09 Wed 24°C 2.3km 19min 8:12/km
08.09 Fri 25°C 3.3km 28min 8:26/km
24.09 Sun 18°C 2.1km 18min 8:46/km
27.09 Wed 22°C 3.1km 26min 8:25/km
30.09 Sat 17°C 3.0km 26min 8:30/km
25.95km/80.5km
Didn't feel like running today, until I did. Had quite a lot of fun today. Still a bit too fast, but I didn't wreck myself. First time since starting to run again that I ran 1.5km without having to walk. I'm sure I can run further if I s-l-o-w down. 8 -
Wow! I'm impressed @Scott6255 ! That's a lot of miles. I do hope you get fall weather soon.
Congrats on meeting your goal @___Tams___ ! Did you meet your fundraising goal too?
Great running @Mari33a ! Congrats on meeting your goal!
Very impressive mileage @AlphaHowls !
Yeah us @SummerSkier .
Great running @martaindale ! I love that you try new fueling on your runs. I really should. I didn't fuel at all today and only drank a bit of water after the first 1.3 miles. Maybe that's why I had to cut it short.
Nice running @yirara !
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September 1: Walk 2.50 miles - treadmill wun
September 2: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill - weed eat for almost 2 hours
September 3: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill
September 4: Walk 2.14 miles - Ran 1.86 miles - driveway laps and to mom's -D1W1 HM training
September 5: Walk 1.14 miles - Ran 1.76 miles - driveway laps - D2W1 HM Plan - mowed mom's lawn
September 6: Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - treadmill - D3W1 HM Plan
September 7: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill D4W1 HM Plan
September 8: Walk 0.04 miles - Run 2.10 miles - Driveway laps - D5W1Cross training + other stuff
September 9: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 5.00 miles - treadmill - D6W1 Long Run - 6 miles
September 10: Walk 1.00 miles - driveway laps D7W1 - Rest day
September 11: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.25 miles - Fast Finish - W2D1 - also 1h17m of league tennis
September 12: Walk 0.74 miles - Run 1.51 miles - Foundation Run W2D2
September 13: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.25 miles - Speed Play Run W2D3
September 14: Walk 1.00 miles - Tennis for 1h56m39s - W2D4 - Cross train
September 15: Walk 2.00 miles - actually a wun keeping HR under 120 - called it cross training W2D5
September 16: Walk 2.50 miles - singles tennis for 1h49m59s - supposed to be long run - fail W2D6
September 17: Walk 3.00 miles - treadmill - rest day W2D7
September 18: Walk 1.26 miles - Run 1.84 miles - W3D1 Fast Finish plus almost 1.5 hours tennis
September 19: Walk 1.15 miles - Run 1.85 miles - W3D2 Foundation run - plus mowed mom's lawn
September 20: Walk 1.00 mile - treadmill after church
September 21: Walk 1.00 mile - Run 2.25 miles - Driveway Speed Play Run
September 22: Walk 2.25 miles - Actually a driveway Wun (cross training)
September 23: Walk 2.75 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - driveway and road - scheduled long run (fail!) +stroll
September 24: Walk 2.00 miles - Driveway laps rest day walk
September 25: Walk 1.00 mile - Ran 2.60 miles - driveway Fast Finish - plus leaves and tennis
September 26: Walk 1.00 mile - Ran 2.10 miles - driveway Foundation Run
September 27: Walk 2.00 miles - driveway laps
September 28: Walk 2.10 miles - driveway wun - plus tennis
September 29: Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 2.10 miles - driveway laps - Hill Repeats
September 30: Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 6.00 miles - driveway and roadway
86.0/80 mile goal
I did my long run today, sort of. It was supposed to be 8 miles. Since I haven't gotten any long runs in for a while I was planning on 7 and walking one, unless I was feeling like running 8. My goal was to keep my HR under 140 bpm. I did pretty good at that, walking when I needed to to get it down. It was only above 140 for about a minute total. At about the 4.8 mile point, my tummy started really bothering me and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to go on. I stopped for a couple of minutes to re-evaluate. I started feeling some better, but decided to cut it short and run 6 miles, stopping at mom's, and then doing my cool down walk home. So, that is what I did. I'm glad that was the decision I made. My legs were getting tired by the end of the six. My splits were not bad for me and that HR: 13:45, 13:19, 13:07, 13:42, 13:22, and 13:09. Avg HR was 130 with a max of 144 bpm. Temps were great, but the sun was beaming down. It was 64F (17.8C) when I started and 74F (23.3C) at the end.
I made my goal with a little to spare this month. Besides the running and walking, I did 14h37m57s of other exercise, i.e., tennis and mowing or leaves. That totaled another 10.83 plus miles.5 -
I have been away for a few days and was so far behind. I did read through all the posts and will respond to some.
@chris_in_cal - you're on for next year! I just have to get my endurance back up between January and December!
@tarun_yadavA - there have been a few meetups over the years, some including running and some not. @swenson19d, who isn't able to run any longer, and her husband went to Hawaii and met up with @HonuNui for a team race up one of the volcanos there. I also met @swenson19d in Dallas when I was there for work. I have met another runner IRL, @ddmom0811, in Florida when we were there when our daughter had a conference (any excuse right 😁). I believe @7lenny7 has met up with a few different MFP friends too but I could be wrong.
Too bad I didn't know your brother was in Pleasanton. We had friends there that we visited regularly especially when we were traveling up and down the state. I had some great running routes plotted out there. Unfortunately our friends have moved to Oregon.
India - I have not been. When I was working I always hoped they would send me so I could meet some of the team there in person. I had a great team there! Good luck getting the family to agree on what to go see there 😂
@Laurz9191 - I hope the overnight hike/camping trip goes well. Sounds like it should be fun!
@SummerSkier - I love how bright your new shoes are! When Skora shoes existed I had a pair in similar colors as well as a pair bright lime green and neon yellow!
@martaindale - I don't remember who it was but someone on here used to use diluted maple syrup. Was it maybe PastorVincent? I am not a GU fan in any flavor. They all seem too sweet and sticky.
So the other day at the medical center I was behind a lady waiting to check in. I was pretty sure she was a runner based on the running hat on her bald head and her Oiselle running shirt and capris. I asked and she said she was but was a walker now. Ends up she has just 2 more treatments, that day and one in October. She is entered in 4 races in the spring and will run/walk the Surf City HM in February. She is a marathoner who is hoping to BQ in one of the races this spring! I was so impressed and inspired. Yes, she is much younger than me and I was never close to running BQ times but still it is amazing to see that even after everything you can get out there and still run!
I got out this morning for a good walk with Hobbes. We did 2.65mi bringing my total to 27mi to wrap up the month and hitting my goal of 25 miles.7 -
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September Goal: 130 Miles
9/1: 3.30 miles
9/2: 1.51 miles
9/3: 11.12 miles
9/4: 2.01 miles
9/5: 7.02 miles
9/6: 7.05 miles
9/7: 6.26 miles
9/8: 3.15 miles
9/9: 2.12 miles
9/10: 11.02 miles
9/11: 1.26 miles
9/12: 6.50 miles
9/13: 7.02 miles
9/14: 7.04 miles
9/15: 3.52 miles
9/16: 1.35 miles
9/17: 14.03 miles
9/18: 3.25 miles
9/19: 7.20 miles
9/20: 7.02 miles
9/21: 7.12 miles
9/22: 3.13 miles
9/23: 1.35 miles
9/24: 11.02 miles
9/25: 2.55 miles
9/26: 6.51 miles
9/27: 7.01 miles
9/28: 6.02 miles
9/29: 3.26 miles
9/30: 1.36 miles
162.07/130 miles completed for September
I just needed 1 mile today for my streak, but I ran 1.3 so I could get to 162 miles for September. So I got my streak, I exceeded my monthly goal and I had my highest mileage month ever.
Great job everyone on hitting your goals! See you all over in the October thread.
@summerskier and @quilteryoyo Yay us!
@shanaber Glad you and Hobbes had a good walk. 5 -
chris_in_cal wrote: »Like a father, who is strict, unpredictable, motivating, and occasionally irrational, I love my Garmin.
Just got to the race. I forgot my Garmin.
HA!
Freudian?
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@kgirlhart Congrats on your highway monthly mileage ever! That's awesome.
Oh no @chris_in_cal . I would be so lost. Good luck on your race.4 -
September goal: 100 miles
9/1: 4 miles (41:44)
9/2: 4 miles (40:48)
9/3: 4 miles (41:30)
9/4: 3 miles (28:55)
9/6: 4 miles (41:14)
9/7: 4 miles (40:18)
9/9: 5 miles (54:38)
9/10: 3 miles (31:55)
9/11: 4 miles (41:13)
9/13: 4 miles (39:19)
9/14: 5 miles (52:46)
9/15: 4 miles (40:54)
9/17: 3 miles (28:48)
9/18: 4 miles (41:28)
9/20: 5 miles (51:02)
9/22: 5 miles (49:59)
9/23: 5 miles (52:43)
9/24: 5 miles (49:29)
9/25: 5 miles (50:00)
9/27: 5 miles (51:56)
9/28: 5 miles (51:00)
9/29: 5 miles (50:00)
9/30: 5 miles (48:52)
All treadmill runs
Total: 100/100!!!!!6 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »
@quilteryoyo - Thanks!
I haven't heard from @HonuNui since back in May when she responded to me in the other smaller running group discussion. I miss her and and all the scuba/snorkeling pictures she would post.
@chris_in_cal - I hope you were able to just let the lack of your Garmin go and enjoy running the race 'naked'. I didn't realize that the race was tonight. I was thinking it would be in the morning. Hope you had fun and are staying up in LA afterwards!4 -
Good luck on ur race @chris_in_cal!
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I was curious about a "night" race but it was actually nice. The idea was it can be hot, so a sunset start with an (almost) full moon.
Turns out IT RAINED in Los Angeles today, in September, it was blustery, cloudy, cool, and light rain. I thought I'd be cold.
When the race started, the wind stopped. The moon came out, and it probably warmed up a little. It was nice. I ran the whole thing.
Three week taper by staying in bed and being sick isn't recommended.
September Running Goal: 17 runs, 65 miles- Sep 1 - 4.95 miles
- Sep 3 - 4.77 miles
- Sep 5 - 7.00 miles
- Sep 8 - 5.15 miles
- Sep 10-5.73 miles
- Sep 19-2.28 miles
- Sep 30-6.2 miles
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Congratulations @chris_in_cal!1
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Congratulations @Zaxa2021 on the 100 miles!
Congratulations @chris_in_cal ! Awesome race, esp. considering that you have been sick for 3 weeks! Glad the weather improved and it was a pleasant race.
@shanaber I miss @HonuNui and her pictures too. I wasn't sure where she lived and had thought of her when the fires over there was big news. Was she in that area?1 -
Good job @chris_in_cal! It's tough heading into a race when you are still recovering from an illness.2
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Congratulations @chris_in_cal! You did awesome! Couldn't imagine running a race coming off a 3 week illness. You are a beast 💪5
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Congratulations @chris_in_cal!!! Yes it rained here too yesterday morning when I was walking and again off and on in the afternoon/evening. So glad you had a good race, ran the entire time and had a good finish!
@Zaxa2021 - congratulations on hitting your goal!
@quilteryoyo - @HonuNui lives on the Big Island so no, the fires wouldn't affect her directly.
@___Tams___ - congratulations on hitting your goal and raising money for the children's hospital!5 -
Congratulations on your race @chris_in_cal !3
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