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
6.50/80 mile goal
I did a treadmill walk after church, a birthday party for two of the neighbor's kids (8 and 1 yo.) and taking a nap. I kept putting it off because I had told myself I would report that mine and mom's home phones were out again after I walked and I hate dealing with the phone company.6 -
Running felt smoother. I ran with some ease. I've been struggling for months....slogging along. I hope this is a beginning of a shift.
September Running Goal: 17 runs, 65 miles- Sep 1 - 4.95 miles
- Sep 3 - 4.77 miles
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Eww.Spoiler
That's the bottom third of a 1.5-liter water bottle, so full of slugs that the beer is all gone. Apparently they are most active at night.
Thanks to whoever I stole the original from on Strava, I think @TheMrWobbly maybe?
I now have 3 bottle traps with lids, in the ground and waiting until I can get more beer.7 -
Morning all
Got in 5! (09"13)
@polskagirl01 love the polish slugs on the stout! Haha
@AlphaHowls love the tree pic... And your mother's comment! Hahahahahaha
Could rename it to the 'married man tree' lol 🙈
Okaaayyyy.... moving onnnnn....
@martaindale happy birthday Sarah!!!!
44?? Or just joined the 43 club?8 -
@chris_in_cal very cool that your run felt smooth and easy! That's the Holy Grail of running 😄
@polskagirl01 you have a good engineering mind! I love how you are building and improving on your slug traps!
Happy birthday 🎈🎂🎉🎇 @martaindale!6 -
Technically they're now getting this Polish beer:tarun_yadavA wrote: »@polskagirl01 love the polish slugs on the stout! HahaSpoiler
named after Polish bison, which is smaller than the American variety and prefers living in forests. In this area they're only in wildlife preserves.6 -
@polskagirl01 I've had that!!!! And Tyskie (latter more readily available... Cheaper stuff!)4
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September goal: 100 miles
9/1: 4 miles (41:44)
9/2: 4 miles (40:48)
9/3: 4 miles (41:30)
Total: 12/100 miles completed
Last night's run was a struggle. It didn't feel right. I'm pretty sure I didn't eat enough to support the run. I think I need to split my meals different so I'm eating slightly larger dinners a couple of hours before I run. Possibly more carbs with it, too. My diet is working well for my weight loss goals, but not so much for my running goals.8 -
Glad your run felt better @chris_in_cal .
@polskagirl01 I was going to say that you need a bigger trap! That's so interesting that they love beer so much.
Happy Birthday @martaindale! I hope you have a great day!
@Zaxa2021 It is very hard to balance weight loss with fueling runs. Sorry your run was tough, but you rode the struggle bus to the finish. That's a great accomplishment.
Welcome @___Tams___ . Congrats on your longest run. Just be careful to not go out too far too fast and get injured.4 -
8 miles this morning. Thought it was going to be cooler this morning since we got about 5 minutes of rain last night, but it was still 80F when I went out. Started out pretty slow and just wasn't feeling it, but after a couple miles I got over it. The pace for the last 5 miles all had an 8 in front of it, so it wasn't too too bad.
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___Tams___ wrote: »Hi love to join this, my goal is 100k for the month. I'm doing 100k challenge for Great Ormand Street Hospital Charity.
9/1 3.65k
9/3 9.35k
Total 13/100k completed
Last night I ran the most I've ever ran before, feeling good today. I can't run Mondays, will be back out tomorrow evening.
@__Tams__ hi! great challenge! 🙌
Whereabouts in England are you?
(I'm in London!)2 -
September Goal: 130 Miles
9/1: 3.30 miles
9/2: 1.51 miles
9/3: 11.12 miles
9/4: 2.01 miles
17.94/130 miles completed for September
I ran 2 miles this morning. It's a holiday, so I slept in a little and it was was 82°F and 16 mph winds. The wind helps with the heat, but it is hard to run into it when it is that strong. I may do some yoga later, but I am not really planning to do much today.
Happy Birthday @martaindale!
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@scott6255 Nice run!
@tarun_yadavA Good job keeping up your streak with all of the “partying” you do!
@__Tams__ Welcome!
@Zaxa2021 I agree with @quilteryoyo. It’s not always easy to balance the two. It is nice to eat enough healthy fuel before your runs to make them more enjoyable. Good luck in figuring out a good balance.
@martaindale Happy Bday
! I hope have a great day. Mine is on Friday, so I guess we share our birthday week 
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@AlphaHowls Your pictures in Strava are great. They keep getting better and better in my opinion! It looks like from you used shoes that you run a lot on your heels. Mine always get worn out first by the toes.
I am going to try to work “hills” into all my runs up to the marathon, because there is quite a bit of elevation gain. I started with that today. The run felt really good. My arms are still very sore from the obstacle race, but my legs feel great. I got 7.2km done, so 30.5/160km for September.
It was very foggy this morning. Nice for running.Spoiler
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Nice run, once you got going @Scott6255 !
You're doing great with your streak @kgirlhart !
Nice running @Laurz9191 . Glad your legs aren't sore and hope your arms recover quickly. Beautiful place to run.2 -
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
10.50/80 mile goal
I started the Matt Fitzerald HM plan today. It called for a Fast Finish run - 5 min zone 1, 15 min zone 2, and 5 in zone 3. I did pretty good staying in the zones with some walking when my HR got too high. It was 77F (25C) with a dew point of 66F so the zone 3 wasn't as easy as it should have been. Breathing was a bit of a chore, but I did it and was glad when I finished.
I did a warm up walk of 0.5 miles, cool down walk of .64 miles to total out 3 miles, rested a few minutes and then walked down to mom's. I stopped and talked to her a few minutes, since our phones are still not working, and then walked back. Stopped the watch at the mile point. It is close to 1.2 miles total to her house and back.
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I just hope I'm not attracting more of them to my plants. The sources I read say the slugs can smell the beer from only up to a yard away, but there sure were a LOT of them when I cleaned up the traps this evening. Really gross. No pictures🤮. I covered all of the traps (with the top metal part of an old guinea pig cage, upside down laundry basket, weighed down with bricks), so that slugs can get in but hedgehogs can't. I definitely don't want to hurt the hedgehogs. They can feast on the slugs that haven't made it to the traps.quilteryoyo wrote: »@polskagirl01 I was going to say that you need a bigger trap! That's so interesting that they love beer so much.
Happy Birthday @martaindale!
Welcome @__Tams__ and best wishes with the challenge!
My "workout" today (other than the garden stuff) was baking birthday cake pieces for my son's "computer themed" cake. Party is Thursday. I'll make icing tomorrow or Wednesday and decorate Thursday morning. Pacing.
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Happy birthday @martaindale2
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September 1 – 5.17 miles
September 2 – 8.03 miles (5 road/3 trail)
September 4 – 9.01 miles (trail)
Total 22.21 miles/ Goal 85 miles
I took advantage of the US holiday and slept in until 6:20 am! Had a leisurely coffee, did a 30 minute weight workout and then drove to a nearby trail. It was about 9:00 am when I started which is late for me. I haven’t been on this trail this year and only a short section last year. It’s a new rail-to-trail and was just recently connected all the way through. It’s now 12.5 miles in length so lots of great out and back options. I was pleased to learn that from the trailhead where I parked I ran the uphill part first and got that over with when I was fresh. Although I wasn’t feeling very fresh when I started. Thought I would never get to 2 miles but told myself to just keep going. I paused my watch once to take a photo and forgot to restart it for 0.60 of a mile. Thankfully, the trail has good markers every half mile so I was able to figure it out easy enough.
Happy Birthday @martaindale!
Welcome @__Tams__ !
Speaking of obstacle races, has anyone heard from @katharmonic?
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@Laurz9191 Awesome job on your race! So gross about the poop!!
@yirara Enjoy your holiday home. Those hills will definitely make you stronger!
@Zaxa2021 It's a tough balance to strike with trying to lose weight and running fuel needs. I can't remember what your goal or plan was, but if it's feeling too aggressive, maybe add in a snack on run days. Give yourself a touch more fuel when you need it most.
@chris_in_cal Fingers crossed that you're turning a corner and easy runs are headed your way. It's such a nice feeling to hit that flow!2 -
@polskagirl01 Would drunk slugs hurt the hedgehogs? That might be the solution of how to dispose of the slugs. We'll have to have pictures of that birthday cake!
Sounds like you did great @Teresa502 . Nice longer run. I have not heard from @katharmonic . I hope she is okay.
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___Tams___ wrote: »Hi love to join this, my goal is 100k for the month. I'm doing 100k challenge for Great Ormand Street Hospital Charity.
Welcome! Keep chipping away at it!2 -
Sept total: 12.3/100 miles
9/2: 8 miles
9/4: 4.3 miles
I did 4.3 miles for my 43rd birthday. I also took my new watch for a spin. The suggested workout was 45 minute base run. I did the workout and tacked on enough distance to hit 4.3 miles. The real time pace seems better than my last watch and it found the gps instantaneously. There are some settings I will probably need to tweak because it was buzzing more than I would like. It also gives me quite a bit more data than my old one. We'll see what that amounts to. I like data but don't tend to live or die by it.8 -
I always try to go in and make them buzz-free.... it's not always easy to find them all.martaindale wrote: »it was buzzing more than I would like.
My newer watch has sleep data, that I kind of like. I don't want to wear my running watch to bed. Now I do occasionally to see the sleep info.
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chris_in_cal wrote: »I always try to go in and make them buzz-free.... it's not always easy to find them all.
My newer watch has sleep data, that I kind of like. I don't want to wear my running watch to bed. Now I do occasionally to see the sleep info.
Yeah, I like the mile/interval lap buzzes and the text/call notifications. But I don't want it buzzing for every little thing through the entire run!
My old running watch wasn't comfy enough to sleep in. Just a little too bulky. I currently sleep with an old Fitbit because I found I prefer being gently buzzed awake over being scared awake by an alarm clock. This watch has a lot of sleep data so I'm going to try it out.5 -
Nice birthday run @martaindale . Sounds like you are liking your new watch. I love the data too, but, like you, don't live or die by it. Just nice to look at and compare.3
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martaindale wrote: »My old running watch wasn't comfy enough to sleep in. Just a little too bulky. I currently sleep with an old Fitbit because I found I prefer being gently buzzed awake over being scared awake by an alarm clock.
EXACTLY! My tiny fitbit gently buzzes me awake. Fitbit has a reputation of being among the most accurate Sleep Stage tracking too.
Garmin announced they trying to improve on this. When I do wear my running watch to sleep the Sleep Stage now seem comparable to Fitbit.
I am not a big fan of wearing a watch to bed, but the tiny fitbit is acceptable.5 -
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)
Total: 15/100 miles completed
Tonight's run felt much better than yesterday. I increased my carbs at dinner, which I think helped. I'll continue tweaking my diet to see if I can find the sweet spot. I might also try to add a small snack after dinner for longer runs.8 -
Hi all. Morning.
Got in a 4 1/2M this morning (09"13).
@Laurz9191 thanks Laura! Live like a vegan monk for the most part... But when I fall off... I make sure I hit every branch on the way down!
@__Tams__ hope you stick around! We'd be upto 3 then for the UK! Joint with Tennessee... And just 1 behind Texas!!10 -
Hello everyone!
Today the weather is nice and warm (no fog). I got in 7.1km and snuck in a nice little steep hill near the end. Lots and lots of slug dodging - made me think of @polskagirl01’s beer slug traps.
So far 37.7km/160 for September.9 -
I got in 5 miles before work this morning. Pretty uneventful. Temp was 67F.8
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