APRIL 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

tarun_yadavA · April 24

Morning all
Got in 7.49M (at 09"38).

@ContraryMaryMary glad you had a great run!

Teresa502 · April 24

April 1 – 3.31
April 2 – 5.10
April 4 – 6.15
April 9 – 5.09
April 11 – 5.01
April 15 – 3.15 miles
April 16 – 4.03 miles
April 17 – 5.15 miles
April 19 – 4.70 miles
April 21 – 8.01 miles
April 22 – 6.14 miles
April 24 – 5.60 miles
61.44/90 Mile Goal

The temperature was 61F (16C) for this morning’s run. We had a few light rain sprinkles but other than that, it was an uneventful 5.6 miles.

Safe travels @Scott6255!

I will have to check my medals when I get home @daria0919 but I think I ran the full in 2016 and the half in 2017.

Mari33a · April 24

03/04 3.55 miles
09/04 3.55 miles
11/04 3.56 miles
13/04 3.56 miles
17/04 3.57 miles
19/04 4.09 miles
20/04 3.56 miles
21/04 3.56 miles
22/04 3.57 miles
24/04 3.57 miles

36.14/50 miles

I decided not to run yesterday evening because I could feel tightness going down my right calf of Sunday. I felt a bit guilty about it at the time but glad I did now because 2days run was better of it.

7lenny7 · April 24

quilteryoyo wrote: »

Thanks @7lenny7 . I hope your elbow gets better quickly. It isn't tennis elbow from repeated motion, is it? Good idea to rest and get some of the pre-summer stuff done.

Thanks, @quilteryoyo . It feels like tennis elbow but it happened when I was pressing on the bottom of the boat with my hand and twisted my hand around. It felt like a tendon or something rubbing hard against a bone as I twisted.

kgirlhart · April 25

April Goal: 130 Miles

4/1: 3.34 miles
4/2: 6.26 miles
4/3: 6.02 miles
4/4: 6.04 miles
4/7: 13.13 miles
4/8: 3.30 miles
4/9: 6.05 miles
4/11: 6.32 miles
4/12: 6.52 miles
4/14: 10.26 miles
4/15: 3.16 miles
4/16: 5.66 miles
4/17: 6.02 miles
4/18: 6.08 miles
4/21: 11.02 miles
4/22: 3.27 miles
4/23: 6.02 miles
4/24: 6.26 miles

114.72/130 miles completed for April

It was another beautiful morning. I ran 6.25 miles. It was dark out and the moon was pretty when I started out, but it was light by the time I finished. That is my favorite time of day to run.

I got my new shoes today, so I will give them a try in the morning.

daria0919 · April 25

@Teresa502 we did the 8K in 2016. We’re planning on doing it again this year in November. Haven’t done the November races in 8 years.

@kgirlhart nice 10K run! Nice shoes! Hope they work out.

tarun_yadavA · April 25

Morning all.
Got in 7.49M (at 09"50)

Back home to London today! Sister and b-i-L tapping in now ...

Have a nice day all

quilteryoyo · April 25

I'm glad you had such a great run @ContraryMaryMary !

Nice running @Teresa502 ! You are so consistent.

@mari333a Great job listening to your body. Glad you had a good run yesterday.

@7lenny7 I hope your elbow heals quickly. Do you have a tennis elbow brace? It might help stabilize it until it heals, even if that isn't the issue.

Great running and shoe porn @kgirlhart . I hope the shoes work out.

Glad you got back to London @tarun_yadavA . Great run this morning.

Mari33a · April 25

03/04 3.55 miles
09/04 3.55 miles
11/04 3.56 miles
13/04 3.56 miles
17/04 3.57 miles
19/04 4.09 miles
20/04 3.56 miles
21/04 3.56 miles
22/04 3.57 miles
24/04 3.57 miles
25/04 3.57 miles

39.71/50 miles

Good run. Even though it was sunny with wind was freezing!

quilteryoyo · April 25

April 1 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 17 min
April 2 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles tennis
April 3 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Gym 36 min
April 4 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 33 min
April 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles
April 6 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis and push mowing
April 7 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis
April 8 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37 min
April 9 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Horrible crick in my neck
April 10 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 35 min treadmill wun - neck was still hurting
April 11 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill - neck mostly better
April 12 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - tummy issues
April 13 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - driveway laps
April 14 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis
April 15 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Gym 39 min - Push mowing and weed eating 1.25 hours
April 16 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Mowing 1h7m
April 17 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37 min - Doubles Tennis 59 min
April 18 - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - on the road today
April 19 - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun and Gym for 44 minutes
April 20 - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Doubles tennis 92 minutes
April 21 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Doubles tennis 126 minutes
April 22 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - treadmill - Gym 42 min
April 23 - Walked 0.82 miles - Ran 1.68 miles - work break - Gym 44 min
April 24 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 38 min - Doubles league tennis
April 25 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Mowed mom's lawn and stacked wood

52.25/65 mile goal

I didn't post yesterday because I didn't get home from league tennis until 10 pm. Good news is, we won the match! My partner and I won our match 9-7 tie break, 1-6, 10-8 tie break. One of the other courts won too, so we won overall. I think only the second win this season. We may not be the best, but we have fun and try to be friendly. One of the teams in Knoxville last week said we should get "Ms. Congeniality"

I went to the gym yesterday morning - nothing new. It was raining and I voiced that I was trying to figure out how to get my mile in since I was going to work and then tennis. The owner said to use their treadmill, so I did. It is a curved, manual one. I had never used one of those before, but had wanted to. It's interesting how it works. I like it, except that is no pace control other than yourself. I feel one of the pluses to a TM is "pace control," so not sure I would want to buy one, but it was a nice change.

My neighbor and I mowed mom's lawn this afternoon. He did the trim, so all I did was ride. I didn't count that as exercise. When we finished, I took Tippy for a walk - driveway lap and then into the neighbor's field. I just did one mile because I was tired and figured an easy day was okay.

When I got back from the walk, I did spend and hour hauling and restacking a portion of my wood pile that had started leaning and finally lost the battle with gravity and fell into the driveway last week.

kgirlhart · April 26

April Goal: 130 Miles

4/1: 3.34 miles
4/2: 6.26 miles
4/3: 6.02 miles
4/4: 6.04 miles
4/7: 13.13 miles
4/8: 3.30 miles
4/9: 6.05 miles
4/11: 6.32 miles
4/12: 6.52 miles
4/14: 10.26 miles
4/15: 3.16 miles
4/16: 5.66 miles
4/17: 6.02 miles
4/18: 6.08 miles
4/21: 11.02 miles
4/22: 3.27 miles
4/23: 6.02 miles
4/24: 6.26 miles
4/25: 6.26 miles

120.98/130 miles completed for April

It was cloudy and warm this morning at 74°F. I ran another 6.25 miles. I wore my new shoes and I was pleased with them. They are supposed to be a crossover between trail and road shoes. They did seem more grippy than my other shoes.

Congratulations on winning your tennis @quilteryoyo !

tarun_yadavA · April 26

Morning all.
Got in a 7.49M run (at 09"29).

@quilteryoyo Congratulations on the win!!! Yayyy!! Tennessee's own Chrissy Evert! Haha.
@TheMrWobbly good to see you back out there!

Off day tomorrow! Flying early morning! Italy with the Missus for a 'romantic'(??) weekend getaway

martaindale · April 26

Checking in and getting caught up with everyone. I haven't run since the 10 miler. I had plans but a couple days after I got home I came down with the my first illness since 2019. I used to catch colds a few times a year from patients and occasionally something my kid would bring home from school but with us still masking at work and the kid getting older, I just haven't been sick. It's been really nice! Symptoms are mostly in my head but I'm not sleeping well and I have a bit of a cough so I just haven't had the energy to run. I'm going to take a short walk this morning because that seems to clear the sinuses and hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow so I can run.

quilteryoyo · April 26

Thanks @kgirlhart . Great running. Glad the shoes are working out.

Hahahaha @tarun_yadavA . Thanks. Great run. Enjoy your romantic weekend!

Sorry you aren't feeling well @martaindale ! I hope you get better quickly.

Scott6255 · April 26

Ugh, sorry your not feeling well @martaindale! Hopefully some fresh air will do you some good.

Got in 7 miles with my brother here in Atlanta. Always seem to find the biggest hills when running here 😟 But weather was great.

martaindale · April 26

Well, I finally caught COVID. I managed to dodge it for 4 years but I knew it would catch up to me eventually.

chris_in_cal · April 26

martaindale wrote: »

Well, I finally caught COVID. I managed to dodge it for 4 years

I'm sorry to hear this. I dodged it for close to three years. My first airplane ride after covid began did me in.

Everyone's ride is different. I was 100% clear I wasn't back to normal for three weeks (not bad, just not 100%) And I had infrequent coughs for another two months.

Overall not bad, and I am certain I preferred to have never caught it. Be well...you are a rock star.

daria0919 · April 26

Nice run @Scott6255 - cool that you ran with your brother.

@martaindale so very sorry to hear you have COVID. I do hope you can rest and have a speedy recovery.

Teresa502 · April 26

April 1 – 3.31
April 2 – 5.10
April 4 – 6.15
April 9 – 5.09
April 11 – 5.01
April 15 – 3.15 miles
April 16 – 4.03 miles
April 17 – 5.15 miles
April 19 – 4.70 miles
April 21 – 8.01 miles
April 22 – 6.14 miles
April 24 – 5.60 miles
April 26 – 2.06 miles
63.5/90 Mile Goal

A short 2 mile run this morning after my full body dumbbell workout. Yesterday’s workout with weights was leg day. Combined with today’s workout, my legs are already sore!

Congrats on winning your tennis match @quilteryoyo!

Enjoy your getaway to Italy @tarun_yadavA!

Hope you are better soon @martaindale. The one and only time that I had COVID, I’m convinced I caught it on an airplane traveling home from Ireland – actually the leg from Atlanta into my tiny airport. Coincidentally, the guy sitting next to me on that leg was a co-worker and he caught it also.

Laurz9191 · April 26

Hi everyone! I haven’t had time to post lately, but I had a nice and easy running week. The weather was super wintery and below freezing at the beginning of the week with snow, ice, and sleet. Then it progressed to rain and now we are looking at 20C (68) for my 100km cycling race on Sunday. True spring weather! Due to the conditions, I didn’t get any bike rides in this week (I am so used to running in awful weather, so I just went with that). I will take my race bike for a spin tomorrow to pick up my race pack. I am very excited for the ride even though I know it will be long and there are some steep climbs.

I tried out my new shoes (Saucony Guide) a few days ago.

They are my first pair of stabilising shoes. I do over pronate but usually get away with wearing certain models of neutral shoes. This time it really was the only shoe I tried that got my feet in a “good” position. The run went well but I am not sure that my foot “loves” being put in its place. We’ll see. I need to test them some more, but am currently in a race/recovery/taper pattern until after my HM on the 5th.

23.04 11.1km (“hill” run)
24.04 7.2 km (with 3km HM goal pace)
25.04 6.2 km (easy treadmill)

152.9/200km for April.

Laurz9191 · April 26

@quilteryoyo I’m glad you got a win in tennis this time!

@martaindale I am sorry to hear you are sick with Covid. I hope you feel better soon!

@tarun_yadavA Have a great trip to Italy!

@Scott6255 It’s so nice that you were able to get a nice long run in with your brother! Even if it was a hills one

.

Mari33a · April 26

03/04 3.55 miles
09/04 3.55 miles
11/04 3.56 miles
13/04 3.56 miles
17/04 3.57 miles
19/04 4.09 miles
20/04 3.56 miles
21/04 3.56 miles
22/04 3.57 miles
24/04 3.57 miles
25/04 3.57 miles
26/04 3.58 miles

43.29/50 miles

I had another good run. Even felt a little faster.

@martaindale - COVID, that’s bad luck, hope it doesn’t affect you too badly.

@quilteryoyo - Well done on the tennis!

SummerSkier · April 26

I do apologize for not being too active this month. I just have not been in much of a chatty mood for some reason. I have been trying to keep up and of course running. LOL.

I finally set my goal to 110 miles today. Nothing like just a few days left to figure things out.

I have had some great runs this month and some really struggle bus ones. However I look back to last year this time and my BACK was killing me to the point I could not hardly find any relief in any position and sleeping. forget it. So a year later I haven't been on the courts much but my back is 100%. Perhaps the small amount of strength training with hand weights has helped to strengthen whatever weakness is there.

quilteryoyo · April 27

Glad you and your brother got in a nice run today @Scott6255 !

Oh no @martaindale ! I hope you have a mild case and recover quickly!

Thanks @Teresa502 . Nice run this morning after a tough leg workout.

Thanks @Laurz9191 . Love the shoes. Good luck with your bike race on Sunday.

Thanks @mari333a . Nice that you are getting faster.

You've done great with the running this month @SummerSkier . Strength training IS SUPPOSED to help with the back by strengthening the core. Glad you aren't in pain like last year.

martaindale · April 27

After trying to go for a second walk yesterday and only making in half a mile, I was happy that I felt well enough today to try again. When I walked last night, the fatigue kicked in hard and I noticed my chest feeling kind of constricted when I tried to take a deep breath.
I've been mostly sitting in bed, binge watching Killing Eve. Really good, btw. But by the afternoon, I was starting to get a bit antsy. So my husband and I took a slow socially distanced walk for about a mile and a half and it was okay. I was ready to be done about the time we finished but I didn't feel overly tired and the tightness I was feeling in my chest yesterday evening has resolved. And my HR didn't get too high.
Yesterday afternoon and evening I felt really terrible. But today I am feeling slightly better and I have hopes that by tomorrow I'll basically be back to normal. In an attempt to practice what I preach, I will continue to take it easy and not return to exercise for another week or so. Until then, I'll be going for some walks and depending on how I'm feeling in about a week I'll test out a short run. One of my biggest fears is developing long covid and @polskagirl01's experience has shown me it's nothing to mess around with. So I will be following all the advice and not pushing too hard too fast.

kgirlhart · April 27

Glad you are taking it easy @martaindale . I did some relaxing yoga when I had covid, but not much else. I hope you feel better soon.

quilteryoyo · April 28

I'm glad you are feeling a bit better today @martaindale . Great job on the walk and hopefully every day you will fill a little better.

quilteryoyo · April 28

April 1 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 17 min
April 2 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles tennis
April 3 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Gym 36 min
April 4 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 33 min
April 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles
April 6 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis and push mowing
April 7 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis
April 8 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37 min
April 9 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Horrible crick in my neck
April 10 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 35 min treadmill wun - neck was still hurting
April 11 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill - neck mostly better
April 12 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - tummy issues
April 13 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - driveway laps
April 14 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis
April 15 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Gym 39 min - Push mowing and weed eating 1.25 hours
April 16 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Mowing 1h7m
April 17 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37 min - Doubles Tennis 59 min
April 18 - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - on the road today
April 19 - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun and Gym for 44 minutes
April 20 - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Doubles tennis 92 minutes
April 21 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Doubles tennis 126 minutes
April 22 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - treadmill - Gym 42 min
April 23 - Walked 0.82 miles - Ran 1.68 miles - work break - Gym 44 min
April 24 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 38 min - Doubles league tennis
April 25 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Mowed mom's lawn and stacked wood
April 26 - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 35:59 min
April 27 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles tennis 115 minutes

57.00/65 mile goal

I didn't post yesterday. Just went to the gym and then did a driveway walk after spending longer than intended helping mom finish a jigsaw puzzle. Then, we had a neighborhood get together where I ate way too may snacks. It was fun and worth it though.

This morning, I did a driveway wun. Then, this afternoon, I played the last of the tennis league matches. My partner and I played really well, but we lost 4-6 and then 2-7 in a second set tie break. We should have won the second one, as we were up 3-0, then 4-1, but just couldn't keep that momentum going. We had fun and that is the most important thing.

chris_in_cal · April 28

A long time ago I signed up for a triathlon. Everything changed, mostly for the better, but I didn't race.

I decided to go to the race just to get jazzed up.

The race used to be called Wildflower, it has been reborn and rechristened, but it's at the same place and same time of year.

Just a beautiful mountain course, a beautiful lake, and a gorgeous day.

This is the guy who won the triathlon (M80-85 division)

ContraryMaryMary · April 28

Had my trail half today. It was beautiful, and slow. It was on a mountain bike trail - not my favourite- so a lot of up and down, which was pretty hard work. Lots of lovely running through the trees and one killer hill where all the trees had been felled so you could see exactly how much further you had to go, which was a mind battle. We had a fun weekend away, if freezing - Taupo has a much cooler climate than Auckland, so the morning frosts came as a bit of a shock. Also, last night, about 10:30 when I was almost asleep, we had a couple of short, very noisy earthquakes, which gave me a nasty fright.
Pics in spoiler

On the Saturday, we walked the path alongside the river that boasts the Huka Falls (a natural beauty spot which is NZ’s most visited tourist destination). About 4km each way, then followed it up in the resort’s thermal pool. Divine.

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