MAY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

Laurz9191

What a race report @TheMrWobbly ! It sounded like it was reaaaaalllly hard race and you made it through! It’s great your family was there to cheer you on! It sounds like pre-race was pretty stressful. Great job!!!

@katrose1985 Welcome!

@quilteryoyo It sounds like you are keeping very active! Good job on all the planting!

@Teresa502 I love the view on the picture! Beautiful !

@chris_in_cal Good job with your 3 day streak!

@ContraryMaryMary I can understand not wanting to do a marathon that has a huge out and back section with wind. That sounds like it would be mentally very difficult to prepare for. I’m sure you would be happy once you completed it though! On my main running route I’m almost always running into a strong wind on the way back and I never cease to hate that, but I’ve come to accept it as a mental training exercise .

Laurz9191

I have been too busy to post. My goal for May is 160km. I think my body wants to dial down the mileage for one more month before building it up again.

I have a half marathon race in my city tomorrow. Part of it is even on my usual running route. I went on a shakeout 10.3km yesterday and my pulse was quite high for the pace, and the legs were still feeling very fatigued from the bike race and maybe even a bit from the marathon. So, I’m not going to aim for a PR, but rather set a more obtainable goal and just try to enjoy being out there.

10.3/160km for May.

tarun_yadavA

Morning all
Got in 7 (at 09"40)

@Laurz9191 good luck on your Half! Enjoy!

martaindale

@Laurz9191 Good luck on your HM!

You're doing great @katrose1985 keep it up!

martaindale

Still no running but I think I'm getting close. My sense of smell and taste started coming back yesterday and my chest is feeling looser. Not totally normal but headed in the right direction.
We've had lots of storms the last couple of days with almost 10in of rain so I've been walking on the treadmill. There was quite a bit of flooding around northern Houston but my neighborhood always fares well during these storms. We only lost power for a few hours during the worst of it on Thursday. There are folks whose houses were under water.

quilteryoyo

Great humid run @kgirlhart .

Great start to your streak @chris_in_cal .

Great running @katrose1985 . Love that your 7 year old motivated you to go further! Love the picture. You look so happy.

Have fun with the HM @Laurz9191 .

Nice running @tarun_yadavA !

@martaindale I'm glad that your sense of taste and smell are coming back and you're feeling better. Also glad you aren't flooded out. The pictures on the news look really bad.

emptydog

It was windy there this morning and I enjoyed seeing the waves crash against the breakwall. It wasn't too cold and quite a pleasant morning.

Haha! I read that this morning at 4am while I was having coffee and getting ready to head to the lake. I usually plan on being at the lake at 5am most days. My friend P usually rolls in about 5:20am unless she gets called into work. Then the three ladies who walk arive. I usually see my friend M walking with his cup of coffee He arrives at differing times. There are a couple more regulars I see there who I see each day as well.

@quilteryoyo probably have to stay there since games can be at 8 am and who wants to get up at 4 am to exercise/play. Wait. Who am I talking to. Of course most of you would so do that....and do almost daily.

5/1 - 3.13 Miles. Lakefront Park. 50F, Very foggy.
5/2 - 3.01 Miles. Lakefront Park. 61F, Clear.
5/3 - 3.07 Miles. Lakefront Park. 47F, Sunny.
5/4 - 1.66 Miles. Lakefront Park. 59F, Cloudy, Very windy.

yirara

01.05 2.1km 16min 7:49/km - tired run
03.05 4.0km 33min 8:11/km - slow
04.05 4.0km 32min 7:55/km

10.09km/67km - 1.4km ahead target

Today was better. I totally ran too fast and thus stopped after 4km, but otherwise quite happy. Still tight muscles but a lot less than yesterday.

Scott6255

Good luck on your HM @Laurz9191!

Got out for 10 miles this morning.

katrose1985

Got the boys out for a GORGEOUS walk by our house!!

4/15 miles walking
3/15 miles running

quilteryoyo

Hahaha @emptydog . I didn't realize you were "one of them." Sounds like a relaxing morning and a great run.

Nice running @yirara !

Nice 10 miles this morning @scott6255 .

Great family walk/ride @katrose1985 .

quilteryoyo

May 1 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - 3h41m13s tennis (2.14 miles)
May 2 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Planted mom's garden - 2h28m25s
May 3 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 31 min
May 4 - Walked 4.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun

7.00/50.00 mile goal

I had to make myself get out the door with my running shoes on today. Glad I did. I also MADE myself go 4 miles for May the Forth Be With You day. I walked most of this one. I did a 1/2 min run/walk for about 3 miles of the four. I just didn't have a lot of energy and breathing was hard today....it was humid and lots of pollen in the air, I think.

kgirlhart

Good luck on your HM @Laurz9191!

chris_in_cal

Neighborhood 1Mile (at 16"33 ). I am feeling more relaxed. Thanks everyone for the kind words.

tarun_yadavA

Morning all
Got in 6.54M (at 08"56).

Beautiful day today in London. London finally got the Memo

SummerSkier

@chris_in_cal you are doing great. So sorry that the trial of med did not work. At least you gave it a try! The hardest part for me is getting out the door and a lot of times I tell myself just do a mile and then it ends up more but if I said - let's run 7 to myself - I would never start.

Boy it has been humid and dank here the entire week. My hair looks like a birds nest no matter what I try or how much product I use. I am thinking maybe I need to try one of those brazilian processes to get it to behave but wow - expensive and a lot of time! Yesterday I ran/walked 4 miles in the morning. Just could not decide to run. But then at lunch I put decided I wanted to use the Saucony Endorphins which seem a little large in the heel again so I worked on the lacing method of heel locking. I had tried that before but I did not realize you could sort of see saw as you tightened them to really get the heel more stable. Kind of pulling up and down to keep tightening. I really like how they fit and it's only when I turn while running that I feel the heel on the outside foot of the turn a little shifty. They are really light weight and have great energy return but I guess I would not try that particular style again because honestly I hate laces and love shoes you can just pull on.

@martaindale glad to hear you are recovering! One of my gals at work still has no sense of smell since 2020 version of covid. That was actually her only symptom at the time. She was chopping onions one evening and noticed she could not smell them. 😕

Laurz9191

Hi everyone!

Yesterday I went for a shakeout 4.1km. My legs still felt pretty heavy, so I was a bit sceptical about doing the HM in under 2 hours today. In the afternoon we went on a hike with the kids, which was fun, even if it is not the smartest thing to do right before a longer race.

My plan was to do the first 5km at under 2hr pace and see how I felt. I guess I felt ok, but I realised at about 8km that I was going to have to slow down a little bit. The course was well organised but not easy, as most of it was on biking/walk path gravel and there were lots of little ups and downs, including one very steep incline along my normal running route that I’ve never actually run up - only down because it is so steep . It was a great atmosphere, but with 5km left I thought, man, I’m not doing this many races in a row again next year! Since it was in my city, I also saw lots of people I knew along the course which was cool and motivating. My official time was 2:02:38, which I am perfectly happy with. Even though it isn’t a PR or sub 2- my legs did their best and it was nice to have my family with me at the finish line.

My next race is a 5k, so I think after resting up, I’m going to get back to more speed work and strength training once again!

35.7/160km for May.

daria0919

@Laurz9191 nice HM!! 👏🏻👏🏻
Great that you had your family there at the finish line, and that the atmosphere was great and you saw friends along the course.

Nice 10 M yesterday @Scott6255!

Great that May the 4th was with you yesterday @quilteryoyo and that you got 4 in!

Great streaking 😆 @chris_in_cal! Keep up the great effort!

Hope the Saucony Endorphins work out for you @SummerSkier! The lacing to get the heels right takes a bit of experimentation. Nice getting 4 in!

Nice pace and run this morning @tarun_yadavA - glad the weather was beautiful!

Nice family outing @katrose1985!

Way to keep at it @yirara and @emptydog!

daria0919

Did my Girls on the Run 5K this morning. That was a lot of fun! Great seeing all these young girls out there giving it their all and having a grand time! I thoroughly enjoyed cheering them on along the course as we made our way around through the park where the race was held. It rained all last night and was supposed to continue all day today (and it’s doing so now), but for the race the rain stopped and it was a wonderful event!

My Garmin says I hit a PR for the race, so that was a little bonus.

Oh, and I thought it was cute that everyone’s bib number was 1!

Photos below in spoiler:

yirara

01.05 2.1km 16min 7:49/km - tired run
03.05 4.0km 33min 8:11/km - slow
04.05 4.0km 32min 7:55/km
05.05 bit of hiking, strenuous

10.09km/67km - 1.4km ahead target

I guess today counts as leg day. Went on a few smaller hikes, but steeply uphill and visited an old undergorund coal mine where I crouched down/bent my knees for close to 90 minutes. Phew, bum and legs feel wasted.