MAY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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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
May 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - rest day
May 6 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 39 min
May 7 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 37 min - push mow 11 min
May 8 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 41 min
May 9 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - not feeling well - 3 years of streaking
14.75/50.00 mile goal
I had fully intended to run 3 miles today to celebrate my 3 year streak, but woke up feeling like crap and have had a low grade fever all day. I did manage a one mile, slower treadmill walk to keep it going.5 -
Back around the usual loop for me this morning - my 8km with the massive hill. It was a pleasant run today, the only stand out feature being the frost which froze my fingers completely. We don’t usually get frost this early - in fact, this is almost as cold as winters get here in Auckland - but we’ve now had two in two days. It does make for a stunning day however. The difference between this and real winter is as soon as the sun comes up it gets pretty warm pretty quickly.
The view from my kitchen window this morning.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »May 9 - 3 years of streaking
Day 9 of my streak is going to be tough to keep, however I see others have managed to get through it.
@quilteryoyo You are amazing!!!!!4 -
May Goal: 115 Miles
5/1: 6.03 miles
5/2: 4.11 miles
5/3: 6.02 miles
5/5: 10.05 miles
5/6: 3.12 miles
5/8: 6.25 miles
5/9: 6.02 miles
41.60/115 miles completed for May
I ran 6 miles today. It wasn't as warm nor as windy as yesterday, so that was nice.
@quilteryoyo Congratulations on your 3 year streak! That is really awesome!. I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. Hope you feel better soon.
@martaindale I 'm glad the running is going well. Enjoy your weekend with the kid.
@Teresa502 I am looking forward to your AT hike report.
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Neighborhood 1Mile (at 15"37 ). Day 9. Tough. Long day, I laced'em up at 9:30 p.m.8
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chris_in_cal wrote: »Neighborhood 1Mile (at 15"37 ). Day 9. Tough. Long day, I laced'em up at 9:30 p.m.
Getting it done. Good man.2 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »chris_in_cal wrote: »Neighborhood 1Mile (at 15"37 ). Day 9. Tough. Long day, I laced'em up at 9:30 p.m.
Getting it done. Good man.
@chris_in_cal what she said!1 -
Morning all.
Unlike chilly New Zealand... Bright and Sunny here in London
Got in 6.24M (at 09"57).
Though a bug flew into my eye. Tried crying it out. Didn't work7 -
Nice frosty run this morning @ContraryMaryMary .
Thanks @chris_in_cal . Do you have a set streak in mind, or just until you decide to stop? Great job getting out there after a long day. Those are the hardest!
Thanks @kgirlhart ! Nice running today.
I'm sorry the bug made you cry @tarun_yadavA ! Good job with the run though.1 -
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
May 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - rest day
May 6 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 39 min
May 7 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 37 min - push mow 11 min
May 8 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 41 min
May 9 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - not feeling well - 3 years of streaking
May 10 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill wun
16.00/50.00 mile goal
The day didn't go as planned. I am feeling better today. My temperature was back to my normal low before I went to bed last night. But, I had to take Tippy to the vet, unexpectedly, so missed breakfast. After I got her back home, I went to work. I did a wun on the treadmill when I got home this evening.
More info on Tippy under the spoiler, if you're interested.Tippy is okay...well, they couldn't find anything wrong. She just wasn't acting at all like her normal self. No energy. Wouldn't get up to go out to pee this morning. Final straw was when she wasn't interested in her favorite treat or playing "find it" with the treat. Turned out my normal vet is out of town, so I had to take her somewhere else. They had an appointment for about an hour from when I called and it takes 45 min to get there, so I skipped breakfast, got her in the car, and headed out. She did blood work and an exam. Everything looked good and she was much more energetic there. We're thinking it may be her arthritis was worse or she was just have a blah type of day - like I had yesterday. We'll see how she does over the weekend. I may wind up taking her back to the regular vet on Monday if she's still being lethargic.6 -
Neighborhood 1Mile (at 13"42 ). Day 10. TGIF folks, keeping the dream alive. My body isn't totally happy, but it's coming around.8
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May Goal: 115 Miles
5/1: 6.03 miles
5/2: 4.11 miles
5/3: 6.02 miles
5/5: 10.05 miles
5/6: 3.12 miles
5/8: 6.25 miles
5/9: 6.02 miles
5/10: 6.02 miles
47.62/115 miles completed for May
Today's run was an uneventful 6 mile run. It was a little cooler than it has been. It us supposed to be rainy/thunderstorms this weekend, so I am not sure if I will be able to run. My trail race is coming up next Saturday, so it probably won't hurt to take it kind of easy this week.
@quilteryoyo I hope Tippy is feeling better soon. 6 -
Parkrun this morning. I volunteered to check the course beforehand, netting me an extra 5k and a nice warm up. Wasn’t super keen on having to leave home at 6:30am with the sun not up and another frost on the ground. Beautiful morning though which made it totally worth it. Curiously I was colder on my second run at 8am because I was going that much faster so wind chill was a bigger factor.
Pics of the sunrise walking to the start of the course and the red bridge over the motorway that we cross at the beginning and end of the run - we don’t usually see it lit up, another bonus of an early start.
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An extreme geomagnetic storm means we got to see Aurora Australis (the Southern Lights) tonight. Very, very rare to see them this far north - in fact I didn’t think it was possible. Very pretty pink sky!
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Morning all
Got in 10Miles today (at 09"32).
Thought I'd burn a bit extra... Some calories carnage incoming later... Trip to the movies and then this Asian fried chicken fast food joint opened up in London
@quilteryoyo hoping Tippy gets better soon! 🙏🏽
@ContraryMaryMary nice pics!
Weird? Woke up this morning with people saying they could see the Northern lights in England! 🤷5 -
chris_in_cal wrote: »Neighborhood 1Mile (at 13"42 ). Day 10. TGIF folks, keeping the dream alive. My body isn't totally happy, but it's coming around.
@chris_in_cal 👁️ of the 🐯
Keep it going1 -
Wish I would have got the memo to check for northern lights yesterday
. The pictures I’ve been seeing look beautiful.
I went for an easy 6.1km run. I wasn’t feeling great, and was glad to just get through it. We are having a (much welcomed) spike in temperature/humidity which my body needs time to adjust to. And out come the shorts/shorts/etc… They have been waiting for what feels like a year to come out.
I gave myself some thinking time, but finally signed up for our local 5km the weekend after next. I’m feeling undertrained and don’t know if I should even try to beat my last years time. On the other hand, I can’t imagine sitting a race out where my kids are also racing. I’m not pressuring myself though- just happy to be outside taking part.
52.1/160km for May.
@chris_in_cal Keep up the good work
@quilteryoyo Hope Tippy is doing better tomorrow!4 -
Neighborhood 1Mile (at 13"52 ). Day 11
US "Mother's Day" is this Sunday.
Happy Mother's Day to you Moms.7 -
May Goal: 115 Miles
5/1: 6.03 miles
5/2: 4.11 miles
5/3: 6.02 miles
5/5: 10.05 miles
5/6: 3.12 miles
5/8: 6.25 miles
5/9: 6.02 miles
5/10: 6.02 miles
5/11: 8.18 miles
55.80/115 miles completed for May
It wasn't raining this morning and there is a chance of thunderstorms all day tomorrow, so I decided to do my long run today instead of tomorrow. My trail race next Saturday is 8 miles, so I decided to run 8 miles for my long run this week. I tried going off road as much as possible and even ran in some sand at the park where there is a sand volleyball court. I feel pretty ready for the race. I am sure it will be more technical than the areas I have run so far. But I am looking forward to the challenge.
@ContraryMaryMary Wow! Those pictures are beautiful! 7 -
Morning all
Got in 13K/8.08M (at 10"55 pace).
Weekly run with my 9yr old... Who made it to 5K. Hot here today, too.
And happy Mother's day to all the American ladies here!
(Father's Day is the same day here and in the States, but Mothers Day isn't! 🤷 )8 -
@chris_in_cal The streak is building! Keep it up.
@kgirlhart Can't wait to hear about PK. I think you're going to have a great time. Hopefully the weather is good.
@ContraryMaryMary Beautiful! My husband is tentatively planning a trip for the family to go see Northern lights next year. One of those bucket list trips.
@quilteryoyo Driveability is the main reason I went camper van over a trailer. Though my kid comes camping sometimes, I am frequently alone and they will be graduating and out of the house in 3 short years. My husband isn't interested and setting up, backing, and reconnecting a trailer alone is such a pain! The van is so simple!7 -
May total: 9.8 miles
YTD: 344.8/1200 miles
5/7: 2 miles
5/8: 1.9 miles
5/9: 2.4 miles
5/11: 3.5 miles
I did 3 min run/1 min walk x 10 for this one. It was cooler this morning, upper 60s. Still humid, but 10 degrees cooler is 10 degrees cooler! It went totally fine. Avg pace 11:38.
I'm going to have to ramp it up big time this week. The HM is in 2 weeks and I need some longer runs under my belt. I think if I can get a couple of 1.5 hours-ish runs in, that will be enough to remind my body what it needs to do and give me the mental boost to feel like I can do it.
This week, increase to 4/1 and increase the time. Luckily I have some later shifts so I'll be able to get runs done before work.7 -
5/1 8.52 miles
5/2 10.53 miles Running Partner A
5/3 6.29 miles
5/4 13.55 miles Running Partner A
5/5 1.04 miles Crazy Laps!
5/6 1.04 miles Crazy Laps!
5/7 3.11 miles, 2200 days on the run
5/8 3.28 miles Crazy Laps! Thunderstorms
5/9 3.48 miles
5/10 1.13 miles Crazy Laps!
5/11 3.11 miles Crazy Laps!
5/12 3.16 miles, little bit of sunshine!, 2205 days on the run
UpdateI decided the nursing home/rehab was overwhelmingly detrimental to my mother's health and brought her home on Friday. We are adjusting to peace and quiet, she did sleep well last night. She is not able to care for herself, but with assistance can do some personal care. She has to be assisted with moving/walking, very unsteady/weak. She is confused about details, date/time passage.
I am sleeping on the floor next to her, but going to try baby monitor at night so I can get in my bed. I have had two nights of severe leg cramps (thighs and calves).9 -
I am wishing you the best and hope this all works out for the best.AlphaHowls wrote: »I have had two nights of severe leg cramps2 -
@AlphaHowls That sounds really tough! I hope it works out that you can sleep in your bed, or at least on a mattress and that your mother can recover better at home!
@kgirlhart You are so ready for your race! I hope you have a really nice time!
My 4 year old taught himself how to ride a bike yesterday on our driveway when all of us were busy doing other things and was so proud and wanted to go out for some real practice today, which I used to get some running in! I managed to get 8.2km in doing neighbourhood loops accompanied in various constellations of kids/vehicles. It was fun and we all got out of the house!
59.4/160km for May.
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May total: 12.1 miles
YTD: 347.1/1200 miles
5/7: 2 miles
5/8: 1.9 miles
5/9: 2.4 miles
5/11: 3.5 miles
5/12: 2.3 miles
Quick treadmill run today. We got home from the camping trip, got everything unloaded and cleaned. We are going out with my in-laws for an early dinner for mother's Day so squeezed in a run before showering and doing a little meal prep for the coming week.
I did a workout that was 4 min run, 1 min walk x 5. It was easy. I think 4/1 shouldn't be a challenge to expand out for longer runs. We'll find out this week!7 -
Thanks everyone for your good thoughts for Tippy. She is feeling much better. I'm thinking maybe some minor tummy issues and weather bothering her arthritis.
Great job with the streak @chris_in_cal .
Great running @kgirlhart . Sounds like you need a taper week before your trail race anyway. (Looks like you got in a nice long run after all.) Hope you don't get storms. You are going to do great next weekend.
Great park run @ContraryMaryMary . I don't think I ever run fast enough to worry about the wind chill from my speed.
Great picture of the Northern Lights. They were visible here in TN, but I missed them. Saw lots of great pictures from neighbor's though.
Great running @tarun_yadavA . Hope you enjoyed your night out. Yeah for your son making 5K today! That is weird that Mother's Day isn't the same day, but Father's Day is.
@Laurz9191 You did great to muscle through your run when you weren't feeling well. Good choice to sign up for the race with your kids. You don't have to try to PR is you don't feel ready. Just enjoy it. Congrats to your 4 year old! Sounds like a fun, active day.
@martaindale I'm glad you are enjoying the camper van. I need to find somewhere that rents them so I can see how I like it and if I get the bug. They're too expensive here to buy not knowing. You're doing great with the run/walks. I hope you can get in some longer runs to give you the confidence that you can do the HM.
@AlphaHowls Hugs to you and your mom. I hope the baby monitor works so you can get some rest.
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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
May 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - rest day
May 6 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 39 min
May 7 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 37 min - push mow 11 min
May 8 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 41 min
May 9 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - not feeling well - 3 years of streaking
May 10 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill wun
May 11 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
May 12 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
19.00/50.00 mile goal
I didn't post yesterday. Tippy was feeling better, but I got up feeling blah again. So, just walked a mile on the treadmill to keep the streak going and then mom and I went to my great niece's dance recital. That was fun. Proud aunt pictures under the spoiler.
My favorite picture of Mya.
Me, mom, Mya, and Maislee.
Mom and baby Magnolia.
Today, I have felt much better. I did my normal walk between church and lunch.6 -
Neighborhood 1Mile (at 14"54 ). Day 12. Still nice weather. I have started doing this late. I have to experiment with a different time (though come on, me run in the morning?)6
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01/05 3.57 miles
03/05 3.67 miles
09/05 3.58 miles
10/05 3.70 miles
11/05 3.72 miles
Total 18.24/50 miles
I got a few run in Thursday Friday and Saturday but was out and about so didn't get time to post.
Sad to see Scott is taking a break from us, and hope he enjoys trying new things.
@quilteryoyo - poor Tippy, hope he is getting better.
@AlphaHowls - Take care of yourself x7
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