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AUGUST 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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quilteryoyo wrote: »Glad the weather was a little better for you this morning @martaindale ! Great run. I love seeing wildlife, but sometimes they can be a bit too close for comfort.
I know you are excited about your trip @Teresa502 . I hope you have a wonderful time!
I'm so glad that you're CoVID symptoms are gone @daria0919 . Great job on the walk and I agree that getting out the door is often more than half the battle.
Semi running related info in the spoiler, if you are interested.I got a notice in the mail today that I have been selected for jury duty starting on 3 Sept. My understanding is that on that day I'll get further instructions, but we are basically on call for a trial for 4 months. I think I'll have to call in every night to see if I have to come in the next day, if I'm not selected for a jury. That is going to make it really hard to make plans for an entire 4 months!
They say that they will try to accommodate appointments and vacations.
I'm curious. How is jury duty handled in your area of the country/world?
Interesting that you’re bringing jury duty up @quilteryoyo. We just all received notice in our county that they’re going to be sending out jury duty notices soon. Four months seems really long. Last time I got selected I was still teaching full time at the university and I was considered essential, so I was excused from serving - that was at the state level. At that time the notice stated it would be no more than 2 weeks.
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Hubby and I just got back from our evening walk, so that’s another 1.6 miles in the books.3
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@quilteryoyo I hope your shoulder feel better soon. Happy Birthday to your mom! I love the pictures! That is awful about the jury duty. That sounds so inconvenient. My husband has been chosen for the grand jury before and I think they met monthly or maybe quarterly (it has been a while). But they knew when they were scheduled and didn't have to call in every evening to find out about the next day.
@cobtrarymarymary That bull does look really annoyed.
And hugs to your friend. I'm glad the tumor was benign and I hope she is better soon.
I have done a few month long streaks and it was fun. But I wouldn't wantbto do it for too ling. I really enjoy having at least one day a week that I don't have to do anything.
@scott6255 I am also so over this heat.
@summerskier Happy Birthday! I'm sorry I missed it yesterday. Sounds like you had a great day.
@daria0919 I am glad you are feeling better.
@martaindale I would be scared to see a bobcat, but I bet that was pretty cool too.
@teresa502 I can't wait to see pictures of your trip. I hope you have a great time.
I've been wondering about @chris_in_cal too. I haven't seen him post on garmin in a few days.4 -
@kgirlhart That sounds like seriously hard running conditions! Great job getting out there and doing what you can in the heat!
@daria0919 I’m glad you are feeling better and able to go out walking!
@quilteryoyo I was able to dodge jury duty the last three years I was eligible for it and still living in the US, as a carless college student. That sounds like a long time to not know whether you will be needed or not. I am crossing my fingers that you can still do the race!
@martaindale That’s really cool with the bobcat!
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We went to a birthday party on Friday evening and didn’t get home until almost 1 am. I was way too tired to get up and do my long run yesterday, so I made sure to go to bed early and do it today. When my alarm went off I really considered just staying in bed, but I knew I would be disappointed in myself if I did. I got myself out of the house and the run ended up being really great.
I have run max 32 km in training before and it really drained me. Today I ran 30.5km and I felt like I could easily have continued. I was listening to an autobiographical audiobook called “Can’t Hurt Me” and at the end of my run the chapter was about the author running a 100mile race with zero training and conditioning which made my run comparatively feel like a walk in the park .
161.9/270km for August!5 -
Morning all.
Got in 6.24M at 09"53.
Great running @Laurz9191 !
@quilteryoyo called up for Jury duty once. But woulda been financial disaster for me as a Dayrate contractor. Paying the fine for not showing was cheaper... But I successfully managed to dodge that too. I got a Dr to write me a note saying I had backache (is an instance of back pain on my file) - on meds, and that I needed a special ergonomic chair, couldn't sit in one position for a long time and chronic back spasms.
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Good Morning everyone. Yesterday, I was supposed to run/walk the Colts 5K. I'm not an Indianapolis Colts fan, but I love football. I have never missed a race due to traffic. Well, yesterday was the first & hopefully the last. Some folks even let family out on the ramp so they didn’t miss the race. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that for I was doing this race solo. I was in this traffic for about 35 minutes before I decided to forget about it because I was so frustrated. I ended up going to a park on my side of town and complete my 5K, even though I didn’t get a medal. Also, I took out my frustration on some inclines.
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My next race is September 14th. I’m not going to miss this one. Over halfway to reaching my 50-mile goal. I have 28 miles completed.8 -
It is interesting @yirara, but what is also interesting is when I had a running coach (a real person not an app) my runs varied between hard and easy – faster and shorter vs longer and slower. I think you’ve simply stumbled on a good training practice. Keep it up.
I would have freaked out at a bobcat @martaindale, but then again, I have no idea if they’re dangerous or not. We have no native animals here so any livestock you come across belongs to someone – think dogs and sheep. Way out in the bush you may come across deer or pigs, but they’re gonna avoid you at all costs. I was chatting to a friend about things that eat plants in the garden and I was moaning about rabbits and pukekos (swamp hens – a bird, not sure if they’re outside NZ and Australia) and she, an Australian, was moaning about kangaroos in her garden, and then there’s those of you with bears! We’re so soft over here.
So jealous @teresa502. I spent about a month in Italy about 20 years ago and have been hankering to go back ever since. Have a marvellous time.
Glad you’re pretty much all better @daria0919.
As for jury duty, I’ve managed to get out of it, first, because I worked for a very small publishing house and if I wasn’t at work the magazines would literally not get published, and the second time because I had a very young baby. I do believe in doing my civic duty and will do jury duty when my schedule doesn’t have so many people dependent on me. Four months is a big ask though!
@kgirlhart, I remember feeling so silly calling a run because of a sore shoulder – you just don’t expect your upper body to have so much influence when you’re running but it does! I hope it’s all good now.
Nice running @laurz9191, and impressive distance! So fab that you felt so good for it.
How frustrating @steviebee888. I’ve come close a couple of times – usually it’s finding parking that screws me. I’ve only missed a race once, and that was because I was chatting to my friend and not paying attention to the route and completely missed our turnoff. We only noticed about 20 minutes later! We did go to the event and were is time to run the shorter distance so it wasn’t a complete disaster. Another time, for the Auckland Half, I was held up on the ferry to the start line and missed the start by a good two or three minutes. In a race with over 5000 entrants, I spent the entire time, passing people, trying to catch up to people running my speed. By the time I did, I was in a mindset that I had to keep pushing and keep passing and ended up clocking a PB – not a bad technique!
I was due a fairly big weekend of running but it turned out to be a little less. I signed up to do course check for Parkrun and after doing it, was simply too tired to run it again (at pace) for Parkrun proper so I didn’t. Went home and had a second breakfast instead. On Sunday, I was scheduled for 18km and woke to torrential rain and howling winds so mucked about a bit. I had to collect my daughter from a sleepover at 11am and because of aforementioned mucking about, was a bit short on time. Thought I’d aim for 12km instead (I was still tired). As it turned out, I had a few spare minutes at the end of 12k so thought I’d run another kilometre or two. Promptly got lost, and by the time I found my car again, I was up to 15.4km. I was feeling good at this point and would have stretched it out to 18km except I had exactly one minute to go and retrieve my child.
After a week of unproductive running (thanks for the inspo Garmin), I figured why I was so tired – because last Sunday’s long run was delayed to Monday, I ended up running nearly 60km last week when my usual is 45. Whoops.
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Thanks and nice run @kgirlhart . It's weird the things we do that makes body parts hurt. I'm glad your inventory went well and enjoy your staycataion. I hope you can accomplish the things you want to while you are off work. My shoulder is feeling better. I think I must have tweaked it mowing and then slept on it weird or something. I'm glad yours is feeling better too.
It's good to see that your husband is walking with you @daria0919 .
@Laurz9191 Getting out the door, or out of bed, is often the hardest part of a run. You did great. I didn't know that @tarun_yadavA was an author.
Nice run @tarun_yadavA . I'm glad you were able to get out jury duty. Here, it being a severe financial hardship would have been enough to get you out of it.
I'm so sorry you missed your race @steviebee888 . Was there a wreck or something? Good job on getting out and doing the 5K run anyway.
@ContraryMaryMary Sounds like you had a great run anyway. I wondered if you were going to run Parkrun again. Sorry you were so tired, but can understand with all of the extra mileage this week.1 -
1 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
2 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.41 miles - Treadmill - Push Mowed 20m22s
4 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
5 Aug - Walked 1.37 miles - Ran 1.13 miles - Driveway laps
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m06s
7 Aug - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Mowed 1h30m12s
8 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Tennis 2h8m26s
9 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37m44s
10 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 1h57m22s
11 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
12 Aug - Walked 2.34 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 30m47s - Mowed 1h7m20s
13 Aug - Walked 1.55 miles - Ran 1.55 miles - Driveway - Mowed 14m55s
14 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 28m32s - Mowed 1h12m
15 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway drill workout - Mowed 1h5m35s
16 Aug - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill at the gym - Other gym workout 26m26s
17 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.99 miles - Treadmill - Planned long run
18 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis 1h8m18s
38.15/60.00 goal
We had the first league match today. It was threatening rain, but we got it in. My court lost 1-6, 1-6, but we had some really good points and it was fun. We won the other two courts, so we won the match! Yeah us!
After I got home, I did a driveway wun. It felt good and I could have run a lot more, but didn't want to since it is supposed to be my "rest day" and I had already played tennis.3 -
Great work everyone - I hope @chris_in_cal is doing ok!
I missed checking in a few runs; but here is where things stand...
August 2: 4.2 mile run
August 4: 4.5 mile run
August 7: 4.9 mile run
August 9: 4.8 mile run
August 11: 3.7 mile run
August 16: 3 mile run
August 18: 4.1 mile run
29.2 miles in August so far.
After some thought, I decided to progress slower to avoid overall fatigue (I strength train three times a week, which is my focus) and injury. My main goal is to be exercising in the long run and to avoid injury. The 10k training plans I followed were pretty aggressive (for no good reason). I started feeling like my tight hip, my ankle, and the ball of my foot would all become problematic at the rate I was going (currently, I'm pain-free when running, but the sensation was one of oncoming issues).
So I abandoned any distance goal for now (I never set any speed goals previously, although runs have naturally become faster than when I first started again). I'm also adding some more running-tailored exercises to work with my feet and ankles to my strength training (I already put a lot of effort into my core, glutes, and stability over the last year, which really paid off).6 -
August Goal: 130 Miles
8/1: 3.53 miles
8/2: 6.05 miles
8/4: 13.16 miles
8/5: 3.13 miles
8/6: 6.02 miles
8/7: 6.05 miles
8/8: 3.55 miles
8/9: 6.02 miles
8/11: 10.10 miles
8/12: 3.52 miles
8/13: 6.06 miles
8/14: 3.16 miles
8/15: 6.02 miles
8/16: 2.02 miles
8/18: 10.02 miles
88.41/130 miles completed for August
OMG! It was so hot this morning. My shoulder was feeling good, and I managed to run 10 miles. I didn't get out until after 8:00, and the cemetery was still locked, so I had to sneak in. They are supposed to open it at sunrise, but they often don't. I didn't see any jackrabbits today, but I did have a dog join me. I have seen her before. She lives nearby and obviously has some puppies.
It was about 83° feels like 85° at the start, and 95° feels like 99° at the end, so the first few miles were ok, but the last mile or so was brutal. I did catch some really nice sprinklers about halfway through, and once I got home and cooled down, I felt ok, but I definitely didn't have anything left today.
Today was our 34th anniversary. We talked about going somewhere and doing something, but never could come up with a plan we liked, so we just went out to eat at our favorite restaurant. I guess we are just old and set in our ways.
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Happy anniversary @kgirlhart. Don't feel bad about not doing anything special. We (ok I) am a real homebody and rarely like to go out...much to the chagrin of my wife.6
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August 2 – 4.82 miles
August 3 – 3.01 miles
August 6 – 5.49 miles
August 7 – 5.06 miles
August 9 – 6.01 miles
August 10 – 3.12 miles
August 12 – 5.12 miles
August 14 – 5.23 miles
August 15 – 5.07 miles
August 16 – 10.04 miles
August 19 – 2.19 miles
Total 55.16 miles/60 miles
I was less than a tenth of a mile into my run this morning when it started sprinkling rain. It picked up quite a bit when I hit the 2 mile mark at my driveway so since I didn’t have a hat on and the rain was running down into my eyes, I hung a right and called it done.
Thanks @daria0919! Glad all your COVID symptoms are gone!
@quilteryoyo – If the priced doesn’t increase, I would wait to register for the race as long as possible. I’ve been called for jury duty a couple of times, once at the county level and once for federal court, but once they learn that I work in the legal world, I get dismissed quickly.
@kgirlhart – I hope you had a great stay-cation. I do not know how you ran in that heat! You are a beast. Glad you shoulder is feeling better and Happy Anniversary!
@Laurz9191 – Great long run! I’m on the wait list for that book at my online library. Sounds motivating.
Sorry you missed your race @Steviebee888. The first half marathon that I ran was delayed almost an hour because the race organizers didn’t realize what a backup it would be by having the race at this vineyard located with only single lane roads for access. It was very frustrating and tiring standing around waiting for the start but I’m sure it was equally as frustrating for those sitting in the traffic trying to get to the start.
Good job squeezing your run in on Sunday @ContraryMaryMary. It’s so easy to “muck about a bit.”
@tarun_yadavA – Here in the states we would not only get fined for not appearing for jury duty, but a law enforcement officer would be knocking on our door and giving us a free ride to the courthouse where we would be found guilty of contempt of court and get one of those staycations courtesy of the local taxpayers!
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Hi everyone!
I went on an easy recovery 8.5km today. It was a nice uneventful run.
170.4/270km for August.3 -
02/08 4.08 miles
09/08 4.07 miles
12/08 4.05 miles
13/08 4.07 miles
14/08 5.37 miles (1.19 benchmark run in morning & 4.18 usual evening run)
15/08 3.55 miles
17/08 4.51 miles
Total 29.70 / 50 miles
Saturday's plan was 2 miles easy then 1 mile timetrial speed and last 1mile easy. I worked out the distances that I was back at home at end of mile 3 and took Dakota for last mile, we did 1.5 miles so he didn't miss out.5 -
Afternoon all.
Got in 5.25M at 09"59.
@quilteryoyo
Any joy on the Jury duty side of things?
@Teresa502 yikes! take jury duty very seriously in Virginia!
I got a Dr's note in the end... All legit!
@quilteryoyo author? Lol. I'm not an author!
I think @ContraryMaryMary said she was in Publishing?3 -
01.08 4.0km 33min 8:11/km - slow
02.08 6.1km 50min 8:15/km - slow
03.08 strength
04.08 5.5km 45min 8:07/km - faster
05.08 5.0km 39min 7:49/km - fast
07.08 6.1km 50min 8:16/km - slow, 10min fast
08.08 5.0km 40min 8:03/km
10.08 5.3km 41min 7:40/km - 3x5min fast,1x2min fast
11.08 3.0km 24min 7:56/km - 9 stride repeats
12.08 3.0km 23min 7:37/km - fast
14.08 6.1km 50min 8:13/km - slow
15.08 7.1km 60min 8:31/km - very slow
17.08 5.6km 43min 7:46/km - 8, 5, 7min fast intervals
19.08 4.1km 30min 7:24/km - 8x 1min intervals
total 65.80km
Wow, that was the fastest run in years probably. Unless this is coincidence I might have found a way to handle my muscle condition. I could not go on though as my stamina could not keep up, thanks to far too long not being able to run. That's ok though.7 -
Target: 40 miles/64.3km
2 Aug - 2.28mi/3.73k
4 Aug - 3.17mi/5.1k
7 Aug - 2.4mi/3.86k
9 Aug - 2.42mi/2.9k
11 Aug - 3.85mi/6.19k
14 Aug - 2.37mi/3.81k
16 Aug - 2.44mi/3.92k
18 Aug - 3.77mi/6.06k
Total 22.74mi/36.57k
Took a week’s annual leave, spent clearing out our garage then camping for 3 days with my grandchildren (and their parents): happy but exhausted by Sunday, and didn’t really have much energy for Sunday’s long run but did it anyway!5 -
Sounds like you are being smart @henridw2095 . You are doing good for the month so far.
That's a great run, especially in those conditions @kgirlhart ! Happy Anniversary!!! Sometimes just a nice quiet dinner is what the doctor ordered.
I don't blame you for calling your run at 2 miles @Teresa502 . Yes, my jury duty notice says: "Failure to report could result in a contempt charge and a five hundred dollar fine." The price for the race doesn't increase again until 1 Oct, so I'll at least wait until after the orientation and see what they say about vacations. If asked, I'll tell them I have a vacation planned then and see what they say.
Those are the best runs @Laurz9191 .
Nice running @Mari33a . I'm sure Dakota was glad you came back and got him.
Great run @tarun_yadavA . I won't know anything else about jury duty until I show up for orientation on the 3rd of Sept, so a couple more weeks. I figured you had written the book "Can't Hurt Me," since @laurz9191 said "at the end of my run the chapter was about the author running a 100mile race with zero training and conditioning." Sounds like something you would do.
@yirara Great run and I'm glad you have figured out how to run with your muscle issues.
@AmunahSki Sounds like a great week. You did great to get out and do your long run on Sunday after camping for 3 days with the grandkids.
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