AUGUST 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

SummerSkier

Happy Birthday @quilteryoyo ! 👏👏👏
welcome to the impossible # of flyers emails and annoying medicare "information". Of course you have already been getting those for a year but it does not get better.

Got my longest run since June in yesterday at 7 miles and was not sure if I would be up for more today but my legs have not forgotten me. Goal of 100 and 21.54 for the month.

I am officially ready for a cold front. LOL.

yirara

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

total 15.60km

Yay, another good run! My muscle doctor suggested I try a few things, and one of them seems to be working a bit.

chris_in_cal

1st week of my 14 week 5K training plan.
(34:00 finish goal)
Got in 1.62M at 12"27.

Laurz9191

Hi everyone!

We got back from France 🇫🇷 last night! It was great, really and I would go back in a heartbeat even though the drive is so long (20 hours to get there, 17 hours back). But honestly, on my run today I kept thinking about how nice it was to be back in my usual running climate! Running in the heat up really large hills narrow streets and some car traffic was not the relaxing stress free run I experience on my usual running routes here through the forest. I am positive there are great places to drive to to run in France around where I was (although I am sure they would all have been just as hot, humid, and hilly), but I really didn’t have too much time to get out the door before we were off the the beach or the like. Since we stayed up late to enjoy the cooler evening temperatures, I kept getting out on my run when the heat was getting very uncomfortable. Positive note, I had the least problems in our group with the heat during our travels, so I think that the heat acclimated from running really helped!

No time to post any pictures today, but my last run I did in France was with my 4 year old. He needed to get out, so I took him until he could run no more. It was very cute. He even randomly stopped to do pushups on the hot asphalt mid run . My 4 and 9 year old wanted to go with me today too, so I took them on a short run after I got back from my 9.5km run. So far that brings me to 11.2 km/270 for August.

AmunahSki

Target: 40 miles/64.3km

2 Aug - 2.28mi/3.73km - knocked 5 secs off my 1 mile PB
4 Aug - 3.17mi/5.1km - knocked 63 secs off my 5k PB

Total 5.45mi/8.78km

martaindale

Happy birthday @quilteryoyo! 🎂🥳

SummerSkier wrote: »

I am officially ready for a cold front. LOL.

YES!!! Bring on a cold front!!

martaindale

Aug total: 10.9/113 miles
YTD: 573.4/1200 miles

8/3: 8.1 miles
8/4: 2.8 miles

I opted for the treadmill today so I could sleep in a little. I like having 1 day a week where I don't set an alarm and allow myself to wake naturally. It's nice to not feel the pressure to get out asap.
I did my cooking for the week, some laundry, and a little generally tidying up. Overall a productive but restful Sunday.

kgirlhart

August Goal: 130 Miles

8/1: 3.53 miles
8/2: 6.05 miles
8/4: 13.16 miles

22.74/130 miles completed for August

I had a great run today. I ran 13.15 miles. It wasn't terribly hot when I started out. It was 72°F, but in Texas in August, that's pretty pleasant. My weather app said it was 71°F feels like 72° with a dew point of 59°. Strava said it was 72°F, but agreed that the dew point was 59°. I have a goal this year to run 4 half marathon runs. So I decided since it felt so good I would go for it today. It was 7:20 am when I started out. It wasn't too hot and there was just enough breeze to keep it comfortable. I kept my pace pretty easy and took my salt tabs every 30 minutes. I actually felt great. The first hour was almost perfect and the second hour was still very good. Not only was the temperature not too bad, but I had lots of shade to run in. The last 3 miles or so was tougher as the sun started to climb and I didn't have as much shade, but it wasn't terrible. I saw a jackrabbit in the cemetery and a cottontail over near my mother-in-law's house. At just over 10 miles I saw a woman I know watering her yard. So I asked her if I could run through her sprinkler. It felt really good and helped a lot.

tarun_yadavA

Afternoon all.
Got in 5.75M at 10"10.

@quilteryoyo oh no! Sorry the meal sucked this year!
Different place next year?
@Laurz9191 glad you had a great trip to S.France !

Teresa502

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

@Teresa502 what stops have you got on your cruise in the Med?
(Agreed! 💯 With you on super touristy ones organised by the cruise!)

From Rome, we have two days at sea. I wish they had spaced out the sea days so that they aren't b2b. First stop is the Greek isle of Mykonos, then Ephesus, Turkey, back to Greece - Santorini, followed by Athens, then Katakolon, then on to Italy - Sicily one day and Naples the next before returning to Rome. I've visited Rome, Sicily and Naples before but my traveling friend hasn't. This was her year to pick the itinerary.

tarun_yadavA

Teresa502 wrote: »

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

@Teresa502 what stops have you got on your cruise in the Med?
(Agreed! 💯 With you on super touristy ones organised by the cruise!)

From Rome, we have two days at sea. I wish they had spaced out the sea days so that they aren't b2b. First stop is the Greek isle of Mykonos, then Ephesus, Turkey, back to Greece - Santorini, followed by Athens, then Katakolon, then on to Italy - Sicily one day and Naples the next before returning to Rome. I've visited Rome, Sicily and Naples before but my traveling friend hasn't. This was her year to pick the itinerary.

@Teresa502 that's pretty cool. Some awesome destinations there!

Well ,if you want pizza recommendations and drinking recommendations for Napoli - I'm your guy! Lol

quilteryoyo

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. It was a good, but busy day, so not a lot of relaxing going on....eating on the other hand was not neglected.

@henridw2095 Nice running. I have asked people to take a picture before, but I don't think I would stop someone mid run. You are a good person to sit with the bird until it could fly again. As for off leash dogs, I think it depends on where you are. I live in a very rural area, so most dogs are allowed to be off leash, but the owner needs to know that they aren't vicious if they let them out. I live so far off of the road, that I don't think Tippy ventures down there much and I know she's friendly if she does. I do worry that someone would stop and open the door and she'd jump in as much as she loves to ride. LOL But, if you are in an area where there are a lot of people and dogs, I think a leash should be required for safety of the animal, if nothing else. (Not that you asked for my opinion. )

Great run @SummerSkier ! Hahaha You are so right about all of the "junk" mail. I have wondered recently how all of those people know it's my birthday and how old I am. Does SS and Medicare advertise that?

@yirara I'm glad that you have found something that is helping! Great running.

Nice run @chris_in_cal .

@Laurz9191 I'm so glad that you had a nice trip and love that your 4 and 9 year olds are wanting to run with you.

Congrats on your PBs @AmunahSki !

Sounds like a great plan @martaindale !

Excellent run @kgirlhart ! I'm sure that sprinkler felt good!

Nice run @tarun_yadavA . Yes. The plan is for somewhere different next year.

That sounds like a fun trip @Teresa502 .

yirara

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

total 20.60km

Yay! Best run in ages, and fastest 5k in ages. It just worked somehow. Like my HR was substantially lower and at the same time I was able to run faster than in ages. Just worked.

Mari33a

@quilteryoyo Happy birthday!🎂

yirara

Happy Birthday, @quilteryoyo the most motivational person on this side of the forum 🎂

Scott6255

@Teresa502 sorry to hear about your parents tree..I know a thing or 2 about that ☹️. And thanks for the tips on the Mediterranean cruise!

martaindale

Aug total: 14.8/113 miles
YTD: 577.3/1200 miles

8/3: 8.1 miles
8/4: 2.8 miles
8/5: 3.9 miles

Treadmill again today. I opted to do it after work and take advantage of an extra 45 mins of sleep. School starts in a week and a half and any sleeping in stops.

The run felt pretty easy. I have really grown to appreciate how much the treadmill helps me recover during the heat.

kgirlhart

I guess I never submitted this post yesterday, so here it is.

August Goal: 130 Miles

8/1: 3.53 miles
8/2: 6.05 miles
8/4: 13.16 miles

22.74/130 miles completed for August

I had a great run today. I ran 13.15 miles. It wasn't terribly hot when I started out. It was 72°F, but in Texas in August, that's pretty pleasant. My weather app said it was 71°F feels like 72° with a dew point of 59°. Strava said it was 72°F, but agreed that the dew point was 59°. I have a goal this year to run 4 half marathon runs. So I decided since it felt so good I would go for it today. It was 7:20 am when I started out. It wasn't too hot and there was just enough breeze to keep it comfortable. I kept my pace pretty easy and took my salt tabs every 30 minutes. I actually felt great. The first hour was almost perfect and the second hour was still very good. Not only was the temperature not too bad, but I had lots of shade to run in. The last 3 miles or so was tougher as the sun started to climb and I didn't have as much shade, but it wasn't terrible. I saw a jackrabbit in the cemetery and a cottontail over near my mother-in-law's house. At just over 10 miles I saw a woman I know watering her yard. So I asked her if I could run through her sprinkler. It felt really good and helped a lot.

kgirlhart

And here us today's post.

August Goal: 130 Miles

8/1: 3.53 miles
8/2: 6.05 miles
8/4: 13.16 miles
8/5: 3.13 miles

25.87/130 miles completed for August

I ran a fast finish 5K this morning. My spits went 11:35, 11:33, and 9:21. It was already 75°F, so it was hot, but I felt good.

ContraryMaryMary

It was quite chilly when I headed out this morning - just 6° but sunny. It is a beautiful day for running. Thanks to the cold, I started quite quick and once I got up heartbreak hill I managed to maintain my pace to finish the less than half a minute under my PR for this particular loop. I’m very happy about that. For my efforts, my Garmin tells me I was unproductive and his docked me another VO2 max point so my opinion of it is plummeting furiously, but in truth, I don’t really care what my watch tells me - I had a lovely run!