AUGUST 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,306 Member
    Happy Birthday @SummerSkier and Mama @quilteryoyo!
    tarun_yadavA wrote: »
    108 miles with 14 days to go... I should do it

    :D:D Way to rise to the challenge!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,439 Member
    Glad you were able to run a little without hurting your ankle @daria0919 . Slow and easy return to running is the best way to go.

    Wow @AlphaHowls ! The heavens were impressed as we all are!

    Thanks @martaindale ! Sounds like you found a new virtual trainer that you like. Good luck with your long run tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a bit cooler than expected.

    @Teresa502 Great run this morning and love the pictures! I hope your mental health day worked and you are feeling rejuvenated.

  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,364 Member
    Afternoon all.

    Got in 7.49M at 10"13.

    @Teresa502 well done! Lovely run! .... Not long to go now! When do you fly? And where do you fly from/to? Must be excited!

    @ContraryMaryMary good luck on your weekend of long running...

    PS:
    Where did @chris_in_cal go???
    Did he make it to a 100 streak wise?
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,364 Member
    martaindale wrote: »
    Happy Birthday @SummerSkier and Mama @quilteryoyo!
    tarun_yadavA wrote: »
    108 miles with 14 days to go... I should do it

    :D:D Way to rise to the challenge!

    @martaindale rest day schmest day lol
    Enjoy your weekend
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,439 Member
    edited August 17
    @tarun_yadavA Great running. I have been wondering about @chris_in_cal too. I haven't seen anything on Strava from him lately either. I hope he is okay. Update: Just looked and his last activity was the 13th.
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,851 Member
    martaindale wrote: »
    Aug total: 60.4/113 miles
    YTD: 621.9/1200 miles

    8/3: 8.1 miles
    8/4: 2.8 miles
    8/5: 3.9 miles
    8/7: 3 miles
    8/9: 6.6 miles
    8/10: 8 miles
    8/12: 3.3 miles
    8/13: 3 miles
    8/15: 7.1 miles
    8/16: 4.5 miles
    8/17: 9.1 miles

    I went to the greenway trail for my long run today. It was a brisk 77F. Obv still quite hot but after several 80F mornings, it actually felt slightly less horrible.
    Toward the end of my run a bobcat crossed the trail maybe 10ft in front of me and disappeared into the woods. It was pretty cool. I knew they lived in this area but I've never seen one in the wild.

    I’m glad that 77F felt less horrible! LOL. I bet it was cool to see the bobcat.
  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,124 Member
    Teresa502 wrote: »
    I fly from my little airport to ATL on Friday. I will meet my friend there (she will be coming from Alabama). And from Atlanta we fly to Rome arriving Saturday morning. We don’t board the ship until Tuesday evening so we will get plenty of sightseeing time in Rome.

    How exciting @Teresa502! My husband and I have been to Italy twice. Both were wonderful trips! You and your friend will have an amazing time!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,439 Member
    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, but there is no guarantee. I was planning to run the T-Minus 10 Miler again this year, but now I don't know if I should sign up for it or not. I'll just lose my money if I can't go. Maybe I'll wait until after 3 Sept and see what they actually say at orientation.

    Having part time part jobs is going to make scheduling difficult for everyone since I won't know if I'm really available until the night before. And all of the appointments that mom and I have. I'm sure I'll make it work, but right now it is sounding like a real pain.

    I'm curious. How is jury duty handled in your area of the country/world?
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,152 Member
    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

    78.39/130 miles completed for August

    I am posting two runs today. Thursday I got out for an uneventful 6 miles. It was a good run, just hot at 83° feels like 86°. The inventory went well on Wednesday but Thursday was busy entering all the info in. Luckily the guys have to do any recounts. I got them the list of discrepancies before I left and now I am on vacation until Wednesday. We decided to just do a "stay-cation" this time. It is too hot to do much and we have some things we want to take care of around the house. We did go out to eat at a place that does trivia on Thursdays and won 3rd place.

    Yesterday I slept in too much and didn't get out until a little after 9. It was already too hot at 88° feels like 95°. I also tweaked my shoulder when I was brushing my hair, and it was hurting when I ran. So I cut the run short and just ran 2 miles. Last night we went to a sandwich place that has a bar and live music. It was pretty fun
    Today is my usual rest day. My shoulder feels much better today. I've done a few things around the house, but it is just so hot. It is 104° feels like 108°. I am planning to get out early in the morning to beat the heat We'll see how long my long run will be.

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  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,124 Member
    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.

  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,124 Member
    Hubby and I just got back from our evening walk, so that’s another 1.6 miles in the books.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,152 Member
    @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.
  • Laurz9191
    Laurz9191 Posts: 496 Member
    @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!
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,364 Member
    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.
    Dodged it successfully
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,777 Member
    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.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,439 Member
    Thanks and nice run @kgirlhart . It's weird the things we do that makes body parts hurt. :lol: 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. :wink:

    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.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,439 Member
    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.

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