SEPTEMBER 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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Sorry you are having to go through that with your mom @AlphaHowls 😞
My SIL called me just after I got home from work yesterday. My brother was checking the leak in the roof after the hurricane passed, and the ladder slipped and he fell to the concrete. An ambulance came to take him to the hospital since he was in so much pain. After hours of waiting he finally got a CT and he broke his hip and 2 ribs. None of the pain meds were helping, and he just went into surgery about an hour ago.
I ran 11 miles this morning because he couldn't. I was supposed to go to Atlanta in about 2 weeks for a race with him, but I think it will turn into a consoling visit.
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Yikes @Scott6255, I’m so sorry to hear about your brother. I hope he is ok.
Happy Berlin Marathon Day @Laurz9191. Run well and have fun!2 -
@AlphaHowls sorry to hear about your mom - I’m glad you’re still getting your runs in. ((hugs))
@Scott6255 oh my! I hope your brother does well in surgery and recovery is relatively quick.3 -
So sorry to hear your mom's getting worse @AlphaHowls. Take care of yourself and thanks for setting up October.
@Scott6255 A broken hip is a serious injury! I'm so glad your brother is ok and hope his recovery goes well.
Woohoo @Laurz9191!! You got this!!4 -
I made it home late yesterday with just a small delay. We have trees down from the wind every where. Minimal flooding though. My entire county and surrounding areas are without power. Right now they are estimating restoration at 11:00 pm on Tuesday. Compared to the destruction in Erwin and in that area that you mentioned I am very thankful.quilteryoyo wrote: »
I didn't get any damage, from the rain and wind, but a lot of the area's near here are devastated with flooding. Hot Springs NC, Newport TN, and Erwin TN (where I went hiking last week) to name a few. Hospital patients had to be airlifted from a hospital in Erwin. Part of Interstate 40 from NC to TN was washed away. A bridge on the way to Erwin was washed away. It's sad to see and going to be a long time before some of those major roads will be usable again.
I haven't heard anything about damage in VA, where @Teresa502 lives, so I hope she is okay and made it home
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Sending you a big hug @AlphaHowls.
@Scott6255. So sorry about your brothers fall. I hope he gets better soon.3 -
Oh my goodness!!!
That hurricane was CRAZY. and quite an unusual path. Glad everyone is doing ok.
Scott, that is horrific about your brother. I hope post surgery his pain is relieved but those broken ribs (I assume on the back the way he fell) will probably make recovery so much harder. I am learning to try to avoid "ladders" the older I get. Too easy to lose my balance.
Oh no @AlphaHowls it is REALLY rough. I hope you can come up with a plan for a better solution. My brother and I took care of my mother with dementia for 4 years after my Dad passed away and it is unbelievable difficult. We had caretakers coming in 24/7 (hired by the week on my Dad's insurance vs hourly) . We tried a nursing home but were horrified at the "care" and how callous they seem to become.
A pretty good running month. The weather has finally turned to where the air feels less heavy and we have mornings in the 60's. i am at 146 out of whatever for the month which will be the most miles of any month to date but really in order to match last year I am trying to get ahead because last Oct was a 200 mile month ... LOL
What's interesting to me on my runs when the air seems less humid is the smells. Actually horrid. I can smell a smoker in a car that drives by. Or the many skunks which seems to have been annoyed. Or the fumes from the trucks. Or even my neighbor down the block with his morning cigars. Even the smell of laundry coming from houses is too cloying.5 -
Thanks @kgirlhart . Glad you had a nice speedy run in your new shoes!
@tarun_yadavA Thanks for sharing the clip on the Berlin. It looks like a great race. You had an excellent speedy run today! Yes, that is where we had brunch. There are a couple of pictures of Hot Springs I found from yesterday under the spoiler.
@daria0919 Great race and glad your ankle held out. When I glanced at your post, I thought the frozen peas were the "bling" from the race.
@Laurz9191 I'm glad you got your bib yesterday and a great little shake out run today. I look forward to hearing about your awesome race! You're going to kill it!
@AlphaHowls I'm so sorry your mom is getting worse. I understand social media being one of the things you are cutting down on. Thanks so much for setting up next month for us.
I'm so sorry to hear about your brother @Scott6255 . I hope the surgery went/goes well and helps with the pain he's in. Ladders can be so dangerous. Great run for him this morning.
I'm glad you made it home with little delay @Teresa502 . That's a long time to be without power. I hope you get power sooner than that. We have power, but they turned off the water for all of Greeneville today...I'm not sure for how long, because the pumping stations are all under water. I get mine from a different area, so I still have water. We were lucky on this side of the county. AND, the dam they thought might break is now deemed as safe. Had it breached, it would have been so much worse. I feel so bad for all of those who lost everything they have and so many bridges and roads have been compromised or totally destroyed that lots of people are isolated and can't get water/food.
@SummerSkier Great running for the month, and year! It is interesting that you smell things more intensely when the air is less humid.
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1 Sept - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
2 Sept - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps
3 Sept - Walked 0.80 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps
4 Sept - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 41m48s
5 Sept - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 2.10 miles - Driveway laps - drill workout - Tennis 2h7m50s
6 Sept - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
7 Sept - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
8 Sept - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
9 Sept - Walked 1.11 miles - Ran 5.29 miles - Driveway and road for Shana - Gym 40m8s
10 Sept - Walked 0.8 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 29m58s - Push mow 6m14s
11 Sept - Walked 0.68 miles - Ran 2.32 miles - Driveway laps
12 Sept - Walked 0.72 miles - Ran 2.28 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis 2h7m22s
13 Sept - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 40m51s
14 Sept - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 2.81 miles - Driveway and road Finished 20.25/20 miles for Shana
15 Sept - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
16 Sept - Walked 0.20 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 40m20s
1 Sept - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
18 Sept - Walked 0.70 miles - Ran 2.40 miles - During work break
19 Sept - Walked 0.72 miles - Ran 2.38 miles - During work break
20 Sept - Walked 0.79 miles - Ran 1.82 miles - During work break
21 Sept - Walked 4.22 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Beauty Spot hike
22 Sept - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
23 Sept - Walked 0.25 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 33m07s
24 Sept - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
25 Sept - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Treadmill - Gym 35m12s
26 Sept - Walked 1.02 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Treadmill - Gym 43m18s
27 Sept - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
28 Sept - Walked 1.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps Tennis singles 2h0m19s
70.00/70 mile goal
I played singles tennis this morning with a friend. I won 6-1, 7-5. She is the one who had knee surgery in the spring and is just getting back into playing. We had fun and some really good rallies.
I didn't have time for my run after I got home before leaving to go with mom to my neighbor's 95th birthday party! I ate enough sweets for the year, or at least the month. I had homemade ice cream, strawberry cobbler, coconut cake (half a small piece), and a brownie with caramel sauce. I don't know why I do that. I mean, I love those things and they were good, but I am not really a sweet eater. I just let myself go. LOL
After I got home, I went out for a driveway wun. With all that on my stomach, I was surprised that the running felt okay. I just did enough to meet my goal for the month. Anything after this is icing on the cake.
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Sept total: 98.7/115 miles
YTD: 770.5/1200 miles
9/2: 6.6 miles
9/5: 7 miles
9/6: 5.2 miles
9/7: 10.1 miles
9/8: 3 miles
9/9: 3 miles
9/10: 5.7 miles
9/11: 7.1 miles
9/12: 3 miles
9/14: 8 miles
9/17: 7 miles
9/18: 2.6 miles
9/22: 13.2 miles
9/25: 5.1 miles
9/26: 6.1 miles
9/28: 3 miles
It was cool this morning!!! 62 f. I had to work so just a short one in the dark this morning.
I'm not going to make my goal this month or my yearly goal. I'd need 139 miles a month at this point. While not impossible, it's improbable and I'm just going to train like I would normally. I'll hit it if I hit it.5 -
Morning all.
Got in 4.36M at 10"12.
I'm sorry so many of us are having a sh*tty time. 😞
@Scott6255 sorry about your brother and his injury. I'm sure you going will cheer him up.
@AlphaHowls so sorry about your mother and your general mental well-being/toll it's taken on you.
@quilteryoyo that's so sad. I reached out to my Asheville buddy. I didn't hear back from him for over 24 hours. They had to evacuate. He's in the Biltmore side of Asheville and he sent some pics. Totay flooded. Had no power or electricity . Joked he had to dig a hole in his back garden to take a *kitten*! He's gone to Atlanta.
(Meanwhile... Those desserts you listed though... 😋)
@ContraryMaryMary saw you got a longer run in! Hopefully you're feeling better!
Wow. All on you @Laurz9191 to cheer everyone up with your Marathon! 😊
I'm off to Manchester (about 3.5 /4 hours up north). Friend got a corporate freebie to watch Manchester Utd Vs Spurs. Don't care for either. But will attack the free beer.
My weekend hasnt been great. My brother is over from SF (he brought his 4 year old along too 'to spend time with cousins'). He had a wedding - that's why he came. So everyone's been at my mum's in Essex. First night was fun. Had a few beers, sis and mum had a couple of drinks too. That was fun. Progressively turned into a sh*tshow. Let's just say the 4 year old is a total brat. Feral. Rude. My brother's approach to parenting is very 'San Francisco' and to be 'liked'. Anyways. Diplomatic incident. The whole minefield that is disciplining somebody else's kids thing. kinda ruined weekend. My mum super upset. Glad I went back home (solo) late last night (cos I had to get up super early). Glad I'm at the football drinking beer. Wife's gonna be a treat too "your family this, your family that", "I can't even get you to visit mine" blah blah blah. So glad I avoided the drive home
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01.09 6.3km hike
03.09 10.2km hike
04.09 8.5km hike
06.09 6.0km hike
07.09 7.6km hike
10.09 6.8km hike
10.09 6.3km hike
12.09 5.0km short hikes
18.09 back from summer vacation. Bumped pinky toe (again) on a rock. Might have broken it this time. Or at least thoroughly dislocated. Oh yeah, and the nail is off again. Yeah, this toe takes some beating.
23.09 1.2km 8:20min/km 9min
25.09 Concert, dancing like crazy
27.09 3.3km 7:40/km 25min
29.00 3.1km 7:48/km 24min 5x 1min interval
total 7.41km
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The footage from Helene is incredible. No matter how many storms you go through the images of all the flooding and damage are overwhelming every time. I'm glad to hear the dam they thought was going to fail is going to hold. I hope you get power back before the prediction @Teresa502 and the weather stays cool enough so y'all are comfortable while you're waiting. It's lucky you are on a different water source @quilteryoyo. I find the lack of running water more burdensome than no electricity.
@tarun_yadavA Family dynamics can be tough sometimes. One of my brothers has a kid that i would probably have described as feral when he was younger. Happy to report he's a more normal kid these days. I think kindergarten was a major factor. Hope your nephew gets tamer with time too.6 -
Target: 40 miles/64.3k
1 Sept: 3.14mi/5.05k
4 Sept: 4mi/6.43k
6 Sept: 4.53mi/7.28k
9 Sept: 4mi/6.43k
11 Sept: 5.33mi/8.57k
13 Sept: 4mi/6.43k
15 Sept: 4.67mi/7.5k
17 Sept: 4.05mi/6.5k
19 Sept: 3.92mi/6.3k
23 Sept: 4.12mi/6.6k
25 Sept: 4.58mi/7.36k
29 Sept: 3.7mi/6.03k
Total 50.9mi/80.59k
My run on 25th gave me my first (running) blister, on my big toe joint. I think I need trainers with a wider toe box, as mine are just too narrow there. Not great timing because my travel/work on Thursday (North Yorkshire) and Friday (London) meant long days with lots of walking in the rain wearing high-heel boots and/or shoes (yeah, I know… vanity rather than sanity!). I wore my trainers when I could (on the train/tube), but the soles of my feet sure took a pounding.
I reluctantly decided to skip my Friday run so as to have enough energy to teach on Saturday (ski boots are tight and heavy at the best of times) which was the right decision but left me feeling sad (that’s the first scheduled run I have missed in 15 weeks!).
My feet were still sore this morning and I just couldn’t face wearing the narrow trainers again, so I decided to do my 40 minute run in my barefoot shoes for the first time (I have only walked in them so far). It gave me a good excuse to run nice and slow, and just concentrate on being springy and light. I really, really enjoyed the run!
A great way to finish the month!
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September Goal: 140 Miles
9/1: 11.02 miles
9/2: 3.15 miles
9/3: 6.02 miles
9/4: 4.11 miles
9/5: 6.25 miles
9/6: 6.08 miles
9/8: 11.04 miles
9/9: 3.52 miles
9/10: 6.02 miles
9/11: 6.25 miles
9/12: 4.11 miles
9/13: 6.26 miles
9/15: 10.02 miles
9/16: 3.52 miles
9/17: 6.04 miles
9/18: 8.02 miles
9/19: 6.06 miles
9/20: 4.04 miles
9/22: 10.25 miles
9/23: 3.32 miles
9/24: 6.01 miles
9/25: 6.26 miles
9/26: 4.02 miles
9/27: 6.04 miles
9/29: 10.11 miles
157.54/140 miles completed for September
The weather was perfect this morning and I really enjoyed my long run. It was 59°F when I started out. I ran 10 miles and it was 74°F when I got home. It felt really good. I saw the dog at the cemetery again. She ran around there with me and then followed me to the park. I saw three other dogs in the cemetery walking with their owner and I thought she might decide to go with them, but she didn't. She headed home from the park though and didn't follow me anymore, so I was glad. I wouldn't want her to get too far away from home.
@quilteryoyo That flooding is awful. I'm glad you are ok and glad @Teresa502 is safe as well.
@alphahowls I'm sorry your mom is not well. I know that's so hard.
@scott6255 I hope your brother recovers quickly.
Great job on the Berlin Marathon @laurz9191!
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Nice weather and run @martaindale .
@tarun_yadavA I'm glad your friend in Ashville is okay and was able to get out of town. I know all the major roads in and out were/are closed. So sorry the visit with your brother went so badly. Dealing with kids and parents are hard. Trust me. I know being in daycare. I know it's worse when it's family though. Hugs. Glad you had the football as a distraction.
Nice run @yirara .
@AmunahSki Sorry about the blister. Even though it was hard, you did make the right call about missing the run. I'm glad your run today went well in your "barefoot" shoes.
Great running @kgirlhart . It sounds like you have a permanent running partner in the cemetery. That's sweet.
I just did my normal mile walk after church and before lunch today. Nothing exciting.
After church, mom and I did decide to drive down to see how the river looked, now that it has receded and the dam is safe. We never made it to where we could see the river. We got to where the river had been up and the mud was so deep still, even though they are trying to get it scrapped away, that it wasn't safe. This was about a quarter of a mile from the river and you could see where the water had been at least 2 feet about the top of my car! Unbelievable!
Also, I was mistaken when I thought I got my water from a different source. Apparently, my water district, as do almost all of the districts in the county, purchases it's water from Greeneville, so almost all of the entire county is going to be without water, including me. What happened yesterday was that they turned off the pumps from the water processing plant, so that they were no longer pumping into the system. But, there was enough in, I guess tanks, to last for 24 hours or so, under normal usage. They closed all restaurants in town, hoping to save water and make it last longer, but, I have heard they are now out and all we have is what is in the lines and once that is gone, it's gone until they can get emergency pumps and system up and running....which they are hoping will be one week.
I am fortunate, because mom has a well and I can go there to get water when I need it. But, it is still going to be an ordeal. I know those who don't have access to well water are going to be in and even worse situation. I just hope that the week estimate is accurate and we can get that part of our lives back to normal soon.
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@AlphaHowls I'm so sorry your mom is getting worse. My prayers go out for you and your family.
@Scott6255 my prayers are for you and your family as well as I hope all is well with your brother.
My prayers for those of you who are dealing with this hurricane. Praying all will be well with you and your families.
Team, I achieved my 50-mile goal today with 7 miles. I conquered 53 miles this month with one more day to go. Additionally , I accomplished my goal of run/walking 10 hours this month. Next month, I’m going to shoot for 55 miles. Just a slight increase from the past two months.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »Welcome @KarinSanden . If you weren't planning on it, I would suggest going to a shoe store that specializes in running that can fit you for the correct shoe. You can still come on here an comment, if you like. Welcome to the group. You'll love it.
Thank you! I have shoes now and today I'll give them a try. I don't plan to run long distances but a few shorter a week. My CrossFit Centre is 3,1 km from my home and I usually walk there and home. Now I plan to run instead. First part of the distance, then 1 and if possible both.
I have an injury in my knee so I have to start carefully and slow, but I run some 800m intervals at the WODs so I'll just start with running something like 1 km.
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Oh @KarinSanden that isn't a requirement, but if you insist you can send them to 4455 South....oh wait. You meant for you. Sorry, my bad 😜
Welcome to the group!
Haha, I can send them to you when I'm done with them.
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