MARCH 2025 Monthly Running Challenge
Replies
-
March Goal: 125 miles
3/2: 12.04 miles
3/3: 4.05 miles
3/4: 6.26 miles
3/5: 6.02 miles
3/6: 6.07 miles
3/7: 4.02 miles
3/9: 10.52 miles
3/10: 4.02 miles
3/11: 6.25 miles
3/12: 6.05 miles
3/13: 6.02 miles
3/14: 3.35 miles
3/16: 11.25 miles
3/17: 3.26 miles
3/18: 6.04 miles95.22/125 miles completed for March
Posting 2 runs again. Yesterday's run was an uneventful 5K run. It was nice enough. It was a little chilly, but a very pretty morning. Yesterday was also Pup's 15th birthday.
This morning I ran a 6 mile run with intervals. I'm enjoying the speedwork. The temperature was perfect and I felt really good about the workout. Garmin moved me from maintaining to productive, so I guess I did all right. I did see some dogs out today. There were two big dogs that came trotting across the highway towards me. They didn't seem aggressive or anything, but I was worried they would get hit by a car. I also saw a couple of little dogs later on. They barked at me, but didn't come out of their yard.
9 -
7/3: 1.04 miles ( Benchmark run - 1k PB!)
9/3: 2.39 miles (walk-run repeats)
11/3: 2 miles (walk-run repeats)
12/3: 1.9 miles (walk-run repeats)
17/3: 1.61 miles (walk-run repeats)
8.94/50 milesAfter my morning run on 11/3 I went for a long walk with hubby: after that I had a slightly sore left heel/arch but I thought it was the boots I wore for the walk. My run on the 12th was only a short run, so although my heel was a little sore when I woke up, I decided to ignore it: it felt ok to run. The next morning, pain slightly worse. So I paused training until it felt better, but the pain returned this morning again after yesterday’s run…
As a novice, I find it tricky deciding whether a pain is telling me I should stop running, or whether it’s a pain I can/should run through! Speaking to fellow runners today, my self-diagnosis* is that this is the dreaded plantar fasciitis… it feels fine during the run, and is worse in the morning (or after sitting and chilling on the sofa) with toes pointed. I am also acutely conscious that I have been neglecting my warm-ups and cool-downs due to time pressures (trying to fit the runs in before work).
My number one aim for all fitness activities is to stay pain-free, so I have decided to pause the running (but continue walking) and do some stretching and strengthening exercises in the meantime. I am currently trawling the usual running websites for exercises, and will break out the foot roller ball tomorrow… Anyone have advice or suggestions?
* I’m reluctant to seek help from a busy GP only because this seems to be a common issue, is self-inflicted, and I am otherwise in very good health.
6 -
My running for the month:
March 4 - 4km
March 11 - 3km
March 13 - 4km
March 15 - 6km
March 17 - 4km
March 18 - 4kmTotal: 25km
Goal: 28km
I almost didn't go today. I planned hill repeats so I didn't go on my lunch break. It was also raining and I don't like to run on my lunch break as I can't take a hot shower after it. I got home tired and hungry. It was raining and getting colder. I didn't want to go back out the door. I knew I had to. I had to stop giving into excuses. So out the door I went. I walked more then I ran, but IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! I ran through puddles, I got soaked and loved every minute of it. I checked my running journal and my last rain run was December 29, 2023. That's not a typo. My running is getting back on track!
10 -
Thanks but not gonna happen. I haven't been able to get my paces down to where they need to be for a PR attempt. I'm pivoting to figuring out how to move forward. The run-walk seems to be helping with the fatigue. My hope is that I can slowly build up some speed and be starting my next training cycle from a better point.
8 -
@AmunahSki Put a plastic water bottle in the freezer after you take a couple sips off it. Once it freezes, use it as a roller for your foot. The combo of cold and massage worked really well for me.
7 -
@angf0679 I LOVE running in the rain! Glad you enjoyed it once you got out the door.
2 -
You're doing great @chris_in_cal . Keep it up.
You're doing great @tarun_yadavA . I'm proud of you for taking it easy and continuing to go to the gym every few days.
Sounds like a nice run @Laurz9191 . Glad you got some sunshine.
Going further every day @tri_2_lose_weight . You're doing great.
Nice run and all fours @martaindale . Enjoy your HM Sat.
Great running @Mari33a . Glad you are loving getting outside.
Great run and very consistent @John772016 .
Great running @kgirlhart . Happy 15th birthday to your pup. It's a cutie.
Oh no @AmunahSki . I know some others on here have dealt with that issue. Hopefully you caught it before it got too bad and a little rest is all you need. I have been blessed to not have had that issue, so have no real advice.
@angf0679 Great job getting out the door and then enjoying your puddle splashing run! Sounds fun.
3 -
1 March - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 4.00 miles Treadmill
2 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles Treadmill
3 March - Walk 1.75 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill and driveway laps - Gym 25m30s
4 March - Walk 1.90 miles - Ran 3.10 miles Treadmill - Gym 26m55s
5 March - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill - Gym 26m45s
6 March - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles Treadmill
7 March - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill - Gym 30m58s
8 March - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Doubles League Tennis 1h16m42s
9 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
10 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 27m21s
11 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway laps and road - Gym 28m32s
12 March - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps
13 March - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway laps and road
14 March - Walk 0.64 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps and road - Gym 26m55s
15 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Doubles League Tennis 1h26m53s
16 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
17 March - Walk 1.26 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m48s
18 March - Walk 0.54 miles - Ran 2.56 miles - Driveway laps and road55.25/80.00 miles
I wasn't feeling like running today, so went out with the intention of doing a true wun. Once I got started, I had a weird ankle thing. The right one had a sporadic pain, in the front, just above where it bends. It's a weird place to hurt, in my opinion. So, that just cemented the idea of taking it easy today. Of all the odd things, it hurt more often when walking and esp. when walking up the hills. Anyway, I did do my running portions at a really easy pace and not as much as normal, but it didn't feel to bad (except for the ankle). I wound up doing the first 2.56 miles fast enough for me to call them a run - avg pace was 13:51 min/mile. Avg HR was 120 with a max of 144 bpm. My splits were 14:17, 14:10 and then the next quarter mile was 11:14, and 13:51 min/mile to finish out the run, stopping at mom's for a chat before walking back home.
7 -
@quilteryoyo I get a pain in my ankle sometimes that sounds similar to what you are describing. It seems to be caused by anterior tibialis muscle tightness. Massage alongside the outside of your shin, in the groove between the tibia and fibula and see if that helps. A massage gun is magic but even my thumb gives some relief pretty quickly. I hope that works for you too.
7 -
Thanks @martaindale . I'll give it a try.
1 -
This is my advice as well.
4 -
Morning! Aww thank you @quilteryoyo ☺️
Gym today! Back running tomorrow
7 -
Everyone is doing so well (bar the odd injury hiccup/niggle). I’ve been reading and liking but am very behind on commenting (must try harder!)
I did a Pilates class this morning then headed out for a five k trot. Unsurprisingly my legs were less than enthusiastic!
9 -
Thanks! TuWTh will be my easy days, Saturday will be my "long run" day, and Sunday will be my "recovery" day (recovery run, or perhaps swimming or cycling) #staytuned.
6 -
You'll get there…Keep plugging away! 🤗
If you get a chance, check-out Sage Canaday's video on how to achieve a "Sub 1:30 half marathon: training and workouts":
Sub 1:30 is quite a lofty goal, but the workouts can also help you get from 2:30 to 2:00. Enjoy the race!
3 -
Morning all
I got in 5.0M at 10'15
🫣
I know, I know...
Innercity gym - doesn't have its own parking. There's (free) street parking about 200-300metres away, but there was construction going on and limited spots - which were all taken.
(And this looks like it might be a thing tomorrow too 🤬 )
🤞🏽I'm okay tomorrow
9 -
01/03 2.93 miles
03/03 3.04 miles
05/03 3.04 miles
06/03 3.04 miles
07/03 3.01 miles
08/03 3.05 miles
10/03 3.03 miles
11/03 2.84 miles
12/03 3.06 miles
13/03 2.61 miles
14/03 3.20 miles
15/03 3.04 miles
16/03 2.64 miles
17/03 2.62 miles
18/03 2.63 miles
19/03 2.85 milesTotal 46.63/ 70 miles
5 -
Hi everyone!
@martaindale That’s a great idea with the water bottle.
@quilteryoyo Thanks for your support! Great job getting out there even when you weren’t feeling it.
@kgirlhart Happy Birthday to Pup!
This morning I had speed work on my plan. I did 15x1 minute repeats with 1 minutes at an easy pace in between. This is always a hard workout, but I notice that each time I do it it gets slightly easier even though my paces are slightly increasing. I also has a 30 minute warm up and cool down. I ran 15.1km. It was a great workout.234.6/300km for March.
8 -
1 8.32 miles
Running Partner A!
2 2.5 miles
Crazy Laps! 22°F
3 5.08 miles
Crazy Laps! 24°F
4 7.16 miles
2500 days on the run
5 5.02 miles
Crazy Laps! High Winds
6 5.4 miles
Crazy Laps! Shoulder/neck pinched
7 5.13 miles
Crazy Laps! Shoulder/neck pinched
8 11.13 miles
Running Partner A
9 5.22 miles
Crazy Laps!
10 5.31 miles
Crazy Laps!
11 8.1 miles
12 6.18 miles
I could wear my shorts!!! 57F
13 8.03 miles
14 13.45 miles
2510 days on the run
15 13.45 miles
Running Partner A
16 2.14 miles
Crazy Laps!
17 2.14 miles
Crazy Laps! Grumpy Guts
18 9.2 miles
Running Partner A
19 3 miles
Crazy Laps!
Ok, so I did not make a graph/table, but when I pasted it here, that is what happened.
8 -
Goals (Mar. 12-27, 2025):
- Walk/Run 17 miles.
- Complete my Strava challenges for March.
March 12, 2025: 0.44 mi
March 14, 2025: 0.98 mi
March 18, 2025: 1.40 mi
March 19, 2025: 1.85 mi7 -
Re: graph/table
@tri_2_lose_weight and @AlphaHowls I imagine your tables were created unintentionally with our new forum editor tools, I kind of like it though.
There must be some magic set up keystrokes that has it automatically convert information into a table. If anyone figures it out, please write it out here.
2 -
My second-to-last post did the same as @AlphaHowls , but for some reason, my last one didn't. I just did a cut-and-paste from Sticky Notes. Again, don't know why it didn't do the same formatting on the 2nd post. I kinda like it, too. We'll see what happens on tomorrow's post.
This is all that I found about "tables" from MFP:
Tables
While Rich Editor does not currently support the creation of tables natively, you can copy and paste tables into the editor from another source, such as Word or Excel.
Table overview
Once pasted, you can then edit the table content. Keep the following in mind:
- The
format
of your tables is controlled by yourTheme
. With variables, you can control formatting like alternating row colors and whether column lines display. - Currently, when pasting a table containing
images
, those images will not be included. You must manually insert images into the tableafter
it's pasted.
Unlike images, you cannot click to select a table and delete it with a button. To
delete a table
, you must select and highlight the entire table and click delete or backspace, once everything has been highlighted.
0 - The
-
01.03 stiff 5km walk
02.03 1.7km 12min 6:59/km - just fast
03.03 3.4km 25min 7:27/km - 15min fast
05.03 4.3km 35min 8:05/km - slow
06.03 5.1km 41min 8:07/km - longer, slow
07.03 3.0km 22min 7:27/km - 9x 20/40s fast/slow
08.03 stiff 6km walk
09.03 5.0km 40min 7:59/km
10.03 3.0km 23min 7:37/km - 600m fast, 400m slow
11.03 strength
12.03 5.0km 39min 7:42/km - was meant to be slow
13.03 3.0km 22min 7:29/km - warmup, 1.61km fast
14.03 strength
15.03 5.0km 40min 7:57/km - really slow
16.03 strength
17.03 3.0km 23min 7:36/km - warmup, 6x20s/60s fast/slow
18.03 strength
19.03 6.0km 48min 7:57/km - slow and steady47.49km
YAY! Managed 6km, slow and very steady! Probably the longest run in a very long time. Great: I managed to run until 44min until I started hitting the wall. Meh: I started hitting the wall from around 44min. 10 years of running and my body only uses muscle glycogen when things get a bit more difficult. It's what it is.
8 -
Almost
All Treadmill for March:
01/03 - 5.20K / 3.23 miles
02/03 - 8.20K / 5.10 miles
03/03 & 04/03 - 0K / 0 miles
05/03 - 7.7K / 4.8 miles
06/03 - 10.06K / 6.25 miles
07/03 - 5.81K / 3.61 miles
08/03 - 7.32K / 4.55 miles
09/03 - 7.64K / 4.75 miles
10/03 - 5.04K / 3.13 miles
11/03 - 6.13K / 3.81 miles outside
12/03 - 0K / 0 miles
13/03 - 6.32K / 3.93 miles
14/03 - 5.20K / 3.23 miles
15/03 - 0K / 0 miles
16/03 - 10.82K / 6.72 miles
17/03 - 6.08K / 3.78 miles
18/03 - 7.56K / 4.70 miles
19/03 - 12.67K / 7.87 miles outsideTotal = 111.75K / 69.46 miles (Goal - 160K / 99.42 miles)
Beautiful spring day for a lunchtime run & the first this year outdoors in shorts.
7 -
@tarun_yadavA Maybe you should just take a nice brisk walk tomorrow if you can't make it to the gym. I hope your foot was okay after 3 days of running. Or just take a day off. It wouldn't kill you you know.
Thanks @Laurz9191 . Sounds like a fantastic workout!
Technology is messing with us @AlphaHowls . You are amazing.
You're doing great @tri_2_lose_weight .
Congratulations @yirara ! Slow and steady wins the race, or so they say.
Nice outdoor run @John772016
5 -
1 March - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 4.00 miles Treadmill
2 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles Treadmill
3 March - Walk 1.75 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill and driveway laps - Gym 25m30s
4 March - Walk 1.90 miles - Ran 3.10 miles Treadmill - Gym 26m55s
5 March - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill - Gym 26m45s
6 March - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles Treadmill
7 March - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill - Gym 30m58s
8 March - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Doubles League Tennis 1h16m42s
9 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
10 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 27m21s
11 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway laps and road - Gym 28m32s
12 March - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps
13 March - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway laps and road
14 March - Walk 0.64 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps and road - Gym 26m55s
15 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Doubles League Tennis 1h26m53s
16 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
17 March - Walk 1.26 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m48s
18 March - Walk 0.54 miles - Ran 2.56 miles - Driveway laps and road
19 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 23m44s57.50/80.00 miles
I went to the gym this morning. Today was leg day. I let my trainer know about my ankle issues, so we didn't do anything that made me bend deep and put pressure on my ankle at the same time. I did three sets of 10 reps for all of the following: deadlift 95#, leg curls at 55#, what she called super sets - 10 box squats with 10# kettlebell followed by 10 kettlebell swings.
Later in the day, I did a driveway wun. I wore newer shoes, hoping that would help my ankle. I ran about 0.6 miles and then it started hurting on the walk up the hill. So much for that theory. 😒 I had also massaged it. So, I finished the workout on the flatter part of the driveway. That kept it from hurting, but still ran slowly. I am counting the second mile as a run and the other as a walk, based on pace. The "run" was 14:13 min/mile. The walking was at 15:07 min/mile. I'll continue to take is easy for a few days and see how it goes. Probably massage and ice it later today. I can't tell that it is swollen though. Just weird.
After that, I worked on my garden terrace about 1.5 hours. Still digging out where it will be. Those rocks make it really hard and slow going.
7 -
March Goal: 125 miles
3/2: 12.04 miles
3/3: 4.05 miles
3/4: 6.26 miles
3/5: 6.02 miles
3/6: 6.07 miles
3/7: 4.02 miles
3/9: 10.52 miles
3/10: 4.02 miles
3/11: 6.25 miles
3/12: 6.05 miles
3/13: 6.02 miles
3/14: 3.35 miles
3/16: 11.25 miles
3/17: 3.26 miles
3/18: 6.04 miles
3/19: 4.02 miles99.24/125 miles completed for March
I ran 4 miles this morning. I usually run 3-4 miles on Monday and Friday and 6 miles on Tues, Wed and Thurs. But it was so windy that I decided to do Friday's run today. The temperature was pleasant at 60F, but the 24mph winds made it feel very difficult.
7 -
Morning all
Got in 5.5M at 10'16.
So this 'easing in' lasted all of... *Checks notes* ... 6 days 🙈
I know, I know...
Will go tomorrow lol.
Its nice out there ☀️ today!
@quilteryoyo day off?!? No chance! This foot injury (despite going gym 17/20 days) had set me back in my conquest of Mount '4th Belt buckle'
Simply not enough calories burnt in 30ish minutes of Bike and 30ish minutes of rower. Somewhere in-between 'staying afloat' to 'slow puncture'
8 -
That wind would make it hard, not just feel hard @kgirlhart . You're doing great.
Hahaha @tarun_yadavA . Ever think about cutting back on the food when you can't burn as many calories? 🤷 Seriously, I know it is hard. Just don't get injured again to where you can't run at all.
4 -
Thanks, @quilteryoyo!
2
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 394.6K Introduce Yourself
- 44K Getting Started
- 260.5K Health and Weight Loss
- 176.1K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.7K Fitness and Exercise
- 444 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153.1K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 4.1K MyFitnessPal Information
- 16 News and Announcements
- 1.3K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.8K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions