APRIL 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • WarmJellyfish
    WarmJellyfish Posts: 233 Member

    @quilteryoyo yea, I already downgraded a planned 50k to the 25…..

    @martaindale know how you feel. Trust you will get better soon

    @Laurz9191 good luck this Sunday!

    @tarun_yadavA nice one

    We're still having winter here, yesterday had a snowfall warning though not a lot came down here. Heard just a bit north got hammered. Trail run time will be limited, still having to use microspikes for a while.

  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,780 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48550908#Comment_48550908

    I hope you have great weather, and lot's of support. It seems like you have been spot on with your training. I'm excited to see how it goes. Enjoy your taper.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,805 Member

    Smart @WarmJellyfish . We're having yoyo Spring here. It's supposed to be record highs tomorrow through Sat and then lows in the 20's with high's in the 50's. It's so hard when the swings are that big.

    Sounds like a good plan @angf0679 . Congrats on your 5K!!!! Awesome!

    Congrats on your 7K @yirara ! You are doing great.

    @Mari33a My legs would be really tired after 7 miles on the bike too! You are amazing.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,805 Member

    Great start for the month @kgirlhart . Glad the rain was light and refreshing.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,805 Member

    Good luck with the hills @angf0679 . I have trouble with hills also. We probably all do. I hope you beat the bad weather.

    Nice run @Laurz9191 and @tarun_yadavA .

  • John772016
    John772016 Posts: 197 Member

    April:

    01/04 - 7.10 kilometres / 4.41 miles Treadmill
    02/04 - 7.27 kilometres / 4.52 miles Treadmill
    03/04 - 10.06 kilometres / 6.25 miles Outside!!🤸‍♂️

    Beautiful day for a run outside (about 18⁰C/65⁰F) through the city, to some recreation/ravine trails that I always enjoy.

    Now, yesterday, we had a snowstorm, followed by freezing rain, followed by rain, followed by thunderstorms through the night & I woke up this morning to rain, then fog & heard on the radio this morning about the number of flooded streets throughout the city. So, once the heavy winds blew away the fog & the sun came out, the temperature rose to the highest it's been yet & I threw on some shorts & a t-shirt then happily set out for a run.


    One problem with that trail I like, it follows a river, so can flood and may have a mud-slide or two.
    No floods today, but I wiped out trying to run through the 1st mud slide covering the trail at about 7km into my run.

    Managed to keep my noggin from bouncing off the trail, but ripped a good layer of skin off my left side (arm/chest/leg) and may have dislocated a finger on my right hand.
    Got up, walked slowly (after stopping my watch, lol) to the next dry area and tried to get off most of the mud, though I failed at that. No real easy exit from a middle of a trail, so set off again running.

    Saw a couple of hikers heading the opposite way & gave them a heads up about the mud slide ahead (with a some laughing as I was covered in mud as I mentioned there was a mudslide ahead for them to traverse) & several kindly warned me about the next ones that I'd be running to ahead as well.

    Four more mud slides covering the trail that I had to negotiate, but this time, I stopped my watch and slowly made my way through, while holding on to tree branches while my feet were slip-sliding around. Managed to stay vertical through them all. Bonus to me.
    As I was slowly negotiating the fifth and final mud slide a young hiker was coming the opposite way, she stopped when she saw me and turned around. I assumed it was because she look at the lengthy mud slide and realized it likely wasn't worth slogging through.

    When I finally got home, it may have been the look of this old runner, heading in her direction, that was covered in mud & blood😂

    Total = 24.43km / 15.18 miles (Goal - 161K / 100 miles)

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,805 Member

    Nice @angf0679 . As for the picture. Once you load it, click on the icon with the slanted arrow and you can make it smaller.

    @Mari33a Great job doing what you could.

    @John772016 Great running and funny story. I can imagine that the young girl was a bit skittish about your appearance if she was alone. Seriously though, I hope you are okay and aren't too sore tomorrow from all of that. (Of course you turned your watch off first. 🤣)

  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,389 Member

    Wow - this month has been a struggle so far. Not sure why but I have backed off my mileage some. @kgirlhart love the shoe porn. And why are my lunch time runs always SO MUCH faster. I know some of it is shorter distance but I have to think it is also the GPS. Esp when it is a known route.

    @tarun_yadavA looks like you are starting the month off really well! And even still going to the gym a couple times a week for x training… Nicely done recovering.

    @quilteryoyo I don't know HOW you get so much done in a single day and still have time to post. LOL. My neighbor mowed my front lawn yesterday in atonement I think for leaving his music playing so loudly on Wed night that I could not sleep. And my stupid Bose earphones were not charged (which is my usual fix).

    We are supposed to get storms and cooler weather again the next few days. I did run and play tennis yesterday but the past few weeks my game has been off. A lot of unforced errors and poor footwork on my part. <shrug> but happy to get out there and play.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,805 Member

    Great speedy run @kgirlhart ! Love the shoe porn.

    Thanks @SummerSkier . I'm glad your neighbor mowed part of your lawn . That was a nice peace offering. Sorry your tennis has been off. Hopefully, the next time you play you'll look like a pro. Just try to not let it get in your head. That's usually what happens to me. I am my own worst critic.

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