APRIL 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • John772016
    John772016 Posts: 202 Member
    edited April 9

    April:

    01/04 - 7.10 km / 4.41 miles Treadmill
    02/04 - 7.27 km / 4.52 miles Treadmill
    03/04 - 10.06 km / 6.25 miles Outside
    04/04 - 0Km / 0 miles - rest day
    05/04 - 8.10Km / 5.03 miles Outside - race day
    06/04 - walking only
    07/04 & 08/04 - Rest
    09/04 - 11.2km/ 6.96 miles

    Total = 43.73km / 27.17 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

    Thanks @SummerSkier & @quilteryoyo. I actually did a +5km walk on Sunday, which was why I decided to go for a couple of rest days. Those rest days helped. Today, I tried a speedy 5km treadmill run at lunch & luckily felt pretty normal, so after a few minutes, did another 6.2km slower pace treadmill run. Hope your rib muscle issue gets better quickly @SummerSkier .

    Beautiful pics @ContraryMaryMary

    Sorry about the layoff @kgirlhart, that's lousy news.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,820 Member

    Thanks @SummerSkier . My labs are usually pretty good. I'm sorry you hurt your muscle - maybe that's why I put off cleaning as long as possible. It's dangerous! 😂 Good job with the run. Just be careful that you don't overdo and make it worse.

    Such a pretty place for a run @ContraryMaryMary . I hope you get to hike in the snow and have fun.

    Nice run @tarun_yadavA .

    I hope you start feeling better soon @angf0679 .

    Great running @yirara . Enjoy the concert.

    Nice running @John772016 . Glad the rest days helped your back.

  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,441 Member

    @angf0679 Congrats on the NSV! Feeling your clothes fit better is such a good feeling!

    @Laurz9191 Major congrats on your marathon PR! 🎉🎉 I knew you would crush it!

    Lastly, sorry to hear you got laid off. @kgirlhart I have fingers crossed for you that you find a job soon and this ends up being a blessing in disguise.

  • John772016
    John772016 Posts: 202 Member
    edited April 10

    Congrats on the NSV with the jeans @angf0679! Sorry about those GPS issues.
    I had a run last year where I had run about 5km and ended up at a intersection waiting for the light to change. Another runner came up behind me, we chatted briefly and both went off across the street with the light change, continuing along different paths. When I got home & reviewed 'my' run, it was half of mine and I'm assuming, half of his. We had both run 10km but there was half of my 10K that wasn't anywhere I had run😂. I really wanted to meet up with the other runner again and see if he had the other half of my 10K!!

    Sounds like it that will definitely work for you @yirara!

    Glad to hear you've recovered from the flu @martaindale; it's lousy to get a spring flu when the weather's improving and you want to get out there!

    April:

    01/04 - 7.10 km / 4.41 miles Treadmill
    02/04 - 7.27 km / 4.52 miles Treadmill
    03/04 - 10.06 km / 6.25 miles Outside
    04/04 - 0Km / 0 miles - rest day
    05/04 - 8.10Km / 5.03 miles Outside - race day
    06/04 - walking only
    07/04 & 08/04 - Rest
    09/04 - 11.2km / 6.96 miles Treadmill
    10/04 - 6.60km / 4.10 miles Treadmill

    Total = 50.33km / 31.27 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,820 Member

    Nice running @kgirlhart . Big hugs to you. Hang in there. I hope you find your dream job soon! Your flowers are beautiful.

    Great run @tarun_yadavA . Have you given up on the gym?

    Thanks @Teresa502 . Great run this morning.

    @angf0679 I can also get irritated at how long it takes GPS to find me sometimes. Get job on getting the run in. I hope you feel better soon. Congrats on that weight loss. That is huge!

    You did great @yirara .

    Great run @martaindale . I'm glad you are finally over the flu.

    hahaha @John772016 I wonder how you exchanged routes on your watches. So funny. Was he faster or slower than you? You are doing great so far this month.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,820 Member

    1 April - Walk 1.50 miles - Run 3.10 miles - Treadmill - Gym 24m56s - arm day
    2 April - Walk 1.70 miles - Run 2.60 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m17s - leg day
    3 April - Walk 2.85 miles - Run 0.25 miles - Driveway - Push mow 17m44s
    4 April - Walk 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 23m40s
    5 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway (electrician was here all afternoon)
    6 April - Walk 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    7 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 27m43s
    8 April - Walk 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Fasting blood work later in the day
    9 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m27s
    10 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill

    29.10/80.00 goal

    I did a treadmill sleasy run after I got home today, Mom had a doctor's appointment and we did our grocery shopping. Mom's appointment was a 4 month follow up. Since she is still coughing after 2 weeks, she got some medicine to help finish kicking the gunk to the curb. Mom's lungs were clear, so that's great.

    I really had planned to just walk, with a tad of running, but decided to run enough to keep my HR between 110 and 130 bpm. I did run/walk at 4.5/4.0 mph …started out 5/1 min, but wound up with 2/2 min. Definitely slow at an avg pace of 13:58 min/mile. Avg HR was 116 with a max of 133 bpm.

  • WarmJellyfish
    WarmJellyfish Posts: 248 Member

    I'm on week 2 of starting again after a couple of months off and I'm really feeling the aches. Probably need to up my protein intake. How do y'all handle the aches and pains? epsom baths does nothing for me……

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,820 Member

    That is huge @SummerSkier . Congratulations!

    Thanks @tarun_yadavA . Another great run in the books.

    Great job getting started again @WarmJellyfish . The heating pad and ice pack are my friends when I need something.

  • John772016
    John772016 Posts: 202 Member

    I do remember that @SummerSkier! Congrats on the 100th day achievement, Great stuff!

    He was definitely faster @quilteryoyo, he made me look good! On that run I was using my old Samsung watch instead of my Garmin(needed charging). That Samsung did some really odd things with its GPS, but that was definitely the weirdest. I had never used it in any races, now I wonder what it would've done with all those other GPS signals to choose from🤔

    April:

    01/04 - 7.10 km / 4.41 miles Treadmill
    02/04 - 7.27 km / 4.52 miles Treadmill
    03/04 - 10.06 km / 6.25 miles Outside
    04/04 - 0Km / 0 miles - rest day
    05/04 - 8.10Km / 5.03 miles Outside - race day
    06/04 - walking only
    07/04 & 08/04 - rest days
    09/04 - 11.2km / 6.96 miles Treadmill
    10/04 - 6.60km / 4.10 miles Treadmill
    11/04 - 0km / 0 miles (stationary bike ride today of 40.5km/25.15 miles)

    Total = 50.33km / 31.27 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,273 Member
    edited 5:18AM

    April Goal: 140 miles

    4/1: 6.25 miles
    4/2: 6.05 miles
    4/3: 2.51 miles
    4/4: 6.10 miles
    4/6: 10.10 miles
    4/7: 3.52 miles
    4/8: 6.25 miles
    4/9: 6.25 miles
    4/10: 6.26 miles
    4/11: 6.25 miles

    59.54/140 miles completed for April

    Since I didn't have to be at work today, I didn't have to run before the sun came up. So, I guess that was nice. I got out about 8:20 this morning and ran 6.25 miles. It was good running weather and a pretty decent run.

    @SummerSkier We took the hibiscus in over the winter, and it did really well this year.

  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,515 Member

    Morning all

    Got in 4.52M at 10'05

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,820 Member

    @Mari33a I hope they can figure out what is going on with your son and he recovers soon.

    @John772016 Now I'm thinking you should wear it for a race, just to see what it does. LOL

    Nice run @kgirlhart .

    @tarun_yadavA Nice run. Taking it easy today?

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,373 Member

    01.04 strength
    02.04 7.0km 55min 7:51/km - slow
    03.04 strength deloading
    04.04 5.0km 37min 7:28/km - warmup, 4x800m fast, 200m slow
    05.04 strength
    06.04 6.1km 47min 7:44/km - slow
    07.04 4.0km 30min 7:27/km - warmup, 2.41km fast
    08.04 strength
    09.04 8.0km 62min 7:43/km - slow
    10.04 5.0km 37min 7:26/km - warmup, 15min fast
    11.04 strength
    12.04 5.1km 40min 7:48/km - just shite

    40.29/81km - 7.9km ahead

    So basically I've figured out some supplement timing and dosage to be able to run, some magnesium against muscle tightness and for energy, and salt against blood pooling. Easy. I changed this a tiny bit today, and running totally didn't work: super blood pooling and too much magnesium I think. Bad combination. While I could previously run 8km, I didn't even manage 2km without having to walk a bit. Basically: shite. But I got a garmin 5km badge. for this month. Will be away for the next two days, thus back to start next week.

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