JULY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,638 Member

    Morning all.

    Got in 5.5M at 10'02.

    May take a rest day tomorrow! Early start to go to Manchester tomorrow for the cricket 🏏 🍻.

    @Laurz9191 oooohhh NYC! Niiiiice. I didn't get to do the Central Park run either (I'm sure it's safe in the day time!). Oooohhh food.

    Recommend Nonna's Too in the West Village for pizza and subs! All the heart-attack in a bite, loaded with cheese and vodka sauce type Italian American stuff 🤤

    Oh, and Crumbl cookies. TikTok hype. Schmacmery's cookies are much much better.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 7,034 Member

    Sounds like you are doing great @CMorning99 . I didn't know that you had gotten a job after retiring. Without guidance, maybe you can make it to be what you want it to be. I hope you get approval to wear your Oura ring soon. Sounds like a great leg day workout.

    @WarmJellyfish You are doing great. I don't worry about how I breath, as long as I am, I'm good. LOL

    Enjoy the rest of your vacation @Laurz9191 . Great running. I'm glad that your 10 year old is going with you.

    @yirara Nice run. I hope you got out between the storms.

    You do have great views @angf0679 .

    You did great @John772016 . Hahaha about the flaming orange shorts. Glad calmer colors made for a more controlled run. 😉 I hope it cools down a bit soon.

    I agree with you @SummerSkier about taking a couple days slower again. You don't want to make it worse again.

    Beautiful @ContraryMaryMary .

    You are doing great @kgirlhart . Maybe you could find a Hal Higdon plan that gives you more mileage. I'm impressed with your VO2 max.

    For everyone I didn't mention, you are doing great with your runs.

  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 945 Member

    Happy friday!

    @quilteryoyo I went back to work early June. I am still reselling but I was tired of working from home alone and wanted more. No regrets on being around people and extra $$ to put towards the house. I can make the job what I want, the only "issue" I have is that I applied and interviewed for one role in the company that I could have done easily and was hired for, and when I started they moved me to a completely different department that I have zero experience in b/c they needed "anybody" to try and run it. They told me I was over qualified for the original position so they had faith I could figure this out. I just wanted to coast LOL

    @kgirlhart I used the Hanson training and they had a similar lower mileage and no "long" runs. I think their longest run on their marathon plan was 16 miles. But what they did, and what worked for me since I didn't do well with long runs over and over, was build on your cumulative fatigue. So you would do a 16 miler and then the next day do 8-10 miles on tired legs to simulate the end of the race. I found it just as effective as grinding out 20 miles in one go.

    @ContraryMaryMary Love the view. We also live in a cooler climate and don't know how people operate in hot weather. Our blood is very thick LOL

    No exercise to report, gym and walks today.

    Weekend looks to be busy with chors at the property, painting and spraying weeds.

    Have a great weekend folks!

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,631 Member

    01.07 strength
    02.07 who TF decided on a 38C day???
    03.07 3.5km 28min 7:54/km - slow
    04.07 5.0km 39min 7:48/km - slow
    05.07 strength
    06.07 3.3km 25min 7:35/km - 15 minutes fast
    07.07 3.0km 24min 7:52/km - slow
    08.07 strength
    10.07 3.0km 24min 8:06/km - sick again
    13.07 strength
    14.07 3.0km 24min 7:55/km - recovering
    15.07 strength
    16.07 3.2km 24min 7:33/km - warmup, 10x20s/40s
    17.07 strength
    18.07 3.2km 24min 7:36/km - warmup, 10x20s/40s
    19.07 strength
    20.07 4.1km 32min 7:54/km - warmup, 3x500m faster
    21.07 5.0km 38min 7:42/km - slow
    23.07 5.0km 38min 7:42/km - long warmup, intervals with 200m fast
    24.07 strength
    25.07 6.0km 47min 7:51/km - slow

    47.31/81km - 18.0km behind

    Trying to run a bit longer again. Up to 5km it was ok, then it got somewhat miserable. But I got there.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 7,034 Member

    @CMorning99 I get you on just wanting to "coast," but at least they have confidence that you can do this job. That's nice. Good luck with it.

    You're doing great @yirara .

    Congratulations on such a great run @ContraryMaryMary . Sorry about the technical glitch. I had that happen with my mile PB once. It's irritating.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 7,034 Member

    1 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - after driving home from VA
    2 July - Walked 2.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    3 July - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 2.40 miles - Driveway
    4 July - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Driveway
    5 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    6 July - Walked 1.20 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    7 July - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway
    8 July - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Driveway
    9 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    10 July - Walked 1.80 miles - Ran 1.30 miles - Driveway
    11 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 1h32m28s
    12 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    13 July - Walked 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    14 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 14m41s - Tennis 1h42m12s
    15 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway
    16 July - Walked 0.35 miles - Ran 2.15 miles - In SC
    17 July - Walked 1.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
    18 July - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - In FL
    19 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
    20 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
    21 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driving to SC
    22 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In SC
    23 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    24 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    25 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway

    46.05/70.00mile goal

    Posting 4 days. Not a whole lot to tell. Just keeping the streak going.

    I did a mile in SC before driving home on Tuesday. Tippy only did 0.25 miles with me, then I took her back to the room and finished on my own. It was probably for the best because there was a lot of traffic on my route..I guess the locals were going to work.

    Wed, Mom had a dentist appointment in the morning. We ran some errands afterwards. When I got home, I did a mile walk on the treadmill, waiting for my neighbor to take me to get my old car from the shop, where I had left it be worked on while in FL.

    Yesterday, I worked all day and was just tired when I got home (When I left work, one of the kids grandfather was sitting in his truck. He saw me and rolled his window down, so I walked over to talk to him. He said, "You look really tired today." I told him I was, that I love the job, but some days are just hard. He ended with, "Bless your heart." If your from the South, you understand what that means. LOL So, when I got home, I mustered enough energy for a slow driveway wun.

    Today, I also worked all day and when I got home I was just exhausted. I think the two trips in a month, poor nutrition, poor sleep, and poor hydration caught up with me. A mile walk was enough.

  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,758 Member

    @quilteryoyo I did see that you were less active recently but good that you are keeping your streak up. Hope you can rest up this weekend and feel more energetic soon.

    Not much to report - starting to try to figure out what the next few weeks will be. August is not our best month for running here but hoping to keep my streak up. The tennis courts are closed for a bit for resurfacing and I guess I could try to play on the other neighborhood courts but think resting my foot up is the best case.

  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,509 Member

    July 1 - 4km
    July 5 - 6km
    July 7 - 4km
    July 8 - 4km
    July 12 - 6km
    July 23 - 4km
    July 24 - 4km
    July 26 - 7km

    Total for July - 39km

    July goal - 93km

    I almost didn't go. I almost shorted my plan run as it wasn't starting well. Glad I didn't!

  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,509 Member

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,363 Member

    July Goal: 160 Miles

    7/1: 6.52 miles

    7/3: 3.30 miles

    7/4: 6.02 miles

    7/5: 10.12 miles

    7/7: 6.53 miles

    7/8: 6.06 miles

    7/9: 6.52 miles

    7/10: 6.26 miles

    7/11:6.02 miles

    7/13: 11.04 miles

    7/14: 6.25 miles

    7/15: 6.52 miles

    7/16: 6.05 miles

    7/17: 6.02 miles

    7/18: 6.52 miles

    7/20: 10.05 miles

    7/21: 6.25 miles

    7/22: 6.25 miles

    7/23: 6.57 miles

    7/24: 6.52 miles

    7/25: 6.02 miles

    141.40/160 miles completed for July

    I didn't post yesterday. I ran 6 miles. I got up a little late and didn't really have much time. It was a slow run. Today I am taking a rest day and then hoping for a nice long run tomorrow. It has been pretty hot this week, so how far I go will probably depend on when I get up.

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,363 Member

    @quilteryoyo I hope you get some rest snd get your energy back. As far as the Hal Higdon plan goes, I thought I entered in as an intermediate plan, but it doesn't seem intermediate to me. I like to run on weekdays for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes. And on Sunday I try for about 2 hours. That usually ends up being about 6 miles on the weekdays and 10-11 on Sundays.

    @CMorning99 I will have to look into the Hanson plan. I think @martaindale has used that one too.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 7,034 Member

    Thanks @SummerSkier They chose a bad time to resurface your tennis courts, but I agree that you probably just need to give your foot a bit more rest. You put a lot of stress with all the stop and go's in tennis.

    Way to hang in there and get it done @angf0679 .

    Thanks @kgirlhart . You are doing great. I hope you get up in time for relatively cool temperatures. Sometimes those plans don't make a lot of since when you are already running a lot. Maybe see what the advanced plan looks like.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 7,034 Member

    1 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - after driving home from VA
    2 July - Walked 2.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    3 July - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 2.40 miles - Driveway
    4 July - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Driveway
    5 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    6 July - Walked 1.20 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    7 July - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway
    8 July - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Driveway
    9 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    10 July - Walked 1.80 miles - Ran 1.30 miles - Driveway
    11 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 1h32m28s
    12 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    13 July - Walked 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    14 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 14m41s - Tennis 1h42m12s
    15 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway
    16 July - Walked 0.35 miles - Ran 2.15 miles - In SC
    17 July - Walked 1.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
    18 July - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - In FL
    19 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
    20 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In FL
    21 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driving to SC
    22 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - In SC
    23 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
    24 July - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    25 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
    26 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill

    48.05/70.00mile goal

    I'm trying, but even though I got 8 hours of sleep last night, my Garmin score was 55 - poor quality. Mostly because I was awake 1h12 min, most in the first 3 hours of being in bed, and had 50 restless moments.

    I was also feeling a little weird this morning.. exhausted, had a pretty severe episode of visual migraines, and had some heart palpitations. So, to conserve a bit of energy, I walked 2 miles on the treadmill at 3.8 mph. Not sure I could have done a whole lot more. I hope a couple of days of rest and relaxation will help. If not, I already have a doctor's appointment in a couple of weeks (annual check) so I'll make sure he checks for anemia.

    Spoiler is about my afternoon activities with church.

    I have been a Christian for a long time, but mom and I weren't sure that I was ever baptized. In my personal beliefs, I don't think you have to be, but wanted to join the church I am currently attending (playing the piano for) and they require you to be baptized. So, my preacher and a group from the church went to a local river and I was emersed. It was a really nice ceremony and I'm glad I did it.

    Afterwards, the church member who owns the property where we were, hosted a little reception. They have a gorgeous view from their house. I didn't get any pictures of the river, but expect to get some from others at some point.

    View from David Kilday's house.jpg
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,934 Member

    I was a bit tired today, and as I wasn’t far off my weekly total I just ran my local 11km route. The run went well - my legs were feeling good, it’s just my head wasn’t in it.

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