JULY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

Scott6255

@kgirlhart very sorry to hear about your son's dog. That is gut-wrenching. I've had to do that to my last 2 labs (14 years apart) and it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.😥

I woke up at 3:30am today, so decided I should try a run outside. It was 83F and stifling humid, but I only went 3.4 miles at 9'59, so it was bearable. Felt good to run outside again tho!

chris_in_cal

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48697373#Comment_48697373

Stifling humidity and 83F at 4:00 a.m.?

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gave San Diego some love this week. Claiming it's the best weather in the country. For those who enjoy the unrelenting heat of summer it's not so good, perhaps a few days a year, bring a sweater for the evenings.….thus ends my weather gloating for the season…onto winter!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/want-perfect-weather-year-round-this-us-map-shows-where-to-find-it-114519040.html

John772016

Glad you had a nice trip @quilteryoyo, I'm guessing Tippy slept a good part of the way home?

Nice runs @chris_in_cal, @kgirlhart (my condolences), @ContraryMaryMary, @tarun_yadavA, & @SummerSkier!

July:

01/07 - 5.00km / 3.11 miles
02/07 - 0km
03/07 - 12.56km / 7.80 miles
04/07 - 7.40km / 4.60 miles
05/07 - 0km
06/07 - 6.53km / 4.06 miles
07/07 - 0km
08/07 - 0km
09/07 - 7.31km / 4.54 miles
10/07, 11/07, 12/07, 13/07, & 14/07 - 0km
15/07 - 6.63km / 4.12 miles
16/07 & 17/07 - 0km
18/07 - 6.24km / 3.88 miles
19/07 - 11.44km / 7.11 miles
20/07 - 0km (waiting for weather to clear up, never happened)
21/07 - 13.62km / 8.46 miles
22/07 - 5.78km / 3.59 miles

Total = 82.51km / 51.27 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

It was fairly cool when I got up this morning so took my time & enjoyed my coffee……apparently the only hot/humid time today happened to be the time I picked for a run this morning! 🤷‍♂️

ContraryMaryMary

Pilates and a short, quick run this morning. Gotta love follicular phase!

quilteryoyo

Nice recovery run @chris_in_cal .

Nice run @kgirlhart . So sorry about your son's dog. I've lost many in my life, and it is so hard.

That's fantastic @ContraryMaryMary .

Nice run @tarun_yadavA . I did have a great time. Thanks.

You're doing great @SummerSkier . I'm glad your foot is getting better every day. And, thanks. I made it home safely.

That was a great run @Scott6255 .

Hahaha @John772016 . You did great and, yes, Tippy slept a good part of the way home.

chris_in_cal

I ran 2.60M at 13'48 at a nearby park. It has some nice hills.

tarun_yadavA

Morning all

Got in 5.5M at 10'49.

@kgirlhart sorry to hear about the dog 😓

@John772016 @quilteryoyo thank you! 😊

quilteryoyo

Great runs @chris_in_cal and @tarun_yadavA .

CMorning99

Happy Hump Day!

1 Jul - Rest Day/Tracked Cals (planned)
2 Jul - Rest Day/Tracked Cals (Unplanned) most unceremoneously removed my tonail in the night. Completely unecessary level of pain.
3 Jul - Rest day/Cals No (Planned but appreciated)
4 Jul - Miles 0 / 36 min upper body strength / Cals No
5/6 Jul - Rest day but walked a lot on the property battling squirel holes
7 Jul - 1.5 miles / 36 min uppper body/Cals Tracked
8 Jul - Rest day / Cals tracked
9 Jul - 1.4 miles/ 33 min lower body/Cals tracked
10 Jul - Rest day/Cals Tracked
11 Jul - 1.4 miles/ 35 min upper body/Cals tracked (over)
12/13 Jul - Weekend. Lots of manual labor and walking. No tracking
14 Jul - 1.4 miles/ 35 upper body/cals tracked
15 Jul - Rest day/cals tracked
16 Jul - 1.4 miles/ 35 min lower body/cals tracked
17 Jul - Rest daycals tracked
18 Jul- 1.4 miles/ 35 min upperbody/ cals tracked (way over)
19-20 Jul - Did house chorese and went for a 1.3 mile walk with DH.
21 Jul- 1.4 miles/ 30 min upper body/cals tracked
22 Jul - Rest (Extreme fatgiue flare up) Cals tracked at maintence
23 Jul - 1.4 miles/35 min lower body/ cals tracked

Totals: Miles 11.3 / Strength 9 / Cals 14

We are still going! Almost to my monthly goal. Still waiting on my letter to let me wear my Oura ring at work and then it will be really interesting. I think I walk a lot…it is 300 steps from the car to the front door of the building alone.

Finally got some good sleep last night after some insomnia and restless kitties and feel so much better today. If yesterday had been a gym day, it would not have happened. Still settling into my new job, has been a bit frustrating with lack of guidance..but that means I just take a lot of "rage walks" LOL.

WarmJellyfish

Tried a threshold run yesterday. Nope. Couldn't breathe at one point. I'm trying to switch from chest breathing to diaphragmatic but somehow belly breathing during thresholds doesn't work for me as I'm huffing too fast and hard. Oh well, have to continue practicing for this. Need to fix the hyperinflated lungs and atelectasis.

Laurz9191

Hi everyone,

Haven’t had a lot of time to post, but just caught up reading everyone’s posts!

I’ve been on Long Island, NY for about a week now. I used to come here every year as a kid but haven’t been since before I had kids. My brother lives here now, and my parents are here so lots of family time :). I have never run here though, so it’s fun getting to know the area which is amazingly beautiful (lots of water, trees, wineries, etc).

This morning I left a bit late, so it was a bit hot, but I still ran 10.1km. I’ll be here until the beginning of August, but this weekend we will be in NYC, so I’m not sure I’ll get much running in.

177.8/270km for July.

chris_in_cal

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48698877#Comment_48698877

That sounds like fun…for us living vicariously consider doing a Central Park run, those are epic.

yirara

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

41.31/81km - 18.7km behind

really stormy today thus running was not fun. Still an ok run.

angf0679

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

Total for July - 27km

July goal - 93km

I got out the door! I went on my lunch break for a runch. I could tell it's been 1 1/2 weeks since I last went for a run. First the things felt tight, then the ankles then the shins. I do have some great views when I go out at lunch

John772016

Nice runs @ContraryMaryMary, @chris_in_cal, @tarun_yadavA, @CMorning99, @Laurz9191 (enjoy NY!), @yirara & @angf0679! (great pics too!)

Sorry to hear about the breathing issues on the run @WarmJellyfish.

July:

01/07 - 5.00km / 3.11 miles
02/07 - 0km
03/07 - 12.56km / 7.80 miles
04/07 - 7.40km / 4.60 miles
05/07 - 0km
06/07 - 6.53km / 4.06 miles
07/07 - 0km
08/07 - 0km
09/07 - 7.31km / 4.54 miles
10/07, 11/07, 12/07, 13/07, & 14/07 - 0km
15/07 - 6.63km / 4.12 miles
16/07 & 17/07 - 0km
18/07 - 6.24km / 3.88 miles
19/07 - 11.44km / 7.11 miles
20/07 - 0km (waiting for weather to clear up, never happened)
21/07 - 13.62km / 8.46 miles
22/07 - 5.78km / 3.59 miles
23/07 - 11.75km / 7.30 miles

Total = 94.26km / 58.57 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Spoiler Warning

Garmin told me today was a rest day (due to crappy sleep last two nights) but our temps are supposed to spike tomorrow (~40⁰+C) so seems to me Thursday would be a better rest day choice🤷‍♂️…..I'm sure my Garmin coach would have colourful language for me (if it had that ability) given how often I completely ignore it's recommendations.

Tried to slow my pace down today for a slower, easy run, with mixed results; started well but kept speeding up - tried walking a bit more after the first 5K (to split laps up in my head, didn't work) and even sat down around 8K to get my heart rate back down.
My pace was all over the place.
I blame my flaming orange shorts (I often wear really bright colours so cars see me).
Apparently flaming orange shorts want to move faster…🤷‍♂️

chris_in_cal

@John772016 It's a well known fact that orange is the fastest color.

ContraryMaryMary

11km for me this morning. The first 10 were great and then my breakfast wore off.

chris_in_cal

I ran 4.04M at 12'29 out by the lake after work this evening.

tarun_yadavA

Morning all

3.39M at 09'44

SummerSkier

not much to report. Continuing on my streak but after upping my mileage a few days my foot has been sore so easing up a few days … seems like the right thing to do. LO 🤷‍♀️ ANyway still here and still kicking.

WarmJellyfish

Yesterday was nice sunny pretty. Supposed to be an easy run per Garmin. Got to 0.7km, said nah and turned around, no mojo. I think I need a bit of rest…🙄

@John772016 hmmm I must get a pair of flaming orange shorts….😜

@CMorning99 have the neon yellow shoes, need flaming orange shorts 😏

CMorning99

Good morning!

@angf0679 Great run and the view is good motivation! I am not sure I would be happy to do a runch, once I am outside, it would take a wench to pull back into the office LOL.

@John772016 I agree, also as an owner of flaming orange shorts, you are hella fast :) Pair with neon yellow shoes…and you are unstoppable.

Had a good workout yesterday. First time doing the new machine leg day from coach. Only got confused on the hamstring extention…there seemed to be 3 machines that had that title. Had to adapt a bit too since leg day seems to be a popular body part. I also had a good walk, although I am going to need to dig out my injini toe socks since I have some toe blisters poppping up due to my franken'toes.

Slept well with some melatonin again and ready for the shinanigans of the day.

angf0679

@CMorning99 Trust me there are days I want to keep going and not come back in! 😂😂

angf0679

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

Total for July - 31km

July goal - 93km

Today was better then yesterday. There was a little less walking. It was windy today. The wind tunnel that I go through blew my hat right of my head as I was crossing the street!

John772016

Nice runs @ContraryMaryMary, @chris_in_cal, @tarun_yadavA, @WarmJellyfish (sometimes it just isn't feeling right but flaming orange shorts would've got you to 0.7km a wee bit quicker🤪), @angf0679(glad today was a better day)!

Neon yellow shoes added to list @CMorning99!

July:

01/07 - 5.00km / 3.11 miles
02/07 - 0km
03/07 - 12.56km / 7.80 miles
04/07 - 7.40km / 4.60 miles
05/07 - 0km
06/07 - 6.53km / 4.06 miles
07/07 - 0km
08/07 - 0km
09/07 - 7.31km / 4.54 miles
10/07, 11/07, 12/07, 13/07, & 14/07 - 0km
15/07 - 6.63km / 4.12 miles
16/07 & 17/07 - 0km
18/07 - 6.24km / 3.88 miles
19/07 - 11.44km / 7.11 miles
20/07 - 0km (waiting for weather to clear up, never happened)
21/07 - 13.62km / 8.46 miles
22/07 - 5.78km / 3.59 miles
23/07 - 11.75km / 7.30 miles
24/07 - 6.26km / 3.89 miles

Total = 100.52km / 62.46 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Spoiler Warning

Garmin suggested a rest day (once again, due to poor sleep) but after some coffee while enjoying a beauty sunrise, I noticed that the sweltering heat hadn't quite shown up yet, so I headed out the door for a short one.

Near the end of my run, it kinda felt like I was running in an oven with an occasional warm breeze (a convection oven maybe?) but it was a short run & most of it was pretty comfortable.
Pace was more controlled today, but I was wearing a green tank & grey shorts, so that must explain it…..

Later, after cleaning up from my run, I went out for a grocery trip, the heat was killer.
Weather app saying feels like 43⁰C (109.4⁰F).

ContraryMaryMary

Pilates short run duo again today. Pilates was brutal, targeting all the runner muscles (well, lots of glutes and hammies).

In contrast to your brutal heat, our winter wonderland continues with a week of lovely still sunshiny weather, and a crisp frost each morning with temperatures around 2°C when I head out (this is about as cold as it gets here but it’s plenty chilly enough for me 🤪). Photo taken around 7:30am as the sun just about rises above the hill beside us

Laurz9191

@ContraryMaryMary I like winter wonderland!

@John772016 I think I need to keep my eye out for nein orange shorts! With all these black shorts I just can’t seem to get my speed up ;).

Today I did 2 runs. The first 2.5km was with my 10 year old, who is still working like crazy on his 6 pack…. It was nice and he could out sprint/out run me now on every occasion if he wanted to. But thankfully we usually just chat ;).

Then I went on an 8.6km run, this time by the local golf course. It was a nice route, as only a small bit was along the main highway, which is very loud and has no sidewalk, just a shoulder. My routes in Germany almost always have NO cars and only occasional bike traffic, so running on roads shared by cars is new to me. I am not complaining though. It’s beautiful here and there is a ton to look at in terms of plants, animals, water, and some insanely expensive looking houses.

@chris_in_cal My mom seems to think Central Park is the most dangerous place in the world, so I don’t know about running there when I am in NYC as we are all going there together. The hotel gym might be the “safer” place.

189/270km for July.

chris_in_cal

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48700528#Comment_48700528

Here it all cars all the time. Bicyclist, pedestrians, and runners are far down the priority list.

All nice runs I take come from joining everyone else by getting into my car and driving some place for a peaceful run.

Best to keep mom happy...(maybe sneak out for a short loop) 😁

chris_in_cal

I ran 2.09M at 14'31 an easy loop around the neighborhood.

kgirlhart

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

135.38/160 miles completed for July

Thanks for the kind words @ContraryMaryMary @SummerSkier @Scott6255 @John772016 @quilteryoyo and @tarun_yadavA

I haven't posted my last three runs. Tuesday I ran a 6.25 mile easy run. It was really pretty out. The moon was a small crescent, but very bright.

Wednesday I ran 6.5 miles. I did a 50 minute tempo run. (It was supposed to be 45 minutes, but I accidentally entered the cool down as 1 mile instead of half a mile.) That got me 4.5 miles and then I ran 2 more to get me to 6.5. It was a little cloudy, so the moon wasn't very bright, but I did see a partial rainbow.

Today I ran 6.55 miles with intervals. I felt really good about hitting the paces. I also saw a skunk.

I started a Hal Higdon training plan for my Half Marathon in November. I like the speedwork, but the mileage is low. I usually run about 40 miles per week and this plan just has me running about 24 miles per week. I'm still running my normal distance, but Hal keeps saying that I am overdoing it. I may have to find a different plan. Garmin has me at "maintaining" I think it gave me "productive" one day, but it did raise my VO2 max to 47.