Be able to run pain-free by the end of the month!

Keep up my 3 runs a week.

Try not to let myself get discouraged because running might be a little boring while I'm sticking with short, easy runs.

Laura, I'm beginning to think my runs may be a bit boring, too. I live in a suburb where the roads kind of twist and turn and circle each other so there are very few routes I can take and those routes are becoming too familiar (therefore, boring). I need new routes and am contemplating how to get them into my running life. Maybe that's a topic that others can have input to? How does one find new routes to run without spending a lot of time in the car driving to them? Is that even possible?

I have much the same issue. I'm in an older neighborhood and the way the roads are laid out I have very few options. I will periodically drive somewhere to run a different route.

August Goals:

Run at least twice per week a distance over 5 miles. By the end of the month I would like to be up to 7 miles.

My running goal is to stick to my training plan, hopefully without injury!

Other goals include getting on my bike, completing Alpha phase of T25, maintaining 10,000 steps a day and losing 2lb. These may or may not happen.

I'm still working on rebuilding to where I was prior to my IT Band issues. If I continue to be injury free I'll have my first 50 mile month in a long time now. I have a 5k on the 31st.

I know this one isn't running related at all, but I picked up a mountain bike at a garage sale. I'm no longer stuck on an exercise bike, yeah!! It's so nice to go somewhere when I ride. My longest ride so far is 14 miles. I'm quite a bit slower on a real bike than the exercise bike. Not really sure I understand why, but I enjoy it. I don't know enough about what I'm doing to have a specific goal in mind with this one, just enjoying stretching out the distance.

My last goal is to get a better handle on my eating. I have maintenance down, without wanting to or trying to. But I still have another 40 to go, so maintenance is not where I want to be. It's frustrating, I've been playing with the same 5 pounds since December.

I intend to run at least twice weekly. Hot and humid is hard for me (relative weather, Northern Europe is so cool usually) but I'll do my best to run either early or late.

I'm not posting here often since I'm not really advancing much (that's not a whine). During the summer, I'm just glad to keep running and not give up in the heat.

For August, my goal is to keep running as strongly as possible and without missing too many (none, if possible) sessions. I enjoy my runs so much that the heat irritates me when it gets in my way. I'm determined to be a stronger runner come fall.

Laura, I'm beginning to think my runs may be a bit boring, too. I live in a suburb where the roads kind of twist and turn and circle each other so there are very few routes I can take and those routes are becoming too familiar (therefore, boring). I need new routes and am contemplating how to get them into my running life. Maybe that's a topic that others can have input to? How does one find new routes to run without spending a lot of time in the car driving to them? Is that even possible?

Hi,

If I may suggest, instead of driving to measure mileage for routes, you can use Mapmyrun.com and make your route around your area. It tells you were each mile or km will be on the route you create. I have made several different routes, different km, printed these and in the morning I choose a route and go.

I'm running a 5k this Saturday and a 10k on the 23rd. Although I scheduled these with a couple of co-workers, I think they've backed out of both.

Hoping to get back into a routine of 3 runs and 3 rides per week, although life has been getting in the way lately.

I ran the 5k, but waited on the 10k until yesterday. I ended up with 14 bike days and 10 run days for the month and a total of 340 miles.