May 2015 Running Challenge

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  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    Sorry to hear about Forrest Gump (my youngest son's favourite movie). A great running dog is worth their weight in gold as far as I'm concerned. That's mine (Kady) in my icon. She has run almost all of my 802km since September 2014. I leave her at home for 10km+ runs if it is hot out and we are city not forest running. Between Kady and my wife I would not again be a runner. The "girls" in my life helped me get back on track!
  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
    Happy Mom's Day Ladies!
    Wendy1Fl - So sorry Forrest did not work out. I must agree with mwyvr - a great running dog is worth their weight in gold! We have one, "Mickey". She's lovely. But sadly I must leave her home on the long runs now. They just exhaust her.
    8 hard miles today. Hot and Humid. Ran out of water in my Camelbak.

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  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    Wrapped up my long run this morning before it gets too hot. Passed by the local race for the cure on my route as they were setting up, then got to cheer on runners after wrapping up my 12 miles. Knees are feeling slightly sore, but I seem to be otherwise recovering OK from the marathon. 2 more weeks of easy running before I'm allowing myself to resume running intervals/speedwork/anything faster than a 10 minute mile.

    5/2 - 2 miles
    5/3 - 26.2 miles (3:44 total time, 8:33 pace)
    5/7 - 6 miles
    5/9 - 4 miles
    5/10 - 12 miles

    Total: 50 miles
    Goal: 100 miles
    Remaining: 50 miles
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    5/1: 5.2 miles
    5/2: REST
    5/3: 12 miles (scheduled: 20; left calf was not having it today)
    5/4: REST
    5/5: 1 mile (meant to bike to rest my calf, but the bike room was closed for asbestos removal :()
    5/6: 5 miles
    5/7: 6.1 miles
    5/8: REST
    5/9: REST
    5/10: 15 miles

    Total: 44.3 of 155

    Wanted 20 today, but couldn't hack it. Calf was ok with compression socks on, but those made my legs really tired, plus the raging humidity, the likes of which I haven't seen in 9-10 months. Going to take one more run at it (see what I did there? ;)) next week, because that's 2 weeks out from my race and I absolutely MUST taper after that. Eeeeek. I hate having vague injury problems leading up to a marathon!

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  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    DATE...............MILES............TOTAL
    5/1...................6.25.................6.25
    5/2...................6.50...............12.75
    5/3...................6.00...............18.75
    5/4...................Weight training
    5/5...................5.25...............24.00
    5/6...................5.00...............29.00
    5/7...................5.75...............34.75
    5/8...................Weight training
    5/9..................19.00..............53.75 (30k trail race)
    5/10..................7.75..............61.50


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  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
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    5/02/15 - 4.35 miles
    5/03/15 - 9.38 miles
    5/05/15 - 5 miles
    5/07/15 - 3.16 miles
    5/08/15 - 5.46 miles
    5/09/15 - 5 miles
    5/10/15 - 10 miles

  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    5/1- rest day
    5/2 - 5 miles 8K Steeple Chase Race
    5/3 - 3.5 miles
    5/4 - rest day
    5/5 - 6.3 miles
    5/6 - 3.5 miles - decided to cut it short a bit so I could go home and get Macy for a walk
    5/7 - 4.5 miles
    5/8 - 4.6 miles
    5/9 - 2.4 miles - just a quick run to get my legs moving
    5/10 - 3.5 miles of Mother's Day fun with Skip way hot at 85 degrees

    33.3 out of 120 miles completed

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    May 1- strength training
    May 2- cycling - 34 miles
    May 3 - rest day/walked 4 miles
    May 4 - 4.1 miles + Strength training
    May 5- 5.2 miles
    May 6 - rest
    May 7 - 5.1 miles
    May 8 - Strength training
    May 9 - 39 miles biking
    May 10 - 5K and 36 miles biking
    Just a fun 5K for a pet rescue organization. Wasn't officially timed and I took it really slow since it was so hot out. Not sure I can take the Florida heat and running in daylight!


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  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited May 2015
    @ all who liked the crocheted road poles: aparently, that is a thing called "yarn bombing" (wiki). Pretty cool, actually. If only I didn't knit so slow that it takes me two month to finish a single sock, I would be tempted to knit a few tree-wraps myself.

    Wow, @Elise4270, really great to read that you could up your mileage without pain.

    @HonuNui: 6" sounds pretty huge! I don't think I ever saw a moth of that size.

    @Wendy1Fi : sorry to hear Forrest was not a good much. Hopefully the name sais it all and Hope will be a better match!

    @kristinegift I'll keep my fingers crossed for your next shot at 20 miles.

    On today's run, I came across one of my favourite sets of stairs. And I managed to run all the way to the top without walking, all 173 steps of them! Well, not really run, more of a slow jog, but still :) . My next goal will be to keep running when I reach the top, instead of stumbling around gasping for air...

    2.5.15 - 4.1km
    4.5.15 - 3.9km
    6.5.15 - 4.2km
    8.5.15 - 5.3km
    10.5.15 - 11.7 km
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    29.2km (of 100km) done

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  • Wendy1Fl
    Wendy1Fl Posts: 102 Member
    5/10 9.53 miles - a distance record for me :) - Pace 10:39
    5/9 5.53 miles Pace 10:00
    5/6 6 miles Pace 10:00
    5/5 5 miles Pace S-L-O-W 12:12
    5/3 8.21 miles - Bloomsday race 7.62 miles Pace 9:23
    Total: 34.27; 81.93 to go
    exercise.png[img]It was a hot run today - my hottest so far, but I slept in so I missed out on the cool morning. Every lap aroun the park I had to hit up the drinking fountain & then when the sprinklers came on I swear I heard angels heralding their appearance : ). @karllundy 1000 days is awesome! @_nikkiwolf_ great job on those stairs! Unfortunately, I have never met stairs I was fond of, LOL. @kristinegift that's too bad about that calf. The ice baths (10 minutes sitting in ice water) really may help take down the inflammation if you can get past the sucky first 3 minutes. @mwyvm you are blessed to have such great motivators. Hope is in a foster home through a rescue so she should be a better match. They screen extensively to ensure you don't end up with compatibility issues. *fingers crossed*[/img]
  • FitnessMeagan1105
    FitnessMeagan1105 Posts: 57 Member
    I would like to do 50 miles in May!
    05/01/15 - 2.27 Miles
    05/02/15 - None
    05/03/15 - None
    05/04/15 - None
    05/05/15 - None
    05/06/15 - 3.01 Miles
    05/07/15 - 3.14 Miles
    05/08/15 - None
    05/09/15 - None
    05/10/15 - 3.14 Miles
    Total - 11.56 Miles


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  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    edited May 2015
    Aine8046 wrote: »
    Same here! Up for 70!

    May 2nd - 6.8 miles
    May 5th - 3.2 miles
    May 7th - 3.3 miles
    May 10th - 6.2 miles

    Total: 19.5 miles

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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited May 2015
    5/4 -5.51 miles
    5/6 - 2.49
    5/7- 6.32
    5/10- 5.57

    19.91/75

    We've had substantial rainfall. I'm guessing 12+ inch's this week. Here's a bridge my kids and I could walk under when the water was at normal levels. I'm guessing its up easily 4-6 vertical feet.


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  • davetheperson
    davetheperson Posts: 124 Member
    4 miles today with some uphill bridge action.


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    5/3/15 3 Miles 32:59:43 11'06"
    5/6/15 2.5 Miles 26:01:45 10'10"
    5/7/15 3.25 Miles 32:33:16 10'10"
    5/8/15 1.5 Miles 14:31:78 9'40"
    5/10/15 4 Miles 45:15:64 11'32 Ben Franklin Bridge

    Total Miles: 14.25
  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    5/4 -5.51 miles
    5/6 - 2.49
    5/7- 6.32
    5/10- 5.57

    19.91/75

    We've had substantial rainfall. I'm guessing 12+ inch's this week. Here's a bridge my kids and I could walk under when the water was at normal levels. I'm guessing its up easily 4-6 vertical feet.


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    Wow! Where is this?
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited May 2015
    @Aine8046 southern Oklahoma

    Someone lied to me. We've had between 8-9 inches in the last week.. Not 12ish

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    storm behind the house today
  • myfitnessloselbs
    myfitnessloselbs Posts: 22 Member
    did 6 miles on 5/9 and 4 miles on 5/10, so total is now 58 miles as of 5/10. Judging by progress so far, I might fall short of goal of 200 miles for the month but will re-calibrate the goal as the month progresses.
  • madube84
    madube84 Posts: 135 Member
    5/1 0.8miles
    5/2 2 miles
    5/3 0.8miles
    5/4 2 miles
    5/5 0.5 miles
    5/6 -
    5/7 0.8 miles
    5/8 1.5 miles
    5/9 -
    5/10 1.8 miles

    Total:10.2 miles
    Goal: 30 miles

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  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    May goal 65 miles

    5/1 3.32
    5/2 3.34
    5/3 3.18
    5/4 rest
    5/5 4.21
    5/6 4.00
    5/7 3.15
    5/8 rest
    5/9 6.16
    5/10 4.01

    Total 31.37

    (Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)

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  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
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    To date: 77.87km
    Sun May 10 9:52AM	6.09
    Sat May 9 1:56 PM	14.16
    Fri May 8 12:05 PM	7.67
    Thu May 7 5:38 PM	4.19
    Wed May 6 4:05 PM	10.02
    Tue May 5 7:25 PM	8.49
    Sun May 3 5:32 PM	6.5
    Sat May 2 4:16 PM	13.13
    Fri May 1 1:57 PM	7.62
    
  • CodeMonkey78
    CodeMonkey78 Posts: 320 Member
    05/01: 3.75mi, Easy PM Run
    05/01: 3.23mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
    05/02: 1.65mi, Race warmup
    05/02: 4.30mi, 7km Road/Path Hybrid Race; OA: 12/106, AG: 4/8. Cobblestones claimed my ankle about 1.5mi in.
    05/02: Frustrated and did not record cool down, so fuhgettaboutit..
    05/02: 13.98mi, ** Cycling
    05/03: 4.62mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
    05/03: 3.76mi, Slight progression to test ankle
    05/03: 1.20mi, Cool down
    ==> Total weekly miles: 50.3*
    05/04: 5.25mi, Easy lunch run
    05/04: 4.19mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
    05/05: 5.00mi, 5k tune up, 800m x 400m progression repeats + easy
    05/05: 4.53mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
    05/06: 4.00mi, Lunch run helping a coworker dial in pace for his first race, tempo intervals for me
    05/06: 21.71 mi, ** Cycling
    05/07: 4.00mi, Easy lunch run and pacing two coworkers
    05/07: 14.30mi, ** Cycling
    05/07: 05.80mi, ** Cycling
    05/07: 3.32mi, Training the wife.. She ran her first continuous mile! 13'01"/mi
    05/08: 4.00mi, Recovery run
    05/09: 1.00mi, Race warm up
    05/09: 3.15mi, 5k race: 13th OA, 1st AG, 12th Gender
    05/09: 1.00mi, Race cool down
    05/09: 3.00mi, Barefoot recovery run
    05/10: 25.4mi, ** Cycling
    05/10: 7.00mi, 1mi warmup + 3mi steady state + 3mi easy
    ==> Total weekly miles: 52.43

    Current total...74.94
    Remaining.....125.06
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    edited May 2015
    1 - 6.2mi, trail
    2 - 8.4mi, 5k, kids run, treadmill challenge
    3 - 13.1mi, Pittsburgh half marathon
    4 - 7mi, easy
    5 - 5.5mi, 5k race
    6 - Rest
    7 - 8mi, easy w/strides
    8 - 6mi, easy
    9 - 6mi, trail
    10 - 10mi, first 7 easy trail w/last 3 miles 6:52, 6:48, 6:48
    11- Rest

    And yes, I go through the water rather than hopping stones :)

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    Total: 69.9mi

    May goal: 120 (through 17th)
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today. Miles for May
    5/1 REST DAY - 0
    5/2 16 miles - 16.0 <<< Madkin and Weeden Mountains on RSA (1,208ft elevation gain)
    5/3 REST DAY - Went hiking ~4 miles with the wife at Monte Sano instead
    5/4 10.35 miles - 26.35 << slow recovery miles. Still feel sore from weekend
    5/5 10 miles 36.35
    5/6 8 miles - 44.35 << easy paced
    5/7 5.25 miles - 49.6 << fast paced
    5/8 15 miles - 64.6 << Friday night long run
    5/9 REST DAY <<< Georgia Aquarium
    5/10 REST DAY
    5/11 10.5 miles - 75.1

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited May 2015

    I was "Running With The Cows" this morning. Set a new HM PR 2:37:20.4. I was gunning for 2:35 but felt some tenderness in my achilles the last mile and a half so I dialed it down. I think it's OK but I think I will take it easy and do just recovery pace all week and maybe even next weekends HM to be safe.

    @WhatMeRunning Congrats on your PR! Way to go! 2 minutes faster than my HM PR.


    @Wendy1Fl Sorry about Forest Gump! :-(

  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    @_nikkiwolf_ Those are hilarious! So unique!

    I was "Running With The Cows" this morning. Set a new HM PR 2:37:20.4. I was gunning for 2:35 but felt some tenderness in my achilles the last mile and a half so I dialed it down. I think it's OK but I think I will take it easy and do just recovery pace all week and maybe even next weekends HM to be safe.

    5/2 - 6.07 miles
    5/4 - 3 miles
    5/5 - 3.01 miles
    5/6 - 3.02 miles
    5/9 - 13.1 miles 2:37:20.4 new PR


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    The possible seconds you could PR by at HM #2 (you're still recovering by then, even if you feel good) are not going to be worth the setback from an overused Achilles. Go easy and celebrate the big accomplishment you have :)
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    DATE...............MILES............TOTAL
    5/1...................6.25.................6.25
    5/2...................6.50...............12.75
    5/3...................6.00...............18.75
    5/4...................Weight training
    5/5...................5.25...............24.00
    5/6...................5.00...............29.00
    5/7...................5.75...............34.75
    5/8...................Weight training
    5/9..................19.00..............53.75 (30k trail race)
    5/10..................7.75..............61.50
    5/11.................Weight training


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  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    A couple of pics from Saturday's race...

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    A couple of pics from Saturday's race...

    I'd hit that
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    It's pretty close to you...
  • 31flavors
    31flavors Posts: 154 Member

    Had a little set back with some back pain, but now I'm back

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