July 2015 Running Challenge

@runningmischka we are big soccer fans and have been for years, Skip plays for her high school team. Very exciting time! I remember the '99 team winning.
@shanaber it's been a treat so far. So my friend and I go to rent me a car and she says her drive mine back to the office I'm like what and she hands me the "key" to her new Mercedes are you nuts!? First I don't now where I am and second I don't know where I am LOL So she goes in the airport and I look at the gear shift and I'm like WTH you just push it certain ways for certain gears like turning on windshield wipers. I got back here and check 1,000 times to make sure it was actually in park! The gym is actually nice for a hotel gym except for the hot thing.

Hotter afternoon run with a friend. Still, figure I'd get in more miles up north before returning to the hot south next week.

7/1 - 6 miles
7/2 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-mile-0.25 ladder @ 1:45 pace)
7/3 - 5 miles w. strides
7/5 - 13 miles
7/6 - 6.5 miles

Total: 36.5 miles, 1 speedwork session
Goal: 140 miles, 5 speedwork sessions
Remaining: 103.5 miles, 4 speedwork sessions

Double post Monday! Had an unplanned long walk with both my babies


7/1 = 5 miles
7/2 = 6 miles @ 6 weeks postpartum!
7/3 = weight training in the morning, 4 miles stroller walk
7/4 = Rest day, holiday dinner with the family and a very cranky baby. Add a dog terrified by the fireworks, shaking, panting and salivating on my bed, and you get the whole picture of my 4th of July night. Breath in…Breath out…
7/5 = 4 miles, hot and humid, but I needed it for my sanity.
7/6 = 3 miles run. Super hot, humid, yucky but an outside run it was!
3 miles evening walk. Felt much better!

@Runningmischka - When you run, are you running with the baby and a stroller? Your 4th did sound very stressful.
@skippygirlsmom - lol on driving the co-worker's car.
@shanaber - oh gosh, SCARY on the knee. Glad it didn't hurt today. I agree on sidewalks. While I'm visiting my daughter up here in NY I have tried to be so cautious because the sidewalks are like an obstacle course in some areas.
@toriraeh - This is an awesome group of people who have really inspired me! I know some people don't like running with music but I just have to have my music. I have several playlists and change them around. I'll get stuck on one playlist for a while and then when I go back to an older one, I feel so great.

7lenny7 wrote: »

toriraeh wrote: »

I want to thank everyone for their support so far! All the nice things you've had to say have been so helpful and seeing everyone's successes has been really inspiring. Keep up the awesome job, guys!!

Week 4 Day 2 of C25K. Listened to some good music to get me through that last really rough five minutes, but I made it!

@toriraeh, there are probably going to be times you hate running. Times you wonder why in the heck you're out there, why you're putting yourself through the pain, struggle and misery. I've found that those are the times that are key for me to take a step forward. If you can bear down and get through those struggles, you may surprise yourself with what you can do and what you can handle, and that will give you more strength and confidence, not just in running but in other aspects of life.

I look forward to reading about more of your successes!

@7lenny7 you couldn't have said it better. I've asked myself "why" so many times lately. But then I look at my metrics and see "why". And the couch is over rated any how.

@skippygirlsmom I had the choice of a Mercedes or the BMW a few months ago. I can still feel that giddiness of standing next to it thinking about owning it. It was intoxicating. I had to walk away. I do regret not, at least, test driving it. But I thought I might spontaneous combust if I sat in that car (or pee myself or squeal all day and not be able to utter an intelligible word). My BMW has paddles too for things you don't on the American cars, but not the shifter. Swanky

@toriraeh welcome. I love music runs. Remember being a young teen and hiding in your room with the headphones? Running with music is the adult way to do that.

ShortMrsN wrote: »

Going to stick to my 50km goal, but first 2 weeks of July is school holidays so not sure how I'll go (husband is away a lot in July too, so no evening runs.....)

Add in a chest infection
Had the exact same thing last year......I might end up taking the month off to make sure it is gone......I didn't realise it was a chest infection last year and ran a couple times and made myself worse!!

Have a great running month everyone!!

July goal 70 miles

7/1 Snorkel 3 hours
7/2 6.25
7/3 horribly ill
7/4 moderately ill
7/5 well enough to do 2.55
7/6 3.15


Total 12.15

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




@shanaber : thanks and I hope your knee tweak is just a twinge.....I love watching agility!

@Runningmischka Congrats - what a cutie!
@jayme03 @seomra Fab that you're both getting back out there!

I'm putting myself down for 80 miles again this month.

Thanks Pandora, I just have to get out there! Good luck with the challenge

Finally figured out a plan for this month and my goal is 75 miles. I'm about 90% sure I will be signing up for half marathons in September and October, so I started training again last week.

7/1 - 2 miles
7/2 - 3 miles
7/4 - 4 miles
7/5 - 6 miles