July 2015 Running Challenge

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    7/1 - took the 0-fer today after taking my wife to the ER at midnight, I slept in :/
    7/2 - 5 miles on a perfect morning for a run in DSM...you all should be jealous!
    7/3 - 4 miles
    7/4 - 7 miles, visiting in-laws, partial "trail run" through road construction
    7/5 - rest day
    7/6 - 3.1 miles; planned for 5 but got completely washed out by huge rain
    7/7 - seem to have got a summer cold...slept in, no run
    7/8 - getting worse...ugh! May be a sinus infection. Nothing worse than being sick in the summer!
    7/9 - still sick...blah.
    7/10 - heading out of town for a baseball tournament...still have a cold.
    7/11 - FINALLY! 3.5 miles on hotel treadmill (22.6 for month)
    7/12 - more baseball...son's team won 9 year-old state championship! Woo hoo!
    7/13 - 4 miles at 5:00 a.m., 81° and humid...air you can wear (26.6 for the month so far). Will catch up with everyone's weekend later today.
    7/14 - 5 miles, still pretty hot, but not as humid as yesterday. Because of all the missed days from illness, adjusting my goal down to 100.
    7/15 - 4.1 miles
    7/16 - rest day; had to take oldest son in for his well child check.
    7/17 - 4.1 miles. STICKY! How can it be 81° at 5:30 a.m.?
    7/18 - 6.2 miles
    7/19 - rest day (plus A LOT of yard work)
    7/20 - 4.2 miles
    7/21 - 4.0 miles - may not hit revised goal of 100
    7/22 - 4.0 miles - beautiful morning!
    7/23 - 4.5 miles (62.7 / 100)
    7/24 - rest day - out of order this week due to a business trip
    7/25 - 5.25 miles (67.95/100)
    7/26 - 4.11 miles
    7/27 - 4.14 miles
    7/28 - weights, then 4.0 miles on hotel treadmill (80.2/100)
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  • Knyvern
    Knyvern Posts: 183 Member
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    July 2 - 2.2
    July 4 - 2.1
    July 13 - 2.8
    July 17 - 3
    July 19 - 3.8
    July 21 - 3.0
    July 24 - Temple to Temple 5k - 3.1
    July 27 - 3.0
    July 29 - 2.5
    25.5/35

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  • kellyship17
    kellyship17 Posts: 112 Member
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    Put another four miles in today... I plan on passing my goal for the month... 37.58 / 40 miles complete :smile:
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    To all those looking to join in August...Welcome!

    To all who have exceeded, met or are about to meet their goals, Congrats!! To those who may not reach their planned goal for the month, it happens to everyone and there is always another month. :smile:

    @68myra - Sorry to hear about the injury this month. Welcome back and will see you in the August thread!

    @shanaber - That is such a great experience with your daughter! My son hates running (I bought him a 0.0 sticker). Maybe someday he will want to run with me. That would be great!

    @Wendy1Fl - Great to hear you are getting back to your regular running self!

    @mwyvr - I would love to be like Joe when I grow up. I run a lot now, but I am not as good as Joe about diet and regularly doing strength workouts and stretches. That part I still need to work on. Thanks for letting me know about the Hoka ogre snacks. That definitely explains what happened to those shoes. There is no reason a quality shoe like that should fall apart after 9 miles. Unless of course an ogre nibbled on them. I'll have to check for tooth marks.

    @Ohhim - I had a similar issue with my mileage as I reached the halfway mark well ahead of schedule. I think I can still hit my goal, but I will need to log a few more miles than planned in the next two days. The big question is if I will stick to the plan, or go for the goal!

    @7lenny7 - Hope that achilles is OK. Congrats on hitting your goal!

    @shanaber - I'm not used to the afternoon heat either. Both of my last two runs were in the afternoon and my pace on both was pretty low. The effort felt right on though. I read somewhere about how training in the heat can actually be good for you. I hope so. Otherwise...what the heck am I doing???

    @kristinegift - I hear running in excessive heat can be good for you. I think whoever said that was just crazy. But that's what I keep reminding myself when running in the stupidly high heat.

  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    7/1 - 3.3 miles - usually my rest day, but keeping my streak alive (3 more days!)
    7/2 - 4.6 miles while eating lots of breakfast gnats yuck!
    7/3 - 2.3 miles - short run today - took a new running partner who hasn't run in a while. She did great! It was cooler and raining.
    7/4 - 6.2 miles - last day of my Memorial Day to 4th of July 41 Days of Awesome running challenge.
    7/5 - rest day and travel to El Paso ugh what a trip
    7/6 - 2.5 horrible dreadmill miles
    7/7 - 4.2 miles and 2.25 - went and ran where my boss told me. It was beautiful. It was like 90 and no shade during the run and my breathing is taking a beating, but it was worth to 30 min drive to get there.
    7/8 - 5.5 miles
    7/9 - 3.7 miles
    7/10 rest day
    7/11 - 3.1 miles Strong Girls 5K run today.
    7/12 - 5.6 miles - HOT HOT HOT
    7/13 - 3.5 quick miles - working with the big boss today so I had to be in when he got in.
    7/14 - rest day
    7/15 - 4.3 miles
    7/16 - 5 miles
    7/17 - 3.4 miles
    7/18 - 1.6 miles just to move - 2 miles after walking with Macy.
    7/19 - 7.3 miles
    7/20 - 3.4 mile recovery run with Skip (so glad my girl is home!)
    7/21 - 5.5 miles
    7/22 - rest day
    7/23 - 4.4 miles
    7/24 - 3.4 miles
    7/25 - 7 miles went to the Greenway with Skip.
    7/26 - 4.5 miles of sniff and run with Macy (sniff) and Skip (run). Wore Macy out, she had a nice time playing in the creek at about mile 3.5
    7/27 - 4.2 miles
    7/28 - rest day
    7/29 - 4.6 miles

    105.3 of 100 miles
  • truelight_photo_craig
    truelight_photo_craig Posts: 347 Member
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    Hot and sticky 5k today. Doesn't look like I'll quite make my goal this month. It was a lofty goal, considering my previous high month was 83 miles. But I will get 100 next month!!!

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  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
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    31 minutes today. I am so glad that I met my goal this month without irritating my tibia too much. I am going to take it easy again in August and hopefully by September I can start ramping up my mileage agin.
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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited July 2015
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    WhatMeRunning wrote: »

    @shanaber - I'm not used to the afternoon heat either. Both of my last two runs were in the afternoon and my pace on both was pretty low. The effort felt right on though. I read somewhere about how training in the heat can actually be good for you. I hope so. Otherwise...what the heck am I doing???

    @kristinegift - I hear running in excessive heat can be good for you. I think whoever said that was just crazy. But that's what I keep reminding myself when running in the stupidly high heat.

    Here's the article...


    http://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science/heat-stress-plasma-volume-and-the-benefits-of-dehydration?cid=socTP_20150727_49697346&adbid=10153494547632090&adbpl=fb&adbpr=23403427089


    By the way, I notice my best improvements in September on that first cool day. ;-)

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    You asked for it, now here it is. I just posted the August 2015 Running Challenge.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10222628/august-2015-running-challenge


    Great work everyone this month. It looks like I may actually meet my goal this month, coming close since I am building back my miles coming off glute and hamstring problems the last couple of months.
  • Erin9607
    Erin9607 Posts: 31 Member
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    I am just starting up today. My goal will be 25 km per week - 15.5 miles (minimum).

    I use a treadmill for now. Sometimes with a bit of an incline.

    Currently run/walking. Found a running interval trainer I really like by Runtastic. I will check out the ticker in the future.

    Cheers all.
  • KOW75
    KOW75 Posts: 92 Member
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    7/1 - 4.05
    7/3 - 6.91
    7/5 - 4.02
    7/6 - 3.05
    7/8 - 4.52
    7/9 - 8.37
    7/11 - 4.29
    7/13 - 3.08
    7/14 - 4.51
    7/15 - 4.52
    7/16 - 4.53
    7/19 - 6.2
    7/22 - 4.56
    7/23 - 2.46
    7/26 - 4.77
    7/27 - 3.61
    7/28 - 4.31

    77.76 of 100 miles
  • princessruns
    princessruns Posts: 4 Member
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    LAte to the party. I had set a goal for 100 this month. Just hit 107 for the month!
  • esorcel
    esorcel Posts: 459 Member
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    7/2 - 2.34
    7/4 - 6.1
    7/6 - 2.94
    7/7 - 4.0
    7/8 - 2.42
    7/9 - 3.56
    7/10 - 4.01
    7/13 - 4.5
    7/14 - 5.3
    7/15 - 4.6
    7/16 - 3.6
    7/17 - 6.5
    7/18 - 3.0
    7/19 - 2.5
    7/20 - 6.0
    7/21 - 7.9
    7/22 - 5.0
    7/23 - 3.4
    7/27 - 5.0
    7/28 - 4.5
    7/29 - 5.5


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  • 77irises
    77irises Posts: 11 Member
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    Okay, I'm coming to this super late in the game, but at the end of this week, I will have run 6 miles. I'm a beginner, training for a 5K on September 20th. I will be run/walking it with the hope of a 16 minute mile. Once that goal is reached, I'll be working on whittling down my time for a Thanksgiving day 5K to support a local food shelter. And I still have to find a race for January... :smiley:
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
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    @wendy1Fl, congrats to you and your passenger on the puke-free run.
    @joeRocka, thanks for pix. You need a vacation run (might I suggest Paris?).
    Thanks @shanaber and @skippygirlsmom, for being ever-encouraging
    • Jul 04 - 5.2mi
    • Jul 10 - 3.8mi
    • Jul 12 - 5.5mi
    • Jul 18 - 9.7mi (Bay Bridge run)
    • Jul 22 - 6.2mi
    • Jul 25 - 1.5mi (Sat morning run with the whole family..what fun)
    • Jul 29 - 6.6mi (first run following the glass shard incident...guess I'm healed)



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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    I'm posting my ticker even though my post is up there ^ somewhere. I'm doing it just because I like the way ticker looks when you pass your goal. ha ha

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  • Erin9607
    Erin9607 Posts: 31 Member
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    5km/15km for the last 3 days of July
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    4 easy sweaty miles this evening with a neighbor. May run again later tonight to knock out most of my remaining target.

    7/1 - 6 miles
    7/2 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-mile-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 7/mile pace)
    7/3 - 5 miles w. strides
    7/5 - 13 miles
    7/6 - 6.5 miles
    7/7 - 7 miles w. strides
    7/9 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-mile-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 6:52/mile pace)
    7/10 - 6 miles
    7/11 - 5.5 miles
    7/12 - 10.5 miles
    7/13 - 8.5 miles
    7/14 - 5 miles
    7/15 - 4 miles
    7/16 - 5.5 miles (w. 6x800 @ 6:40/mile w. 400 walk/jogs between each)
    7/18 - 5 miles
    7/19 - 3 miles
    7/21 - 5 miles
    7/22 - 5 miles
    7/23 - 3.5 miles (w. 5x400 @ 5:45/mile w. 400 jogs in between each)
    7/24 - 3 miles
    7/25 - 4 miles
    7/28 - 5 miles
    7/29 - 4 miles

    Total: 131.5 miles, 4 speedwork sessions
    Goal: 140 miles, 5 speedwork sessions
    Remaining: 8.5 miles, 1 speedwork sessions
  • truelight_photo_craig
    truelight_photo_craig Posts: 347 Member
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    Did another 2 miles on my new to me treadmill tonight. May make that 100 after all. :smile:

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  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    And TickerFactory is back! So time for a recap:

    I was at 73/100 on 7/22

    7/23 4.4 miles
    7/25 5.0 miles
    7/26 6.4 miles
    7/28 5.0 miles
    7/29 3.6 miles today

    So 97.4/100 miles after today. It is beastly hot, and a rest day tomorrow, so it will take all 31 days of the month to hit the goal!

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