June 2015 Running Challenge

skippygirlsmom · July 2015

@shanaber you go running twin!!! Great job this month. Thank you for the kind words, it's friends like you that kept my spirits up and that was more than half the battle!

Daisy471 · July 2015

@shanaber - I do use a foam roller and it helps, for a while. I'm getting a massage tomorrow, hopefully that gets rid of the knots in my hip!

Elise4270 · July 2015

6/1 rest
6/2 -2.25 hot sore miles, Reformer Pilate's
6/3- rest
6/4- doc visit. Resting SIJ
6/5- 4.60
6/6- rest
6/7- 3.74 hot,medicine trots :O
6/8- rest,stretch
6/9- 3.20 (HI 100°) will try to get in a cooler evening run too.
6/10- swim
6/11 - 3.85 medicine trots again
6/12 - 5.34 better!
6/13 - rest/yard work
6/14 - 7.93
6/15 - SIJ injection
6/16 - sore
6/17 -(rain)
6/18 - 4.54
6/19 - swim
6/20- rest/yard work
6/21- 7.03
6/22- rest
6/23- wow! too sore from yard work
6/24- 3.23 HI 100 again.
6/25- 4.52
6/26- rest
6/27- 5.41
6/28- 4.92 run,cold spring dip,run
6/29- rest
6/30- 4.77 run, cold spring dip,run

65.31/60+

Running 2.3 then dipping in the super cold water (55ish) and running back seems like cheating. But I'll take it over the 103 heat index! My husband is threatened, *evil laugh*! I can keep up/out run him the first mile on the way back. *continues evil laugh*!

Congratulations to EVERYONE that joined in the challenge!

I read that women tend to get injured hips down, men feet up. So women, typically should focus on hips, glutes ect like @shanaber mentioned. I have a bit of shin pain and I'm positive mine is a glute issue. I try to work on high knees, and my PT suggested pylometrics. Ugh, shoot me. LOL! FWIW- I think I got a lot out of reformer Pilates

@skippygirlsmom I think I missed the "why" you were doing PT, I joined after all that. I too, told a surgeon "No thanks" on back surgery. Of course, now it doesn't even look like a back issue. Dumass docs.

@ddmom0811 congrats on your goal! I'm getting a bit nervous! It seems the week on the training plan are flying by! I keep telling my self I can register for the quarter marathon if I have to just so I can set that nervousness aside.

HonuNui · July 2015

June goal 68 miles

6/1 3.95
6/2 3.3
6/3 4.03
6/4 rest
6/5 3.84
6/6 3.30
6/7 bike 6.25
6/8 3.82
6/9 strength training
6/10 2.29
6/11 3.57
6/12 rest
6/13 4.18
6/14 3.15
6/15 3.85
6/16 snorkel 3+ hours
6/17 5.65
6/18 3.56
6/19 rest
6/20 7.31 Virtual race in honor of Trooper Dees
6/21 3.54
6/22 2.19
6/23 3.36
6/24 rest
6/25 4.10
6/26 strength/circuit
6/27 3.06
6/28 dug trenches for new deck and addition to chicken coop: muscle pain in BUNCH of new areas!
6/29 MORE trenches (and realized that somewhere in the middle of the month I started writing 3 (March) instead of 6 (June....) Don't laugh....some day you'll all get old, too!
6/30 1/2 mile....Made DH drop me off at the top of our road, and ran home, just so I could say I ran today..... And more trenching...

Total 72.55

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

7lenny7 · July 2015

A great night to wrap up my June running. I had planned on just 3 miles but ended up doing 5.8 over two runs (2.5 & 3.3 miles). A beautiful night for running. My second run was at 11pm in temps of 61F. Tonight's runs felt great!

I blew past my goal for June. I had expected my little injuries to keep me out more than they did, but I bounced back well.

Looking forward to July!

MrsKGrady · July 2015

June 3 - 1.7
June 5 - 1.7

June 9 - 1.7
June 13 - 3.1 (Celebrate Okemos 5k - PR 43:07)

June 14 - 3.1 (virtual race - Dark Helmut 5k)
June 17 - 2
June 19 - 2

June 21 - 3.1 (virtual race - Running Day 5k)
June 23 - 2.1
June 24 - 2.05
June 27 - 3.1

June 28 - 2.05
June 29 - 2.3

Just barely made my goal, but I still got it done.

skippygirlsmom · July 2015

@elise4270 I have 2 compressed discs in my back that are pressing on my sciatic nerve and of course the garden variety of things like arthritis that comes from being a "mature" athlete LOL I was running between 120 and 140 miles a month and building up when in November I started to have bad pain, by December I couldn't run at all without crying, not even 10 yards. Rested, stretched, iced, nothing helped. Finally went to "spine specialist" and he wanted to operate and told me no more running...not an option. So I told him I wanted to do PT he said okay and shots, no no shots just PT. Asked our local FB running group for a name of a great PT who was a runner and would get it. About half the people who replied gave me Jonathan's name. After my first visit he said he would have me running by the weekend. That weekend I ran 2 miles almost completely pain free. It still bothers me and sometimes sitting in the car or at work is just painful. Some days it bothers me when I run more than others, but I need to stay consistent with my strengthening and stretching exercises and it's pretty much a non issue with me. When I feel it the most is stretching after I run it's like someone is ripping the nerve out from my leg. So it's not a big drastic issue but one I wanted to work out without surgery if I could because I've had too many friends who do one surgery then in a year or so another, do shots over and over I wanted to try without getting into that cycle if I could.

See you all in the July thread!

Great job everyone!

karllundy · July 2015

@skippygirlsmom - Wow! Great month!!
@shanaber - Fantastic job!
@Stoshew71 - don't be too hard on yourself...you inspire the hell out of most of us and keep us all organized. New month starts today!
@7lenny7 - way to kill it!
@ddmom0811 - Way to go! Lots of great runs this month!

Stoshew71 · July 2015

Thanks @karllundy @skippygirlsmom & @shanaber

Dhathri · July 2015

I lost the passion of exercise or running. Getting back in the grove. I am setting for 30 miles.

KOW75 · July 2015

failure - oh well, foot feeling better and will use this as motivation for July.

Stoshew71 · July 2015

Stoshew71 wrote: »

Just posted the July Challenge.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10198809/july-2015-running-challenge

Great job everyone. I am close to my goal but may fall short this month because of my glute and hamstring issues.

@Dhathri and @KOW75 Make sure you join us in the July Challenge. This thread is last month's (June's). The link for July's is quoted above.

mwyvr · July 2015

June is over...

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Month to date:		198.25 km (99.1% of Goal)
Goal:			200.00 km / 124 miles
Stretch Goal:		242.00 km / 150 miles
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Tue Jun 30 13.56 km 1,200 feet climbing
Mon Jun 29 14.22 Mountain trail run, yay
Sun Jun 28 00.00 Event
Sat Jun 27 00.00 Event
Fri Jun 26 04.17 km Run from one site to another (Event set up)
Thu Jun 25 06.16 km 
Wed Jun 24 16.03 km 
Tue Jun 23 10.38 km Trail run
Mon Jun 22 07.71 km
Sun Jun 21 07.79 km 
Sat Jun 20 00.00 Sick
Fri Jun 19 00.00 Sick, oops too soon
Thu Jun 18 07.80 km Trail run on Merrell BA4 Trails
Wed Jun 17 00.00 Sick
Tue Jun 16 00.00 Sick
Mon Jun 15 00.00 Sick
Sun Jun 14 16.43 km New BA4 Streets
Sat Jun 13 03.00 km New shoe test run; 38km bike ride
Fri Jun 12 05.05 km 
Thu Jun 11 09.06 km Trails and hills
Wed Jun 10 13.37 km Mountain Trail
Tue Jun 09 12.00 km Trails and hills
Mon Jun 08 07.58 km
Sun Jun 07 00.00 Rest
Sat Jun 06 05.41 km 
Fri Jun 05 17.63 km
Thu Jun 04 00.00 Rest
Wed Jun 03 11.87 km Mountain Trail
Tue Jun 02 00.00 km Rest
Mon Jun 01 12.03 km

On to July!

omnipotentmiku · July 2015

Goal: 40 mi

Day 1: 1.5
Day 2: 2.21
Day 3: 1.65
Day 4: Rest
Day 5: Rest
Day 6: 1.42
Day 7: 1.81
Day 8: Rest
Day 9: .76
Day 10: 1.42
Day 11: 1.62
Day 12: 5.3 (metrocon)
Day 13: 1.62
Day 14: 1.42
Day 15: 1.62
Day 16: 1.62
Day 17: 2.27
Day 18: 2.09
Day 19: Rest
Day 20: 2.21
Day 21: Rest
Day 22: 1.25
Day 23: Rest
Day 24: Rest
Day 25: 1.25
Day 26: rest
Day 27: rest
Day 28: rest
Day 29: 1.26
Day 30: 1.26

Total: 35.56 miles

Didn't quite make my goal but hey, that's okay. I was still active at least.

Aresende90 · July 2015

My ticker isn't working at the moment but my total for June was 53 miles, not the total I was hoping for... I'll shoot for 75 miles for July once again! Have my first 10K Race on the 4th! Good luck to anyone else racing this weekend! Happy 4th of July!

tdbernrd · July 2015

@Shanaber and @Pandora_and_her_box - Thank you! My Physical Therapist has been a miracle worker. I can add in strength training now so I'm going to do Strong Curves. I can increase the minutes of my run by 2 every three days. My right glute is finally starting to do its job.

9voice9 · July 2015

Bit late, but here's my totals:

01-Jun: 2.65 miles (on board the cruise ship...)
02-Jun: 5.05 miles (on board the cruise ship...)
03-Jun: 3.02 miles (on board the cruise ship...)
04-Jun: 3.68 miles (on board the cruise ship...)
05-Jun: 3.24 miles (on board the cruise ship...)
06-Jun: 3.77 miles (on board the cruise ship...)
07-Jun: 2.38 miles
08-Jun: 3.20 miles
09-Jun: 2.26 miles
10-Jun: ; 4.00 miles (walk)
11-Jun: 3.19 miles
12-Jun: 2.93 miles; 2.12 miles (walk)
13-Jun: 3.16 miles
14-Jun: 2.28 miles
15-Jun: ; 3.75 miles (walk)
16-Jun: 3.18 miles
17-Jun: 2.45 miles
18-Jun: 3.18 miles
19-Jun: 3.01 miles
20-Jun: 3.20 miles
21-Jun: 3.01 miles; 4.01 miles (walk)
22-Jun: 3.21 miles; 2.55 miles (walk)
23-Jun: 2.87 miles; 2.57 miles (walk)
24-Jun: <rest day - or just lazy>
25-Jun: 3.20 miles
26-Jun: 3.18 miles
27-Jun: 3.71 miles; 3.32 miles (walk)
28-Jun: 3.18 miles; 3.16 miles (walk)
29-Jun: 2.39 miles; 2.63 miles (walk)
30-Jun: 3.19 miles; 3.04 miles (walk)

Pandora_and_her_box · July 2015

@skippysmom Ouch, poor you! You're my hero for getting back to it though.
@Dhathri, you're in the right place to rekindle your passion for running!

There's a tube strike in London tonight and tomorrow that has completely mucked up my schedule for this week

Will need to leave at the crack of dawn tomorrow to make it into work (at all, never mind on time!) and then have a work event in the evening that's not optional, so had to cram in an unscheduled, short run this lunchtime.

Sawara · August 2015

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