August 2015 Running Challenge

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  • Up4MoreRunning
    Up4MoreRunning Posts: 5 Member
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    I'm on track to meet my goal for August. I'll be glad when fall rolls around and the humidity isn't so horrible.
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  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
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    Oh well - thanks for the input (@Stoshew71, @karllundy, @skippygirlsmom) on my soaked shoes. I guess that means that I need to find the budget for 2 pairs NOW, since my current pair is over 400 miles.... dangit.
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    Aug 1 - 43 mile bike ride
    Aug 2 - 37 mile bike ride
    Aug 3 - 4.1 miles
    Aug 4 - 4.15 miles in morning; strength training and cycling class. yeah, I’m crazy.
    Aug 5 - 6.15 miles - too hot to do my long run for the week.
    Aug 6 - strength training and cycling class (hills!)
    Aug 7 - rest day
    Aug 8 - 34 mile bike ride
    Aug 9 - 46 mile bike ride
    Aug 10 - 5.1 miles
    Aug 11 - 1 hr cycling class and strength training


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    Not sure how I'm going to get long run in tomorrow. I did not enjoy last Wednesday after work and only got in 6, so I think I will just get up a little bit earlier and try to do 6 before work. Won't be what I need for long run, but would prefer to run in morning. Not sure what it does to my HM training plan.... but I'm aiming to "just finish" on that one.

    @JimCrackinDandy - sorry about your knee! That's awful that they are swollen. Enjoy the family time! Get better soon.
    @7lenny7 - never heard of a boot dryer until my daughter moved to NYC. She explained it to me when we packed up her dorm as the greatest thing ever.
    @jorocka - you have added a lot more mileage in your HM training than my plan. I'm much older than you so I'm just doing the Gallagher Just Finish method. And I'm not really following it exactly. Glad your calf is getting better.
  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    DATE ... MILES
    8/1 ... 16.5
    8/2 ... 10
    8/4 ... 5
    8/5 ... 8
    8/6 ... 5.25
    8/8 ... 17
    8/9 ... 6
    8/10 ... 4
    8/11 ... 5.5

    77.25/200 goal
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    Please, oh please let me fit in a run today. Was up past midnight chatting things up with family from out of town who came to visit. Plans tonight. Come on afternoon...give me a free slot...
  • Dichotomy1976
    Dichotomy1976 Posts: 93 Member
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    2/8: 8.1 Miles
    4/8: 3.8 Miles
    6/8: 3.8 Miles
    11/8: 9.1 Miles

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @ddmom0811 when you live where it snows a bunch you need them for inbetween shoveling. Smart people never let the snow pile up to 7+ inches to shovel so you go out and shovel your driveway, but now your boots are wet so you use the dryer. Then in an hour when the snow is 7" again :anguished: you have dry AND warm boots to put on. :smiley:

    @whatmerunning hoping you get that free slot.

    So yesterday I knew I had a running problem when Allen was telling me the hotel we are staying at in Hawaii and I'm looking at the amenities and I see "scenic running path" and yelled WOOHOO! Oh yeah it's on the beach too. LOL
  • KOW75
    KOW75 Posts: 92 Member
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    8/1 - 13.1
    8/8 - 6.02
    8/9 - 3.38
    8/10 - 1.02

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    Aug 1 - 43 mile bike ride
    Aug 2 - 37 mile bike ride
    Aug 3 - 4.1 miles
    Aug 4 - 4.15 miles in morning; strength training and cycling class. yeah, I’m crazy.
    Aug 5 - 6.15 miles - too hot to do my long run for the week.
    Aug 6 - strength training and cycling class (hills!)
    Aug 7 - rest day
    Aug 8 - 34 mile bike ride
    Aug 9 - 46 mile bike ride
    Aug 10 - 5.1 miles
    Aug 11 - 1 hr cycling class and strength training

    @jorocka - you have added a lot more mileage in your HM training than my plan. I'm much older than you so I'm just doing the Gallagher Just Finish method. And I'm not really following it exactly. Glad your calf is getting better.

    you think so? I've only run 25 miles- I think if my math is correct you're at what 24? that's not that much more.

    I'm following the Novice 2 program from Hal- actually- well to be fair- my milage would be higher total for training since I skipped the first full week- oh- speaking- I should count up how many miles of training total for this and log that as well (since it's 12 weeks) ! hey there. but it's not overwhelming- the weekly runs stay pretty much the same and the weekend run goes up. it seems reasonable to me!

    being said... I need my calculator!

    225 including the race- 210 roughly (minus the decimals for races and what not) without the race.

    let's see- I missed the first week ran only 2 total instead of the 9
    so 6... then 20

    so 20, 16, 10- I think if I just added up the calendar properly- I have run 46 of the 225 I'll technically be running for training.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @ddmom0811 when you live where it snows a bunch you need them for inbetween shoveling. Smart people never let the snow pile up to 7+ inches to shovel so you go out and shovel your driveway, but now your boots are wet so you use the dryer. Then in an hour when the snow is 7" again :anguished: you have dry AND warm boots to put on. :smiley:

    They also work great for your kid's soccer cleats. It drys the sweat out of them so they don't stink so bad!
  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,660 Member
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    8/3/15 - 10 miles
    8/4/15 - 5.34 miles
    8/5/15 - 4 miles
    8/6/15 - 4.1 miles (corrected from 4.0 yesterday - misrepresented!)
    8/7/15 - 5 miles
    8/10/15 - 5.2 miles
    8/11/15 - 7.8 miles

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  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
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    8/1 3.2 @ 10:55 (race)
    8/2 5.0 @ 20:00 (hiking)
    8/3 4.5 @ 18:00 (walk with kids and dog)
    8/4 4.0 @ 11:30 (treadmill) and strength training
    8/5 Amusement Park Day
    8/6 3.0 @ 12:00 and strength training
    8/7 Aquarium Day

    8/8 4.0 @ 15:00 (my first technical trail)
    8/9 5.0 @ 12:00 on my normal trail--felt a little sluggish
    8/10 4.5 @ 12:00 on a new trail near my house
    8/11 3.5 @ 11:00 on the treadmill..watching Austin Powers 2. Hard to run and laugh at the same time (not to mention embarrassing!) and strength training.

    36.75/100


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  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,514 Member
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    1/8/15 - 3 miles
    3/8/15 - 1.5 miles
    4/8/15 - 1.5 miles
    6/8/15 - 1.5 miles
    7/8/15 - 2 miles
    8/8/15 - 3 miles
    10/8/15 - 1.75 miles
    11/8/15 - 1.75 miles


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  • Erin9607
    Erin9607 Posts: 31 Member
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    5km

    36/80km done :)
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    5BeautifulDays wrote: »
    8/11 3.5 @ 11:00 on the treadmill..watching Austin Powers 2. Hard to run and laugh at the same time (not to mention embarrassing!) and strength training.

    heh- I tried watching Team America on the treadmill once- not so much- I had to turn it off- way too dangerous to be laughing that much and focused on a show instead of just listening.
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
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    I did 8km/5 miles late last night before bed and a quick 6km this morning after I dropped the kids off and before work. Would have liked to do more but that's all I had time for today.

    Currently at 114km/74 miles for the month with 236km/147 miles to go.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    8/1: 5 miles
    8/2: 11.5 miles
    8/3: 4 miles
    8/4: XT day: 42 min bike (12 miles) and 35 min walk (2 miles), AKA: 2 episodes of Gilmore Girls
    8/5: 8 miles
    8/6: 6.5 miles with the Thursday crew
    8/7: 5 miles
    8/8: 3 miles
    8/9: 18 miles
    8/10: 4 miles
    8/11: XT/Rest -- Taking the "rest" part of XT/Rest seriously today. I haven't had much of an appetite the last couple days, so I don't need the extra calories. Instead of sit on a stationary bike for 45 minutes, I'm gonna read a bit and listen to our ongoing thunderstorm and maybe even have a pre-dinner snooze.

    65/200
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    7lenny7 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @ddmom0811 when you live where it snows a bunch you need them for inbetween shoveling. Smart people never let the snow pile up to 7+ inches to shovel so you go out and shovel your driveway, but now your boots are wet so you use the dryer. Then in an hour when the snow is 7" again :anguished: you have dry AND warm boots to put on. :smiley:

    They also work great for your kid's soccer cleats. It drys the sweat out of them so they don't stink so bad!

    I love that idea! We own stock in those little balls with the baking soda in them.
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
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    You know those days when you feel every single meter and the run is just taking forever? Or so it feels? Today was one of those days.

    4.2 km for a total of 7.5/50k
  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    @skippygirlsmom Happy Birthday!!!

    6.2 today amid humid humid air. Blerg.

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