August (2016) Running Challenge

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52 -- 100
58 -- 158
50 -- 208
9 -- 217

I've got a cutback for the first half of this week, then I start tapering the last week of August. The math says 217, but reality says to aim for 200. Gotta have some leniency with those summer miles!

6 weeks and 1 day until marathon #5! Where did the entire summer go?!

New to group. My goal is 45 miles.

Orphia wrote: »

100 miles (160 km)

And I get a medal if I do it!



http://www.awesomerunningevents.com/enter/4591364144

I want that medal...

In for 80 Miles for August after a decent July

Thanks @Stoshew71 ! Love this group! So motivating.

Love the picture of the new shoes @AdrianChr92 !

@Elise4270 - can't want to see you running again!

I'm sticking with 75 for August (my goal that I passed the last two months) ... but I'm back home now and the biking is going to be increased, so probably less running.

I am new to the group.
My mileage is going to vary week to week as I am training for a 15k in September, so my goal is 3 runs a week- one long, one interval speed and one interval hills.

I am really going to challenge myself. I said 100km for July and thanks to my new running group I did 145. That is 90miles and with a weekend less in August my calculations say 90 would be my expected for August. But...I am going to go for 100miles just because it sounds good and is about 10% uplift which seems reasonable. I have more than doubled my distance since joining in this group. Thank you to you all, big distance runners and beginners alike. Good luck for August everyone.

Even though it's not August, I'm going to post this here....My rest day brain is trying to get me to kill myself with an idea...I'm not going to let it, but that doesn't make it any less annoying.......

Am I insane for letting my brain even try to talk me into a Full this fall? I'm 90% sure I WON'T do it....but that 10% that says I should use my second HM as a shortened Long Run ad go for the full 2 weeks later is nagging me.

New to the group and restarting my running goals. So, I will start with 80 miles for August-20 per week.

I'm new to this challenge also, I will say 35 miles for August! Good luck everyone!!

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Even though it's not August, I'm going to post this here....My rest day brain is trying to get me to kill myself with an idea...I'm not going to let it, but that doesn't make it any less annoying.......

Am I insane for letting my brain even try to talk me into a Full this fall? I'm 90% sure I WON'T do it....but that 10% that says I should use my second HM as a shortened Long Run ad go for the full 2 weeks later is nagging me.

@MNLittleFinn If this is an actual question, and not just an airing of thoughts, then I think the most important question here is: How long have you been running? Didn't you start fairly recently? I would not recommend doing a marathon this fall. You've had good success with your races this summer, but the demands of marathon training -- in sheer volume and the pounding on your legs -- is more than your bones and muscles should take on right now, in my opinion. Continue to strengthen your systems through the fall and the winter and then you can think about a full next year like you originally planned. Your cardiovascular system adapts far quicker than your muscular/skeletal systems to endurance running, so while you may feel capable from a CV standpoint, you don't want to risk muscular or bone injuries because you did too much too soon. Take your time. There's no need to rush from a half to a full.

womanofgod4893 wrote: »

I'm a beginner runner so.. I will aim for 30 miles for the month. That seems so low. But that is my goal (:

Low is nothing. Some of us count by dozens of miles, and some of us by chunks of kilometers and others by centuries of miles. But all of us - including YOU - are runners. Welcome to our family of crazy.