April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »

    Edit to add: is there a way to move this to the challenges forum?

    Let's look into it.

    ETA If I have started the thread in the wrong place, I may be able to move it. But i can not see where it'd need to be moved too. Is "challenges" in the Fitness and Exercise thread, it be it elsewhere?

    ETAA i see where now. I don't see that i can move it without the help of the mods. The groups home page says the challenge is found in the Fitness and Exercise thread, so there i put it. Change is good. here we shall stay. we'll be fine.

    ya'll just bookmark it.

    Making more work fot me....grumble grumble......lol
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    edited April 2018
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Ok so after MONTHS AND MONTHS AWAY.... I'm back! (Not an April Fool's joke!) Looking to do 100+ miles in April. I tore my calf at the end of September, so ran nothing in October, then I was cleared to run in November... yet spent November through February being lazy and maybe depressed (seasonal affective blows) and gaining 10 lbs and running maybe 12 miles a week on average.

    @kristinegift Welcome back :) Calf injury and SAD - nasty combination. Glad to hear it is behind you. I tore mine in 2016 doing a Triathlon Brick training circuit ( Bike/Run ) 500m into the run and it kept me hobbled for 8-10 weeks. I can still feel it every once in a while ( cold weather days ) I just slooow down for a k and then can get back into my run.
    We are back in the Deepfreeze, -24C this morning, @JessicaMcb has her JaJa race today in the same miserable conditions, at least it's not Barkley Mud. Go Jess Go, be safe.
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
    edited April 2018
    April Running Challenge
    Goal: 80 km
    After taking a break in March I am restarting from scratch.
    Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Yay! Welcome back @kristinegift !
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »

    Edit to add: is there a way to move this to the challenges forum?

    Let's look into it.

    ETA If I have started the thread in the wrong place, I may be able to move it. But i can not see where it'd need to be moved too. Is "challenges" in the Fitness and Exercise thread, it be it elsewhere?

    ETAA i see where now. I don't see that i can move it without the help of the mods. The groups home page says the challenge is found in the Fitness and Exercise thread, so there i put it. Change is good. here we shall stay. we'll be fine.

    ya'll just bookmark it.

    Making more work fot me....grumble grumble......lol

    Sucks to be you. LOL! :wink: sorry pal.

    Hey! Embrace the Suck! :grin:

    If you STAR the thread, you can always click on the little star and see if there are new posts and all that no matter where it is. That's what I do at least. :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    NikolaosKey wrote: »
    @Stoshew71 You tricked me juuuust fine my friend xD

    1/4: 11.36k -w/u and 10k race-

    Race went fine beautiful weather, spring at its best. Ran with a fresh runner friend so I took it easy. On a plus side I encountered no piriformis pain! Aim for this month is 200k


    Yay on the piriformis account!
  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    firef1y72 wrote: »
    Hi can I join in?
    I'd like to manage 100km this month, not sue it's going to happen but I'll try.

    In the middle of tapering right now but got a 10km Comic Hero fun run next Sunday and then Brighton marathon on the 15th.

    Last long run before Brighton.
    16km in what is a good time for me of !hr45
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    edited April 2018
    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    04/01/18 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3

    A Sunday morning run with a friend and then a lovely coffee and treat. The wind was a little bitter and the sun was hiding most of the time, but it was still a nice run.

    Let's set a goal for April - I was nodding along to the first post in the thread by @garygse. Yes, me too on the half this month and I'll need a taper (not mini). But totally different ideas of what is a lower mileage month by oh, a couple hundred miles. :p This is where that saying about not comparing your chapter 1 to someone else's chapter 20 comes in! Impressive goals, Gary, and you've been really killing it lately!

    Anyway, I'm setting my goal at 90 again given the cross training, travel, taper, race and recovery. Hoping though that the weather will be much improved and I'll be inspired to get more miles than I think.

    Upcoming races:
    4/22/18 Owens Corning Half Marathon, Toledo OH
    6/3/18 Niagara Falls Women's Half Marathon
    8/19/18 Falmouth Road Race (7 miles, pending group getting in by lottery)
    10/28/18 Marine Corps Marathon, Arlington VA

    Edited to add - oh no @rheddmodbile, hope you are ok! Can you go to urgent care or something?
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Ok so after MONTHS AND MONTHS AWAY.... I'm back! (Not an April Fool's joke!) Looking to do 100+ miles in April. I tore my calf at the end of September, so ran nothing in October, then I was cleared to run in November... yet spent November through February being lazy and maybe depressed (seasonal affective blows) and gaining 10 lbs and running maybe 12 miles a week on average.

    @kristinegift Welcome back :) Calf injury and SAD - nasty combination. Glad to hear it is behind you. I tore mine in 2016 doing a Triathlon Brick training circuit ( Bike/Run ) 500m into the run and it kept me hobbled for 8-10 weeks. I can still feel it every once in a while ( cold weather days ) I just slooow down for a k and then can get back into my run.

    @juliet3455 Luckily my calf was fine after a month, but I never really fixed the underlying issue so it's coming up again now that I'm running more regularly. Hopefully I can fix it for good this spring!
  • JulieS3103
    JulieS3103 Posts: 86 Member
    I've been sick the last couple of days so no running for me. I met my goal for March and now I'm training for an upcoming half so my April goal is 70 miles. Hoping I can get over whatever this is soon and get back out there.

    Upcoming Races:
    4/28/18 Brown Deer 10k
    6/10/18 Manitowoc Half Marathon
    8/18/18 Madison Mini Half Marathon
    9/16/18 North Face Endurance 10k
  • zerlinna87
    zerlinna87 Posts: 120 Member
    Run if you have a cold? Yes or no? I'm debating. I leave on vacation tomorrow (where I'm planning to run). Just not feeling great today.
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    zerlinna87 wrote: »
    Run if you have a cold? Yes or no? I'm debating. I leave on vacation tomorrow (where I'm planning to run). Just not feeling great today.

    The conventional wisdom says that if you're sick from your neck up you can run, but below the neck you should rest. So if it's just a head cold go ahead and run.

    Yep, that's how I've always done it. I've had a head cold all week, but still managed some easy runs and actually felt better after doing so. I once attempted to run through a bout of viral bronchitis. Not one of my best decisions; it wasn't pretty, and I learned my lesson.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    April Running Totals (miles)
    4/1 – 6.21 easy

    April running total to date – 6.21

    Nominal challenge goal: 130 miles

    Real goals: Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Get to Boyleston Street under my own power. Recover well.

    Today's notes – The taper mental games begin. Went around in my head between 5 miles or 7, ended up splitting the difference. Put a new pair of shoes in rotation today, replacing a pair that demonstrated it needed to be retired. Target for this week is 37 miles. Need to keep that in mind as the mind games play with what I do on Tuesday and Thursday. Could go as high as 40 miles, but you know . . . I'm supposed to come down from peak, and I peaked last week at almost 48 miles. That's a bit light for marathon training, but it's where I am.

    2018 races:
    February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
    February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
    March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 31:55
    March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
    April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    zerlinna87 wrote: »
    Run if you have a cold? Yes or no? I'm debating. I leave on vacation tomorrow (where I'm planning to run). Just not feeling great today.

    I always do. Not sure if it is smart or not, but I always feel better when I do. :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    I can't bend my knee today and have no way of getting to a doctor on a holiday weekend - very sick and depressed. So no goal for me. I'll just be happy if I'm fixed and able to run soon.

    I was planning on running the Southwind 5k next weekend but it looks like a no go.

    Ack! If you can not move your knee, maybe you should head to the ER?
  • yessikkap
    yessikkap Posts: 92 Member
    Didn't run as much as I wanted to last month, so I'll stick to the same goal as last month.
    Have a few local 5ks this month and at least two 10ks I'd like to complete.

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  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    5 miles treadmill. Not as many miles or as fast as I had planned, but ultimately quit because low BG's.

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  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    I can't bend my knee today and have no way of getting to a doctor on a holiday weekend - very sick and depressed. So no goal for me. I'll just be happy if I'm fixed and able to run soon.

    I was planning on running the Southwind 5k next weekend but it looks like a no go.

    Ack! If you can not move your knee, maybe you should head to the ER?

    I've been already, they did an ultrasound and referred me to a clinic which isn't open until Monday.
  • MyLifeMyCreation
    MyLifeMyCreation Posts: 12 Member
    My goal is 80 miles :smile:

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