April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

@sarahthes, @lporter229, @PastorVincent, @skippygirlsmom, @Duck_Puddle, @katharmonic, @HonuNui, @amymoreorless, @fitoverfortymom, @Elise4270, @Teresa502, @polskagirl01, @NikolaosKey, @noblsheep, @kgirlhart, @Stoshew71 Thank you all for your kind words...it was a hard run race, and I finally got to beat @MobyCarp's slowest half marathon!

@fitoverfortymom Congrats on your first 25K and placing first in your age group!
@NikolaosKey That 46K mountain ultra sounds awesome!
@MobyCarp Congrats on another phenomenal run at Boston!

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This morning's recovery run was done on very stiff legs; picture the guy below running, and it probably wouldn't be too far off from what I imagine I looked like.



02 - 15.39
03 - 13.55
04 - 15.21
05 - 13.38
06 - 31.56
09 - 15.28
10 - 8.50
11 - 8.36
12 - 8.52
14 - 13.11
16 - 15.24

Total: 158.10 / 280 miles

I realized I haven't posted my miles in quite a while. I had a good (windy) long run last Thursday and then was off at an agility trial Fri-Sun, so no running. Went out today (after the BM coverage was over and @MobyCarp had finished) and it was lovely out, still windy though. I had planned to run 4.5 mi (3 with a 1 mile wu and 0.5mi cd) but I found a cell phone in the bathroom when I stopped. I couldn't find the owner on the trail so I tried calling a commonly called number on the phone and the woman's son eventually called me back. I was almost home and decided to just turn around and run the phone back to the owner. So I ended up with a much faster and longer run than planned.
Here's a picture I took at the trail entrance, so beautiful out!


Date........Miles.......Total
04/01......0.00.......0.00
04/02......5.81.......5.81 - + Agility
04/03......4.73.....10.54 - + Strength Training
04/04......2.26.....12.80
04/05......5.55.....18.35 - + Strength Training
04/06......4.59.....22.94
04/07......7.67.....30.61
04/08......0.00.....30.61
04/09......5.00.....35.61 - + Agility
04/10......4.70.....40.31 - + Strength Training
04/11......0.00.....40.31
04/12......9.25.....49.56
04/13......0.00.....49.56 - Agility Trial
04/14......0.00.....49.56 - Agility Trial
04/15......0.00.....49.56 - Agility Trial
04/16......6.23.....55.79



My completed and upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
02/04/18 - Surf City Half Marathon
05/05/18 - Cinco de Miles 5k
07/22/18 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
12/15/18 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon

Yeah @Elise4270 great news.

So this happened at our house last night. Skip signed her National Letter of Intent to run XC and T&F at Shorter University. We are so excited and better yet the scholarship was quite a bit more than expected. Proud momma right here.