April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

T1DCarnivoreRunner · April 2018

I don't think I will hit my goal this month, but I will be close:

penko47 · April 2018

I made goal! I feel like I kind of cheated this month because I knew it would be a crazy month so I set a very achievable goal. But I figure it was better than giving up and not running at all. Now to think about my plan for next month...

shanaber · April 2018

Congratulations @penko47! All that matters is that it got you out running!!

Orphia · April 2018

I was 1st of 35 females at parkrun today! 8th overall of 61.

Did the 5 km in 26:58.

It was the parkrun's first anniversary, and there was a "Gold" theme, hence the wig and tutu.

girlinahat · April 2018

Congratulations!!! @Orphia

cburke8909 · April 2018

Got in 12 this am.

PastorVincent · April 2018

@Orphia well done goldilocks!

hanlonsk · April 2018

I find it slightly amusing that at least 3 of us have been in DC this month- but not at the same time.

apricotqueen1 · April 2018

5.45 km just before lunch today! Glad to squeeze that in since I didn't have a chance to get out yesterday. Now at 135.1 for the month, 35.1 over goal.

huntleigh3229 · April 2018

Found out one of my local parkruns is on a trail so I did a very wet and muddy 5k this morning

01.04.18 10k
04.04.18 5.6k
08.04.18 5k
14.04.18 5.9k
16.04.18 3.25k
22.04.18 5k
25.04.18 6k
28.04.18 5k

Total 45.75/60

Upcoming races:
22.04.18 The Longhorn Trail 5k 39:03
07.07.18 7@Severn
October 18 Green Leek 10k
04.11.18 Rockingham 10k

kristinegift · April 2018

I was supposed to run last night, but my HR has been higher than usual for a couple days and my breathing has been awful... I'm thinking allergies. And then I had a crap day at work and a frustrating commute home, so I decided to nix the run. I wanted to do a HR-based recovery run, and with allergies + stress there was no way I was going to get my HR low enough.

Ran this morning, just a bit of a shakeout before the relay tomorrow. My HR was still higher than I'd like so I begrudgingly picked up some 24-hour allergy tablets, and now 2ish hours after taking one I feel fine. HR is back where it normally is at rest, and I can finally take full, deep breaths for the first time in a few days. Stupid springtime!

4/1: 7 miles
4/2: 4.1 miles
4/3: 6.7 miles Track Tuesday
4/4: Rest day
4/5: Lazy day
4/6: 5.2 miles
4/7: 10 miles
4/8: 4.5 miles trail demo
4/9: 5 miles
4/10: 7.2 miles Track Tuesday
4/11: 8 miles Tempo Wednesday
4/12: Rest day
4/13: 3 miles
4/14: 6 miles
4/15: 2.9 miles + gym sesh
4/16: Rainy rest day
4/17: 7 miles hill repeats + gym sesh
4/18: 5.2 miles
4/19: 6.4 miles
4/20: 4 miles
4/21: 14 miles
4/22: 2 miles + gym session + 1.5 miles
4/23: 3.3 miles
4/24: 7 miles Track Tuesday
4/25: A long awaited rest day
4/26: 6.3 miles
4/27: Rest/stress day
4/28: 5 miles

April miles: 131.4
Goal miles: 100

Upcoming Races:
April 29: New Jersey Marathon, 4-person relay (Long Branch/Asbury Park, NJ)
May 20: Watershed Trail Run and Festival 10k (Pennington, NJ)

kristinegift · April 2018

shanaber wrote: »

@kristinegift - I'm so sorry about your Pacer's group. Maybe you could re-organize the group around another locale so you could keep running together?

@shanaber That's the plan! The other running store in town (literally 2.5 blocks away from Pacers) does group runs the same night of the week, at the same time... but with demos and sponsors and pub runs, so it will likely end up being an upgrade!

marisap2010 · April 2018

4/1: 2.5 miles
4/2: 3.1 miles
4/3: ST, walk 1 mile
4/6: ST, 3 miles
4/7: 3.5 miles
4/8: 6 miles
4/9: ST, walk 1 mile
4/10: 3 miles
4/12: 3 miles
4/13: ST, walk .5 mile
4/14: 3.5 miles
4/15: 3 miles
4/19: 3 miles
4/20: ST, 1 mile
4/21: 3 mile hike/run + 5k
4/22: 7.6 miles
4/23: ST, walk 1 mile
4/24: 3 miles
4/28: 10k

Total Running for April: 57.5/60

Upcoming Races:
Wineglass Marathon 9/30

Sadly, I did not break an hour on my 10k, but I did win my age group and PR, so I’m happy with that!

kgirlhart · April 2018

Congrats @orphia and @marisap2010 !

zdyb23456 · April 2018

4/1 - 4/8 ADK vacation, no running!
4/9 5miles
4/10 7miles
4/11 5miles
4/12 5.6miles
4/13 10miles
4/14 5miles
4/15 rest
4/16 6.5miles
4/17 5miles
4/18 8.89miles
4/19 5miles
4/20 11miles
4/21 6miles
4/22 rest
4/23 6.15miles
4/24 5miles
4/25 6miles
4/26 6.82miles
4/27 12miles
4/28 5miles

Yesterday, ended up being a great day to run - just a slight sprinkle midway through my long run. I went back to the state park trails and ran 12 miles. It was warmer and I was a bit slower than last week's long run, but I was glad I did it without any walking.

This morning was actually HOT. I even put sunscreen on my face! I also wore a brimmed cap. I'm 40 years old. I need to ward off those wrinkles!

Glad tomorrow is a rest day, my legs are tired!

3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
3/24/2018 Don't Sit on Colon Cancer 5K
5/28/2018 Run to Remember 5K
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
10/13/2018 Joggin for Frogmen 5K
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon

sarahthes · April 2018

4/1 - rest
4/2 - rest
4/3 - 7.1km
4/4 - 4.8km
4/5 - travel
4/6 - walking
4/7 - 21.7km (bad tangents? Ha...)
4/8 - travel
4/9 - strength
4/10 - 4.1km
4/11 - rest
4/12 - rest
4/13 - 5.1km
4/14 - 10.2km
4/15 - 60 min walk with kiddos
4/16 - 5.1km
4/17 - unplanned rest
4/18 - 6.2km
4/19 - 5.3km
4/20 - 3.6km
4/21 - 8.5km
4/22 - 5.3km
4/23 - rest
4/24 - 8.2km
4/25 - 3.6km
4/26 - 4.7km
4/27 - rest
4/28 - 11.2km

114.7/100 km

I was just feeling warmed up when I needed to run back for the toilet. Other than that, good run today, left side niggles much less than earlier in the week. I should have gone out an hour earlier though. It was pretty warm by the time I finished.

2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish
7/1/18 Canada Day 5K or 15K?
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10Kish
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
10/22/18 Heartbeat Run 10K
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle

katharmonic · April 2018

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
04/01/18 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3
04/02/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 8.9
04/03/18 :::: 4.8 :::: 13.7
04/04/18 :::: 1.5 :::: 15.2
04/05/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 18.3
04/06/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 18.3
04/07/18 :::: 10.2 :::: 28.5
04/08/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 32.0
04/09/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 35.2
04/10/18 :::: 3.7 :::: 38.8
04/11/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.8
04/12/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 42.3
04/13/18 :::: 3.4 :::: 45.8
04/14/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 45.8
04/15/18 :::: 8.0 :::: 53.8
04/16/18 :::: 2.5 :::: 56.3
04/17/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 60.2
04/18/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 60.2
04/19/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 63.4
04/20/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 63.4
04/21/18 :::: 2.7 :::: 66.1
04/22/18 :::: 13.1 :::: 79.2
04/23/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 79.2
04/24/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 79.2
04/25/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 79.2
04/26/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 82.7
04/27/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 82.7
04/28/18 :::: 4.7 :::: 87.4

Little on the short side for a long run but was all I was up for today. Nice weather and good friends made it a good run though.

Good job @marisap2010 on your age group win and PR! That's awesome!

Nice job @orphia as well in coming in as first female at your parkrun! Great time!

Nice sunrise DC pics @cburke8909.

Hoping our other racers today are doing well!

hanlonsk · April 2018

Well... I still haven’t gone back and looked to see my total mileage for the month, but today was my first organized race in months and months. So 3.2 today, so 6 Milesish for the week at least. My friend with two toddlers... well the toddlers are bigger, so it’s more of a handicap, and even with a two kid in stroller handicap she still had me by probably a quarter mile which was discouraging. I came in just a hair under 40 minutes... so 10 minutes slower than this time last year... but still fastest and longest outside run I have had in months.

__TMac__ · April 2018

My 5k was hotter than I’d expected and I didn’t come into the day in a good state, digestively speaking (lots of Mexican food and beer yesterday), so I came in 2 minutes slower than my 30-minute target. 9th of 28 in my group. Oh well. I’ll have another shot at it next time.

25.5/40

JulieS3103 · April 2018

Met my April goal today after running the Deer Run 10k. I ran this one last year in 1:11:26 and I was really trying to PR. Today's time was 1:03:05 and I won 3rd place in my age group!
My left foot has been bothering me so I went out and got new shoes and that seemed to really help today. I was wearing Saucony Guides and the mileage was only at 117 miles but it hurt every time I ran over 4 miles or so. I switched back to Brooks Ravenna 9s (I loved the 7s and hated the 8s) and no pain today so I hope that's the end of the issue.
Here goes my first attempt adding pictures

April 3 - 2 mile Treadmill run
April 4 - 3 mile Treadmill run
April 5 - 3 mile Treadmill run
April 7 - 4 mile run
April 8 - 8 mile run
April 11 - 4 mile Treadmill run
April 12 - 4 mile run
April 14 - 4 mile Treadmill run
April 15 - 6 mile Treadmill run
April 17 - 3 mile run
April 19 - 6 mile Treadmill run
April 21 - 3.1 mile run
April 22 - 9 mile run
April 24 - 4 mile run
April 25 - Burn Boot Camp workout
April 26 - 6 mile run
April 28 - Deer Run 10k race

75.3 miles so far/Goal 70 miles

Upcoming Races:
5/5/18 Starfish 5k
5/13/18 Run Like A Mother 5k
6/10/18 Manitowoc Half Marathon
8/18/18 Madison Mini Half Marathon
9/16/18 North Face Endurance 10k

April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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