May 2018 Running Challenge
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Setting my goal at 175 miles4
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I've got a 10K on May 20, should be totally recovered from Boston by then. Tough course, could have some good regional runners there, but not like a national field. I have a 5K on May 26; I expect it to be a small, not terribly competitive event. Other than that, the drill will be to run, build base, and prepare for June. There are a lot of races in June, have to figure out which ones are "A" versus "B" races.
WAG at a mileage goal for May: 180 miles
Real goals: Stay healthy. Build base. Maybe run some trails. Have fun.
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY)
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY)
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I’m upping my mileage to 70 this month. It is already getting hot here, so I am going to try to convince myself to get up earlier to run to stay cool. My husband is going to hate me!
Another goal for the month is increasing positive thoughts on long or difficult runs. Deena Kastor’s new book is my current running read and is about changing the way you think.8 -
I'm running my first HM on May 19th. I'll have a couple of taper weeks before that and I'm not sure how much I will run afterward so I am going to set my goal for 85 miles.9
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marisap2010 wrote: »I’m upping my mileage to 70 this month. It is already getting hot here, so I am going to try to convince myself to get up earlier to run to stay cool. My husband is going to hate me!
Another goal for the month is increasing positive thoughts on long or difficult runs. Deena Kastor’s new book is my current running read and is about changing the way you think.
That is the next book in my to read pile. Then Yoga for Runners. Then I change gears and finally get to read I'll be Gone in the Dark.2 -
Holy cow! If I follow my training plan I’ll be running around 207 miles. That would be the highest ever in a month!
I think I’ll set my goal to 200 just in case.
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Lots of great goals so far!
I start marathon training officially the first week of June, so for May I'm still putting a bit more focus on my circuit-training workouts and working on that core strength. I'm not yet signed up for any May races but about to pull the trigger on a 19K (celebrating the Women's Movement and 19th Amendment) on May 12, which I would just use as a long run with bling. Between that and the Niagara Fall's Women's Marathon, I'm going to be all I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR for the next month or so.
OK, so what's my mileage goal for May? Let's be optimistic and say 100 miles.
Upcoming races:
5/12/18 Right to Run 19K, Seneca Falls, NY (not yet signed up)
6/3/18 Niagara Falls Women's Half Marathon
7/8/18 Boilermaker 15K, Utica NY
8/19/18 Falmouth Road Race (7 miles, pending group getting in by lottery)
8/26/18 18.12 Challenge, Sackets Harbor, NY??? (not yet signed up)
10/28/18 Marine Corps Marathon, Arlington VA
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Going for 30 miles again this month. Hoping I will crush my goal. I have at least two runs scheduled this month...a race series on the 3rd and a mother's day run on the 12th.6
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ALRIGHT NEWBIES! AFRAID TO BE THE ONE WITH THE LEAST MONTHLY DISTANCE?
BEAT THIS:
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That's all it takes. Just do one. One minute, one kilometer, one mile, one step. Who can do it! How many times can you do it???
My running goal is 10
Lurkers - Get in on the Fun. Double Down on @Elise4270 's Goal.
May it be a better month than the first 4 - 140km Goal and 3 Races.
May 2 Wednesday Night - NATS #1 Evergreen Trail Trek Grande Prairie 21 km(ish) = Bush, snow, mud, Water puddles hiding ice and mud. May be last minute course changes to adjust for Spring Flooding
May 13 Sunday Brian Harms Memorial 10 miler ( old school distance )
May 27 Sunday, NATS #2 Mountain Madness Grande Cache 21(ish) km more trail HM.6 -
I won’t set a mileage goal (it makes me want to skip necessary rest days), but will report my miles.
The weekly plan is 4 runs (2 easy, 1 tempo or intervals, 1 LSD), 2 days rowing & strength, and 1 day active rest (leisurely walk, bike, or swim).
Year-long goal: New 5K PB <29:25.
Events:
Amica Iron Horse 5K, 6/3
Smith Family Quadathon, 7/4
Parkruns in Yorkshire, 8/4, 8/11
Surftown 5K, 9/9
Apple Harvest 5K, 10/78 -
Yay for May! Fell short of goal again in April, but two week vacation starting tomorrow. Here's to 100km in May.6
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First time doing this challenge but I am in for 85 miles if I calculated my training plan correctly.8
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I’m an old jogger- not that old actually but it’s been a long while since I jogged consistently. I’m in for 50 miles in May...5/1/18 is the next day of the rest of my days!! Ready to do this!!
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Well, since I have been soooooo successful the past 2 months, I'm going to back it up, both in mileage and training. To get myself going again, doing a 5K training plan I've seen on line (Coach Jenny Hadfield's 5K Beginning run). So May's goals:
1. Be as consistant as I can with the training plan
2. 20 miles9 -
Snapdragonincident wrote: »I’m an old jogger- not that old actually but it’s been a long while since I jogged consistently. I’m in for 50 miles in May...5/1/18 is the next day of the rest of my days!! Ready to do this!!
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Welcome @Snapdragonincident, @mrsjhardin , @Blondienv
We love group newbies and old joggers!
Jump on in, don't let the magnatide of this thread keep you from chiming in and adding your personality to this amazing group of runners.
We have a Strava group, if anyone wants to join and share their runs. Just search MFP Monthly Running Challenge
@Orphia Is there a sisu shirt in the works? I like our embrace the suck. It's light and great for summer runs. "My other shirts a sisu"? Haha! "Got SISU?" Oooo... I like it! "Just SISU it"??? Maybe it could be made in Braille (or Morse code), just in case we run into @garygse9 -
Okay y'all, alarm is set for 5AM. 10K before work tomorrow ftw...
(Let's see if I can convince myself not to hit snooze.)8 -
In again. My goal is once again to follow my training plan. I have no idea what mileage that will be and I’m not sure I want to think about it. The numbers still look fairly human for this month though so it shouldn’t be that much.
The long runs this month are what the second to last month (or so) of half marathon training usually is (for me anyway. my longest training runs have been 16). Only instead of being the second to last month, it’s barely the beginning. That’s been kind of a mind shift.
152 days to the marathon (Wineglass).2
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