May 2018 Running Challenge

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  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    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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  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    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).
  • Sparx_81
    Sparx_81 Posts: 403 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    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.)

    Let me know how to do this?! I either hit the snooze or have a 2yr old waking up with my alarm.... :D
  • huntleigh3229
    huntleigh3229 Posts: 34 Member
    I'm in for 60k, same as last month. I also want to make sure I run 3 times per week.
  • abutcher2122
    abutcher2122 Posts: 175 Member
    I’m in for 80 this month
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @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 @garygse :love:

    It's now on my To Do list (literally - I use the ToDoist app which helps me gets lots more done than I used to). :smile:
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    May 2018

    Goal: 220 km

    01 May - 6 km

  • greyparks206
    greyparks206 Posts: 165 Member
    Going to aim for 40 miles again this month. Hopefully I’ll be more successful than I was in April. This week is finals week for my students, so it may be a bit difficult, but things should get easier after that.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    Easy start to the month. I was going to run after Girls on the Run this afternoon, but my body woke up 45 mins before my alarm and I figured that was enough time for a little shake out. My legs are still super tight and dead from the relay (I think actually more the standing + running + jogging + 3 hours more standing...), but they feel a tiny bit better now than they did when I woke up!

    Setting my monthly goal at 150. I have 162 on my schedule, but I have some major travel over Memorial Day weekend at the end of the month to drive to Iowa and back to NJ for my brother's high school graduation, so I'm giving myself some leeway.


    5/1: 3.2 miles

    Current: 3.2
    Goal miles: 150

    Upcoming Races:
    5/20: Watershed Running Festival - Trail 10k - Pennington, NJ
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    __TMac__ wrote: »
    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, 10/7

    @__TMac__ any particular Yorkshire parkruns in mind? (this Yorkshirewoman would love to know) :smile:
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    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!!
    <a href="https://www.TickerFactory.com/exercise/w0IDneq/"&gt;
    <img border="0" src="https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/w0IDneq/exercise.png"></a&gt;

    To display that correctly in your post, make sure you place the img tags around that link. So it will look, (removing the spaces in the img tags):

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    2. Remember the [ img] and [ /img] tags go in between the link
    3. remove the spaces in the img tags before posting
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    exercise.png

    Even easier: I just copy and paste the first link (bb Code). It always shows up correctly for me... hopefully everyone else can see it!

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    I'm in for 111.1 km this month. Main goal though, is to run and recover well from the marathon.

    Today I raced a little 5k... it was basically in a huge parking lot, going around and between warehouse buildings, in the sun, with a 10:45 am start time. So it was kind of hot. There were a lot of turns, so I was very careful to run the tangents and felt I did it well - maybe too well, as my GPS measurement came out a little short at the end. But it was close, and I never adjust official times when GPS measures long, so I'm just taking the results they came up with. Either way it was a PR but just to be sure, I guess I'll just have to go faster next time I race this distance ;)

    Upcoming races:
    5/1 Ecobieg Elizówka 5k - DONE!
    5/13 Lublin Marathon
    6/2 Solidarność Half-Marathon
    Summer trail HM tbd
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    __TMac__ wrote: »
    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, 10/7

    @__TMac__ any particular Yorkshire parkruns in mind? (this Yorkshirewoman would love to know) :smile:

    @BruinsGal_91 - That’s an excellent question! We’ve rented a house outside of Leeds (in Guiseley) for 3 weeks, so I thought I’d try to hit a couple in the vicinity. Any recommendations?

    3 miles this morning. 48dF and sprinkling.

    May tally: 3!
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    __TMac__ wrote: »
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    __TMac__ wrote: »
    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, 10/7

    @__TMac__ any particular Yorkshire parkruns in mind? (this Yorkshirewoman would love to know) :smile:

    @BruinsGal_91 - That’s an excellent question! We’ve rented a house outside of Leeds (in Guiseley) for 3 weeks, so I thought I’d try to hit a couple in the vicinity. Any recommendations?

    3 miles this morning. 48dF and sprinkling.

    May tally: 3!

    There are plenty of parkruns in and around Leeds. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leeds/ and you could also take a look at the Bradford area too http://www.parkrun.org.uk/bradford/

    I think the most scenic would be Temple Newsam and Roundhay Park. But there could be a little bit of bias sneaking in there because both of those are close to where I grew up.

    I'm sure you'll have fun whichever one you choose.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    __TMac__ wrote: »
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    __TMac__ wrote: »
    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, 10/7

    @__TMac__ any particular Yorkshire parkruns in mind? (this Yorkshirewoman would love to know) :smile:

    @BruinsGal_91 - That’s an excellent question! We’ve rented a house outside of Leeds (in Guiseley) for 3 weeks, so I thought I’d try to hit a couple in the vicinity. Any recommendations?

    3 miles this morning. 48dF and sprinkling.

    May tally: 3!

    There are plenty of parkruns in and around Leeds. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leeds/ and you could also take a look at the Bradford area too http://www.parkrun.org.uk/bradford/

    I think the most scenic would be Temple Newsam and Roundhay Park. But there could be a little bit of bias sneaking in there because both of those are close to where I grew up.

    I'm sure you'll have fun whichever one you choose.

    Thank so much! The Temple Newsam course in particular looks beautiful. We could probably make a whole day out of that one. :)

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