June 2018 Running Challenge
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@katharmonic I have always wanted to try stand-up paddle boarding. It looks like fun and a good workout.
@midwesterner85 and @5BeautifulDays Nice job pushing through your runs in the heat! I'm usually the type of person who is always cold no matter what, but when I start running I whine about even the nicest weather. It's been not only hot, but extremely humid where I live, so I've been trying to make friends with the treadmill.
@amymoreorless Woah! I guess the thrill seekers will never be satisfied. Everything is bigger in Texas though, right?
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[quote="skippygirlsmom; Do we still have “Embrace the suck” shirts sitting somewhere that I can order one? Skip mentioned wanting one yesterday? [/quote]
@skippygirlsmom Try this link for the shirt2 -
Date Miles MTD ------- ----- ------- Jun 13 3.9 3.9 Jun 15 4.1 8.0 Jun 18 4.1 12.1
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Ugh, house hunting might just kill me. Sadly that could be literally based on the inspection report form the last house we were putting an offer on! Always get a pro in there to inspect!7
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6 'easy' miles this morning.
Thought I would be smart and skip my long run this weekend to give my Achilles a rest. It felt good yesterday walking the dog, no pain at all. So this morning was planning on testing it with a very slow, easy run. Started out over 1 min/mi slower than normal with a shortened stride. The pain was about a 3 during the first mile, and it felt so much harder to run at that speed. As I warmed up, the pain subsided, and completely went away after mile 3. Coincidentally, my pace increased to a slow normal, and almost normal stride length. It felt much easier at this pace. I guess altering pace and stride from normal makes it feel harder, but I still really don't get why shortening stride and going slower feels harder. I thought that strategy would get me through the marathon. Now I'm worried.
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6/1 = 4 miles
6/2 = 5.5 miles
6/3 = 10 miles
6/4 = 3 miles
6/5 = forced rest day (stupid work)
6/6 = 13 miles
6/7 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/8 = 12 miles
6/9 = rest day
6/10 = 8 miles
6/11 = 4 miles & 45 minutes strength training
6/12 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/13 = 10 miles
6/14 = 30 minutes strength training at home
6/15 = 14 miles
6/16 = rest day (literally sat on my butt doing nothing all day - it was fantastic)
6/17 = 8.5 miles (group run with walk/run intervals)
6/18 = 4 miles & 45 minutes weights at the gym
150 goal miles / 96 miles complete
Upcoming Races (so far):
6/23/2018 -Fit Foodie 5k
10/10/2018 -Tough Mudder Half
10/27/2018 -Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
1/26/2019 -Fitbit Topical 5k
1/27/2019 -Miami Marathon2 -
The last few days have been busy so here's an update...
6/14 pouring rain so had to run on the elliptical. Managed 5.02 miles in 1 hour.
6/15 made up for missing yesterday's run. 2.5 mile run/walk
6/16 rest day
6/17 accidentally walked to church and back. 1.3 miles. Hubby and I walked out and locked the door without the car/house keys. Oops! He had to use a ladder to climb in a second story window to let us back in the house. Guess it was God's way of telling me not to take two rest days in a row LOL!
6/18 6:30 run/walk 2.1 miles. It's already super uncomfortable outside. 81degrees, 72 degree dew point and 74% humidity. Yuck! But I ran anyway so it's a win!
Total added 10.92 miles
Monthly total 37.01/40
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I had a dream last night where @Elise4270 was laughing as she slid down a hill (on her butt), trying to keep her shoes from getting muddy (likely a dreamlink to @ContraryMaryMary 's mudbog pics!)
LOL! I love it @HonuNui ! Maybe it means ill win the lottery and come to Hawaii, bringing all my MFP running buddies. I would, ya know!
I had a dream that we all got together and went for tattoos, just like @KeepRunningFatboy i know you have a good tattoo artist there, so maybe i should buy a lottery ticket.
Glad that toes feeling better!6 -
6/1-1.08mi
6/2-1.08 (5 hours aerial yoga)
6/3-1.08mi
6/4-1.01mi
6/5-1.08mi with 23 flights of stairs.
6/6-6.05mi
6/7-1.5mi
6/8-1.01mi
6/9-3.13mi 37:09 official 36:54 garmin
6/10-1.66mi and 1.08mi speed walk
6/11-1.01mi
6/12-5.36mi
6/13-1.08mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
6/14-1.01mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
6/15-1.01mi (2 hours aerial hammock and aerial hoop)
6/16-1.01mi (3 hours of aerial yoga
6/17-1.08mi
i don't know what today will hold. still ridiculously hot and humid. also a new foster dog person is coming to pick up their first foster. i'm assuming there will be lots of questions.
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Had a nice weekend in St. Petersburg Beach. Got to run on the beach two mornings which was so fun - doing something different than the normal runs I mean.
6/1 - strength training - w15-D
6/2 -3.2 miles treadmill
6/3 - 4.3 miles Kansas City
6/4- 5 miles + strength training - in hotel gym so not my usual
6/5 - 5 miles
6/6 - 5 miles +strength training - in hotel gym
6/7 - 5 miles
6/8 - 5 miles
6/9 - travel/REST day
6/10 - 54 miles cycling
6/11 - strength training W16
6/12 - 5 miles
6/13 - strength training and 22 miles cycling
6/14 - 4.5 miles
6/15 - strength training - w17A
6/16 - 3.6 miles
6/17 - 5 miles
6/18 - strength training - w17B
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Argh! I wasn't able to get up this morning with enough time to run. I was just too worn out and wound up oversleeping. So that means I have to have a walk at lunch today. It's way too hot to walk outside, so I have to do laps around the atrium, which I hate because of all the people I have to dodge. I usually wind up getting super stressed out and p*ssed off, and I'm not looking forward to that.
There is a mall across the street from my work building. I could go there instead, but it's just as bad people-wise, so IDK. This is why I try to get my workouts done before work these days. So, argh.
Maybe I could just have a short walk at lunch and get the rest of my steps on the treadmill after work. That's when I usually do yoga, but I may be willing to swap for this particular case.
I just wish I wasn't so socially anxious. That would make this a lot easier.8 -
6/1 – 0
6/2 – 2
6/3 – 2
6/4 – 2
6/5 – 2
6/6 rest day
6/7 – 3
6/8 – 2
6/9 – 2
6/10 –rest
6/11 – 3
6/12 - 3
6/13 - rest day
6/14 - 4 long run ☹
6/15 - 2 ugh
6/16 - 3.1
6/17 – 4
6/18 – rest day
34 out of 50 miles
@juliet3455 thanks for the link that worked
@kat_ontherun if Skip didn’t get an offer to run in college she definitely would have continued with the sport, she loves it. Good way to keep off the freshman 15 ha ha
@PastorVincent on agree on the house inspections, amazing the things that turn up that you never notice.
@Scott6255 please don’t play with Achilles pain.
@HonuNui that is so funny! Go @Elise4270 don’t get those shoes muddy
@mbaker566 that dog is too sweet
@ddmom0811 sounds like you are enjoying St. Pete
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@skippygirlsmom seriously, i almost stayed home from work to play with him. that is how sweet and cute he is. he snuggled me all night.
@RespectTheKitty i so understand. i've been too anxious to try some of the running groups in my area.2 -
Oh, @mbaker566 I love that little dog - so cute. Hope he finds a wonderful home soon.
@kat_ontherun you should try SUP, it was definitely fun and I felt it in the legs for sure. Good core work!
@Elise4270 I am in for the MFP trip to Hawaii when you win that lottery. I will even get a tattoo if everyone else is!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
06/01/18 :::: 1.4 :::: 1.4
06/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 1.4
06/03/18 :::: 13.1 :::: 14.5
06/04/18 :::: 0.8 :::: 15.3
06/05/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 18.9
06/06/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 22.4
06/07/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.4
06/08/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.4
06/09/18 :::: 9.0 :::: 31.4
06/10/18 :::: 6.9 :::: 38.2
06/11/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 41.3
06/12/18 :::: 5.2 :::: 46.5
06/13/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 46.5
06/14/18 :::: 10.0 :::: 56.5
06/15/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 59.7
06/16/18 :::: 4.9 :::: 64.6
06/17/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 67.9
06/18/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 71.0
Last run at the lake this morning! Still really hot but I found another trail that was almost all shade. Nice run along the lake and across a little dam/spillway area. It was pretty tempting to wade in there but I was only half way at that point. When I got back though I was at the beach and able to wade in a bit. So nice.
Now it's time to check out and go back to regular life!3 -
June totals
June 1 4 miles
June 2 4 miles
June 3 6 miles
June 4 Rest
June 5 Rest
June 6 4.3 miles
June 7 4.3 miles
June 8 3.5 miles
June 9 5 miles Race*
June 10 7.5 miles
June 11 3 miles
June 12 Rest
June 13 4.3 miles
June 14 Rest
June 15 4.3 miles
June 16 8 miles
June 17 Rest
June 18 4.1
I already crushed my original goal, so instead of 60 my monthly goal for June is 90
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16.3 miles so far this month for me. All on the treadmill which isn't ideal but better than nothing. Will probably do a few more easy miles on the treadmill tomorrow, then it's the J P Morgan Corporate Challenge on Thursday evening. It looks as if it's going to a very hot and sticky 3.5 miles, so that post-race beer will be very welcome.
2018 races completed
1/21/18 Dreamfar 10k (age-group 5/23)
2/10/18 Cupid's Chase 5k (age-group 4/24)
3/10/18 Medway Shamrock Shuffle 5k (age-group 3/25)
4/08/18 Holly Club Hustle 5k (4th overall, 2nd woman, 2nd in age group)
5/13/18 Strivers Mothers' Day 5k (age-group 15/55)
5/19/18 Martha's Vineyard Half Marathon (age-group 24/84)
2018 registered races
6/21/18 J P Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5m
7/14/18 Tonneson and Co. 5k
8/18/18 Book it! Dedham Library 5k
9/08/18 Louisa May Alcott Orchard House 10k
9/29/18 Stride for Healthy Communities 5k
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Finally starting to feel better - thanks for all the well wishes. We are under a heat warning so I'm going to try for 3-5km right before bed or, if I'm not feeling at least 80%, tomorrow morning instead.
Man, my mileage is going to be so low this month...6 -
5 hot and sweaty miles for me this morning. My energy level was low and I was dragging the last couple of miles. I was hungry when I went to bed last night so I had a small snack about 45 minutes before heading out. I normally run fasted when I run before work, but I felt I needed something. I’ve been cutting back on my calories in effort to ditch some extra pounds. I knew my runs would suffer so I just need to suck it up buttercup!
Here's a picture from after my 5K on Saturday (I'm in the pink). We ran 3 miles before. One of my friends is coming back from an injury so we all three stayed together. My time was 4 minutes slower than last year, but that's ok, we had fun!
Upcoming Races:
June 21 – The Beaver 10K
July 17 – Wolf Run
September 1 – Iron Mountain 16-Miler
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
November 11 – Rock n Roll Vegas Half Marathon
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