October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

AprilRN10 · October 2018

Tomorrow will be either a rest day or a cross-train day. That is yet to be determined!

October Goal: 100 miles
10/1: planned rest day
10/2: 4.5 miles
10/3: 9 miles
10/4: 5.5 miles
10/5: 7 miles
Total: 26 miles

UPCOMING RACES
October - Illinois Homecoming 5k (7th)
November - 5 mile Bare Bones Turkey Trot (22nd)
December -

COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k
August - Happy Birthday to Me virtual 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run

AprilRN10 · October 2018

@workaholic_nurse I don't like rest days either. My sanity is kept via running. That HM sounds fun. I am planning on one in November.

fitoverfortymom · October 2018

Oct 1 - REST (planned)
Oct 2 - REST (ummm, unplanned)
Oct 3 - REST (still unplanned)
Oct 4 - REST (again...)
Oct 4 - REST (sigh)

Took one more rest day. Tomorrow is a light run and a strength class at the gym, and I'm making a go at a long run Sunday on an easy-ish trail loop that will allow me to bag out at 7, 14, or 21 miles.

terril18 · October 2018

goal: 60 miles
10/1 2.2
10/2 2.3
10/3 1
10/4 2.1
10/5 2.1
total: 9.7/60

Not as good as I would like it to be, but hopefully we will see how we do by the end of the month. With inspiring posts like @AprilRN10 who just posted above me...WOW! Great job.... I told myself in September I would start a 5k every month then hopefully move to a 10k once a month. Did my first one on September 29. Thanks AprilRN10 for the post this morning:) I needed to read that this morning after telling myself to take a rest day. But thanks to your post, it was a smack up side the head to get my out of shape butt up and complete my goals.

up till 2012 I would run 3-6 miles a day 6x's a week. Then work became my excuse. sitting at the computer for 12-15 hours a day.....gained 66 pounds. Had my physical and OUCH....started back to healthy lifestyle as of Sept 4th and now down 20 pounds. and back to moving again. It used to be so easy to run 3-6 miles a day, I loved it. Now...I do still love it, but its not so easy to get back...but i will.

thanks to everyone for the positive posts.

juliet3455 · October 2018

Avidkeo wrote: »

I had a few critters on the path today I had to keep avoiding that got me thinking of you guys, these are about as dangerous as you get here. What do you think, do I need pepper spray? Must have seen about a dozen of them but it's OK, I survived!

Maybe some salt, garlic butter and a hot pan

The Kea Parrot from the South Island is dangerous to vehicles and luggage-lunch.

quilteryoyo wrote: »

I tell everyone my goal is to run a marathon at 80....I'm currently 59. Gives me 21 years to train. LOL

A perfect fit for this group.

@emmab0902 Our local pool just opened after a month long maintenance cycle - the water is a little cold for recreational swimming in, a hard training swim is okay after the initial shock. It should be at a better temperature by tomorrow.

Scott6255 · October 2018

Well, first time back after about a week and a half. Only 1.6 miles. Just a test run for the right shin. I felt something, but it didn't really hurt. It felt more like muscle soreness from the stretching and strength exercises. It took more time doing warmup stretches than it did to actually run

. Oh well, starting slow, and build gradually. That is the main goal. Marathon, here I come.

hesn92 · October 2018

10/1 - lifted
10/2 - 2.4 miles - W7D1 of C25k. Ran for 25 minutes straight :-o
10/4 - lifted
10/5- 2.5 miles - W7D2.

It was harder than the last run for whatever reason. I'm getting there though. I even woke up at 5am again *high five to myself* but I locked myself out of the house

I brought my car key with me for some stupid reason instead of the house key. I had to knock on my 11 year old sons window and shine my phones flashlight into his room to get him to come let me in. I'm such a dumb-dumb.

MegaMooseEsq · October 2018

Rest day for realizes today. It's going to be a big weekend - I'm heading to the expo this afternoon to check things out and pick up my packet, race start for the 10K tomorrow (!!!) is 7:15 am, and then my volunteer time on Sunday is 6:45 am - I'll be working at the finish line gear check. I'm really looking forward to everything, but it's going to be a very long weekend (we are also going to a concert tomorrow night, just because we didn't want to be bored all weekend).

And to top it off, we looked at another house yesterday and both really liked it - it's got almost all the things we liked about the house we made an offer on last month, but almost none of the drawbacks. I think we've got a little time to think unlike last time, but I'm getting pretty stressed out just thinking about jumping back into the trying-to-buy-a-house game.

Ecowles675 · October 2018

October Goal: 30miles

10/1: cycle class
10/2: 3 miles
10/3: planned rest day
10/4: 2 miles + 30 minute session with trainer

Total: 5 miles

Hoping to get out tonight and then no run Saturday. My daughter and I are doing a hilly 5k on Sunday and I know she hasn't trained at all so I'm sure there will be a lot of walking!!

fitoverfortymom · October 2018

@Avidkeo I run with pepper for the purposes of critters and creepy dudes.

RespectTheKitty · October 2018

So there's been a huge murder trial going on here in Chicago the past week or so (Cop killed a young man... there have been protesters all over the place during the trial.). The closing arguments were yesterday and the jury has been deliberating ever since. The police are expecting riots if people don't like the verdict. The police presence has been increased all over the city.

They picked a hell of a weekend to do this. The Chicago Marathon is Sunday. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the jury doesn't reach a verdict until Monday. Otherwise things could get very, very ugly.

In other news, my legs are a wee bit sore after my first run in a couple months. Trying to figure out when w1d3 is going to be. Hopefully Saturday, so I can start week 2 on Monday.

zeesparrow · October 2018

High Five @hesn92 for getting up early. I'm not sure I'd remember ANY key, so good on ya for that much.
@MegaMooseEsq - enjoy the concert, and good luck tomorrow!
@RespectTheKitty - crossing my fingers with you for that verdict.

As for me, I had a massage last night which was scheduled past my bedtime, so getting up this morning was a little rough. My everything hurts today but I know it's for the best. I haven't been stretching or foam rolling at all for a very long time, so I expected to be sore. Luckily for me, my dogs don't care about how I feel

and gave me the push I needed to get out and do W1D2.

marisap2010 · October 2018

We’re on the way back to my in-laws from the Adirondacks, and tomorrow we fly back to Ga. Between my sore knee from Wineglass and the rainy weather, I haven’t run at all. We did do one short hike while here, and we walked quite a bit on a day trip to Montréal. I’m hoping to get in a run tomorrow before we leave. I’m NOT looking forward to the hot weather at home next week.

Here’s a view of Lake Placid from a drive and walk up Whiteface Mountain this morning.

zdyb23456 · October 2018

10/1 11.84miles
10/2 8miles
10/3 5miles
10/4 rest
10/5 5miles

Something happened to the nice cooler weather... it’s back to being hot again. At least the humidity is lower. Still 85 degrees in October kinda sucks.

I’m kinda tapering for my race this Sunday. I rearranged my plan to run my “longer” runs at the beginning and stacking my rest days towards the end. I’m still convincing myself to run easy on Sunday, but the adrenaline and race atmosphere might trick me. I don’t want to be disappointed in myself at the end.

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
12/2/2018 Busch Gardens Christmas Town Dash 8K

BruinsGal_91 · October 2018

10/01/18 - 6.2 mile run (treadmill)
10/02/18 - swim (about half a mile)
10/03/18 - rest
10/04/18 - 5 mile treadmill run

So that's a grand total of 11.2 mile so far this month. I'm having a rest tonight and then will do a parkrun tomorrow.

Sunday will be a rest day and Monday is my 10k Columbus Day race. My goal is to finish under an hour, which I know I can do, but because this race has a pretty large field, I always end up stuck in bottle-necks behind the people who don't know how to seed themselves.

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)
6/21/18 J P Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5m
7/14/18 Tonneson and Co. 5k (age-group 4/12)
8/18/18 Book it! Dedham Library 5k (age-group 2/8) - For Dennis
9/03/18 Martin Richard 8k Run (age-group 55/167)
9/08/18 Louisa May Alcott Orchard House 10k (age-group 7/10)
9/29/18 Stride for Healthy Communities 5k (age-group 3/15)

2018 registered races
10/08/18 Reebok Women's 10k
10/28/18 Bill's Pizzeria 5k

skippygirlsmom · October 2018

10/1 - 3
10/2 - 4
10/3 - rest day
10/4 - 4
10/5 - 4

15 of 50 miles

PastorVincent · October 2018

RespectTheKitty wrote: »

So there's been a huge murder trial going on here in Chicago the past week or so (Cop killed a young man... there have been protesters all over the place during the trial.). The closing arguments were yesterday and the jury has been deliberating ever since. The police are expecting riots if people don't like the verdict. The police presence has been increased all over the city.

They picked a hell of a weekend to do this. The Chicago Marathon is Sunday. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the jury doesn't reach a verdict until Monday. Otherwise things could get very, very ugly.

In other news, my legs are a wee bit sore after my first run in a couple months. Trying to figure out when w1d3 is going to be. Hopefully Saturday, so I can start week 2 on Monday.

Oh wow!!! That is not good.

AlphaHowls · October 2018

200 mile goal for October (minimum)
10/1 13.38 miles
10/2 18.57 miles
10/3 13.38 miles
10/4 26.9 miles
10/5 13.2 miles

shanaber · October 2018

@ddmom0801 - I thought of you when I read this story in Runner's World 😊
https://www.runnersworld.co.za/motivation/can-smiling-make-you-a-better-runner/

hesn92 · October 2018

shanaber wrote: »

@ddmom0801 - I thought of you when I read this story in Runner's World 😊
https://www.runnersworld.co.za/motivation/can-smiling-make-you-a-better-runner/

My husband thinks running is stupid and will often comment that "you never see anyone smiling while they're running, they always look miserable." Well. sometimes I do smile just to prove him wrong lol. Not that he can actually see me or anything.

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