April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Date...........Run.......Walk.........Pushups
04/01........00M.......1.0M........00
04/02........07M.......0.0M........00
04/03........11M.......3.5M........00
---MTD: 4.5 miles walking, 18 miles running, and 0KM resting
Upcoming Races
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
202? - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.5 -
SOOOOO
I know the ladies in the group have to deal with catcalling all the time when you run. But I am an old white guy with thinning hair and a huge forehead. I figured I was immune to it but today people called out at me!
They said "Good job! The world needs more runners!"
Umm? It does? Is there some national shortage of runners out there? Are we like a commodity I can invest in or something? Like what happens if we run low, or out?10 -
PastorVincent wrote: »SOOOOO
I know the ladies in the group have to deal with catcalling all the time when you run. But I am an old white guy with thinning hair and a huge forehead. I figured I was immune to it but today people called out at me!
They said "Good job! The world needs more runners!"
Umm? It does? Is there some national shortage of runners out there? Are we like a commodity I can invest in or something? Like what happens if we run low, or out?
Maybe they meant "the world needs more people to get up off the couch and do something to stay in shape"8 -
Finally on the board for April! Took it easy, because back problems, but re-completed week 3 of c25k today! Aforementioned friend that wanted me to teach her how to run is still sticking with it and I feel like a proud parent, lol. And I got another friend to start tagging along as well!
April miles:
4/3: 1.5 miles
Cumulative: 1.5 miles/who the heck knows miles14 -
@_nikkiwolf_ Re: speedwork and bad weather. My road shoes have lousy traction when it’s wet so I usually try to schedule speed for a dry day. Can’t stand doing speed when I’m hot, and when it’s cold my muscles don’t really seem to work fast. So I don’t not do it but will swap it to a different day.
@quilteryoyo The good news is you probably don’t have rats in your basement now! Good luck removing your corn snake!
Speaking of speedwork, today was speedwork totaling about 5k. I’m still not at my best, nose still draining down my throat and no stamina. Had to take an unplanned walk break after 2nd interval. However, we got it done.
The weather felt like it was going to be painfully hot - I found out later it was 80 degrees - but low humidity and a nice breeze made for a pleasant run. And HOORAY THEY FINALLY FINISHED THE BATHROOMS!!!!! No more portajohn for me at my favorite park. Last September the workmen said it should take about two months. The new bathroom is a square concrete building exactly like the old one as far as I can tell except with two rooms each for men and women instead of one, mirrors you can actually see yourself in instead of a tin sheet, no more auto flushing toilet (have to touch the handle now, ick) no more hand towels, only a dryer (not useful if you need to dry something other than your hands), and no more skylight, so if the lights don’t come on it’s pitch black inside. It remains to be seen whether the new john will be more wildlife-proof than the old one which was full of spiders, centipedes, wasps, and once a skink. The old one once had a black widow set up her web on top of the opening for the light switch, not cool. Oh, and I shouldn’t be ungrateful, the new loo does have something which is going to become important soon: air conditioning. The old one was like an oven during the summer.
I saw my first snake on the trail, a sure sign springtime is here! Nice big black water snake on a tree over a puddle.
So, one of the running related things I’m subscribed to (Charity Miles I think?) had an April Fool’s challenge to film yourself doing a silly walk any time this week. Today we decided to do it. We walked way out into the seldom-frequented part of the trails and started to try out some walk styles, and just about that time here comes a GIANT group of very fit and professional looking runners down the trail. We wait for them to pass, and commence silly walking. And here comes a second group of runners, somewhat less fit but well kitted out in tech fabrics, what you might call advanced hobby runners. Note that we have never encountered more than a handful of people on that part of the trail in total in three years of going there. We pause again, and in another couple of minutes, yet a third group of definitely not fit cotton t-shirt wearing types went huffing by. Followed by an assortment of stragglers riding the struggle bus, and one very trim fast lady who seems to have started late. Well... it seems that the nearby running store is now holding group runs on that trail, at the exact time of day and week we were there. They have a nice turnout - maybe fifty people or more. Who all think we are completely mental now.10 -
@amymoreorless Your race stuff looks great! Our setup is half store bought and half home made. The medal rack wasn’t cheap but has enough room that it should last us a while, and the collage frame was a couple of bucks at Ross with chalkboard paper used to make the chalkboard. Still need to fill in those PRs! Our bibs go in an inexpensive expandable binder with a photo on the front.
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amymoreorless wrote: »
Monthly Question:
Okay, on a lighter note ... group monthly question. I finally dug my race swag out of a drawer and did something with it. The online race bling display options were CRAZY expensive!!!! I came up with my own $13 hardware store / craft store version. If you participate in this crazy race thing, how do you memorialize your accomplishment? I am looking for cute ideas on the cheap.(saving the money for shoes and stuff)
This post inspired me to look at my basket of swag/medals. I was disappointed to discover my first marathon & 50k medals were missing! When my kids were younger, I use to give them my medals. Hopefully I can find them in their rooms, somewhere. My basket is now organized, and I'm feeling inspired to do something displaywise, besides a basket under my bed!
A friend of mine has used all her race bibs to wallpaper a wall in her laundry room. It's pretty badass!
1 - 3
2 - 6.75
3 - 2.75 miles today
April Total: 12.5 miles
April Goal: 80 miles
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rheddmobile wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »@mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.
Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.
I gotta say this is one thing I don’t miss now that I’m menopausal. Doctors holding my life hostage. It’s ten thousand times easier to get a prescription for opioids than birth control. These days I only have to deal with doctors holding my life hostage over my thyroid and diabetes meds. Every six months I have to jump through a bunch of hoops in order to be allowed to keep living, it’s ridiculous.
Just more examples on how the US healthcare system is just screwed up. Universal healthcare may not be perfect, but its a damned sight better than worrying about what your insurance will/wont cover, and about which hospital you can/cant go to. Also, We have far fewer specialists - so the only time I saw an OB/Gyn was when I was in hospital having my kids. thats it. anything else I go to my GP.
And I WORK in healthcare. Its so nice that our patients dont have to worry about how to pay for their x-rays. That said we are stingier with them than the US is.
I can't get my head around the US system at all. We're very lucky here in Spain. As long as you work and pay your taxes, you're entitled to pretty much whatever you need. Obviously there are waiting lists, and urgent cases take priority so if you want or need something that isn't urgent it may take a few months. But, for example, my mother had breast cancer 15 years ago. From the moment the first mammogram came back dodgy, absolutely everything was taken care of (surgery, radiotherapy, medication, tests and check-ups regularly afterwards which continue to this day) and it didn't cost her a penny. She also continued to receive 70% of her salary for the months she was unable to work.
Another example: I have severe psoriasis. I've now ditched the drugs because I couldn't bear them any longer, but I have been provided with a whole range of stuff, icluding a couple of so-called biologics which when I investigated I found cost over $1,000 a shot (and I was having one a week, even 2 a week at one point). All it cost me was the petrol or bus fare to the hospital pharmacy to collect them every few months.
If I need to see any sort of specialist, I go to my GP and tell him and if he agrees he refers me. Again, doesn't cost a thing but may take a few weeks depending on whether it's something urgent.
The only problems come when you get something like someone with a common cold going to ER and demanding to be seen. They're going to have to wait hours because every case that has priority over theirs will be seen first. I, personally, am absolutely fine with that.
Back to running. Had a lovely run this morning but for some reason I went way too fast and couldn't slow down no matter how hard I tried. So I'm calling today's run a speed workout.
One week until our walking holiday adventure begins. SO excited. Still toying with the idea of a run at the end, although deep down I know I shouldn't because my poor legs will deserve a rest day after walking 120km or so.
April goal: 40km. Run so far: 7.5km9 -
Monthly Question:
Okay, on a lighter note ... group monthly question. I finally dug my race swag out of a drawer and did something with it. The online race bling display options were CRAZY expensive!!!! I came up with my own $13 hardware store / craft store version. If you participate in this crazy race thing, how do you memorialize your accomplishment? I am looking for cute ideas on the cheap.(saving the money for shoes and stuff)
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I just use a magnetic whiteboard. Two binder clips (+magnets on the back) to hold the bibs, magnetic hooks to hang medals (although most races in Switzerland don't hand out medals, so I have many more bibs than medals), whiteboard markers for noting PRs.
The newest bib is on top; all of them have date/place/time written on the back.
It's not very "cute", but easy and cheap ^^
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Did someone mention menopause? I just today realised some weird stuff is going on that explains some other weird stuff!
Has anyone seen @orphia around or have I just been missing her posts?
Hi @Avidkeo
Thanks for thinking of me!
I'm around. Just haven't been posting about running a lot, after devouring everything I could read about it for 3 years, I think I'm up to date.
I don't have any events planned.
Bit evented-out after 4 HM events in 5 weeks in Nov-Dec.
Still doing parkrun every week, and being Run Leader once every 2 weeks for our running club. Got lots of other things going on like my mum leaving town, and my art (won a prize, sold some more art, volunteering at our local gallery, doing social media). In some publicity this week too, for a quit-drinking organisation, and parkrun.
My longest run in January was 30 km.
I did a 22 km run in February.
I did two HM distance runs in March.
Really, really, really just enjoying running for pleasure lately!
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rheddmobile wrote: »@amymoreorless Your race stuff looks great! Our setup is half store bought and half home made. The medal rack wasn’t cheap but has enough room that it should last us a while, and the collage frame was a couple of bucks at Ross with chalkboard paper used to make the chalkboard. Still need to fill in those PRs! Our bibs go in an inexpensive expandable binder with a photo on the front.
I REALLY like this one.2 -
runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »Well, my original goal in March was 80 miles and I ended the month with 101 miles. I'd like to be in for 100 miles again as goal #1 with a stretch goal of 110 miles for goal #2.
We shall see!
April 1 - 5 miles
Miles until Goal # 1 - 95 miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 105 miles
April 3 - 3.3 miles. Did some speed work and felt really good.
Miles until Goal #1 - 91.7 miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 101.7 miles6 -
@rheddmobile You are right. I'm sure there are now no mice in the basement. Now to evict the snake. I'm glad the park finished the bathrooms. I have a feeling the spiders will find a way in, but hopefully not the skunk. The black widow over the light switch is not good. That could be really dangerous if you couldn't see it. Yikes. The good thing about the runners is that they probably won't remember you the next time you see them.
I love your race stuff display!!
@PastorVincent Love your display too!
I guess, if I ever get any medal, I'll need to figure out something too.
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amymoreorless wrote: »
Monthly Question:
Okay, on a lighter note ... group monthly question. I finally dug my race swag out of a drawer and did something with it. The online race bling display options were CRAZY expensive!!!! I came up with my own $13 hardware store / craft store version. If you participate in this crazy race thing, how do you memorialize your accomplishment? I am looking for cute ideas on the cheap.(saving the money for shoes and stuff)
May have shared this before, but this is the medal rack my daughter made me for Christmas last year. Many of the shorter races I run in don't give out medals for some reason (I could show you a picture of my closet filled with all the racing t-shirts, but nobody wants to see that
). Proudest of the medal on the far right!
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Question to everyone: do you still do scheduled speedwork if the weather is miserable?
I too am terrible about doing dedicated speedwork. I can't remember the last time I did a specific speed workout. So, the answer to this question is an undeniable no... but even if (when) I start doing speedwork again, I wouldn't sacrifice injury or absolute misery just because it was scheduled. Do cross-training or something else and live another day to do the speedwork.
Welcome back @zdyb23456, @orphia, @workaholic_nurse
Welcome @runwithbritters (and any other newbies that I missed).
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Did someone mention menopause? I just today realised some weird stuff is going on that explains some other weird stuff!Has anyone seen @orphia around or have I just been missing her posts?
Hi @Avidkeo Thanks for thinking of me!
I'm around. Just haven't been posting about running a lot, after devouring everything I could read about it for 3 years, I think I'm up to date.
I don't have any events planned.
Bit evented-out after 4 HM events in 5 weeks in Nov-Dec.
Still doing parkrun every week, and being Run Leader once every 2 weeks for our running club. Got lots of other things going on like my mum leaving town, and my art (won a prize, sold some more art, volunteering at our local gallery, doing social media). In some publicity this week too, for a quit-drinking organisation, and parkrun.
My longest run in January was 30 km.
I did a 22 km run in February.
I did two HM distance runs in March.
Really, really, really just enjoying running for pleasure lately!
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hoshaugh73 wrote: »amymoreorless wrote: »
Monthly Question:
Okay, on a lighter note ... group monthly question. I finally dug my race swag out of a drawer and did something with it. The online race bling display options were CRAZY expensive!!!! I came up with my own $13 hardware store / craft store version. If you participate in this crazy race thing, how do you memorialize your accomplishment? I am looking for cute ideas on the cheap.(saving the money for shoes and stuff)
This post inspired me to look at my basket of swag/medals. I was disappointed to discover my first marathon & 50k medals were missing! When my kids were younger, I use to give them my medals. Hopefully I can find them in their rooms, somewhere. My basket is now organized, and I'm feeling inspired to do something displaywise, besides a basket under my bed!
A friend of mine has used all her race bibs to wallpaper a wall in her laundry room. It's pretty badass!
I had planned on doin this with mine, and even started it before we moved. Then after we moved in to a much nicer home, I figured dh would balk at it. I have one on the wall that is dd’s first and only 5k. She complained the whole way. She was 12. I definitely can get away with the small laundry space. If I put dh’s up too, I bet I’ll get no fuss. I did proudly peel the duathalon bike sticker off my bike and stick it to the garage wall.8 -
Love the medal racks! Mine are a mess, hanging up, but a mess.
4/1 - rest day
4/2 - 4.5 miles + strength training/legs
4/3 - 5 miles
4/4 - strength training / upper
9.5 / 70 miles3 -
Geez people. I’m feeling glad I live where I do. We have one venomous snake, who is only likely to nip a dog on its nose when it gets too inquisitive, otherwise will scuttle away, if you’re really unlucky you’ll get bitten by a false widow spider, and whilst there ARE scorpions who have taken up residency in the sewers, I’ve not heard of anyone being stung. You’re more likely to die from eating dodgy foraged mushrooms than be poisoned by wildlife. Or savaged by a pet dog or crushed by cows – that happens with surprising regularity. Neither are you likely to get shot, however knifing seems to be the ‘in thing’ here.
Nor do you have any regular pelvic exams or any such nastiness – smear tests every three years for women, and a bend over and cough massage of your testicles for men. Birth control is mostly free if you know where to go, but sanitary towels aren’t. That’s a good reason for having an implant….. No cost for seeing the GP or accessing most hospital services, but you can’t just ‘ask for a full blood panel’, and waiting for referral to a specialist takes longer than Brexit (I lie. It’s actually FAR quicker than that). We do have to pay for each prescription, but it’s reassuring to know that if I fall off a Scottish mountain, I don’t have to pay diddly squat for a helicopter evac.
It’s not all glory however – there’s many things you guys around the world talk about that I’m jealous of, and certainly right now we as a country seem to be trying to see how badly we can screw ourselves up ‘because it’s the will of the people’. Do you have nettles in the States? I almost introduced nettles into Japan when I lived there as I didn’t think it fair that walkers didn’t get to experience nettles, but then, earthquakes.
I ramble. I haven’t run this week and it’s Thursday. This 12 mile run is looking less likely, but I reckon I can get some reasonable distance in the next couple of days in.
Race displays. You don’t want to see how my medals are ‘displayed on top of a cupboard. Disrespectful. Bibs? They’ve been in the bin since the races finished.
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This is mine... I will never be the fastest and hopefully never the slowest (though I’d be ok with it as long as I’m out there). I’m just a really good OK runner
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What’s a nettle @girlinahat ? Sounds like what we call a sticker or burr (I think the native okies have another name for them). ETA found it “sandbur “.
Thorny seeds off plants and grasses that poke and cling to everything? We have several here. Some as large as a few centimeters (the rough cockelbur) and the small grass stickers that you don’t dare go barefooted around. Then the annoying little one that hitch-hike on your socks and never some off in the wash and manage to weave themselves in to the sock fabric permanently.
And don’t forget spear grass. An all time favorite for kids at recess.2 -
oh wow I'd completely forgotten about nettles! @Elise4270 they're plants with leaves that sting like kitten!
Another one for my list of reasons not to return to the UK more than strictly necessary.
Especially now we have Easter eggs in Spain :-D
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Wait, what, you don't have nettles in the US?
Their sting feels kind of like an instant sunburn, with an itchy rash as a bonus.
I got burned so many times as a kid... Still do as an adult, because they seem to like growing near geocaches
But from what I heard they aren't as bad as poison ivy, so I guess I shouldn't complain about them too much ^^
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Amazing how much I missed getting up and out early to run...
@zdyb23456 Awesome pic! and I absolutely my TRX class!
@Orphia YAY for pleasure running!
@Scott6255 thank you!
@_nikkiwolf_ speed work for me is usually intervals when I need to get the distance in but not a lot of time available, so I can do indoors on the dreadmill or outdoors in the park. While I prefer outdoors, getting it done is usually not an issue whatever the weather.
@amymoreorless my medals are in whatever box they got put in when we moved...Haven't really kept that great a track of them. I still wear race shirts from as long ago as 2005 so I guess that counts.
4/1 Elliptical /TRX class
4/2 6.17 miles
4/3 2.19 miles outdoors/1 treadmill mile/35 minutes total body circuit training
4/4 6.27 miles
Upcoming races:
Lake Hartwell Dam Run 10k on 5/4
D-Day 10k @ Mount Currahee in Toccoa, GA on 6/1
Rainsville Freedom Fest 10k in Rainsville, AL on 6/306 -
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4-1 Rest
4-2 7k easy
4-3 7k easy
4-4 rest
April Total: 14k
April Goal: 150k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen
Scheduled rest day.
We do have nettles here in the northeastern US; they mostly grow in low, swampy areas. Messed with them once; learned to never mess with them again.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K (Registered)
6-1 Freedom 5K (Will be off the schedule due to another commitment)
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K6 -
3 easy miles this AM!
Total: 11/100mi
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »oh wow I'd completely forgotten about nettles! @Elise4270 they're plants with leaves that sting like kitten!
Another one for my list of reasons not to return to the UK more than strictly necessary.
Especially now we have Easter eggs in Spain :-D
Hmmm, I can’t think of any... guess I’m going to have to google them. Interesting. We definitely have poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak. Although i had a botany class which taught poison oak and ivy were the same plant. They just adapted to ivy or tree-like, sun or shade Okie dokie.3 -
@elise4270 - no, not burrs - we have stuff like that, like goosegrass you throw at your friends so they walk around with it stuck to them, or little seedheads that animals get stuck.
no, nettles - (latin name urtica dioica) are about a metre high, some with little white flowers, usually in the hedgerows and rough ground. Touch them even lightly and you'll know about it - you'll get stung and come out with tiny little white welts. the sting lasts for ages. That's why most people wear long leggings to run off road.
nettle tea is very good for you - high in vitamin C I hear, and nettle soup is nice, but first catch your nettle. 3 -
4/1 5miles, 30 TRX routine
4/2 5.86miles (tempo intervals)
4/3 rest
4/4 7.25miles (6miles, 6 strides)
Today’s run was a dumpster fire! I set out at what felt fairly good and my heart rate skyrocketed to 170-180 - yikes! I slowed down and had to take walk breaks to keep my heart rate in the 160s. Not sure what is going on, but hopefully it is just a fluke.
Strava emailed me my March stats: 148miles
Pretty happy considering the first 2 weeks were tapering for the Shamrock and the last 2 weeks were starting a new training plan.9 -
@girlinahat ya we have a few plants that are rather prickly. One fits that description and produces small purple flowers, some do have white. Almost like a milk-weed, but prickly-er. I dont know that they sting as bad though. You can grab them low, cuss a little and pull them up. You can keep them! Haaha!0
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