May 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Joining late ... May 12
May goal: 25 miles (walk to run)
5/12: 1 mile (walked)
5/14: 1.6 miles (.75 run)
2.6/25 miles completed5 -
Wow y'all are all amazing, inspiring!!!! I want in!!!!!!! I'm jazzed!! Just starting to really get into running and get gooooood at it!! Lifetime in the making!!! I'm gonna go tomorrow and I will figure out my goals.in the morning!!! Super pumped!!9
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I have been a bit MIA in the thread, but keeping busy, and reading with lots of likes! I’m 10 days past my half, but wanted to get a lot of biking in to catch up with my May “Bike Everywhere” team. And then there was the color run with my kids—it was kind of an abysmal start, as we spent over an hour in the starting chute, while it got colder & colder. And tons of tiny kids too! But my kids had lots of fun, especially once we started moving. I finally got a normal weekday run in today, 4 miles, and it felt really great. Then I got a massage, which felt even better!
I’m trying to figure out if I should start some hills tomorrow, or wait until next week. I think I’ll make the call tomorrow...
May goal: 70 mi
5/1 2 mi
5/2 2 mi
5/5 13.3 mi
5/8 cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/9 3 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/10 2.7 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/11 cross (12.5 mi biking with kids)
5/12 3 mi and cross (4 mi biking with kids)
5/13 cross (9.7 mi bike commute)
5/14 4 mi
May total: 30 mi
2019 Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
4/13 Mud & Chocolate 4.5 mi trail run
5/5 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
5/12 The Color Run 5K
5/18 Your Canyon for a Day 35 mi Bike Tour, Yakima
6/16 Monroe Bubble Run 5K
7/21 Seafair Triathlon?
8/11 Lake Union 10K?6 -
6 miles this morning. Was going for an easy run, then just got a wild hair after 3 miles and decided to see how fast I could run a mile these days. Actually hit a PR, last set a couple years ago. Got me to thinking, maybe I should see how many PRs I can knock out this year. Already got my marathon and mile done. All the middle distances will be harder, especially the 5K. Oh how I hate the 5K. We'll see how it goes....
ETA: Correction. Just looked back, and the last mile PR I had was over 5 years ago! Wow how time flies.12 -
May goal:40 (stretch goal 50)
May Miles: 20.96
5/5 - 7.55 Bloomsday (12k race) - official time: 1:32:51
5/8 - 2.3
5/9 - 2.42
5/10 - 2.24
5/13 - 1.3
5/14 - 3.12 (and strength training)
5/15 - 2.03
Nice easy 2 miles today. It rained overnight so everything smelled fresh and clean!5 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »@Eddie_Ice bad run days are totally normal and I think they happen to everyone. We call those Embrace the Suck runs here, lol, and I like to think of them as mental fortitude builders
Perfect name for it because that's what it was embracing the suck bug time. I refused to quit before I hit my planned three miles! I like that "mental fortitude builders" lol.
To emphasis this point we even have a Group Shirt to celebrate this fact.3 -
juliet3455 wrote: »KatieJane83 wrote: »@Eddie_Ice bad run days are totally normal and I think they happen to everyone. We call those Embrace the Suck runs here, lol, and I like to think of them as mental fortitude builders
Perfect name for it because that's what it was embracing the suck bug time. I refused to quit before I hit my planned three miles! I like that "mental fortitude builders" lol.
To emphasis this point we even have a Group Shirt to celebrate this fact.
Ok so how do I purchase this lol. It says its out of stock!0 -
Give this AI a writing prompt and it will give you a… well “a short story”
https://talktotransformer.com
It’s oddly almost good. Kind of like those really bad movies you watch because they are really bad. That kind of good I think.
Example:INPUT: If dogs are cats and cats are rabbits, does that imply that rabbits are dogs?
COMPLETION: No — rabbits aren't animals at all. It's hard to know just how different a rabbit and a cat are from rabbits. I guess you could say that cats and rabbits are the same in more of a philosophical sense.
A cat is a mammal that eats insects. Is that an animal, too?
A cat and a dog are not the same thing, by all accounts. A cat is a mammal that eats bugs, an animal, in addition to eating a mouse.
A cat is a cat!
Exactly!
In some ways, I don't think that many people take the concept seriously or understand it properly. I'm not going to explain the concept, but it's possible to start there.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to assume that you know all this, the details of how animals are animals and so on. Some animals and plants that you know very well are animals, some of them they're plants. Just because you were taught a little bit about some animal doesn
(and that is where it ends, mid-word! LOL)1 -
juliet3455 wrote: »KatieJane83 wrote: »@Eddie_Ice bad run days are totally normal and I think they happen to everyone. We call those Embrace the Suck runs here, lol, and I like to think of them as mental fortitude builders
Perfect name for it because that's what it was embracing the suck bug time. I refused to quit before I hit my planned three miles! I like that "mental fortitude builders" lol.
To emphasis this point we even have a Group Shirt to celebrate this fact.
Ok so how do I purchase this lol. It says its out of stock!
Looks like it's just that color that out of stock. If you select a different color it lets you order it. You can also change the shirt, like a tank if you prefer.1 -
May goal: 75 miles
5/1: 5.04 miles
5/2: 2.19 miles
5/7: 4.60 miles
5/8: 4.70 miles
5/9: 4.55 miles
5/12: 8.41 miles
5/14: 3.41 miles
5/15: 2.51 miles
35.41/75 miles completed
Another nice morning for a run. I ran 2.51 miles today and that will be my last run until the HM on Saturday. It was a good run. My ankle felt fine and my pace was good (for me). Hopefully I can keep it up for 13.1 miles on Saturday. The forecast for today through Saturday has the rain chances 0%, 10%, 20%, 100% and then back to 0% on Sunday. I really hope that we have a window of good weather for the races on Saturday. The last few days have been just perfect.
Today is the 15th and I am not quite half way to my goal. If I don't hit my goal this month that will be the first time since I joined the group in April of 2017 that I missed my goal. I shouldn't care, but it makes me a little sad. I did have the tendinitis early in the month that caused me to miss a long run and shorten another run. And we will be on vacation next week, so any opportunities to run will be limited. I'm hoping to at least get one short run in, but who knows if it will actually happen.
2019 races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:17
5/18/19: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon6 -
Question for the group:
What running magazine(s) do you subscribe to or read?
I used to have Runner's World but I don't like the changes they have made and that I can't access online articles any longer without a different, separate 'online subscription'.0 -
Question for the group:
What running magazine(s) do you subscribe to or read?
I used to have Runner's World but I don't like the changes they have made and that I can't access online articles any longer without a different, separate 'online subscription'.
I get Trail Runner magazine.1 -
Question for the group:
What running magazine(s) do you subscribe to or read?
I used to have Runner's World but I don't like the changes they have made and that I can't access online articles any longer without a different, separate 'online subscription'.
I have a piggy back question, what do you like about the magazine.
I did RW for the longest time. Then let it lapse, I'm not running as often so it was just sad to look at.
I liked having that connection to the running world with the subscription. It helped me keep focused on what's potentially possible. I do have a RW cook book that it my favorite out of all the ones I have.
@ddmom0811 how's the diet change going? I'm really interested in changing mine in a similar fashion.0 -
Question for the group:
What running magazine(s) do you subscribe to or read?
I used to have Runner's World but I don't like the changes they have made and that I can't access online articles any longer without a different, separate 'online subscription'.
I don't subscribe to any physical magazines, but browse running websites often. On RunnersWorld.com if you don't have an online subscription, you can still read the articles, but there is a limit (not sure of the number). To get around that limit, you just have to delete your browser cache, and then you can read again until you hit the limit. I just use a separate browser for that purpose, and that browser is set to always delete cache when the browser closes.
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Question for the group:
What running magazine(s) do you subscribe to or read?
I used to have Runner's World but I don't like the changes they have made and that I can't access online articles any longer without a different, separate 'online subscription'.
None. I just read RW and etc online. I have never hit a paywall yet with them so my use must be low enough0 -
Question for the group:
What running magazine(s) do you subscribe to or read?
I used to have Runner's World but I don't like the changes they have made and that I can't access online articles any longer without a different, separate 'online subscription'.
I don't subscribe to any physical magazines, but browse running websites often. On RunnersWorld.com if you don't have an online subscription, you can still read the articles, but there is a limit (not sure of the number). To get around that limit, you just have to delete your browser cache, and then you can read again until you hit the limit. I just use a separate browser for that purpose, and that browser is set to always delete cache when the browser closes.
^^^^The hero we need, not the hero we deserve.....
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I often pick up a copy of the Spanish version of Runners World, but I don't know why cause I then get mad at it and throw it across the room when it tells me stupid stuff like I need to run 7 or 8 hours per week before I start even thinking about running a HM. Even at the peak of my (admittedly novice) Hal Higdon HM training plan I think I only ran 5 hours per week, and that was plenty tyvm!
On another note, I'm so excited I'm like a kid at Christmas. I just splashed out and bought myself one of these . It's kinda big and bulky, and to wear it with two hard plastic bottles I'll have to have it much lower than I'm used to (so like over my backside lol) and it's probably going to make me sweat but.... It can carry two 500ml bottles, my phone fits in both the back and the front pockets, it has other pockets, some with zippers, and it has thingies to attach a race bib on the front too. OMG I am in love!!! Only supposed to run 2 miles tomorrow but you can bet your azz I'm trying this thing out :-D
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Question for you all..
How did you build up distance? Particularly when running on your own I.e. non race days
I'm consistently stuck at 3-4 miles. I know I'm fit enough to run further (very occasionally surprise myself with a 5 miler) but it's like I've got a mental block where I get tired and bored.
Tried running with music/ without, dog/no dog.
Any tips would be great as I'd like to see some progression!1 -
Question for you all..
How did you build up distance? Particularly when running on your own I.e. non race days
I'm consistently stuck at 3-4 miles. I know I'm fit enough to run further (very occasionally surprise myself with a 5 miler) but it's like I've got a mental block where I get tired and bored.
Tried running with music/ without, dog/no dog.
Any tips would be great as I'd like to see some progression!
Physically or mentally?
Physically the answer is easy. Add up to 10% each week to your longest run, and cut back every three or four weeks.
Mentally? That is much harder because it is specific to you. For me, I listen to audiobooks while I run. After a couple of miles in my mind is lost in the world of the story and I am no longer focused on time or distance.
Ultimately you have to decide you want it more than you want to stop. A plan does help because it gives you solid targets. Also races help as they give you a goal. "I want to run the so-and-so half marathon so I need to do this!"
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PastorVincent wrote: »Question for you all..
How did you build up distance? Particularly when running on your own I.e. non race days
I'm consistently stuck at 3-4 miles. I know I'm fit enough to run further (very occasionally surprise myself with a 5 miler) but it's like I've got a mental block where I get tired and bored.
Tried running with music/ without, dog/no dog.
Any tips would be great as I'd like to see some progression!
Physically or mentally?
Physically the answer is easy. Add up to 10% each week to your longest run, and cut back every three or four weeks.
Mentally? That is much harder because it is specific to you. For me, I listen to audiobooks while I run. After a couple of miles in my mind is lost in the world of the story and I am no longer focused on time or distance.
Ultimately you have to decide you want it more than you want to stop. A plan does help because it gives you solid targets. Also races help as they give you a goal. "I want to run the so-and-so half marathon so I need to do this!"
Audiobooks is a good idea, Will defo give that a go!
Will also try the 10% too. I think I add too much extra and then get frustrated that I can't suddenly run an extra mile!
I think you're right. A lack of goals and also running the same routes are the main issues. But easily solved if I want to.
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