July 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Ringbearer2 wrote: »Can I join? I’m (re) starting C210K July 1 ( made it through week 5 last time when I was derailed by unexpected travel.). I think each session is a minimum of 2 miles of run/walking so 25 miles for July seems right. I need something to fight off my summer heat-induced lethargy.
Yes! All are welcome!1 -
Welcome new runners!
I'm in for 75 miles this month.
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Hi to everybody new!!!1
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Hi and Welcome to all the new runners and glad to see you back @marisap2010 !
My HM plan has me at 66 miles this month, so I am in for a not so round number of 66 miles.
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Newbie! Just getting back to running/fitness after nearly 2 years with two young kids at home so I am just setting an easy goal for the month of 30 miles.14
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Monthly question anyone? Do you have a question for the group?
Did you set a goal for this year? Are you half way to it or have you completely forgotten about it?2 -
Monthly question anyone? Do you have a question for the group?
Did you set a goal for this year? Are you half way to it or have you completely forgotten about it?
My goal this year is to get fixed. In the midst of it, I find it’s easy to lose sight and get caught up in shortsighted notions. I’m making headway academically, physically, a little progress musically and learning German. So, I’m on track, but it’s slow motion. I’m also not liking getting older, looking older, and feeling older. I thought of St. Theresa today. She was/is iconic with that wrinkled, well worn, respected and loved face. We shouldn’t fret about that outward wisdom we deserve to share.
I need a nap now, call it beauty sleep. Since I had fried chicken, a Coke Zero, and Cheetos for lunch. Ya, that’s not going to thwart any passage of time.
I have another question.
How do you forget? How do you remember?
Elaborate. I wanted to do some memory training and decided to start small, memorize 10 random cards from a card deck. I can’t forget them. I’m afraid to train more. What if I can’t forget the whole deck? All that info is hanging out in my head like a lazy construction worker, just slowing *kitten* down. Dh assured me it didn’t work that way. But seriously, I’ve been afraid since I was 5-6 to remember too much, just clogging up all the files. So, do you have a good memory? And have you built a memory palace? I have it built, now I need to move in.6 -
Hello, I have been following the June thread but was too nervous to join. I guess it’s time.
I am a new runner that started c25k in February in my early 50s. After completion I wasn’t quite to the 5k distance but was able to run 30 continuous minutes. I have continued to run and build weekly mileage. I haven’t yet run a chip timed 5k race, but I worked up the courage to attend a local Parkrun and returned again this week. Yesterday’s time was 36:10. According to Runkeeper I have built up to 10-12 weekly miles. My June total ended at 47 total miles. Last week I started the B210k (bridge to 10k) program. I am not worried about speed right now. My goal is to build mileage at a safe pace and trust that my pace will improve.
I think a reasonable goal for me for July is 50 miles.16 -
@elise4270 - my goal for 2019 was similar to yours... 'be healed and healthy and back to running my normal amount and distances. Maybe see some time improvements too.' I have made more or less the healed and healthy part finally. Now working on the seeing time improvements. So yes I am still working on it.
On your second question... As I get older I seem to have no problem forgetting things 🤣 but I think I just don't consciously think about them anymore and unless there is a reason to remember something it doesn't come back.
For me the best way to remember something is to write it down. This started in my early math and science classes where I would write out formulas every time I used them in a problem. That way on a test I could always fall back to a base formula and workout the answer. These days if I want to remember something I write it down and that activity seems to set it in my mind. Also if it is a memory that includes eating I can almost always remember where we were and what each of us had to eat, lol! My husband finds it amazing that I can remember a restaurant, who was there and what we ate from years ago!4 -
emmamcgarity wrote: »Hello, I have been following the June thread but was too nervous to join. I guess it’s time.
I am a new runner that started c25k in February in my early 50s.
I think a reasonable goal for me for July is 50 miles.
Hellls ya! You’re a rockstar girl! 😬🥳🥳😛 haha! Aww come run so I can enjoy it for you! I creeped on my first month too. It seemed all to intimidating, everyone ran like they knew what they were doing and I was just learning what I didn’t know. Eh, folks here are awesome-sauce (some ketchup, some mud 😉), but in the overlap there’s a place for all of us. I don’t really like ketchup with my mud, but hey that’s what we got and it works pretty well.7 -
emmamcgarity wrote: »Hello, I have been following the June thread but was too nervous to join. I guess it’s time.
Nope, it is TOO LATE to join the June thread.
But welcome to the July thread!
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July will be disrupted by a weekend away. It should also see a new (and potentially much flatter route) route.
Goals
1. Runs............11
2. Distance......59km
3. 5k Time.......<35m
4. Long Run.....7km6 -
Hi everyone, I’ve been lurking for quite awhile, but now I feel I must join in the fun. I just turned 51 yesterday and thought why not? A little quick back story. Had a triple bypass when I was 32, but from complications my right coronary artery is still completely blocked. Nevertheless, I persisted in wanting to keep active...exercised, gained and lost the same pounds over the years. Fast forward to about 3 years ago, I started running seriously (something I never thought I could do). Started very slow, and improved. Ran a couple 10k races. Was feeling great. Then life happened and stopped running for a year. Last summer around August, got serious again. Started running and haven’t stopped. Needless to say I started out slow again, but can now say I run about 20-25 miles a week, and am going to be doing my first hm in September! I’m not fast, but faster then I’ve ever been. So thanks for being here as you all of helped keep me motivated and given me the courage to sign up for the half.
Goal for July is 80 miles but hoping for 100.
Cheers!20 -
Welcome to all new runners!
I'm in for 100 miles for July. Hopefully the heat won't kill me!6 -
Monthly question anyone? Do you have a question for the group?
Did you set a goal for this year? Are you half way to it or have you completely forgotten about it?
I did set a goal for this year, to run 2019 KM. And halfway through the year, I am at 651 miles (1047 KM). So a little over halfway there!
I rarely (never) set yearly goals, but this group inspires me to do things that I normally wouldn't 😜9 -
200 mile minimum
Not much posting for me this week, my sister is visiting!9 -
Monthly question anyone? Do you have a question for the group?
Did you set a goal for this year? Are you half way to it or have you completely forgotten about it?
At the start of 2019, my aspirations were:
1. Remain uninjured and run regularly for the entire year.
2. Run Boston in April, managing the race well.
3. Run New York in November, managing the travel and race well. This requires getting in; I have time qualified, but that is not a guaranteed entry.
4. To the extent compatible with higher goals, run USATF Masters Grand Prix events where my club is fielding a Supervet team. Finances may limit travel; Boston and New York aren’t cheap.
5. Run enough of the Rochester Runner of the Year races to be competitive in my age group for the series.
6. To the extent it’s compatible with training for New York, run the Pete Glavin Upstate NY XC series.
7. Be willing to ditch parts of #4, #5, and #6 if they endanger #1, #2, or #3.
#1 failed with a stress fracture to the third metatarsal of my right foot, 3 weeks out from Boston.
#2 failed because I couldn't run a marathon on a stress fracture.
#3 is now my major goal for the remainder of 2019. I got into the NYC Marathon by time qualification.
#4 is scaled back due to circumstances. Ran events in February and March, may run one in August and will probably run one in December.
#5 is dubious. As things stand, I need to run 4 more RROY races to be competitive. This could be done, but some of them are candidates for DNS or non-entry depending on how training for New York is going.
#6 is scaled back. The 5th and final race in the PGXC series conflicts with New York. Currently plan to register for individual races in the series if I feel healthy enough to run them without messing up New York training.
#7 is being honored; see discussion of #4, #5, and #6.10 -
Nominal July Challenge Goal: 150 miles
Real July Goals: Build base. Ease into training for New York. Stay healthy.7 -
My goal for July is going to be 75 miles most of it will be walking.7
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