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July 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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My watch keeps telling me my runs are unproductive. This is unhelpful.7
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »My watch keeps telling me my runs are unproductive. This is unhelpful.
Very much having a similar few weeks.2 -
Ok, right now I need you all to push your car off a cliff, unplug all your electronics, throw away all your hair spray, and go plant a tree! This global warming has to stop!!! 82°F, feel-like temp at 90°, no breeze at 4:30am is just nuts.
I tried something new today... running my 7 mile route backwards. Kept running into parked cars and trees 😉. But seriously, ran my route in reverse, and actually got lost once (turned on a wrong street) so it ended up being an 8 mile run. Since I did it at a sub 9 min/mile pace and it being so hot, I'm counting this as a speed workout 😁.
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Hey all.
Soooooo tired. It's been a brilliant week, been on my own to all sorts of different areas on my own. I've pretty much been on my feet for 3 days and loving it!
I took a rest day today and kinda glad I did. I'm exhausted haha. But will do another 5k or so tomorrow.
I've been loving work, does it show?
If you love it, it is't work.1 -
7-1 rest
7-2 7k intervals
7-3 7k moderate
7-4 rest
7-5 7k slow
7-6 7k slow(er)
7-7 7k slow
7-8 rest
7-9 7k intervals
7-10 7k moderate
July Total: 49k
July Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
Monthly average: 148.1k
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
Cloudy, 68 degrees F, and no wind today. I think the absence of sun makes it feel a little cooler. Today's little triumph was being told my VO2max estimate crept up from 39 to 40, so I went from the top of the good range to the bottom of the excellent range. Much better than a new niggle!
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K - 31:34 chip time; 31/77 overall; second male 65 and older (no official category)
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K5 -
July goal - 75 miles
July miles - 28.22, walk 1.82
07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82
07/02 - 4.58; Yoga
07/03 - 3.02
07/04 - rest
07/05 - 4.5
07/06 - rest
07/07 - 8.07
07/08 - Yoga
07/09 - 4.97
07/10 - 3.08
I've been following along, liking posts but haven't had a lot of time to comment lately. Still plugging along with my runs, too. My 8 miles on Sunday was tough and slow, yesterday was better and today was great!7 -
So I just realized... I scheduled 1 race for Friday, Aug 9th night, then 2-morning races on the 10th... and a night race on the 10th. 4 races in 24 hours might be a new PR for me
I should start tracking that too! 6 -
I’m super impressed with all the running in the heat! We are still pretty chilly here, with highs in the low 70s, and now it’s unseasonably rainy too. Good for gardens & the watershed, but we’re just wondering where summer is. We went for a hike on Sunday, and the top (a ridge) was so windy and chilly I had on a technical T, long sleeve hiking shirt, a fleece, a puffy down coat, and gloves—and I hiked 2.5 miles of the way back down before I warmed up enough to take off even one layer.. here’s a photo of my daughter in the wind:
On the running front, I did a quick two miles today in some drizzle. I’m hoping to do a longer run tomorrow, and then I had forgotten that I have to go do a workshop in LA on Thursday, so I’m just trying to figure out the week (and still a bit exhausted from all the work travel in the past month, so not really keen to get on a plane!) And then maybe it will be summer when I get back...
That looks like an awesome place to hike!
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »My watch keeps telling me my runs are unproductive. This is unhelpful.
Tell your watch to bugger off.
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polskagirl01 wrote: »Met a friend and ran around the lake where she lives for 12k today. It was really hilly and a bit fast for me, but I felt better pretty quickly after we stopped, so I guess I wasn't THAT wiped out
Then I jumped in the lake with my running clothes on.
I have been tempted to do that in the river here, but I am not so sure I would not grow an extra limb if I did!3 -
I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
(lyrics are all SFW)3 -
PastorVincent wrote: »I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
(lyrics are all SFW)
Well, it's a good thing I work from home, because I'm going to be humming that all day.1 -
I'd planned on running to the gym today, but I had a hard time getting to sleep last night because my left hamstring was yelling at me until I took a couple of IB, then I slept in because I had stress dreams about taking a test (ARG!!) so I'm thinking the universe might be suggesting a rest day. I'm scheduled to give blood at 1 tomorrow, but there's a 10-11 class at the gym which fingers crossed should give me plenty of time for my blood pressure to go back down. And if I don't make it, I don't make it.
Diggy diggy hole!4 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
(lyrics are all SFW)
Well, it's a good thing I work from home, because I'm going to be humming that all day.
It is very catchy! 1 -
July 1: C210K W1D1. 1.51 miles. (Harder than i remembered )
July 3: C210K W1D2. 1.55 miles. Felt better!
July 5: C210K W1D3. 1.60 miles...first week done!
July 9 C210K W2D1. 1.67 miles
July 10 C210K W2D2 1.6 miles—— what? I’m getting slower!6 -
07.01: 3.0M Taper Run (3.1)
07.02: Extra Rest Day
07.03: 2.0M Taper Run (5.1)
07.04: Peachtree Road Race 10K (11.3)
07.05: Post Race Rest Day
07.06: Scheduled Rest Day
07.07: 4.0M Easy Run (15.3)
07.08: 3.0M Pace Run (18.3)
07.09: 2.0M Easy Run (20.3)
07.10: 10M Bike Ride
Took a few days off after last week’s race because I was sore. I’m trying out an 8 week summer maintenance plan. I designed it to start Sunday, end Saturday and do 4/3/4/bike/4/6/Rest. So about 21 miles per week with Monday being a Pace Run and Friday being a “long run”. Was supposed to run 4 yesterday but I had a late start and only had time to do 2 plus the heat Index was 98 and I didn’t want to get overheated, especially since I had to travel for work last night.
Hope everyone is doing well!!7 -
July goal: 100 miles
7/2: 6.26 miles
7/3: 5.51 miles
7/4: 6.25 miles
7/7: 9.11 miles
7/9: 6.23 miles
7/10: 6.25 miles
39.61/100 miles completed
I had a great run today. It was almost the exact same run as yesterday. I ran 6.25 miles. The temperature was 78°F with 79% humidity and dew point of 71° so it was a little warmer but a little less humid than yesterday. The dew point was the same. Because of the heat, I was really expecting a difficult run, but I felt really good throughout the whole run.
2019 races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:17
5/18/19: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - Cancelled due to weather
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon11 -
PastorVincent wrote: »I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
(lyrics are all SFW)
This is awesome! And I will also be singing it for the rest of the day.
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July goal: 100 miles
7/2: 6.26 miles
7/3: 5.51 miles
7/4: 6.25 miles
7/7: 9.11 miles
7/9: 6.23 miles
7/10: 6.25 miles
39.61/100 miles completed
I had a great run today. It was almost the exact same run as yesterday. I ran 6.25 miles. The temperature was 78°F with 79% humidity and dew point of 71° so it was a little warmer but a little less humid than yesterday. The dew point was the same. Because of the heat, I was really expecting a difficult run, but I felt really good throughout the whole run.
2019 races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:17
5/18/19: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - Cancelled due to weather
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon
Where is the Groundhog Race? It’s my favorite day of the year. Would love to run a Groundhog Day Race.0 -
Pushed harder today, but for fewer miles. 30 seconds faster per mile than yesterday's awesome 7 miles. I may need an intervention to run more of those slower miles I keep reading are so good for me. The trouble is: I want to just hop on the treadmill and push the button with the 6 on it. I can only keep that up for about 1/2 a mile, just yet. Or intervals - every 3rd minute or so seems to work out ok. 12 minute miles are too slow (probably a really good pace to benefit me, actually, but I am not happy there) and there's not a button for 11 minute miles (which is challenging enough that I probably shouldn't park there, anyway) and I'm glad that I'm at least limiting the miles, since I clearly haven't got enough self-restraint not to go and injure myself.
So far, so good.
Tomorrow I shall honor the rest day. Friday, I intend to run 7 miles, again, but a little slower - maybe 11:15 as a target? There are a few seconds of coming-up-to-speed that make the first mile not exactly the time the display indicates, and 11:15 doesn't correspond to any setting on the machine, so I'll get to do math and play with the buttons. I know this is an unpopular sentiment, but I really love my treadmill.
@Scott6255 I am in favor of the idea of planting some trees. I just read an article that claimed we could fix all the climate woes if we planted enough of them. Just not another Birch overhanging the pool - there's SO MUCH DEBRIS. I wonder if the raspberry brambles and blueberry plants "count" as better oxygen converters than the weeds that would otherwise grow in my yard...
@PastorVincent Do you have enough time to run the earlier Saturday race and get to the location for the later one? I'd like to hear more about how you intend to resolve the conflict.
No More Than 120 Miles
July 1 - 4 miles
July 3 - 6 miles
July 4 - 5 miles
July 6 - 6 miles
July 7 - 4 miles
July 9 - 7 miles
July 10 - 4 miles
Total: 36 miles5 -
@Lazy_Bones_85 It was in Abilene. It was ok, but not very well organized. There were no finishers medals and only 2 age groups. I think they were 38 and under and 39 and up or something like that. There was a nice shirt, but I probably wouldn't run it again. I don't mind not getting a medal for a 5K, but I think if you run a half marathon you should get a medal for it. And the course was also short. It was only 12.78 miles.0
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PastorVincent wrote: »I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
(lyrics are all SFW)
"Suckled on a teat of stone"
No wonder they're so tough.3 -
My current state of preparation:
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@bride001 Stay safe. I don't know how close you are to the trajectory of the hurricane. I'm getting my run done today, just in case we get lots of rain Friday.2
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July goal 100 miles
Took it easy for 5k today. It was kinda hot but not too bad. Saw a bunch of kids out on bikes; they seemed more hot and tired than I was!
I *might* sign up for a duathlon next month (6.2 mile run / 15 mile bike / 2 mile run) Kinda depends on if a friend is doing it. I did cycle yesterday afternoon, but need to build my distance up a bit (when I'm not traveling, that is) if I decide to do it.5 -
autumnblade75 wrote: »@PastorVincent Do you have enough time to run the earlier Saturday race and get to the location for the later one? I'd like to hear more about how you intend to resolve the conflict.
Plenty, the last race is a night time race, a glow run. I could take a nap in between the 3rd and fourth races and still have time for dinner. I should be able to run all for, and as is my tradition with multiple races going to try and PR all 4!
**Note: PastorVincent might not be right in the head, and his race/running strategy might not be the best one to follow
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PastorVincent wrote: »I know some of you (based on your reading choices) are into the fantasy genre... someone just sent me this song, and if dwarves were real, and had a modern band, this totally would be them:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
(lyrics are all SFW)
This is awesome! And I will also be singing it for the rest of the day.
I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole
Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole2 -
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July 1 – 5.18 miles + 9 miles cycling + 30 min weights
July 2 – 30 min kickboxing + 30 min Pilates
July 3 – 5 miles + 45 min Yoga + 11 miles cycling
July 4 – 4.09 miles – Red, White and Boom race
July 5 – 22 miles cycling
July 6 – 10 miles + SUP
July 7 – rest
July 8 – 5 miles + 30 min weights + 10.3 miles cycling after work
July 9 – 30 min stretching + 30 min lower body weights
July 10 – 5.07 miles + 45 min yoga
Total – 34.34 running miles (Goal 110 miles)
Last run before my half marathon on Saturday. Warm up, hill repeats and cool down. Lots of strange characters out this morning for some reason. Luckily there were 5 of us running and at different paces so we were spread out on the half-mile hill but within sight of at least one among us.
The half on Saturday is named The Scream and is held in the mountains of North Carolina so I think it will be a little cooler weather. It’s a downhill course and the tag line is “13.1 Miles of Pure Hill.” I’ve run it once before and I remember my quads being sore for days afterwards. I am hoping to get a long bike ride in on Sunday but we’ll see how the legs feel.
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@PastorVincent - Thanks!
@zamirasoni - Current projections have us on the East side of the landfall of the storm, but the East side usually has higher rain fall and with that comes possibility of flooding. The Mississippi River in New Orleans is projected to reach 20.0 feet on Sunday - the highest is has ever been. The levees in New Orleans are built to 20 feet, so hopefully no levee breech. This is what happened with Hurricane Katrina.
Thunderstorms are suppose to begin this afternoon and continue through Sunday night. Which means no running
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