August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

MegaMooseEsq · August 2019

noblsheep wrote: »

@MegaMooseEsq Looks like you had a great experience. Congrats on the race and love the bling. I really enjoy The Oatmeal's comics (might've blubbered a bit over the running one) and am now really envious!

The running comic makes me tear up whenever I read it - it's great. That was definitely a bucket list experience for me!

Squish815 · August 2019

Just been skimming over all the posts I've missed before I start dinner. Well done everyone on their races/improvements/PBs/still getting out there and running!

I've not run or done any other physical activity since last Saturday because work has been stupidly busy and has drained all my energy. I possibly could have pushed myself to go out mid week but I just couldn't face it!

Managed to get out for just a 10k today (possibly should have run for longer but I have another busy week next week) but pushed myself and ended up doing it in 57 minutes which means another 1 minute 13 off my PB. Maybe it was a week of no running, maybe it was my new trainers - either way I'll take it!

01 Aug - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
03 Aug - 6.2 miles (outside)
11 Aug - 6.2 miles (outside)

14.2 miles/50 miles (err, 50 miles might not happen)

kgirlhart · August 2019

Ringbearer2 wrote: »

Ok, I feel silly even posting this, but wth. I just ran my first contiguous mile with no walking breaks! I was soooo slow (slower than walking, lol) but for some reason I am ridiculously happy with myself. Taking off momentarily for a 5 hour walk in the Heide. I think I will have earned a beer in the Biergarten at the end.

Don't feel silly! Feel proud of yourself.
That is awesome! We all start somewhere. Except for those who never start at all.

kgirlhart · August 2019

Tramboman wrote: »

@PastorVincent You are AWESOME!!! And, of course, so is Kristi!!!!

Ditto!

kgirlhart · August 2019

Great job on your birthday run @skippygirlsmom! What a great way to celebrate and good for you for being a smart runner and making the call to switch to the 10K.

@MegaMooseEsq Great race report! It seems like it was a lot of fun!

kgirlhart · August 2019

August goal: 100 miles

8/1: 6.30 miles
8/4: 11.06 miles
8/6: 6.27 miles
8/7: 6.26 miles
8/8: 6.42 miles
8/11: 10.21 miles

46.52/100 miles completed

I ran 10.21 miles today. It was a pretty good run, but definitely hot. It was 78°F, feels like 79°F with humidity at 66% and a dew point of 66°F when I started out a little after 7 am, and when I got home a little before 9 am it was 84°F, feels like 88°F. It is 93°F feels like 97°F now and we are supposed to hit 105°F today. The last couple of miles were pretty tough, but I was glad I got out there. I didn't see many critters today. Just a roadrunner and a cat chasing a squirrel. I did a little bit of yoga afterwards to make sure I stretched, and now I've got pizza dough rising and I'm about to put some homemade pan pizza in the oven and finish watching Glow on Netflix. So all in all a pretty good Sunday.

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

skippygirlsmom · August 2019

Thanks @kgirlhart “just a roadrunner” that is so cool
@Ringbearer2 that is awesome!! You should be so proud, first time I ran a full mile I cried
@Squish815 great job on the 10K PB woohoo!

Tramboman · August 2019

MegaMooseEsq wrote: »

Scott6255 wrote: »

@MegaMooseEsq congrats on your race too! I somehow missed the original post. But great job!

Thanks! I posted yesterday and sort of buried the race report under a short comment on Wednesday's run and a spoiler tag because it was super wordy. Long short short, though, was that I had a lot of fun running with my sister for the first time.

Fantastic!!!

PastorVincent · August 2019

kgirlhart wrote: »

Great job on your birthday run @skippygirlsmom! What a great way to celebrate and good for you for being a smart runner and making the call to switch to the 10K.

@MegaMooseEsq Great race report! It seems like it was a lot of fun!

This! Well done you two!

Ringbearer2 · August 2019

@skippygirlsmom , happy birthday!

T1DCarnivoreRunner · August 2019

rheddmobile wrote: »

T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »

@rheddmobile I'm going to go do my long run there tomorrow... I always see a lot of runners there.

I think most runners were sensible enough to get out earlier in the day, but I was still surprised to see no other runners - we went from the visitor center to the Greenline, most of the way to Germantown road and then back. There’s this one kid from a local track team who we always see running, and even he was walking today! Have fun tomorrow, it’s supposed to be even hotter. Be careful out there!

Yes, I got a late start and it sucked partly because of high BG. Anyway, I ended up cutting my run short. It was slow anyway and more walking than running. By the time I quit, most others seemed to be walking more than running too. I signed up with a Meetup group for a "stroll" this afternoon, so hopefully the mileage will get closer for today.

I'm seriously concerned whether I will be able to finish my next marathon onn9/1 in Tupelo.

Mari33a · August 2019

01/08 2.54 miles
09/08 2.52 miles
11/08 2.54 miles

Scott6255 · August 2019

Happy birthday @skippygirlsmom 🎉🎂🍰
@Ringbearer2 terrific job running your first mile! It wasn't long ago that I shed a tear after completing my 1st mile as well. Well done! You are on your way!
@Squish815 congrats on the PB. Knocking off over a minute on a 10K is huge!

autumnblade75 · August 2019

6 miles yesterday, 5.5 today.

Tramboman · August 2019

Happy Birthday, @skippygirlsmom !!

ContraryMaryMary · August 2019

55.55km so far for August.

It's the small things – like unintentional duplicate numbers which mean nothing but make me smile.

noblsheep · August 2019

0811-8.1k total 46.4k goal-130k

Run no.2 last night. I must have recovered really well during the day, that second run felt easier than the first one...

@skippygirlsmom Congrats on finishing and happy birthday!

ROBOTFOOD · August 2019

I haven’t been on here in years, but I’ve pretty much rediscovered the mfp app today. Recently healed up an injury which prevented me from running over half the year. 5 ish wks ago it was a struggle mile. Yesterday I managed an easy 10 mile on the treadmill.
Honestly have no idea of a August month goal. But week to week my running is improving. And I’m extremely excited to be back. Hope everyone’s training has been going good!

Chris

jele30 · August 2019

@skippygirlsmom - nice finish to the tough trail run and happy birthday!
@PastorVincent - way to tough out the four races! Congrats to you and Kristi!
@MegaMooseEsq - Nice job in Seattle!

Algoma Shanty Days 5k Race Report
The Shanty Days 5k is held in a small town on Lake Michigan. It’s part of the race series that my husband and I are doing. Going into the week my husband was having trouble with a hamstring and I was still taking things easy due to my left Achilles tendon. I had only run once or twice in two weeks, so not ideal.

The race started at 8 am, so we aimed to be there by 7:15 am so we could get our packets. The race is about an hour away from our house. Packet pickup went smooth and after the anthem we were off. From last year I knew that the beginning has a pretty solid bottle neck, but it had spaced out quickly. I had told myself that I wasn’t going to waste energy trying to dodge people and for the most part I did ok with that. What I hadn’t planned was catching my husband about half a mile in. When I looked at my watch it had said 8:15 pace which I knew was too fast. I tried staying with him, but couldn’t hold it even when he started slowing down.

For the most part the tendon did ok. It was more of a niggle, so not really painful. What cost me was the lack of training in the last month. I’ve been trying to be good about resting as to not make things worse, so the breathing felt really heavy. There’s a hill at the 1.5 mile mark that I ended up walking a little bit on, but after the two mile mark the course starts to head back towards the finish along the lake and there’s a nice downhill.

All in all ended up finishing a little slower than last year, but was happy with the results. I finished in 29:20 vs. 28:27 from last year. I noticed the ankle is pretty tight today so lots of stretching. Hopefully, I can get out on the trail tomorrow and start picking up the running again as have another 5k in about a month. The half in the series might be out of the picture now, but we’ll see.

PastorVincent · August 2019

Thanks, @jele30 ! Well done on your race!

PastorVincent · August 2019

Welcome back @ROBOTFOOD!

martaindale · August 2019

@PastorVincent Wow! Congrats on all the PR's!

@MegaMooseEsq Looks like a fun race!

@cyoka13 Welcome!

@Ringbearer2 Good job and nothing to feel silly about. Everyone starts at the beginning!

martaindale · August 2019

Went to Austin the weekend. There are so many good trails scattered about the city. Nice, crushed granite, shaded. I love being able to use them when I'm visiting. And the significantly lower humidity makes a huge difference in comfort. My husband did both of the runs with me. He's doing a good job keeping it with the training plan. Historically, he isn't great at sticking to a plan but I think having us on the same plan gives him a little extra motivation to stay caught up. I am a stickler for my plan!

8/2: 5 miles
8/4: 3 miles
8/5: 4 miles
8/7: 3 miles
8/9: 6 miles
8/11: 3 miles

Aug total: 24 miles
Aug goal: 56 miles

2019 Races:

Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 29.23
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 1:03.12
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 1:01.28
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 1:15:33
TWRC Run Wild Run Free 5k - 9/2019
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registered
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019 registered

Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen

PastorVincent · August 2019

martaindale wrote: »

@PastorVincent Wow! Congrats on all the PR's!

Thanks!

Avidkeo · August 2019

@PastorVincent you and Kristi are machines! Well done! Amazing and inspiring

Still no run. Still have a blocked ear.

Think I may go tomorrow anyway. Over this. In a rut

ROBOTFOOD · August 2019

8/11: 7mi with 2,000ft elev gain.
Late night Mtn summit under the stars with a good friend. After grinding runs down in the Vegas valley in 115f the last 5wks, the mid 70s up top felt absolutely amazing. Just what I’ve been needing. A nice boost of motivation and the cap to a great week.
(Pic is view of Las Vegas. Strip is 12mi away.)

Teresa502 · August 2019

August 1 – cycling (18 miles)
August 2 - rest
August 3 – 11 miles
August 4 – cycling (15.5 miles)
August 5 – 4.51 miles
August 6 – exercise bike (14 miles)
August 7 – 4.04 miles
August 8 – rest
August 9 – 4.62 miles + 30 min weight conditioning
August 10 – Flight of the Doves (cycling 30 miles)
August 11 – 6.22 miles
August 12 – 5.07 miles

It was a nice 65F during this morning’s run. After the run I heard the weather forecast and it said something about the humidity increasing today. It was 91% this morning so I’m thinking the next step is rain! I fear you people in Texas and Memphis are sending your weather my way! Please keep it!

Congratulations on your races @PastorVincent (and Kristi), @MegaMooseEsq and @jele30!

Happy Birthday @skippygirlsmom!

This isn’t a running race report so feel free to skip! Friday evening me and two girlfriends traveled to Clinton, SC which is about a 3-hour drive. On Saturday morning we participated in a cycling event to raise money for the local hospice house. The mother of one of my friends who went with us was a patient at the house this time last year for a couple of weeks before she passed away. My friend learned about the ride while she was down there and wanted to do this ride in her mom’s memory. They had over 450 cyclists participate with distances of 14 miles, 30 miles, 50 miles or 62 miles. We rode the 30 mile route which was beautiful. Before the ride, the organizers released a single dove in honor of all their patients followed by a release of 14 doves for the 14 years this event has been in existence. After the ride they had a barbecue lunch and the SC Watermelon Queen was there handing out cold watermelon. If you’re a cyclist or know anyone who is, I highly recommend this event!

Scott6255 · August 2019

Wow @ROBOTFOOD that is an AWESOME picture!

7 miles this morning. Nothing noteworthy, just extremely hot.

mbaker566 · August 2019

well run racers
happy birthday @skippygirlsmom
feel better @avidkeo I've had that frequently and it can be disorienting.

lack of run report: i didn't run. i totally fell off the wagon. I think that I'll "repeat" the week I skipped. As much as I am not a fan, it's looking like i'll be needing to get up at 4am to run. with my hypersomnia, i have to make time for a nap.
I skipped yesterdays run for the renaissance fair. it was Steampunk weekend and there were some great garb.

katharmonic · August 2019

@PastorVincent - incredible racing. Congrats to you and Kristi on all those races and great times! You and your wife are hardcore!

@MegaMooseEsq congrats on your race! I saw your post and can't find it in my quick scroll back but loved the pics and that is such a cool experience.

@Ringbearer2 congrats on you first mile!! That's awesome!

@skippygirlsmom happy birthday to you and congrats on completing some hard trail running!

@Squish815 congrats on a 10k personal best!

@jele30 congrats on your 5k and hope your ankle is ok!

Apologies to anyone I missed - I saw some other great pics and reports of good runs. Great job, all!

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 3.6
08/02/19 :::: 4.1 :::: 7.7
08/03/19 :::: 10.2 :::: 17.8
08/04/19 :::: 3.7 :::: 21.5
08/05/19 :::: 3.7 :::: 25.2
08/06/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 28.2
08/07/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 33.3
08/08/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 36.3
08/09/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 36.3
08/10/19 :::: 8.7 :::: 45.0
08/11/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 48.8

I had a fantastic, hard, tiring, and fun weekend at the Boston Spartan races. Actually Charlton, MA so I didn't make it into Boston itself (but I did have some lobster towards my #seafoodgoals). I am bruised, sore and exhausted today but it was amazing.

The Super (8+ miles, 28 obstacles) was on Saturday and I ran with a team of 20 from my gym. This is the 4th race we've done as a team and we completed our trifecta (Sprint, Super and Beast). The course was relatively flat, certainly compared to the other races we've done, but the trails were technical with lots of rocks and roots. I rolled my ankle slightly midway into the race but it held up okay. I hung in the back of the pack of our team because I needed to take it a little easy to be able to run again the next day, especially after the ankle tweak. I was extremely excited that I was able to do 25 out of the 28 obstacles, including most of the upper body/hanging obstacles that I could not do back in April at the Beast. I did not get the spear throw or the rope climb and I was furious about that. The rope climb was the very last obstacle again and the combo of exhaustion and slippery wet shoes and rope just was not happening. I swore I'd stay out there until I got it, but it was clearly not getting better with more attempts. Despite that and our very slow time, I felt really happy about this race.

Sunday morning I woke up stiff and sore and kind of regretting my life choices. But I felt better as I moved around and the ankle was not bad. I taped it up just as a precaution. The Sprint was 3+ miles, 20 obstacles. They took out the middle section that was on the Super course (which had all the hardest obstacles) and made a couple of the obstacles easier. I ran this one with a team of 3 other people, only 1 of whom I had met before. They turned out to be a really fun group and we had a blast. It seemed so much easier than the super even though I was a bit fatigued and sore going in. Spear throw and rope climb still my nemeses on this race. I guess I know what I need to work on!

A couple of pics in the spoiler. I have some recovery to do this week and then it's a 35-mile bike ride on Saturday - which I am totally untrained for and is now sounding like a bad idea. Ah well, it'll be fun.

August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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