August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

So, in my first month taking part in this group I haven't met my target but I am super proud of how I kept up with running despite very hot weather, being on holiday, and too many late nights. L set the same target next mobth and we'll see!
I'm also super pleased to have found this group, you are all so welcoming, so interesting, and, at the risk of sounding a little hackneyed, inspiring! Reading about your determination to run despite illness, new jobs, family demands, emptying your guts by the side of the road... has genuinely made me get up and run some days when I really didn't feel like it. So thank you, and see you in September!

Was excited when I woke up and saw my phone said it was only 72F outside. But after I got all ready to go and stepped outside, the humidity slapped me in the face 🤭
But it actually was a good run. I felt relaxed and comfortable after the first 3 miles. Plan only called for 9-10, but I just can't think of a long run less than 11, so that's what I did.
That ends August just over 125 miles, and over 900 miles this year.

Congratulations on your 5k race @Tramboman! Way to place in the AG!

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
08/12/19 :::: 4.2 :::: 53.1
08/13/19 :::: 2.3 :::: 55.3
08/14/19 :::: 5.4 :::: 60.7
08/15/19 :::: 5.0 :::: 65.7
08/16/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 65.7
08/17/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 65.7
08/18/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 70.9
08/19/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 75.9
08/20/19 :::: 5.5 :::: 81.5
08/21/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 85.3
08/22/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 85.3
08/23/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 90.4
08/24/19 :::: 11.0 :::: 101.4
08/25/19 :::: 3.3 :::: 104.7
08/26/19 :::: 6.0 :::: 110.7
08/27/19 :::: 5.3 :::: 116.0
08/28/19 :::: 4.2 :::: 120.1
08/29/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 125.3
08/30/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 125.3
08/31/19 :::: 5.0 :::: 130.3/ 130 mile goal

I made it to my goal! And this ends up being my 5th highest total mileage month ever (last 4 years of running). I ended up taking yesterday as a rest day and that was a good thing as I was super tired both mentally and physically. This morning I had a workout challenge to go to at the gym at 9:30, so I wasn't super excited to run before that, but it was a nice cool morning so I dragged myself out and did a pretty easy paced 5 miles. I'll do my long run tomorrow.

The workout was an AMRAP challenge, the same as we did around 4th of July weekend - so the challenge was to beat your performance from the last one. Each round was cardio (my choice was 805 m rowing), 50 dips, 50 rows, 50 burpees, 50 wall ball shots, and 50 prisoner lunges each leg. Last time I finished 2 full rounds plus a 3rd round of cardio. This time I finished 3 rounds of everything but the wall ball shots (did 2 1/2 rounds) and the burpees (did none of them in the third round, because I'm no fool). I was definitely much more efficient this time and didn't waste so much time between things, but it also did seem easier. So that's good progress I think.


Congrats to everyone who made their goals, and those who made progress, or just got out there and ran this month. You are all awesome.

Congratulations @Tramboman !!

I’ve done two runs while in Scotland this week. I ran 5.6 miles along Loch Linnhe in Ft William on Tuesday and 6.5 miles on Friday in Inverness. It was 54 degrees F, windy and pouring rain but it felt great! I was going to run again today but it was raining again and I didn’t want to have to pack up wet clothes and shoes since we were taking the train out of town later this morning. Not sure what my total for the month is but I’m positive I surpassed my goal of 80 miles. See you in September!

August Running
08/01: 4.03 mile easy run
08/02: 4.55 miles - 2M race + 1M race + wu/cd
08/03: 5.61 mile trail run
08/04: 10.02 mile long run
08/05: Off, rest day
08/06: 4.04 mile easy run (am) + 5.32 miles - 6x0.25M uphill repeats (pm)
08/07: 5.03 mile recovery run
08/08: 6.21 miles - 2x12' tempo (am) + 4.03 mile trail recovery run (pm)
08/09: 5.06 mile run commute
08/10: 6.67 mile trail run
08/11: 9.10 miles - 7 km XC race + wu/extended cd
08/12: Off, rest day 1.03 mile jog with Manny
08/13: 5.03 mile easy run (am) + 5.08 miles - 8x(400@5k/200 float) (pm)
08/14: 4.52 mile run commute + 1.42 mile jog with Manny
08/15: 5.54 mile trail run
08/16: 4.02 mile easy run
08/17: 5.96 miles - 8 km race + warm up
08/18: 14.01 mile long run
08/19: Off, rest day 1.95 mile trail run with Manny
08/20: 4.06 mile easy run (am) + 6.01 miles - 5x(1km@8k/600m easy) (pm)
08/21: 5.52 mile trail run
08/22: 6.23 trail miles - 3x giant hill loop
08/23: 4.01 mile easy run
08/24: 5.35 mile trail run
08/25: 15.03 mile long run
08/26: Off, rest day
08/27: 4.06 mile easy run (am) + 6.62 mile - 5x(1M@5K/2' rest) (pm)
08/28: 5.38 mile trail run
08/29: 7.02 miles - 5M tempo
08/30: 6.02 mile run commute
08/31: 8.62 mile trail run
Total: 202.19 miles

Notes:

Officially hit + surpassed my running goal for the month! And 202 is a new mileage PR for me see you all in the september thread!

Upcoming Races
08/02: Going Green Track Meet - 2M and 1M (14:54 2M - 1st in AG, 6:39.3 1M - 7th female - 2nd in AG)
08/11: Groovin’ Woodstock XC - 7K (34:15 - 3rd female)
08/17: Eastern County 8K (40:40 - 9th female - 1st in AG)
09/08: Parks Half Marathon
09/14: Lake Needwood XC - 10K
10/05: Black Hill XC - 10K
11/10: Candy Cane City 5K
12/01: Space Coast Half Marathon
12/08: Jingle Bell Jog - 8K
12/15: Seneca Slopes XC - 9K

01 Aug - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
03 Aug - 6.2 miles (outside)
11 Aug - 6.2 miles (outside)
15 Aug - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
16 Aug - 1.9 miles (treadmill - getting faster though which seems to be helping!)
17 Aug - 4.5 miles (outside)
19 Aug - 1.75 miles (treadmill)
22 Aug - 1.8 miles (treadmill incline fun)
23 Aug - 7.5 miles (outside but it's warm again so it was a bit of a slog!)
26 Aug - 3.1 miles (outside)
29 Aug - 2 miles (treadmill)
30 Aug - 2 miles (treadmill)
31 Aug - 3.5 miles (outside)

44.05 miles/50 miles

Not as well as I'd hoped, but hey sometimes life gets in the way! No idea what I'm going to aim for next month, doesn't help I'll be working long days every day from 9th-20th September =/

So close. I knew I was going to miss my goal by less than a kilometre but I had to get home so couldn't spare the necessary five minutes, also, as I can get a bit obsessed by numbers, I thought it would be good to knowingly miss by a short amount and not fret over it. Seems to have worked. Either that or I am just too shattered (and relaxed thanks to my massage) to care.

Also, I knew it was going to be difficult to make goal this month given the recovery from my events and our holiday, so I'm pretty stoked to get this close.

Running challenge
1 Aug: Osteopath, massage, and rest
2 Aug: Rest
3 Aug: Taupo Half, 20.93
4 Aug: Rest
5 Aug: Pilates + yoga
6 Aug: Rest
7 Aug: Yoga
8 Aug: 6.76km
9 Aug: 8.3km
10 Aug: Yoga + 5.26km
11 Aug: 14.3km
12 Aug: Pilates + yoga
13 Aug: Rest
14 Aug: 3.33km + yoga
15 Aug: 6.56km
16 Aug: 7.51km + Pilates
17 Aug: Rest (flew to Fiji)
18 Aug: Rest
19 Aug: 5.03km
20 Aug: 6.08km
21 Aug: 10.31km
22 Aug: 4.93km
23 Aug: Rest
24 Aug: Rest
25 Aug: 6.04km (flew back to NZ)
26 Aug: Pilates + Yoga
27 Aug: 11km
28 Aug: 3.3km + Yoga
29 Aug: 15.3km
30 Aug: Pilates + 6.55km
31 Aug: 17.66km + yoga + massage (bliss)

159.15 of 160km for August

This morning I got to run a glorious 10.04 miles, my longest run of 2019 and enough to just inch me past my 55 mile goal! This might be the first time I’ve made my goal since January - certainly it’s my highest mileage month of the year. My left glute and knee are still sore, so I guess I should put some ice on my butt or something.

The best part of this morning’s run was that my dad went with me! He doesn’t run, but he can ride a bike very, very slowly, so we got a great couple of hours of chatting in which really made the miles fly by. He lives in California and I often only see him once a year, so it was really a treat. Rest day tomorrow, then race on Monday! I’m planning on taking it nice and slow, but I’m sure it will be a lot of fun anyhow.

This was a weird month. I had my lowest totals of the year for three of my four fitness goals (strength, mobility, and moderate cardio), and the highest for one (running). I only went to the gym four times, which is hard to believe but the spreadsheet doesn't lie. Well, that's life.

August Total: 55.37 miles

August Goals: Run 55 miles, lift minimum 2x/week, 15 minutes/day of moderate cardio, 15 minutes/day of mobility.

2019 Races! (bold registered)
January 26: Securian 10K, St. Paul, MN Chip time: 1:05:07
February 16: Half Fast 10K DNS - weather
March 23: Hot Dash 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:28:39 (*PR!)
May 19: Women Run the Cities 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:33:02
June 8: PHRC Pensieve 10K (virtual)
June 12: ESTRS French 5K, Plymouth, MN DNS - injury
June 29 Lift Bridge 5K, Bayport MN Chip time: 0:32:51
August 3: Beat the Blerch 10K, Carnation, WA
September 2: MDRA Victory Labor Day 5K, Mpls, MN
September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD
October 5: TCM 10K, St. Paul, MN
October 6: TCM 10Mi, Minneapolis to St. Paul, MN
October 12: Bemidji Blue Ox 26K, Bemidji, MN
November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K, St. Paul, MN
December 14: Reindeer Run 10K, Mpls, MN

I am really excited to see so many of our new runners 'catching the bug' and finding incentive from the group! I love your enthusiasm!
@Tramboman - congratulations on a great race and AG place! Whoot! Whoot!
@AlphaHowls - amazing as always!
@Teresa502 - I bet you are running in some beautiful places! Hope you can get some pictures for us!
@MegaMooseEsq - Great job on the long run and so awesome to spend that time with your dad!

No run for me due to several 'technical' issues (i.e. watch battery died during warm up, then it got too hot to go out and college football was on tv!). Was planning to go 12, even got up early to get out before it got too hot. Too bad it was already hot when I got up. Tomorrow looks to be about the same but I will get out and get a run of some kind in even if it isn't the 12 mile long run on my plan. Next week is a bit lighter and then I taper up to the HM on the 15th. I actually made goal yesterday and this was my biggest mileage month this year. I also hit 400k steps for the month - haven't done that in a while either!
Date........Miles.......Total
08/01......0.00........0.00
08/02......4.28........4.28
08/03......0.00........4.28
08/04....11.14......15.42
08/05......1.62......17.04 - Recovery + Agility Class
08/06......4.15......21.19 - + Strength Training
08/07......8.46......29.65
08/08......0.00......29.65 - + Strength Training
08/09......0.00......29.65 - Seattle/Burlington
08/10......0.00......29.65 - Vancouver
08/11......0.00......29.65 - Burlington/Seattle
08/12......0.00......29.65 - Home
08/13......1.61......31.26 - + Strength Training
08/14......6.03......37.29
08/15......6.21......43.50
08/16......3.70......47.20 - + Strength Training
08/17......0.00......47.20
08/18......9.64......56.84
08/19......6.50......63.34 - + Agility Class
08/20......0.00......63.34 - + Strength Training (at home)
08/21......8.25......71.59
08/22......0.00......71.59 - + Strength Training (at home)
08/23......4.26......75.85
08/24......0.00......75.85
08/25....11.84......87.69
08/26......3.75......91.44 - + Agility Class
08/27......0.00......91.44 - + Strength Training
08/28......5.36......96.80
08/29......0.00......96.80 - + Strength Training
08/30......6.39....103.19
08/31......1.00....104.19 - Warm up only before the watch died



2019 Planned and Completed Races
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon