March 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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My son did a recovery run with me! One mile, speed work the whole time. He’s a sprinter for sure!11
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Morning all!
Welcome newbies! It's great to see you here!
I carb loaded yesterday (unintentionally), shift work plays havoc with eating. So today I did 8k. Would have gone longer but I find that 8k is about my limit if I'm not carying water or fuel of any kind. Last night on shift tonight and I have tomorrow off, yay! Tempted to do a long run tomorrow but legs are feeling tired after a busy night lat night - seriously busy. So many broken bones! I have a student with me tonight so can share the workload a bit!
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March - goal 160k
Mar 1 - 4k
Mar 2 - 8k
March total 12k
Run streak - 73 days10 -
Hello to all the new peeps! This is only my second month so I’m new too!! I’ve been running for years but was hoping to up my distance and speed and get some races in.
Today I did my typical 7 mile loop but the tight hip/back reappeared. I ran and walked as necessary. Decided to finally seek medical opinion so hopefully they can tell me what the issue is and how to recover.
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March - Goal 65 miles,unless I’m sidelined
Race: Cap 10K ATX - April 5th
3/1-7 miles
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Thank you everyone for the welcomes I hope to be an active participant here for a while so hopefully I can gain a few friends along the way.
Day one went about how I thought it would . I got in 2.3 miles in about 29:minutes walking 2 running 2. It felt pretty good but I do need new shoes I cant even remember how old these are or how many miles are on them but I will get out next week and pick up some new ones before I get to far down the road.
I also started back counting calories I need to drop some fluffyness before I get too serious about my training.
March Goal 40 miles
Total 2.3
Today 2.315 -
March Goal: 90 Miles
3/1: 7.62 miles
7.62/90 miles completed for March
206.7/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
Welcome to all the newbies!
I ran 7.62 miles this morning. It was really nice, but a little windy. It was in the 20's on my run on Thursday, and today it started out at 58°F and ended at 65°F. The 19 mph winds kept it from being too hot and as long as I wasn't running South it wasn't too bad. It was a nice start to March. The training for my HM says to run long runs at 30 to 90 seconds slower than HM pace so I set my virtual pacer at 10:45 and managed to end up with a 10:44 average pace. I usually run my weekday runs on Tues, Wed and Thurs, but the weather should be nice tomorrow and raining on Wed and Thurs, so I may run tomorrow and have my rest day on either Tues or Wed depending on the weather.
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon7 -
You can do it @jele30 ! I'm working on a HM plan too. Mine isn't until September, so it gives me lots of time to repeat weeks if I need to and find some 5K and 10K races to throw in along the way.
@TheMrWobbly Sounds like a tough run/walk, but at least you got out there and did it. I hope you feel better everyday until you're back to normal.
@SassyBelle070707 Welcome! Great job on the weight loss! You'll do great. My first HM is in September, so I have no advice.
@bearly63 I hope you get some answers and it's an easy fix.
Sunday's are busy days for me. I go to early church (8:00), Sunday School, and then a local nursing home and have a sing- a- long with the residents. I stop at my mom and dad's for lunch and then go to an elderly neighbor's house for a visit....she turned 93 recently and thinks I'm mad at her if I don't go. By then, I'm ready for a nap. Today's nap ended at 3:30. I had resigned myself to taking my dog for a walk and then running on the treadmill, since it would be later than I like to run on the narrow country road. Well, it was soooo nice outside. Sunny. 60°F. Little wind. I just had to do my run outdoors. So, I put on shorts and a short sleeved shirt and set out on a series of 0.3 mile loops on my driveway. As I have mentioned before, my driveway is hilly. One hill I usually slog up. Today, I decided to sprint up it every time so I wouldn't have to be on it as long.
My pace was slower than I am on the treadmill and I breathed harder than normal, but it wasn't awful. I'm really glad I did the outdoor run. It's supposed to rain most of the rest of the week. I ran 3.25 miles and warm up and cool down walks totaled 0.75 miles.
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Holy petunias, 95 posts and it’s only March 1st! I haven’t read the thread, will go back and catch up after posting.
My primary, secondary, and tertiary goal for March is to not get injured. Two years in a row I have had a major injury during March which sidelined me from running during the rest of the spring and early summer, which are the pleasant times to run. I am tired of only getting to run in summer heat and winter cold, I want to run when it’s nice outside too! So I am going to be as careful as I can in ramping up my mileage and speed as the weather gets better. Last year I was being careful and got injured anyway! Fingers crossed, knock on wood, and all that.
Mileage goal is 50 miles with stretch goal of 60. I want to increase my regular long runs to 8 miles, add some speed work, and hopefully drop a couple of pounds. I got my bloodwork back last month and found out there’s a logical reason my weight seemed to be creeping upwards no matter what I did, my TSH was 22! Six months ago it was 4! So they have bumped my meds up and hopefully it will make things much easier. That’s probably one reason my rear has been dragging all winter.14 -
Well, I accomplished several of my goals today. I lifted (squat day, I hate squats)... did a Romwod, and then went to run. After yesterday’s run and today’s squats, run kind of sucked. I had the reasonable plan to take it easy at run 2 walk 2. Tevals, but I still had to drop my pace, and still really wanted to stop 8 million times, and nearly did stop at 30 minutes... but still somehow convinced myself to finish my 3.01 miles on 3-01. (Don’t worry, I won’t keep doing this, if for no other reason than 3 miles still may be my “long run” for this regroup. And won’t happen real regularly. But for now, I am on pace for goal. So, I’m at least starting off ok.
Tomorrow, if I get out of work on time, I will maybe have time to lift. But, several weeks ago the physical therapy place where I have my treadmill access, was offering a buy one get one half off with their massage therapist. And tomorrow is my self care/half off night. But... I don’t think she would appreciate it if I try to run before I see her.... light lifting might be a little less gross for her. But my shoulders, hips, and IT will thank me. I may see if I can afford to keep this up once a month as my reward for staying on the wagon.10 -
@rheddmobile Fingers crossed for an injury free March. My dad had to have a stent in his heart for 3 Novembers in a row. When November's are over, we breath a sigh of relief. I'm sure you will do the same for March.1
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SUNDAY UPDATE - Pastor Vincent vs Boston!
For those new/or with short memories I recently hired a coach to help me run faster - with the goal of a BQ in 2021. It is probably an unrealistic goal, but I am not getting any younger, so going for it. Several people asked to be updated on what the coach has in for me so I post each week what the coach's plan was, and what I actually did.
I did so bad this week I almost did not update, but I need to get myself back on track somehow and hiding my head in the sand will not do it. So here we go:
DAY :::: PLAN :::: ACTUAL
Monday :::: 8+Strides :::: 8 + Strides
Tuesday :::: Rest Day ::::: 1 hour cross training
Wednesday :::: 4 easy + 6 @ HMP :::: 0 - Wife broke down a couple of towns away - went to rescue
Thursday :::: 11 miles :::: 11 miles
Friday :::: Rest Day :::: Rest Day
Saturday ::::: 20 miles ::::: 20 miles
Sunday ::::: 5 miles ::::: 0 Miles - got sucked in a 2.5 hour meeting instead
Total Miles: Plan 55, Actual 40
Next week will be better!10 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
03/01/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 4.1
Another pretty cold morning run. It was only in the teens when we started running but the sun warmed things up much more than yesterday. The friends I was with pushed the pace a little on me, and I felt like I was dragging and breathing hard the whole time. But it got done!
Today marked a 75-day running streak for me. This week's travel is going to be the test of whether that continues or not.8 -
PastorVincent wrote: »SUNDAY UPDATE - Pastor Vincent vs Boston!
For those new/or with short memories I recently hired a coach to help me run faster - with the goal of a BQ in 2021. It is probably an unrealistic goal, but I am not getting any younger, so going for it. Several people asked to be updated on what the coach has in for me so I post each week what the coach's plan was, and what I actually did.
I did so bad this week I almost did not update, but I need to get myself back on track somehow and hiding my head in the sand will not do it. So here we go:
DAY :::: PLAN :::: ACTUAL
Monday :::: 8+Strides :::: 8 + Strides
Tuesday :::: Rest Day ::::: 1 hour cross training
Wednesday :::: 4 easy + 6 @ HMP :::: 0 - Wife broke down a couple of towns away - went to rescue
Thursday :::: 11 miles :::: 11 miles
Friday :::: Rest Day :::: Rest Day
Saturday ::::: 20 miles ::::: 20 miles
Sunday ::::: 5 miles ::::: 0 Miles - got sucked in a 2.5 hour meeting instead
Total Miles: Plan 55, Actual 40
Next week will be better!
You made the right right choice by rescuing wife. I think you adjusted as much as you could to the obstacles you faced.
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If anyone remembers my first post I'm using Pacer app to track my steps and total distance so walking mostly for me and short runs (It's jogging because I can't run worth peanuts yet) Brisk walk in to work today and on my feet for work (cashier) so got a good 10k to start me off this month. Aiming for 200km min total.
(And its late and *kitten* cold out but I'm going out for a walk because I literally have nothing better to do so hopefully I'll get another few km and maybe stay in when it rains tomorrow😅)
Edit: ooh profanity filter cool 🤣forgot about that4 -
emmamcgarity wrote: »You made the right right choice by rescuing wife. I think you adjusted as much as you could to the obstacles you faced.
Oh, that was never in doubt despite her telling me to go run anyways. I probably could have sent someone else, but that is not how I roll.
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Hi, everyone! I would love to join this challenge. I'm starting over (again) so I will set a goal of 50mi for March. I'm just finding this now so I need to report that I did zero today. I'm looking forward to logging in and recording everyday so I can stay accountable! I need to get ready for another Maniac or a Mudder 🤞9
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MzCongeniality70 wrote: »Hi, everyone! I would love to join this challenge. I'm starting over (again) so I will set a goal of 50mi for March. I'm just finding this now so I need to report that I did zero today. I'm looking forward to logging in and recording everyday so I can stay accountable! I need to get ready for another Maniac or a Mudder 🤞
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MzCongeniality70 wrote: »Hi, everyone! I would love to join this challenge. I'm starting over (again) so I will set a goal of 50mi for March. I'm just finding this now so I need to report that I did zero today. I'm looking forward to logging in and recording everyday so I can stay accountable! I need to get ready for another Maniac or a Mudder 🤞
Welcome!
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Training plan today called for rest, but since I have not been consistent on my cross training goals I did an easy walk aerobics video for 15 minutes while dinner was cooking so I could work in some lateral movement. Other than that today was a lazy day. Hopefully tomorrow’s weather will be agreeable for my planned 3 mile run. I also really need more focus on my food this week. I’ve been maintaining the past few months but I’m feeling it’s time to focus on the last few pounds left to lose.3
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PastorVincent wrote: »Camaramandy648 wrote: »Recovery flip flops or barefoot? As you might guess, the running store strongly recommends recovery flip flops or slides over flat sandals (in spring and summer i wear flip flops and sandals).
On the other hand, I’ve read that it’s much more beneficial to the runner to be barefoot as much as possible...
Yay or nay?
Okay, this is a new one for me. "Recovery flip flops"? I do not understand this concept. I just wear my regular footwear, or when home, just socks.I have this awesome pair of Salomon recovery sandals that I basically got for free with a coupon once, and I really do love them... but honestly I feel like barefoot is better. Something about the way my feet kinda spread out when not constricted by a shoe. I think I've heard there's research to back that up, but I don't remember which podcast I heard that on.
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@PastorVincent I don't think you're week was so bad. At least you got your long runs in. I don't think missing what you did is going to affect you in the long run. But, then again, I'm not a coach and have no idea what I'm talking about. So, there's that.
Welcome @MzCongeniality70 !0 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Camaramandy648 wrote: »Recovery flip flops or barefoot? As you might guess, the running store strongly recommends recovery flip flops or slides over flat sandals (in spring and summer i wear flip flops and sandals).
On the other hand, I’ve read that it’s much more beneficial to the runner to be barefoot as much as possible...
Yay or nay?
Okay, this is a new one for me. "Recovery flip flops"? I do not understand this concept. I just wear my regular footwear, or when home, just socks.I have this awesome pair of Salomon recovery sandals that I basically got for free with a coupon once, and I really do love them... but honestly I feel like barefoot is better. Something about the way my feet kinda spread out when not constricted by a shoe. I think I've heard there's research to back that up, but I don't remember which podcast I heard that on.
That sounds familiar. I think I've also heard/read that doctors say if you have to wear sandals wear something with support because flip flops are the worse thing you can wear.0 -
@quilteryoyo
thanks....I hope so too. I think I have purposely avoided it because I fear they will tell me to take a month off and ice and stretch, yada yada. I'm being a brat but deep down I know its probably what I need
@rheddmobile
I fully agree with your goals....It made me think that maybe I run more days of the week and just stick to shorter runs...I just love being outside. Spring running here is glorious. And some years, Spring lasts about 3 days.
Welcome @MzCongeniality702 -
i tweaked my back on weds. thought it was good saturday. over exerted. no run this weekend. so hopefully get a longer run in today. and get back on track.
new foster dog will be taking up some of my time. hording situation. not potty trained. sweet as pie
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2.5 mile walk on the beach yesterday!
Goal: 50
Current Total: 2.59 -
3-1 7k moderate
3-2 7k thresholdish + resistance bands
March Total: 14k
March Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
2020 Total through February: 328k
Cloudy and mid 40s F today, so I took the opportunity to run in shorts and a short sleeved tech shirt after the first batch of rain finished and before the second batch arrived. Tried to go hard, but ended up a little short of how hard I wanted to go. In my defense, my right SI joint was unhappy again today.
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020K in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders
2020 races:
4-25 Shine the Light 5k, Twinsburg, OH
5-23 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson OH
6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH6 -
Sunday I did a 5889-meter patriotic race, in memory of underground anti-communist soldiers in Poland during 1944-1963. There were two distances: 1 loop for 1963 meters, or 3 loops for 5889, which is what I did. It's in the same park where we have parkrun, with a couple extra bits added to the route, so I knew about the crazy hills that awaited us. Our church meets nearby, so I went with running clothes under a dress and only had to make a quick change, left a bag with my husband and ran over to the park. My son came along to see the military demonstrations and hung out on the playground while I was running. It was fun. He was looking for me and cheering when I went past the playground, and I tossed him my gloves, and later a buff as I went by cause I was too warm... but then on the third loop I didn't see him. Here he had moved over to the finish line to take my picture Which is good, because the official photographers didn't, LOL. I can't compare my time to much but this same course, but I was a minute faster than when I ran this same race 2 years ago, and my 5k time was also decent compared to parkrun. I felt great, and they had good military-style "hunter's stew" for us afterwards. My only complaint is that the medal is shaped like a piece of a puzzle and I have no idea what other races it's supposed to fit with >)
Today I decided to put my long run earlier in the week, before any swimming. So 26k this morning in the rain, easy pace, didn't feel awesome or anything but was fine. Weird, at about 23k I was going uphill and suddenly felt like breathing and everything got easier. I've had that happen earlier in runs, today included, but really thought I was past my limit on distance today. But I'll take it!
March goal 100 miles (stretch goal 200 km)
Upcoming races:
Mar. 7 - CityTrail 5k (#6 of 6)
Mar. 27 - "Green Shoelaces" HM (Puławy, Poland)16 -
@polskagirl01 Very, very nice...what a tribute!!! Sweet picture, you are beautiful!0
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3/2 2.28 miles C25K Wk5Day1
I did not want to run this morning but did it anyway and so glad I did. I am in a funk and reading too much about the virus in the internet...which causes me to worry about my parents in Oregon and California. The run helped me clear my mind a but. Also, up to running 6 minutes at a time!
1. Run the month.
2. Loose 20 pounds in 2020.
March 14-CloudForestSchool 5K
June 13-Helvetia 10K
Abi12 -
So, I guess something is working...
For the past couple of months, I have been running the hilly harder route at home for my coach's training plan. Mostly because of the showers at the gym at work are typically crowded.
Well today I have a stupid 9 am to 5 pm meeting. Normally I work 6 am to 2 or 3 pm, and run after work. So with this stupid...err... highly valuable meeting meaning I would be working when I should be running, I decided to run before work. That meant running a route I have not run in several months, and
Seems I have gotten a little faster after all 16 -
It's only the 2nd and already there are more posts here than I can keep up with!
My goal for the month is a very conservative 100km but mostly to finish my HM on the 22nd, which I'm (as usual) feeling overwhelmingly unprepared for although I am no less prepared than for my other 2. Silly brain.
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