April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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So there goes Q1. My only goal remaining is the 2020 miles on foot @ 4 mph+ in 2020 which is still on target. 263 miles speed walking, 307 miles running with a paltry 69 miles of cycling (and the bike is in the garage for now!). In total I did 1.5 Million steps (789 miles) which is a surprising amount of non-exercise miles. Q2 is going to be tough as I have only managed 1.6 miles per day since quarantine in the UK.
Question of the month - go and get my haircut, I'll be like bleedin' Rapunzel at the rate this is going!8 -
Now I'm into my third week locked up inside, I think I might finally be starting to get used to running on my 'rather-be-deadmill' again. It's still bloody hard, but a little less so than a fortnight ago. This morning Hal had ordered a tempo run and I actually quite enjoyed it! I guess knowing it was supposed to feel hard made me fret less over how hard the dreadmill made it feel.
I did however panic when I clicked on next Thursday's workout, which looked like it was long, to see 9 of those freakin 400 metre 5k race pace intervals. Argh! Something to dread look forward to for the next week :-D What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? I just keep telling myself to remember how awesomely easy outdoor runs will feel when we get out on bail.
01/04: 4.8 km tempo run
April goal: 144km.7 -
I'm in for 125!
So far this year I have run/walked 350 miles. I am pretty happy with that, all things considered.
I also just logged all of my food for today, excepting dinner.
I am also trying to determine what distance would be safe to run/ walk this weekend for the Uncancelled Project, all things considered. The creators of this series also said that 15-20 minutes of ANY exercise will count as 1 mile, so I'm pretty happy with that as it will allow me to participate, even with a stupid idiot injury.
Also... I need more coffee. I just almost deleted a bunch of financial projection sheets at work. . . . .4 -
@Avidkeo Yikes....how many days do I got? lol! I will look that up today. Can a 50ish....very ish chick regrow bone? I have heard ice cream is an option but it also leads to secondary growth in the back end. Sweet. I am in. Where do I start My medical vocab is growing by leaps and bounds. I feel like a pretty good epidemiologist so now maybe head into orthopedics.
@Elise4270 I read your bio....wow! Sorry to hear that it de-rotated. Sounds like you have great docs. How close are you to Dallas? Yes....I have a 30 day trial of the Peloton. Came at a really timely moment. I have to decide by the end of April. I am really enjoying it and all the classes on the app too. I am only doing low impact rides or modifying so not standing at all but its a good cardio option. Daughter is using it too - my shoes are a bit big but its working. I just worry about getting huge quads so I need to focus on the glutes too....somehow. I might try swimming too once we are free to be out and about.1 -
Happy April everyone! I'm wishing increasingly good running weather for everyone for whom that is relevant. We hit 50 degrees yesterday, which felt great on my afternoon walk (in the AM, when I ran, it was still colder). It was 41 degrees during my run this morning and I loved every balmy-feeling minute of it!
4/1: 7.75m6 -
@Camaramandy648 That sounds delish! Thanks for the tips. Going to try that. I have been trying to do more vegetarian too - found a great recipe for a "bhudda style bowl" with roasted veggies and a tamari lemon dressing. So good.
@shanaber Yes....I do remember the river. Very pretty area to run. My neighborhood in HS in Costa Mesa abutted the Santa Ana River but not trail that I recall.
@rheddmobile Regarding the cute baby raccoon, we had a weird thing happen like 15 years ago. Woke up to our dog making an odd growl. 3 baby raccoons had wedged themselves up in the corner of our front door sidelight window against the bricks. They stayed there for hours. Neighbors told us to leave them alone and that they would eventually leave with or without their parents....pretty darn cute. Wish I could find the pic.1 -
I would like to join this group for 30 miles this month6
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@aliciawb130 Welcome!1
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Since everyone's talking about raccoons, last summer I was driving along a busy highway near my home and noticed a baby blundering along all by himself. I did a U-turn as fast as I could and pulled over close to him so no one would hit him. I looked around for a momma, but it was all open field and I didn't see her anywhere. I scooped him up with a sweatshirt I had in my car and took him home. My husband, pictured with the little guy, wanted to keep him soooo bad. I easily would have been talked into it had we not rented at the time. Lol. I think my landlords would have killed me.
We gave him to a wildlife rehabilitator who said he had about 15 other abandoned babies at home for him to play with, and that he releases them back into the wild once they can care for themselves.
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Good morning group. I hope it’s not too late for me to join. So excited to find you all. For this month I’m hoping to run 20-30 miles a week with some walking to get me back on track with running. I’m hoping this will motivate me.7
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4-1 7k easy
April Total: 7k
April Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
2020 Total through March: 509k
Back into winter running gear this morning: cloudy, drizzly, and low 40s F. Right hip did not take advantage of yesterday's rest day.
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:
5-23 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson OH
6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH5 -
lakeshawas3129 wrote: »Good morning group. I hope it’s not too late for me to join. So excited to find you all. For this month I’m hoping to run 20-30 miles a week with some walking to get me back on track with running. I’m hoping this will motivate me.
Never too late to join. Welcome!!!2 -
Thank you 😊 😀😀0
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lakeshawas3129 wrote: »Good morning group. I hope it’s not too late for me to join. So excited to find you all. For this month I’m hoping to run 20-30 miles a week with some walking to get me back on track with running. I’m hoping this will motivate me.
Well, sorry, it is way too late for you to join for March, but April is wide open! So welcome!2 -
Thank you @PastorVincent!! I’m getting ready to head out to start my miles.1
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@bearly63 - it is amazing still to me that you can take the bike trail all the way from Yorba Linda to the beach. From my house it would be about 19 miles so way too far for me to run but our neighbor used to ride there and back all the time.
@brittanystebbins95 - both yours and @rheddmobile's little raccoons are SO cute, Probably not so cute or manageable once they are grown up though.
@Tramboman - hope you can get that hip to start cooperating!
I was expecting to have a rest day today, maybe get in some lifting/strength training. It was supposed to be cold and drizzly this morning but I woke up to cool and beautiful sunshine. I also just downloaded the Peloton app for the free 90 day trial and it looks like so much fun. So I may just go out for a little run to kick start the month!3 -
@shanaber Is there anything worse than having it be absolutely gorgeous on a planned rest day? (I mean, yes, there is stuff that is worse, but this is one of my pet peeves). I usually can't resist temptation and wind up moving the rest day so I can get a run in.2
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Welcome to all of the newcomers!
@brittanystebbins95 Cute little guy. Glad you were able to get it to a rehabilitation center.
I'll add to the raccoon stories, but don't have any pictures. This was probably about 20 years ago. My husband and I were sitting outside and noticed a critter that looked odd and was walking weird. We went for a closer look and it was a raccoon that had gotten it's head stuck in an empty glass jar. Obviously, he had gone in to eat whatever had been left in the bottom of the container and then couldn't get it's head back out. We were able to take a towel and gloves to hold it and gently tap the jar to break it off of it's head. We let it go and it waddled up onto a pile of wood we had on the hill. We took it some water and just let it be. After a couple of hours it was gone. We're sure it rested up and was on it's way to find something to eat. Who knows how long the poor thing had been trapped.4 -
April Goal: 100 Miles
4/1: 5.16
5.16/100 miles completed for April
316.56/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
Welcome to all the newcomers!
I don't think I ever officially stated my goal for April, but I think I will just set it at 100 miles. I got out this morning for 5 miles. It was a pretty good run. I had a hard time getting going this morning. I really need to go to bed earlier. But once I got going the run was good. Then I got home and just barely had time for a little yoga to stretch and when I was done my boss texted me saying the lights at the office had blown and he had an electrician coming so don't come into work. So I could have slept in at least an hour and still got a good run in. 🙄 But it worked out since I went for a walk with my son to hit all the Poke stops near the house so it was good to have that time with him. Now I am thinking about clearing out my laundry room, but it will be a pretty big chore, so I am procrastinating.
When I was in college we had a mama raccoon who got under our house and had babies. We never saw the babies but we could hear them inside the walls. The worst part was our house became infested with fleas. Luckily it was near the end of the spring semester and by the time we got back in the fall the landlord had gotten rid of the raccoons and the fleas.
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon 🤞2
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