April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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PastorVincent wrote: »So um second monthly question if you don't mind me asking: what's your favourite show to binge during lock down!
I'm on a startrek kick, watching TNG, currently up to season 3. And almost finished Picard. Also catching up on Outlander. Ohhh no kids around, maybe I should finally watch Breaking Bad. What service is it on?
We just watched all 10 episodes of Picard and now, circling back to the Doctor. We are only on season 11 so have some to work through.
Excellent choices. Hmmm 8d happily go back to season 1 of new who, its like comfort food!0 -
@hanlonsk - that is hilarious but then my first question was 'what does she need a saw for making wipes' 😂
I saw a friend early on on my run this morning (a walker not a runner although she does walk very fast) who was wearing a mask for the 1st time and we talked about it. She said it was making her crazy. Her nose runs all the time (mine too) so she has to lift the mask to take care of that and then the same if she wants a sip of water. She felt like her exposure was worse because she was always having to touch the mask. I am making masks too wear when I have to go to the store or to pick up food or things like that but I will not wear it when I run. I am pretty sure I will suffocate if I did. I am choosing instead to go way out of my way to run where there aren't as many people and I can stay far away from those that are there.3 -
Thanks everyone I walked 6miles to the post office yesterday7
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@hanlonsk - that is hilarious but then my first question was 'what does she need a saw for making wipes' 😂
I saw a friend early on on my run this morning (a walker not a runner although she does walk very fast) who was wearing a mask for the 1st time and we talked about it. She said it was making her crazy. Her nose runs all the time (mine too) so she has to lift the mask to take care of that and then the same if she wants a sip of water. She felt like her exposure was worse because she was always having to touch the mask. I am making masks too wear when I have to go to the store or to pick up food or things like that but I will not wear it when I run. I am pretty sure I will suffocate if I did. I am choosing instead to go way out of my way to run where there aren't as many people and I can stay far away from those that are there.
This is exactly why masks are not recommended generally. They give a false sense of security, the the constant need to touch them to generally live life makes them redundant. Also most people don't actually wear then correctly anyway.
Sorry it's a huge bug of mine, seeing people wearing them and constantly touching them, or worse, not covering their nose, just their mouth. Makes it pointless. Also most masks are only designed to last 20 mins before having to be replaced.7 -
Morning all. Struggle again this morning, despite glorious sunshine and near empty (7am on Sunday in lockdown) streets. Should have been a joy but I couldn’t clear my mind. I’m nervous about going back to work tomorrow. I feel guilty about having to put my own children at risk by sending them to their school while I look after other key worker children at the school where I teach. And after a while in lockdown it will now feel so strange to be within 2 metres of these kids and my colleagues. Then I feel silly because I know people like @Avidkeo are being so much braver and really putting themselves on the line.
So I guess I was dragging my own mental chains this morning - love the reference @Tramboman! Squeezed in my 3.5m though.
Good wishes to all celebrating Palm Sunday today. Keep safe everyone xx
April goal: 75 miles
April total: 18.4 miles
1/4: 3.6 miles
2/4: 3.7 miles
3/4: 3.5 miles
4/4: 4.1 miles
5/4: 3.5 miles
March: 76.4 m
February: 17.8 m
January: 08 -
Morning all. Struggle again this morning, despite glorious sunshine and near empty (7am on Sunday in lockdown) streets. Should have been a joy but I couldn’t clear my mind. I’m nervous about going back to work tomorrow. I feel guilty about having to put my own children at risk by sending them to their school while I look after other key worker children at the school where I teach. And after a while in lockdown it will now feel so strange to be within 2 metres of these kids and my colleagues. Then I feel silly because I know people like @Avidkeo are being so much braver and really putting themselves on the line.
So I guess I was dragging my own mental chains this morning - love the reference @Tramboman! Squeezed in my 3.5m though.
Good wishes to all celebrating Palm Sunday today. Keep safe everyone xx
April goal: 75 miles
April total: 18.4 miles
1/4: 3.6 miles
2/4: 3.7 miles
3/4: 3.5 miles
4/4: 4.1 miles
5/4: 3.5 miles
March: 76.4 m
February: 17.8 m
January: 0
Hugs! What you are doing is so important too. Thank you for doing what you do.
This whole situation is a complete mind screw. I'm finding my favourite thing is getting out for a run/walk bec3ita one thing I can actually control and hasn't been affected (yet?)2 -
@rheddmobile Sorry about your fal! Glad it wasn’t worse.0
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April goal: 80 km
April 1st - 2.5 km
April 3 - 5.5. km
April 5 - 8.2 km
Total: 16.2 km
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Hubby and I went for a 4 mile hike yesterday. We have discovered a few local trails that we’ve never visited, so we are planning to try them over the next few weeks before it gets too hot. It is one of the few things we are still allowed to do outside of the house.4
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@shanaber Thanks. Looks like a great place to run and you killed it. I need to get some headphones and try some of the apps I am hearing about - or just listen to music. I think it would make the longer runs easier.
@hanlonsk Hahaha I didn't even see the hacksaw to begin with. I love crime shows, so that is sort of what it looks like - getting ready to do someone in and clean up afterwards.
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4-1 7k easy
4-2 7k easy
4-3 8k slow
4-4 7k moderate
4-5 7k moderate
April Total: 36k
April Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
2020 Total through March: 509k
Cloudy and mid 40s F this morning, so back to shorts and short sleeved tech shirt. Hip was OK. I'm beginning to think that, when I go slow, I tend to shorten my stride and am constantly jamming the ball end of the femur into the hip socket. But when I go easy, my stride tends to lengthen and thus does not jam the ball end of the femur into the hip socket quite so jarringly. That's my diagnosis -- probably worth what I paid for it.
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 -
I did my half marathon for the uncanceled project yesterday!
It really wasn’t any different from a normal long run on a Saturday for me - except the gym session was makeshift at at home early in the morning. And the trails were so empty. I posted some pictures on the fb page.
I actually had such a great time, singing out loud and kind of dancing while I ran - Pandora was really on it, yesterday. I was so, so, happy because I was mostly pain free and felt “i could do this all day!”
The othe runners that were out were so friendly and there were spots where you could see where people had marked starting and stopping points for their races. It was pretty neat - everyone is so determined.
I also saw a dad on a bicycle pulling his small child up a hill - the child was on roller skates attached via a bungee of some sort. My thought was “well the world is ending anyway so I guess we’re all living on the edge a little.”
The context for that is, in the first mile- the FIRST MILE, of my race, I had to pee soooooo bad but all the bathrooms are closed now, so I found a nice tree and peed on it. I have not done that in my adult life and have certainly not done that in public. Anddd i didn’t get arrested soooo .......
My pace varied so much throughout the day because I kept stopping to take pictures. Also to pee. The first mile was 23 minutes lol. Best pace was 10:22 and worst pace (aside from 23) was 16:53 or something.
Running down the hills seemed to aggravate my IT Band the most but I felt it in my knee. I usually glide down hills after running up them but yesterday the knee pain got bad enough that I walked down half the hill. On the flatter surfaces, it wasn’t so bad.
So far for the IT Band i have used:
Stretching
Foam rolling
CBD butter
Joint supplement (for the anti inflammatory properties)
Beets and beet greens added to diet
Mostly anti inflammatory diet
Krill oil
Rest
Glute strengthening exercises
Core strengthening exercises
So i don’t know that it’s just ONE thing that is helping - it’s probably a conjunction of all of them. I’ll keep doing what I’m doing since it seems to be working.
Anywa, it was a great day yesterday and today I have house cleaning and errands. I am NOT looking forward to having to get out - not even a little bit. My errand is grocery shopping, which I loathe right now. Normally I can get whatever I need delivered but there are no deliveries available so it’s been tough!
I hope everyone has a greatSunday!6 -
@Tramboman good job! I think you might be on to something - i read that a shorter stride length. An cause more pain - at least for the IT Band. Can’t remember where I read it- probably some running site - but that’s part of my problem too. How in the world do i lengthen my stride when i am only four feet eleven inches tall? It just feels like my body doesn’t want to do it!
I’m guessing you’re taller than me so maybe figuring it out and fixing it will be easier for you!0 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »@Tramboman good job! I think you might be on to something - i read that a shorter stride length. An cause more pain - at least for the IT Band. Can’t remember where I read it- probably some running site - but that’s part of my problem too. How in the world do i lengthen my stride when i am only four feet eleven inches tall? It just feels like my body doesn’t want to do it!
I’m guessing you’re taller than me so maybe figuring it out and fixing it will be easier for you!
Thanks for the props.
You probably have a "regular" stride, and I suspect it shortens and lengthens depending on your speed.
By way of example, Garmin tells me that my average stride length during my "slow" run this week was .78 meters per stride. During my "easy" run this week, my average stride length was .84 meters per stride. And during my "moderate" run today, my average stride length was .91 meters per stride. Just for giggles, I pulled stats from my Garmin 5k PR. My time was 31:16, and my stride length averaged 1 meter. And I'm 6 feet tall.
Our height differs, our stride length differs, and our speed differs, but you may also find your stride lengthens the faster you go.1 -
Today was the Cap 10K date. Bummer, but since I couldn't have run it anyway, I will do a virtual 10K ride or 3.
@Tramboman Maybe I'll add some planking while baking....kill 2 birds with one stone sorta thing. And interesting about your stride length. I do tend to have a short stride. I am wondering if maybe when I am cleared to run again if I should get some running help to see how my stride is and if I can "improve" it to prevent future issues.
@hanlonsk That picture is so funny....I had the same thought about the hack saw. It reminded me of a really morbid story that happened here in Austin years ago where a UT student on drugs killed his girlfriend then went to the store and bought bleach and a hack saw to take care of things....
@Camaramandy648 Nice run! I am impressed with your IT Band plan.
@Avidkeo As for your question: We are finally back into catching up on Outlander. So good...and oddly uncomfortable with our adult children around. We watch when they are not around lol. And we finally tried watching Tiger King....OMG. My husband lasted 5 minutes and was gone. I don't think I can finish it. Tragically, grotesquely entertaining. And we are watching NCIS from the very beginning.
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April – Biking for now
Race: Cap 10K ATX - April 5th - Cancelled
4/1 - 14 miles
4/2 - 18 miles
4/3 - 17 miles
4/4 – 18 miles
4/5 - Run/Ride - heading out soon.
Total Bike Mileage: 67 miles
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Today was the Cap 10K date. Bummer, but since I couldn't have run it anyway, I will do a virtual 10K ride or 3.
@Tramboman Maybe I'll add some planking while baking....kill 2 birds with one stone sorta thing. And interesting about your stride length. I do tend to have a short stride. I am wondering if maybe when I am cleared to run again if I should get some running help to see how my stride is and if I can "improve" it to prevent future issues.
@hanlonsk That picture is so funny....I had the same thought about the hack saw. It reminded me of a really morbid story that happened here in Austin years ago where a UT student on drugs killed his girlfriend then went to the store and bought bleach and a hack saw to take care of things....
@Camaramandy648 Nice run! I am impressed with your IT Band plan.
@Avidkeo As for your question: We are finally back into catching up on Outlander. So good...and oddly uncomfortable with our adult children around. We watch when they are not around lol. And we finally tried watching Tiger King....OMG. My husband lasted 5 minutes and was gone. I don't think I can finish it. Tragically, grotesquely entertaining. And we are watching NCIS from the very beginning.
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April – Biking for now
Race: Cap 10K ATX - April 5th - Cancelled
4/1 - 14 miles
4/2 - 18 miles
4/3 - 17 miles
4/4 – 18 miles
4/5 - Run/Ride - heading out soon.
Total Bike Mileage: 67 miles
Please keep in mind that I am no expert on stride. I'm just another older runner.0 -
Apologizing in advance for the not so happy post:My wife's uncle John past away Friday night from COVID-19. He battled for over a week, but being 90 with severe respiratory issues and pneumonia 3 weeks ago, it was just too much. He and his wife (Aunt Betty) have been more like parents to my wife and I for the 30 years they have been together. And for sure he has been more of a father to me than my father was for the 13 years that he stuck around.
And.... we got the results back on Aunt Betty last night. She tested positive for COVID-19. She is quarantined in the front two bedrooms / spare bathroom at the front of our house. My wife is having to play caregiver/nurse as her Alzheimer's has gotten quite a bit worse just in the week she has been here. She can no longer dress or feed herself. She gets lost every time she goes around the corner to the bathroom, and doesn't even know how to get into bed anymore. But she isn't showing any real symptoms, so that's a blessing. Wife and I are still symptom free, so taking it one day at a time.
9.0 miles in remembrance of the 90 wonderful years John was on this earth. He was more of a father to me than my father was in the 13 years that I knew him. RIP John, you WILL be missed!!
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@Scott6255 i am so so so so sorry for your loss! Please please be safe0
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How heartbreaking @scott6255. Wishing you strength for all the challenges you and your wife are facing. Thinking of you x0
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@Scott6255 Sorry for your loss.0
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