April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @Camaramandy648 I saw the virtual race too, the medal is great.

    I have rest day today and I'm good with that, it's windy and chilly and yucky. At least all the tornado activity missed us.
  • bearly63
    bearly63 Posts: 734 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    SUNDAY UPDATE - Pastor Vincent vs Boston!



    So, this was a cut back week. I guess I just overachieved. :)

    It's all in the perspective! Love this!!!!

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,171 Member
    @quilteryoyo Sounds like a rough day. I hope you get some rest and can run tomorrow.
    They are limiting the numberof people allowed in the store here and would have let the mom in with kids, but not both parents plus kids. Plus they have signs on the floor at the registers and they are doing a decent job of enforcing it. But some people are just always going to be rude.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,480 Member
    Thanks @kgirlhart.
    They did have the signs on the floor, but they were ignoring them. Obviously. I did notice, and found interesting, that they had made little squares out of painter's tape at the self check counters and people were tending to stand in those. But a round sign on the floor seemed to do nothing. They had people standing at the doors going in and coming out, but they really weren't doing anything. I like the idea of not letting an entire family go in, but letting a mom (dad) go in with the kids.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,480 Member
    Hahaha @Tramboman ! Had I been a dinosaur, that family would have been eaten. LOL

    @hanlonsk I hope you get to see your boyfriend soon. That must be hard. Love the care packages. The stores here are still depleted of cleaning supplies. I did see lots of bleach yesterday, but no wipes, few paper towels, and very little TP. Thankfully, I have plenty of all of those things. I did look in the total opposite direction from that family. I wasn't going to breath in their air. Great job on the running front too!

    Sorry you had such a hard run on Saturday @shanaber . I try to keep my toenails cut really short so my nails don't dig into their neighbors. That is so painful. Glad yesterday's run was better.



  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    @PastorVincent That picture is me to a t!


    4/1: 7.75m
    4/2: 4m
    4/3: 2.5m
    4/4: 7.25m
    4/5: 13.5m
    4/6: 1.25m
    4/8: 7m
    4/9: 4m
    4/10: 3.75m
    4/11: 7.5m
    4/12: 15.25m
    4/13: 1.5m
    4/14: 4m
  • enaliba
    enaliba Posts: 146 Member
    My 10K has not been canceled yet. I expect it will be. My entire family signed up to run or walk it with me and parents are quite upset that the race organizers will not refund their money. I explained to my parents the idea that our race money will keep the race available in this area for the future, but they don’t get that. They want to call their credit cards. Since you all have more experience in this area, is the right thing to do to just forget about the money? It doesn’t seem like a lot of money to me in the big scheme of things, but for my parents it’s currently a big deal to them.

    Unrelated, when you post long posts, do you compose in another app and copy and past or type it all out on your phone?
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    enaliba wrote: »
    Unrelated, when you post long posts, do you compose in another app and copy and past or type it all out on your phone?

    I do not post from my phone. :) Only from my laptop, but if it is a long post, yes. I use MS Word. That way if/when the board eats it, I still have it in Word.

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    enaliba wrote: »
    My 10K has not been canceled yet. I expect it will be. My entire family signed up to run or walk it with me and parents are quite upset that the race organizers will not refund their money. I explained to my parents the idea that our race money will keep the race available in this area for the future, but they don’t get that. They want to call their credit cards. Since you all have more experience in this area, is the right thing to do to just forget about the money? It doesn’t seem like a lot of money to me in the big scheme of things, but for my parents it’s currently a big deal to them.

    Let them cancel the race before you do anything. They might offer a refund, or deferral or a virtual race. Until they do you really do not know anything.

    As for your parents getting their money back, the race most likely made everyone agree to no refunds when they signed up so they are not likely to get it back regardless. Most races are raising money for one cause or another so you might want to remind them of that too.

    If I was offered a deferral, I would take that.
    If I was offered a refund - I MIGHT take that (times are tight here).
    If I was offered nothing - I would just forget it and move on.
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    enaliba wrote: »
    My 10K has not been canceled yet. I expect it will be. My entire family signed up to run or walk it with me and parents are quite upset that the race organizers will not refund their money. I explained to my parents the idea that our race money will keep the race available in this area for the future, but they don’t get that. They want to call their credit cards. Since you all have more experience in this area, is the right thing to do to just forget about the money? It doesn’t seem like a lot of money to me in the big scheme of things, but for my parents it’s currently a big deal to them.

    Unrelated, when you post long posts, do you compose in another app and copy and past or type it all out on your phone?

    I agree with Pastor Vincent. Races often have a clause that they can be cancelled without a refund. Hopefully, they will at least offer a deferral so you can run it later.

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    enaliba wrote: »
    My 10K has not been canceled yet. I expect it will be. My entire family signed up to run or walk it with me and parents are quite upset that the race organizers will not refund their money. I explained to my parents the idea that our race money will keep the race available in this area for the future, but they don’t get that. They want to call their credit cards. Since you all have more experience in this area, is the right thing to do to just forget about the money? It doesn’t seem like a lot of money to me in the big scheme of things, but for my parents it’s currently a big deal to them.

    Unrelated, when you post long posts, do you compose in another app and copy and past or type it all out on your phone?

    Since it's a big deal to the;
    you might consider emailing the race director, perhaps they can make an exception and refund or guarantee a complimentary race.
    OR, if it were me and the fee not an issue, you might just give them the fee out of your own pocket, but... depending on personalities, this could border on enabling. If they need the money that bad, then say, "let me help out- here's xx$".
    OR let them call the CC company. but good luck with that since they agreed to the terms when they signed up.
    If the race was a fundraiser, its a tax write-off now. Usually a statement will come.
    OR gather them all up, do a home version of the event. print them bibs, buy t shirts and crayola markers and make them pancakes (or take out order) afterwards. Maybe you have old metals for the kids or ones that act like kids.

    I always sign-up with the intention of never asking for a refund. I want to support the venue/cause/other runners. so, I've always said keep it when cancellations occur (once, when it flooded at the dinosaur park).

    In the end, you can't reason with unreasonable (if that's the case). Let us know how it works out for you/them. good luck.
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    @shanaber I love the Oiselle gear I have gotten. The shorts are perfect. I haven't tried many, but I like to keep things simple and inexpensive as I can. The Oiselle volee is tempting, but now just isn't a good time to spend money especially when it means having to connect on another app. I can barely manage the facebook groups I'm in.

    On running: I have myself down for a 5K on Thursday evening + another half marathon on Saturday. Saturday is supposed to be a much nicer day so I am looking forward to that.

    I have exhausted myself completely trying to help my kids stay caught up with their digital learning. I am STILL GOING TO WORK, so I wish so much that they had just closed for the school year. The digital learning is too much to manage while I am at work and the kids are at home. They have to do their part, yes. But they've never had to do this before either, so it's all very confusing and overwhelming for them too.

    I digress.

    Running is good.

    Yesterday Courtney Dewaulter was on the Uncanceled Project fireside chat live on facebook and it was great. it was so cool to get to listen to her in such small group setting.

    Anyway. Happy running! keep going! You're all amazing!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,209 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    morning all.

    Whelp it's been 3 days of non stop eating. Just EVERYTHING. Sigh. But I've done so well, lost 6kgnsince January, and I'm not giving up. I think my problem is I losty goal lol.


    So setting a new goal and starting again.

    I have a 5k run planned for this morning and Hal wants me to go SLOW. I usually run around 6min/k for 5k runs - that's my easy run. Hal wants me to do 8min/k. I can almost walk that fast! So I'm going out, I'll try slow down, but doubt I'll be that slow. It just doesn't feel right. Unless the chaffe plays up. Then I'll be walking haha.
    @eleanorhawkins I logged a skipped run on Monday, Hal was so disappointed. He was like, you took a rest day. This will affect your overall score negatively lol

    I know how you feel about the pace, the easy pace he demands from before and after the hard parts of speedwork sessions are so slow I'm pretty sure I would have to walk them if I was outside. The fast paces on the otherhand... He wants 200m intervals on Thursday at a speed I don't think I've EVER hit... *gulp*
    I'm not sure I could cope with disappointing him!

    And I feel you on the eating, having exactly the same problem. I usually refuse to buy biscuits, chips or any sort of junk, while stops it being a problem. But with the family at home adding snacks to the shopping list, and the husband being the one who braves the supermarket and throws crap into the trolley, I'm doomed!

    LOL well this morning i got a really amusing message. I gained 4kg (9lb) in the last 2 days - yep I know half of that is glucose stores refilled. The other half is a mix of water retention, food weight, and actual gain. But that number stung.

    So I tried to run slower but it just didn't happen. I had way too much energy and it was such an easy run. So I decided to add on an extra km. I was tempted to just log 5k with Hal, but thought no, I'll be honest. I got the following message...

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    Lol. Talk about deflating! I figure I'll get my points back by the end of the week.

    So today I have set a new goal, and am using that resolve. It is good to know that when I carb load for my marathon, I'll be LOADING!! Eep. I know you gain but that was a lot.

    Running question, do you carb load for long training runs? My long runs are now just shy of HM length or longer. I'm tempted to take on some extra carbs the night before, though not extreme, just a bit of a boost.

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