April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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@quilteryoyo That's a lot prettier than most of the cow pastures around here! And Tippy looks quite content there! I don't really have any advise on the heart rate.
Pretty much agree, especially since there is not much in the way of cows here in Pittsburgh.
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I mean, if the cake fits wear it... or something2 -
Missed a lot the past few days.
@Avidkeo love the cake, your accent and especially your effort! Mama of the year IMHO!
I had my F/U appt. - just based on pain, I get to start walking, “jogging” on the bike, and doing body weight strength workouts. If I feel no pain, I get to try jogging in 3 weeks.
Y’all keep on running....🏃🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♂️7 -
@Avidkeo I will eat jelly beans and/or tootsie rolls during long runs, however, since they have so much sugar I’m not sure they would stay with you as a good carb until the next day. I ate tootsie rolls all through my fastest HM. In my opinion.. you shouldn’t try to lose weight when training for a big race. You need to fuel your body and if that is eating at maintenance for the whole training cycle then you need to do that. I’m sure 4 weeks will give you plenty of time to get the nutrition you need but don’t short yourself on good training runs by dieting now. I also agree with @ContraryMaryMary about carb loading, definitely can’t be done the day before and be effective. For Skip’s marathon she started making sure to eat good carbs and lots of them a week before, she said she thought it really helped, but what she was sure helped was eating all during the race. She has gui’s and bars in every pocket she had, she also grabbed things like pretzels on the course and was very tempted to grab a cold beer ha ha Of course everyone’s mileage may vary.
@PastorVincent she is transferring to the University of South Alabama majoring in Communications (she wants to be in the new casting or sports casting business) with a minor in Political Science – at least that is as of today.
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Morning!
My "Hug a Runner" shirt came in the mail yesterday. On the back, it says, "Designated Hugger." I love love love it.
If you're interested, you can go to the Run the Edge site and buy one. They just donated $21K to Feeding America from their shirt sales for the Uncanceled Project. I bought two shirts, because $21K equates to 211,000 meals. It's worth your $20 for sure. They even did a live video where we could watch them donate the money. It's a small operation of 5 people running the whole thing, so if you support them, it actually matters.
Anyway, I haven't run again since Saturday because @Tramboman I am trying to LISTEN to my body and let it heal. Instead this week, I've been focusing on strength training and PT exercises.
Today only the muscles in my quads hurt and that could just be soreness. Hopefully, I'm on the actual road to recovery and pain-free running!
@Avidkeo - what @ContraryMaryMary said. She's 100% right.5 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »My "Hug a Runner" shirt came in the mail yesterday. On the back, it says, "Designated Hugger." I love love love it.
That is one shirt among many you will never see me wearing so long as I have a choice.4 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »Morning!
My "Hug a Runner" shirt came in the mail yesterday. On the back, it says, "Designated Hugger." I love love love it.
If you're interested, you can go to the Run the Edge site and buy one. They just donated $21K to Feeding America from their shirt sales for the Uncanceled Project. I bought two shirts, because $21K equates to 211,000 meals. It's worth your $20 for sure. They even did a live video where we could watch them donate the money. It's a small operation of 5 people running the whole thing, so if you support them, it actually matters.
Anyway, I haven't run again since Saturday because @Tramboman I am trying to LISTEN to my body and let it heal. Instead this week, I've been focusing on strength training and PT exercises.
Today only the muscles in my quads hurt and that could just be soreness. Hopefully, I'm on the actual road to recovery and pain-free running!
@Avidkeo - what @ContraryMaryMary said. She's 100% right.
Just keep in mind I'm one of those "Do what I say; don't do what I do" kind of guys...2 -
4-1 7k easy
4-2 7k easy
4-3 8k slow
4-4 7k moderate
4-5 7k moderate
4-6 7k easy
4-7 rest
4-8 7k moderate
4-9 7k easy
4-10 7k easy
4-11 7k easy
4-12 7k moderate
4-13 7k easy
4-14 rest
4-15 7k moderate
4-16 11k slow
4-17 7k moderate
4-18 7k easy
4-19 7k threshold
4-20 7k easy
4-21 rest
4-22 7k easy
4-23 7k easy
April Total: 145k
April Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
2020 Total through March: 509k
Mostly cloudy, mid 30s F and a breeze from the east today. Sun came out during the last kilometer, so at least it ended on a bright note. Nothing but the usual niggles today, which is what I expected.
Yesterday's high point consisted of watching people playing golf amid the snow flurries. Now, I am a golfer, but that's taking it a little too far.
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, OH3 -
Late check in from me today. I’m feeling out of sorts today. Got my run in this morning but it didn’t cheer me up. Keep calm and carry on I guess!
April goal: 75 miles
April total: 86.6 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
6/4: 3.6 miles
7/4: 3.5 miles
8/4: 3.5 miles
9/4: 3.5 miles
10/4: 5 miles
11/4: 4 miles
12/4: 3.7 miles
13/4: 3.6 miles
14/4: 4.5 miles
15/4: 6.2 miles
18/4: 5.6 miles
19/4: 5.1 miles
20/4: 4.7 miles
21/4: 3.8 miles
22/4: 4 miles
23/4: 3.8 miles
March: 76.4 m
February: 17.8 m
January: 08 -
@Faebert Ooof, I hate it when the run doesn't "take" and I'm still in a bad mood afterwards!
Spring is finally beginning to catch on here. I was able to run in shorts and a t-shirt yesterday afternoon!
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
4/15: 5m
4/16: 4m
4/17: 1.5m
4/18: 3.5m
4/19: 12.75m
4/20: 2.5m
4/21: 4m, 2.25m
4/22: 4m
4/23: 8m7 -
Garmin didn't get a GPS signal until over .5 miles into the run. But that was probably a blessing, since my 1st mile is always crap. So this turned out to be my fastest run in 6 months. Didn't feel that hard with a beautiful 61F and 13mph NW wind.
I absolutely had no intention of even being in the neighborhood of the 100 mile club this month, but looks like I might get close.8 -
April Goal: 100 Miles
4/1: 5.16 miles
4/2: 5.15 miles
4/5: 9.02 miles
4/7: 6.22 miles
4/8: 5.51 miles
4/9: 5.26 miles
4/12: 10.2 miles
4/14: 6.23 miles
4/15: 5.15 miles
4/16: 5.20 miles
4/18: 5.2 🎂 miles
4/19: 9.55 miles
4/21: 5.42 miles
4/22: 5.91 miles
4/23: 6.30 miles
95.47/100 miles completed for April
406.86/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
I had a great run today! I ran 6.3 miles so I was able to count it as the Inspiration Un-canceled 10K. My training plan had today as a pace run, so I ran 1 mile as a warm up and then 4 miles at HM pace and finished the last bit as a cool down. It was perfect running weather too. It was 53°F with a 4-5 mph west wind. It was clear and I could see the stars when I started and the sky was light by the time I finished. It was just a lovely morning.
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon 🤞5 -
I think I’m working more hours from home than I did when in the office. Thank goodness I have to go downstairs to the kitchen or I might never leave my desk! I finished my weekly mileage with a run at lunch yesterday and made my marathon-a-week goal with a total of 28.17 miles. Thanks again @katharmonic for sharing that challenge. It is a motivating factor for me.
Sorry I don’t have time to respond to everyone. I’ve read all the posts and have given a lot of likes, hugs and inspiring clicks.
One huge shout-out to @Avidkeo for the cake video. Working from home has it’s advantages but human contact is not one of them. It brought me such a blessing to see into the window of “normal” life and to hear your children’s giggles. Thank you!
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Awww @Teresa502 thank you 😊
Thanks for the advice guys. As always! I'll have to do some real soul searching this weekend. I don't know if I'm mentally ready to move to maintenance atm so that may mean putting the marathon training on hold. Health comes first. My deficit isn't much but then any deficit is a deficit so...
And may be a moot point anyway, I'm half expecting the Marathon to be postponed...
I'll see how I go after tomorrow's run.
Today was a 9.5k run. I had work at 730am so had set the alarm for 520am. Ouch! But it was beautiful! No clouds, the stars were bright and I didn't see anyone at all till towards the end of my run. It was just lovely! I've been doing a lot of walking lately and think I may have overdone yesterdays morning walk, I was a bit sore in the it band before going out, but it didn't bother me on the run.
Tomorrow is the HM distance run! 8m kinda excited actually. Not race excited but there is something about doing a HM distance that just feels awesome.
Hmmm I'm thinking that I should probably eat maintenance today then lol. Yah that's definitely sensible. Sigh. Damn it, running IS more important atm. Grumble grumble.
I REALLY want to run a marathon now. You guys are bad influences.
ETA OK changed to maintain. Omg so many calories! What do I do with them all! Seriously, after all I had planned to eat today I have 900 calories left.
May end up in a deficit from not being able to eat all my calories. Who am I kidding, chocolate and a piece of cake will solve that3 -
@Teresa502 glad you are finding the challenge motivating - it's definitely been for me too. It's gotten my mileage up there quite a bit compared to the last couple of months.
I find the schedule of working from home very mixed. In a way it works well for me and I love that I can work for a while, take the dog out, work some more, go for a run, etc. But I end up working later and possibly more hours overall too, although the academic schedule is always irregular anyway. I just know that I look forward to leaving my office at the end of a day again at some point.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
04/01/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
04/02/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 8.0
04/03/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 11.6
04/04/20 :::: 10.2 :::: 21.8
04/05/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 23.3
04/06/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 25.6
04/07/20 :::: 4.6 :::: 30.2
04/08/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 33.3
04/09/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 36.3
04/10/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 40.3
04/11/20 :::: 8.3 :::: 48.6
04/12/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 51.7
04/13/20 :::: 5.1 :::: 56.8
04/14/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 60.3
04/15/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 63.5
04/16/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 66.6
04/17/20 :::: 3.9 :::: 70.6
04/18/20 :::: 7.1 :::: 77.6
04/19/20 :::: 9.0 :::: 86.7
04/20/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 89.7
04/21/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 91.3
04/22/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 94.9
04/23/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 99.0
Today I ran between my afternoon classes, and even managed to get a shower in and dry my hair before showing up on video. My standards have really slipped on that front, but I rely on the poor quality of my webcam to kind of make it not too noticeable. Not a fabulous run, but at least the temps were more reasonable in the 40s today. I was layered up more than necessary.4 -
Awww @Teresa502 thank you 😊
Thanks for the advice guys. As always! I'll have to do some real soul searching this weekend. I don't know if I'm mentally ready to move to maintenance atm so that may mean putting the marathon training on hold. Health comes first. My deficit isn't much but then any deficit is a deficit so...
And may be a moot point anyway, I'm half expecting the Marathon to be postponed...
I'll see how I go after tomorrow's run.
Today was a 9.5k run. I had work at 730am so had set the alarm for 520am. Ouch! But it was beautiful! No clouds, the stars were bright and I didn't see anyone at all till towards the end of my run. It was just lovely! I've been doing a lot of walking lately and think I may have overdone yesterdays morning walk, I was a bit sore in the it band before going out, but it didn't bother me on the run.
Tomorrow is the HM distance run! 8m kinda excited actually. Not race excited but there is something about doing a HM distance that just feels awesome.
Hmmm I'm thinking that I should probably eat maintenance today then lol. Yah that's definitely sensible. Sigh. Damn it, running IS more important atm. Grumble grumble.
I REALLY want to run a marathon now. You guys are bad influences.
ETA OK changed to maintain. Omg so many calories! What do I do with them all! Seriously, after all I had planned to eat today I have 900 calories left.
May end up in a deficit from not being able to eat all my calories. Who am I kidding, chocolate and a piece of cake will solve that
I hear ya. You want to lose weight, you want to train well. How about a small deficit - a kilo a month perhaps, 100-200 calories a day. You should be still able to train well on that amount of fuel. It will also help prevent what happens to most people while training for a marathon - weight gain - and also give you some wiggle room for wobbles and general falling off the wagon.4 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Awww @Teresa502 thank you 😊
Thanks for the advice guys. As always! I'll have to do some real soul searching this weekend. I don't know if I'm mentally ready to move to maintenance atm so that may mean putting the marathon training on hold. Health comes first. My deficit isn't much but then any deficit is a deficit so...
And may be a moot point anyway, I'm half expecting the Marathon to be postponed...
I'll see how I go after tomorrow's run.
Today was a 9.5k run. I had work at 730am so had set the alarm for 520am. Ouch! But it was beautiful! No clouds, the stars were bright and I didn't see anyone at all till towards the end of my run. It was just lovely! I've been doing a lot of walking lately and think I may have overdone yesterdays morning walk, I was a bit sore in the it band before going out, but it didn't bother me on the run.
Tomorrow is the HM distance run! 8m kinda excited actually. Not race excited but there is something about doing a HM distance that just feels awesome.
Hmmm I'm thinking that I should probably eat maintenance today then lol. Yah that's definitely sensible. Sigh. Damn it, running IS more important atm. Grumble grumble.
I REALLY want to run a marathon now. You guys are bad influences.
ETA OK changed to maintain. Omg so many calories! What do I do with them all! Seriously, after all I had planned to eat today I have 900 calories left.
May end up in a deficit from not being able to eat all my calories. Who am I kidding, chocolate and a piece of cake will solve that
I hear ya. You want to lose weight, you want to train well. How about a small deficit - a kilo a month perhaps, 100-200 calories a day. You should be still able to train well on that amount of fuel. It will also help prevent what happens to most people while training for a marathon - weight gain - and also give you some wiggle room for wobbles and general falling off the wagon.
Excellent suggestion, and since I'm within 5kg of goal, probably the best move anyway.
I had thought of just eating back only half my exercise calories but on long runs that doesn't make sense given thats over 500 calories.
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@Scott6255 Great job with the running. I will stand around and wait until my Garmin finds the satellites. Where I live it seems to take the longest around noon. I guess the satellites are close to the horizon then and I have trees blocking the signal. It can take 5 minutes sometimes.
@Faebert I hope you were able to improve your mood some other way today. Hugs.
@Avidkeo Good luck on your HM distance tomorrow. You're going to rock it!
Today was a scheduled speed play run and tomorrow an off day. I flipped them since I chose today as the day to do the neighborhood shopping and get some things my cousin needed from his apartment and the store. I had thought about running when I got home, but that was 4:30 and I hadn't had anything to eat except a protein bar since breakfast. I was HUNGRY, so opted to eat instead. For anyone interested, I should have power of attorney for my cousin early next week. That will make things so much easier. I was also able to get his ATM card replaced, and his TN ID and Medicare replacement cards ordered. So, things are getting done. And, he seems to be doing well. He had macular degeneration is legally blind. He says his eyes are getting worse so has decided it won't be safe for him to live alone. We are working on getting him permanently placed in the nursing home. You would think that would be a simple, "I want to stay." but it isn't. Anyway, hope to get in a run tomorrow.6 -
@quilteryoyo - good news about your cousin!
@Avidkeo - good luck with the half marathon. You’ll be brilliant.
@katharmonic and @teresa502 - although I’m not technically doing the marathon a week in April challenge, I have it in my mind and am roughly on target to hit the total required miles. Lockdown is crazy hard in many ways but it has definitely got my mileage up as I’m determined to get out there once a day if I can.
So I’m now at the most miles run in a month ever for me and still 5 days to go. I’m still not at my old pace but I am proud of myself nonetheless.
Have a good Friday all. X
April goal: 75 miles
April total: 90.5 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
6/4: 3.6 miles
7/4: 3.5 miles
8/4: 3.5 miles
9/4: 3.5 miles
10/4: 5 miles
11/4: 4 miles
12/4: 3.7 miles
13/4: 3.6 miles
14/4: 4.5 miles
15/4: 6.2 miles
18/4: 5.6 miles
19/4: 5.1 miles
20/4: 4.7 miles
21/4: 3.8 miles
22/4: 4 miles
23/4: 3.8 miles
24/4: 3.9 miles
March: 76.4 m
February: 17.8 m
January: 0
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