May 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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PastorVincent wrote: »Camaramandy648 wrote: »I did something.
I am running the full moon 50K July 18 with a friend and it is through the night, on a trail, in south Arkansas.... It will be HOT, but it's going to be so much fun. We signed up for it before my injuries started becoming really real, so I may need to just do 25K, BUT THE POINT IS
I ordered light up shoe laces. And light up/glow stick hair crap. And glitter. And glow in the dark body paint.
Because at the time, it seemed like a good idea (last night).
Have any of you done anything like this? I need some inspiration for what the heck I am doing. is this a rave or a race. At this point, it's anybody's guess.
That. Is Awesome.
You go sparkle! Have fun!
@PastorVincent Thank you! In a previous life, I had quite a lot of fun with glitter and clubs and raves but now I'm old and a mother so I haven't really been down this road in a while. It will interesting for sure.
Also did you know a pound of glitter is $342? Did not know that. I bought sixty grams. So like.... two ounces, lol. As I recall, a little goes a long way.1 -
I'm in for 175 miles.4
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Camaramandy648 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Camaramandy648 wrote: »I did something.
I am running the full moon 50K July 18 with a friend and it is through the night, on a trail, in south Arkansas.... It will be HOT, but it's going to be so much fun. We signed up for it before my injuries started becoming really real, so I may need to just do 25K, BUT THE POINT IS
I ordered light up shoe laces. And light up/glow stick hair crap. And glitter. And glow in the dark body paint.
Because at the time, it seemed like a good idea (last night).
Have any of you done anything like this? I need some inspiration for what the heck I am doing. is this a rave or a race. At this point, it's anybody's guess.
That. Is Awesome.
You go sparkle! Have fun!
@PastorVincent Thank you! In a previous life, I had quite a lot of fun with glitter and clubs and raves but now I'm old and a mother so I haven't really been down this road in a while. It will interesting for sure.
Also did you know a pound of glitter is $342? Did not know that. I bought sixty grams. So like.... two ounces, lol. As I recall, a little goes a long way.
I really hope you do not spill that stuff inside LOL0 -
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Had typed this all in a the April thread, but it's May here so...
@kgirlhart yay, I love runs like that, that just come together, and love the shoes. I'm supposed to get a new pair today, just waiting to hear from the shop if they have them in stock, then I'll either go collect or he will deliver - I'm sticking to supporting local and I got a discount. So win/win.
@Scott6255 thinking of you and your family. How is everyone doing?
@brittanystebbins95 I'm going to break the pattern and say woo hoo instead of yay lol
@mbaker566 that's frustrating. Hugs.
@eleanorhawkins hmmm I've been thinking about my plan, I haven't had any speed, tempo or hill runs in my training plan at all, but I wonder if it's because I'm set to just run the distance and I don't have any time goals? Once I've finished this plan, I'll jump straight into another one, which will have a time goal, you know, since I'll have done one, I'll want to beat my time haha.
Was looking at the elevation of the Auckland marathon, and the first 10k is a bit hilly, but looks like no more than 40m elevation. I'm doing that on my home circuit anyway. Then after that it's completely flat. So I'm going to continue doing my mix of training, middle distance - anything on week days on my home circuit where I get regular climbs, and I'll start pushing myself on those a bit more, and my long runs on the flat. I think that will help balance out the two and give me a change of scenery.
Just had breakfast so will be going out for 11.5k soon. And to be good to my word, I'm going to take a slightly more hilly path to really include them.
Then work at 3pm tonight, through till 11. Woo hoo...5 -
@Avidkeo I'm assuming you chose Novice... I think the speedwork starts when you select intermediate. What I plugged into the app was that I wanted to run 4 days a week and follow an intermediate plan to run a HM on August 30th in 2 hours 45, because I thought I'd run the distance but make it more of a long training run than a race, and then try to maintain for my race which (atm) was put back to November 8th. Hal said I was going to do base training until it was time to start the HM specific plan. It'll be interesting to see whether the speedwork/pace demands change once I start that!
News today, as of Saturday we're allowed outside for exercise. Two time windows: 6-10am and 8-11pm. We can go out for a walk for 1 hour with 1 person who lives with us, remaining within a 1km radius of our homes. OR we can go out alone to do 'sport' once per day, with no set time limit (as long as it is within the permitted windows) and no set distance but we must stay in our 'municipality'. I'm really lucky to live on the edge of one of the biggest municipalities around here. Just have to find out where the boundaries with the neighbouring town lie and possibly adjust some of my routes a little to avoid those! Once I dare to actually do it, I'll be trying to get out as early as possible and sticking to the isolated routes. Might get abducted but oh well. I can't bear the thought of running in a mask, I'll wear a buff round my neck and pull it up if I come across other humans.
However, the silly anxiety has already come up with lots of excuses to wait until Monday instead of getting straight out there on Saturday:
- I binned my small water bottles cause they were smelly, and there are no shops open tomorrow to buy new ones (and the one I use on the treadmill is too big to carry).
- The last banana is looking like it might not last until Saturday (no idea why my brain thinks I can run on the treadmill without my pre-run banana but not outdoors?).
- Hal wants me to do a hard workout on Saturday: 1.5km warm up, 100m 'strides', 8km at 5km race pace (:-O), 1km cool down. I can't think where I could go to concentrate on doing all of that without encountering hills/lots of roads to cross/covidiots.
- The entire local population, many of whom haven't been out except to the supermarket since March 14th, is probably going to be out there walking/running/pretending to exercise. Maybe crack of dawn on Monday some of them will be going to work instead?
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I'm in for 50 miles, thanks for setting it up @Avidkeo
So I joined two challenges locally one is run/walk a mile a day in May and the other is starting 5/7 - 9/7 I need to do 600k. Basically like a run/walk from my house to the beach. I wish :-)
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Hi Everyone!
I’m going to shoot for 30 miles for the month of May. Thanks for this forum and support.
Good Luck! 😉6 -
Well im going to log the first run of May. 11.5k. Well was actually an eventful run.
First at 0.59km I realised that my watch was set for pace in miles. Continued drama since resetting it a couple of days ago. I can't think in miles, and because pace matters atm, I stopped and faffed around to change it back. Turns out that All my settings were Americanised. Sigh. So changed them as well.
Then as I was going I realised all the alerts were still showing up. So getting frequent buzzing as I got my various goals (floors climbed, intensity minutes etcl. OK. Cool. I can ignore that fortunately.
I took a slightly different route today that had more hills, that was some good running. Then the ultimate running badge happened just on 6k. i tripped. While going down hill. Landed with a thud on my palms, left elbow and left knee. Man that stings! Honestly though, it's mostly the pride that was bruised haha. It was silly really, had gone in the road briefly to run around some rubbish bins people had put on the sidewalk for collection, and when I went back up on the footpath, I just caught the toe of my left foot on the edge, and over I went.
Immediately got up and kept going. It successfully slowed my pace a bit haha but I kept going and finished well.
Got home and the best Dr in the world (miss 3) put plasters on my scuffs and are looking after me. So going to relax now before going to walk.10 -
@Camaramandy648 well, that sounds crazy but fun.
@Avidkeo oh no! that looks painful, especially on the elbow. Good for you for finishing your first run in May even with the challenges.1 -
Well im going to log the first run of May. 11.5k. Well was actually an eventful run.
First at 0.59km I realised that my watch was set for pace in miles. Continued drama since resetting it a couple of days ago. I can't think in miles, and because pace matters atm, I stopped and faffed around to change it back. Turns out that All my settings were Americanised. Sigh. So changed them as well.
Then as I was going I realised all the alerts were still showing up. So getting frequent buzzing as I got my various goals (floors climbed, intensity minutes etcl. OK. Cool. I can ignore that fortunately.
I took a slightly different route today that had more hills, that was some good running. Then the ultimate running badge happened just on 6k. i tripped. While going down hill. Landed with a thud on my palms, left elbow and left knee. Man that stings! Honestly though, it's mostly the pride that was bruised haha. It was silly really, had gone in the road briefly to run around some rubbish bins people had put on the sidewalk for collection, and when I went back up on the footpath, I just caught the toe of my left foot on the edge, and over I went.
Immediately got up and kept going. It successfully slowed my pace a bit haha but I kept going and finished well.
Got home and the best Dr in the world (miss 3) put plasters on my scuffs and are looking after me. So going to relax now before going to walk.
Ouch. I hate collecting the pavement! Fortunately, it doesn't look too bad - I always manage to collect my chin as well.
As for Garmin - why, when you switch to metric, does it not switch to metric everywhere. I hate, hate, hate that. You have to change to metric, then you have to change tracking of each discipline - run, walk, trail run - over to metric. Bloody annoying. Then it still gives you badges for 'fastest mile'. I have zero concept of how long a mile is so I have to translate it back to metric and then it's like, fastest 1.6km, whoop-de-*kitten*. Who cares. When you switch to metric, everything to do with miles should just vanish. Rant over.2 -
katharmonic wrote: »@Avidkeo oh no! that looks painful, especially on the elbow. Good for you for finishing your first run in May even with the challenges.
Definitely!
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OMG! You guys are seriously serious runners! After many, many years of not running outside, I'm back to running outside. So, I'll do a modest goal of 36 miles.13
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Mountainlove wrote: »OMG! You guys are seriously serious runners! After many, many years of not running outside, I'm back to running outside. So, I'll do a modest goal of 36 miles.
Well, seriousness is highly varied in this thread...
Also, some of us are still working on our first mile, while others are trying to 2020 miles this year. We have some that are hurt and just hanging out, and some that are in multiyear-long-running streaks. All are welcome!
Welcome! If you are just starting out make sure you are careful not to overdo it. Take it easy and listen to your body.
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Well im going to log the first run of May. 11.5k. Well was actually an eventful run.
First at 0.59km I realised that my watch was set for pace in miles. Continued drama since resetting it a couple of days ago. I can't think in miles, and because pace matters atm, I stopped and faffed around to change it back. Turns out that All my settings were Americanised. Sigh. So changed them as well.
Then as I was going I realised all the alerts were still showing up. So getting frequent buzzing as I got my various goals (floors climbed, intensity minutes etcl. OK. Cool. I can ignore that fortunately.
I took a slightly different route today that had more hills, that was some good running. Then the ultimate running badge happened just on 6k. i tripped. While going down hill. Landed with a thud on my palms, left elbow and left knee. Man that stings! Honestly though, it's mostly the pride that was bruised haha. It was silly really, had gone in the road briefly to run around some rubbish bins people had put on the sidewalk for collection, and when I went back up on the footpath, I just caught the toe of my left foot on the edge, and over I went.
Immediately got up and kept going. It successfully slowed my pace a bit haha but I kept going and finished well.
Got home and the best Dr in the world (miss 3) put plasters on my scuffs and are looking after me. So going to relax now before going to walk.
Ouch. I hate collecting the pavement! Fortunately, it doesn't look too bad - I always manage to collect my chin as well.
As for Garmin - why, when you switch to metric, does it not switch to metric everywhere. I hate, hate, hate that. You have to change to metric, then you have to change tracking of each discipline - run, walk, trail run - over to metric. Bloody annoying. Then it still gives you badges for 'fastest mile'. I have zero concept of how long a mile is so I have to translate it back to metric and then it's like, fastest 1.6km, whoop-de-*kitten*. Who cares. When you switch to metric, everything to do with miles should just vanish. Rant over.
I know!!! There should be one setting in garmin connect that says "km or miles" and that's it. Everything sets based on that. Grrrrrrrr1 -
@Avidkeo You rock for finishing the run after that. I know it had to sting. Glad Little miss took care of you when you got home.
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200 miles minimum goal for May.
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Hi everyone. Sorry I disappeared for April. Just needed a break for a while. I was doing really well with lockdown for the first week until suddenly I just wasn’t. I’m doing better now and feeling more focused. I haven’t had a chance to catch up on the April thread. I hope everyone is doing well.
Goals for May? Just keep running... maybe 50-60 miles? Not really sure at the moment. My daughter is pregnant and due in early June. So I’m expecting she will be early again and May could be unexpectedly exciting.11 -
Ok, before I just don’t make a goal. I am officially shooting for the 50 mile club. Last time I possibly hit that kind of mileage was maybe last May- if not, it was way longer ago. Unofficially, I hope to get above 60 miles.
For other news....A somewhat local group that does brewery runs in the summer, organized a virtual challenge that runs until May 10th, that I joined. They have various swag you earn for certain total miles. The whole first week of it was junk weather, and since I am still on the fairweather runner side of getting back on the wagon... I got 0 mileage. So, I likely won’t get to the “free beer” levels of swag, but charity and goals help with motivation.
Also, my very much not active sister felt strongly enough about the recipients of a charity sponsored virtual 5k that SHE signed up. So, as a sign of solidarity, I will be doing at least a 5k this weekend hahah.
For the Garmin users out there, I have a question....
my levels of adulting have been generally bad this month. I had a very dead Garmin on my wrist most of yesterday, because I did not consider that it needed charged. Therefore, yesterday’s run ended up getting recorded via strava.... is there any way to copy said run to my garmin data? I can find how to go the other way.... but I’m apparently too much of a Luddite to reverse the process. Or do I just need to consider it a lost run to the garmin-verse, and try and be a more responsible adult in the future??
I think that is all I have for tonight. Run happy and stay healthy.4 -
I FINALLY managed to finish C25K (yay!). I have been running mostly inside on a dicey treadmill so I have no idea what my pace is other than “slow”. Like I’m pretty sure I walk faster. But oh well. I’m considering the Bridge to 10K. My goal is to run at least 30 mins at least 4 days a week. I’ll be happy when I can get back out along the river and know my real pace, but it’s just jammed with families and cyclists desperate to leave their cramped apartments (I live in Germany; single family housing is very rare in my city) and I’m not comfortable wearing a mask running.10
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I didn’t set a goal last month, but I am going for 50 this month. I want to focus on speed work, as well as add in some strength training.4
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For the Garmin users out there, I have a question....
my levels of adulting have been generally bad this month. I had a very dead Garmin on my wrist most of yesterday, because I did not consider that it needed charged. Therefore, yesterday’s run ended up getting recorded via strava.... is there any way to copy said run to my garmin data? I can find how to go the other way.... but I’m apparently too much of a Luddite to reverse the process. Or do I just need to consider it a lost run to the garmin-verse, and try and be a more responsible adult in the future??
I think you can export it as a gpx file in Strava and then import it in Garmin Connect. I'm pretty sure I've done this in this direction (I know I have from garmin to strava). Otherwise you can just create a manual activity in Garmin if you just want to log the miles but of course you won't have all the data you might be interested in.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Mountainlove wrote: »OMG! You guys are seriously serious runners! After many, many years of not running outside, I'm back to running outside. So, I'll do a modest goal of 36 miles.
Well, seriousness is highly varied in this thread...
Also, some of us are still working on our first mile, while others are trying to 2020 miles this year. We have some that are hurt and just hanging out, and some that are in multiyear-long-running streaks. All are welcome!
Welcome! If you are just starting out make sure you are careful not to overdo it. Take it easy and listen to your body.
Well, some funny and uplifting things are good to have around right now.
I've been running on the treadmill since my kids were babies.(ran outsides before then) I used to hate it, but I got used to it. Getting outside and away - it's something totally different. I hadn't realized how much I missed it.5 -
Well, I’ve done a potentially ludicrous thing and signed up for a 1000k virtual race across Tennessee between today and the end of August. Getting too big for my britches I guess. Pray for me.11
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that looks painful @Avidkeo
race is postponed to june 26 (or 27th-whatever is a saturday)
i will be doing the yeti ultimate 24 hour challenge which gives you 30 miles. i think i'll add a mile and get the 50k. i say that now....I'll be giving it a go sunday, maybe saturday evening
also on a side note, made a big renfair investment. bought a damsel in this dress corset
congratulations @Ringbearer2
welcome back @emmamcgarity
we all start somewhere @Mountainlove 4 years ago i couldn't run a mile. and i'm still not a fast runner. just a steady, stubborn runner
sorry if i missed anyone
happy mayday you all10 -
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Ringbearer2 wrote: »Well, I’ve done a potentially ludicrous thing and signed up for a 1000k virtual race across Tennessee between today and the end of August. Getting too big for my britches I guess. Pray for me.
250k a month? I do not know your fitness level, but that is a pretty serious commitment. Just make sure you are up to it, especially given that Tennessee will be nice and warm for most of that time. If that is in the range you know you can do, then go for it! Even if it is a little stretch, maybe more so.
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Ouch @Avidkeo! I know how much that stings.
Way to power through to the end.
Physically we are all doing well. Nobody in the house is having any symptoms. But Betty's Alzheimer's has been deteriorating and she is more confused than ever, can't dress, eat, bath, or do anything by herself. She never knows where she is, and doesn't remember most family members. We are working towards transitioning her back to the assisted living center, but into the memory care side this time. My wife is having a hard time dealing with this emotionally.12 -
5-1 7k moderate
May Total: 191k
May Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
2020 Total through April: 700k
Doesn't get much better than today. 45 degrees F, a light misty drizzle, and just a bit of a breeze from the north.
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, OH4
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