May 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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May 1st- 2 miles
2/50 miles complete
Happy May Day everyone!4 -
Hey guys - guess what? I decided to take on a crazy challenge. The 4 x 4 x 48 challenge where you run 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours. So 48 miles in 48 hours. Why? This guy told me to (link to short video). Main gist: to get outside your comfort zone and strengthen your mind. Spartan training.
My trainer and a friend had been planning to do this for a few weeks and I first said "that's crazy", then was noncommittal, and then I said no I'm not doing it. But they were starting this morning at 9 and I woke up and felt like I should do it. So I ran the the 4 miles at 9 and then texted my trainer and said I'm doing it. And then I regretted it almost immediately
3 out of 12 runs done, 12 out of 48 miles.
Running thoughts:
Run 1, 9 am - Good morning! Lovely day on the trails, a little muddy, I better do roads from here on. I can totally do this. I'm in!
Run 2, 1 pm - OK, we're good, it's a good temp, I still got a few things done today between runs, feeling fine. This is easier than a long run. I can do this.
Run 3, 5 pm - All right, it's still fine, but it's gotten a little chillier and is starting to mist and I'm not super into this. Drove to a new location so the change is good. The misty rain is starting to get a little more intense. OK, now I'm soaked and this is less fun, but I'm done. I hope I can do this.
Next run at 9 pm.10 -
After much waiting, my new shoes arrived today:
And an hour later these shoes show up:
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »After much waiting, my new shoes arrived today:
And an hour later these shoes show up:
Ohhh pretty! Love the first one!
Here is mine!
Did my 16k run this morning. Went along the foreshore which was fantastic! It was great to start, but the last couple of Kms it was PACKED! So many people out. Including large groups of friends. I was starting to get peeved because yeah we are allowed to range a bit further from home, but are supposed to still keep distance from people and still keep to our home bubbles.
I just hope that we don't get a second wave.
As far as the run went, it was great. 16k feels about what a 8-10k felt like a few weeks ago. I love it when training pays off.
I'm still a little sore from yesterdays fall. Just a bit of bruising in my knee and left hip fortunately. But yesterday at work, omg my poor hands. I wash my hands between every patient, using alcohol rub of soap and water. Frequently the alcohol rub is quickest. Just think, alcohol and scraped hands....4 -
Completed my first 6.2 miles of my race across Tennessee. Ran the first 3.8 (outside! Yay) and walked the rest. It’s May Day here, which is a big holiday and saw lots of non-distancing groups and questionable beverage and food service. It was quite disconcerting.2
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@Avidkeo ow for your poor hands! I’m surprised there were so many people out. My in laws live in NZ and they said everyone’s been pretty compliant, but that people started lining up at McDonalds hours before it opened.1
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Wow, one day late and we’ve got crazy run challenges @katharmonic, more shoe porn @contrarymarymary and an injury already @avidkeo! It is never dull on these boards! 😉
So for me this month I’m with @loveychar and I’m going to drop my mileage right down as I want to do strength/circuit training every other day, and chuck a bit more yoga in there too. So a 60 mile goal and I’ve just done my first 4 miles of it this morning in beautiful sunshine!
May goal: 60 miles
May total: 4.2 miles
2/5: 4.2 miles
April: 115 m
March: 76.4 m
February: 17.8 m
January: 04 -
@katharmonic The 4 x 4 x 48 sounds really intense! Will you also get up in the middle of the night to run? I think already 24h of that would be crazy tough, but 48...!
@Avidkeo and @ContraryMaryMary nice shoe pictures
I just realised I want need new shoes too
5km/100km done. With 5x20s strides in the middle of the run.
I haven't done any real speedwork lately, I'll start incorporating that a bit more this month, I think.
And I need to find a hill for hill repeats! I moved to a new place a few month ago, and everything here is flat.
I spent a while browsing lists of Strava segments, but didn't find any nice hill nearby. I will have to widen my search radius.
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It's official... Hal wants to kill me.
The heading today was 'Race or simulation 5k'. Ok, that sounds reasonable. Hal says: 'today, you run hard.' Yes sir.
Workout description: 1.5km warm up, 4x 100m hard, 100m easy. 5 miles at 5k race pace. 1km cool down.
Hang on. 5 MILES???
I did it. On the treadmill. My brain screamed the entire time. My legs screamed most of the second half. But I did it. May not be able to walk tomorrow. I'm starting to miss the evil physio.
Garmeen the drama queen reckons I need 72 hours to recover. For once I don't think she's exaggerating. She also said (I know, not all that accurate on the treadmill) I set 3 PRs: fastest mile, fastest 5k and fastest 10k.
If that doesn't make me deserve pizza, nothing does!
And a nap!
I decided to wait until Monday to go outside to run. Hopefully there won't be as many Covidiots out there then, this morning the crowds are crazy apparently.
02/05: 11.3km race pace (+ warm up, cool down)
May goal: 140km. Run so far: 11.3km5 -
8/55 km completed
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May goal - 75 km
May 2 - 5 km
May Total: 5 km4 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »Almost forgot to tell you I ordered new shoes today. I ordered the Brooks Launch 6. It's the old style, so they were on sale. Only $65. My current shoes are Brooks Adrenaline GTS. I got them because I had some overpronation, but when I did the test for that today, I don't seem to have it anymore. Is it possible to correct that sort of thing? We'll see. The good thing about Brooks is that you get 90 days to return them. They predict that I will get them next week.
I ordered the exact same shoes 2 weeks ago. I got an email this past Monday that the ones I ordered were out, and they gave me a 25% off code, so I ordered them again in a different color. They still haven’t shipped.
Of course, my husband received his in 4 days, and he doesn’t even really like to run; he just needed some new shoes.
Hopefully, both of us will get them next week!
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@katharmonic Good luck with your 4x4x48!
Hubby was starving last night, so I only had a 20 minute window to run before dinner. 1.75 miles. Maybe I will go to the park to run today.
5/1: 1.75
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Wow, one day late and we’ve got crazy run challenges @katharmonic, more shoe porn @contrarymarymary and an injury already @avidkeo! It is never dull on these boards! 😉
IKR? Everyone is a nutcase! Love it!
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »It's official... Hal wants to kill me.
The heading today was 'Race or simulation 5k'. Ok, that sounds reasonable. Hal says: 'today, you run hard.' Yes sir.
Workout description: 1.5km warm up, 4x 100m hard, 100m easy. 5 miles at 5k race pace. 1km cool down.
Hang on. 5 MILES???
I did it. On the treadmill. My brain screamed the entire time. My legs screamed most of the second half. But I did it. May not be able to walk tomorrow. I'm starting to miss the evil physio.
Garmeen the drama queen reckons I need 72 hours to recover. For once I don't think she's exaggerating. She also said (I know, not all that accurate on the treadmill) I set 3 PRs: fastest mile, fastest 5k and fastest 10k.
If that doesn't make me deserve pizza, nothing does!
And a nap!
I decided to wait until Monday to go outside to run. Hopefully there won't be as many Covidiots out there then, this morning the crowds are crazy apparently.
02/05: 11.3km race pace (+ warm up, cool down)
May goal: 140km. Run so far: 11.3km
Geeze I think Hal is going to turn you into our fastest bestest runner!
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Hello everyone! My name is Mari and I’m new to this group. I’ve recently started jogging and have found I really enjoy it. My goal for May is to run 5K 4 times a week MIN. I’ve done more I’ve done less but my goal is to do 80 or more for the month.
So far I went out for my first 5 yesterday and plan on getting back out tomorrow morning.
I created my ticker.
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PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »It's official... Hal wants to kill me.
The heading today was 'Race or simulation 5k'. Ok, that sounds reasonable. Hal says: 'today, you run hard.' Yes sir.
Workout description: 1.5km warm up, 4x 100m hard, 100m easy. 5 miles at 5k race pace. 1km cool down.
Hang on. 5 MILES???
I did it. On the treadmill. My brain screamed the entire time. My legs screamed most of the second half. But I did it. May not be able to walk tomorrow. I'm starting to miss the evil physio.
Garmeen the drama queen reckons I need 72 hours to recover. For once I don't think she's exaggerating. She also said (I know, not all that accurate on the treadmill) I set 3 PRs: fastest mile, fastest 5k and fastest 10k.
If that doesn't make me deserve pizza, nothing does!
And a nap!
I decided to wait until Monday to go outside to run. Hopefully there won't be as many Covidiots out there then, this morning the crowds are crazy apparently.
02/05: 11.3km race pace (+ warm up, cool down)
May goal: 140km. Run so far: 11.3km
Geeze I think Hal is going to turn you into our fastest bestest runner!
HA! Umm nope, my fastest bestest with PRs included is still slower than most peoples' warm-ups. But I do think (hope?!) that when I finally get outside I'll be in better shape and/or quicker than I was. All of this has definitely been good, I hadn't realised just how much of a rut I was stuck in, always doing the same runs along the same routes at the same speeds, basically repeating the same 12 week training cycle over and over. Changing it up has been great (even if I do still HATE the dreadmill).
Having said that, I might just carry on using it for my speedwork until the local track opens again, it has the benefit of not allowing my legs to slow down even when they want to (amazing what the threat of flying backwards into a wall does) and if probably much safer to do fast intervals and stuff on than sidewalks with roads to cross.2 -
mari_moulin wrote: »Hello everyone! My name is Mari and I’m new to this group.
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Good luck with that @katharmonic ! You're doing great so far. Can't wait to read the rest of your running thoughts.
Love the shoe porn @ContraryMaryMary and @Avidkeo .
@Avidkeo Great run. Hugs regarding your hands. It makes me cringe just to think about it.
@eleanorhawkins Way to hang in there and get it done!!! I'm sure Hal was proud!
@marisap2010 Yes! I hope we get them next week! They said they only had one pair left of what I ordered. Hopefully no one beat me to them.
Welcome @mari_moulin and anyone else I missed.
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5-1 7k moderate
5-2 7k easy
May Total: 14k
May Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
2020 Total through April: 700k
Mostly sunny, 50 degrees F, and a light breeze from the south today. Was considering a longer run today, but didn't feel well so just did the usual.
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
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