May 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

Teresa502 · May 2020

Yesterday I ran 13.6 miles with a couple of friends in a nearby city (Johnson City) for a change of scenery. I walked outside at 6 am this morning and couldn’t resist getting out in the beautiful weather so I ran 4.6 miles. Part of it included doing a couple of errands for my mom. I delivered a bag of seed beans to my neighbor about a half mile from me (left them hanging in a bag on her mailbox) and then some genealogy papers to my dad’s cousin about a mile further down the road (left them in an envelope in the paper box). Heading out for a bike ride after lunch. Hope everyone has a great Sunday (or Monday for some)!

@PastorVincent - cute baby!
@quilteryoyo - I read your post yesterday about Brooks and was surprised they were open on a Saturday- guess not! Hope your order goes through today.

skippygirlsmom · May 2020

5/1 – 3
5/2 – 3
5/3 – 3
5/4 – 3
5/5 – 0
5/6 – 2
5/7 – 4
5/8 – 4
5/9 – 3
5/10 – 10K Mother’s Day virtual
5/11 - 2
5/12 – 3
5/13 – 2
5/14 – 5
5/15 – 4
5/16 – 5
5/17 - 5

57 of 50 miles

Races:
Mother’s Day Virtual 5K – done
Retro Run Virtual 5K – done
Rona on the Run - Virtual for St. Jude benefit - done
Keep Moving Huntsville - at least one mile a day 1 - 31 May
Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June - Sept
Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach

Scott6255 · May 2020

Tramboman wrote: »

I really enjoy reading everybody's posts, and wanted to note that I think of tons of interesting things to post about during my runs. But by the time I get back, that information has evaporated.

Yes! I constantly am doing that. Years ago I told myself I was going to develop an app as as add-on to Garmin that allows you to speak into your microphone to record your thoughts during a run. But then I decided that many of my thoughts during a run should not be transcribed for all to see

Very slow, easy paced 10 miles this morning. Was raining when I went to bed Friday night, and never stopped until after I ate breakfast this morning (Sunday)! So planned around where I knew there would be standing puddles. Was successful for the most part. I think these new shoes have been on 1 dry run since I got them May 2.

katharmonic · May 2020

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
05/01/20 :::: 16.2 :::: 16.2
05/02/20 :::: 24.1 :::: 40.3
05/03/20 :::: 8.0 :::: 48.3
05/04/20 :::: 2.1 :::: 50.4
05/05/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 52.7
05/06/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 54.6
05/07/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 58.6
05/08/20 :::: 5.3 :::: 63.8
05/09/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 65.4
05/10/20 :::: 6.7 :::: 72.2
05/11/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 77.2
05/12/20 :::: 5.4 :::: 82.6
05/13/20 :::: 5.4 :::: 87.9
05/14/20 :::: 5.5 :::: 93.4
05/15/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 98.5
05/16/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 101.5
05/17/20 :::: 11.0 :::: 112.5

You couldn't ask for a more beautiful morning. 50 degrees with a light breeze and blue sky. I was tired but had some company for the long run along the canal so it went okay. The last mile was rough but I was really happy to get over 10 miles in for the first time in months.

Mari33a · May 2020

01/05 1.54 miles
05/05 2.35 miles
06/05 2.51 miles
07/05 1.52 miles
13/05 2.51 miles
16/05 2.65 miles
17/05 2.12 miles

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_nikkiwolf_ · May 2020

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

Those of you who track your calories burned while doing things like weight training, how do you track those calories?

@skippygirlsmom I haven't found an exact way to get the calorie burn for strength training yet For running it's easy (bodyweight in kg * distance run in km = calories), but strength training is so hard to quantify! With rest between sets, different weights, plus the afterburn effect you supposedly get... I thought about using the numbers from my fitbit, but I don't trust it at all. I did a bit of reading a while ago; in the end I decided that I'll call it 200kcal/hour if its really strength-focussed with weights, and 300kcal/hour if it's more cardio-like with horrible exercises like squat jumps.

@Teresa502 That's cool that you did so many errands in one run! I did one run this week to the "Amazon Locker" to pick up a parcel. I sometimes do that, as there and back is almost exactly 5km. Only this time I realised when the locker opened that the delivery was not only my new cell phone case, but rather the 5kg of cherry pits that I had ordered for sewing heat packs. Made for a fun run back ^^

@rheddmobile Great race shirt. You've earned it

@quilteryoyo Hard to keep track of days - a friend recently sent me a link to a youtube song about that. We have video meetings from the home office at different times on different days - 14h on Monday, 16h on Tuesday, 13h30 on Wednesday, 11h on Thursday, 11h15 on Friday. No idea how it ended up messed up like this, but I set recurring phone alarms accordingly, and it helps me keep track of the weekdays too

_nikkiwolf_ · May 2020

Four runs for me this week:
Tuesday 5/12/2020 5.4 km (40:54) - about half of it carrying a 5kg sack of cherry pits

Thursday 5/14/2020 13.1 km (1:39:07) long run - unexpectedly sunny and I was dressed too warm. I was really struggling, so I looped back by my apartment building and dropped my vest under my car after 10km, the rest of the run was much better.
Saturday 5/16/2020 9.1 km (1:04:21)
Sunday 5/16/2020 4.7 km (33:49) - nice and easy

81.1km for May of 100km (120km) done.

Unfortunately, I realised today I made a book-keeping mistake! I own the Saucony Zealot version 1, 2 and 3, one each. I really likes those shoes. I found them after some trial and error after Saucony stopped making my beloved Cortonas. And now the Zealot is discontinued too. Why do they keep doing that?!
Anyway, I thought my Zealot 1 had gotten left behind in my office last time I went there in March, and 2s were at my parents place where I currently spend all my weekends, and the 3s at home. On Wednesday I noticed I had the 2 at home. And Saturday I checked and indeed, the shoes at my parents place are the Zealot 1. So probably the 3s are in the office. The mix-up must have happened in February. So now I will spend the next few hours editing all my running logs of the past few month to make sure my shoe mileage tracking is correct ...

kgirlhart · May 2020

May Goal: 100 Miles

5/3: 11.07 miles
5/5: 6.25 miles
5/6: 5.71 miles
5/7: 5.16 miles
5/10: 13.2 miles
5/12: 5.35 miles
5/13: 6.40 miles
5/14: 5.31 miles
5/17: 10.02 miles

68.47/100 miles completed for May

504.63/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

I had a great 10 mile run this morning. It was hot, 64°F at the start and 73°F at the end, but pretty typical for May in Texas. I could have gotten up earlier, but it would have just been around 60-62°F at the start and 64° at the end, so the extra sleep was worth it. It was still a really pretty day. And even though the last mile was tough, sometimes hot and sweaty is good. I was glad I ran my virtual half last weekend though. It was cooler and not as humid and was just perfect running weather.
Today's run was the "Dreams Un-Canceled" 15K. I was really just planning to run 9.4 miles, but I don't do math well while running and when I got home I was at 9.89 and I couldn't stop there so I went a little past my house to get to 10 miles and it made me think of @Mobycarp.

Not only did I get the 15K bib for the Un-Canceled project, but I got the individual 500 Mile bib for Run the Year and @Tramboman and I got the 1000 Mile bib for our Run the Year team.

@Tramboman I also think of lots of good things to write about during my runs, but when I get ready to write up my report all those good things have vanished and my reports are pretty dull.

2020 races:
11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon

bearly63 · May 2020

Hello beautiful runners and walkers, active or recovering.

Cool pics of well used shoes, new shoes, beautiful horses and Bambi! Love it.

Today, I gave myself a birthday present - I ran/walked for 57 minutes. Woohoo! That number only coincides with a random date on some random calendar. If I had run the age I feel, I would have stopped 10 minutes earlier. I know for a fact that I am in better shape now than I was at 47. My fitness level has improved due to the Peloton - I get my heart rate up much faster and for longer periods. The run felt easy but I just needed to see if my femur could handle it. It was a little sore after. We shall see. But it was wonderful to be back out on my favorite trail, running in 68 degrees. Let's just say that my zygomatics were sore from smiling so much. People probably thought I was crazy. And yes, my distal phalanges were overcompensating, which was fine too. Yay!!!!!

May Goal: 0

May Miles To Date: 3.92 miles

Baby steps......

quilteryoyo · May 2020

@noblsheep What is AQ?

@Teresa502 Did you do the Tweetsie Trail? I thought I heard they opened it back up. I'd like to run that someday.

@katharmonic Yeah for getting in over 10 miles!

@_nikkiwolf_ Cute youtube song. Thanks for sharing. Great running for the week. Good luck with editing your running logs.

@bearly63 Happy Birthday!!!!

quilteryoyo · May 2020

Went onto the Brooks site this afternoon. Of course, the pair of GTS 19's that were on sale are no longer available. Today, they had, or I did a better job of finding them, a pair of the GTS 20's in my size. I ordered them. Credit card went through right away. I'm thinking there was a system glitch or something yesterday. Since the 20's weren't on sale, they were more expensive. At least I have a new pair on the way. Probably 2 weeks before I get them.

kgirlhart · May 2020

Happy Birthday @bearly63!

@quilteryoyo I hope it doesn't take too long to get your shoes!

hanlonsk · May 2020

I am very behind on posting. But actually doing fairly reasonably on the running overall- even if none of the runs have gone exactly according to plan.
Friday, was a telework day. This gave me a bit of extra time to run. And I put in 4 miles, which is the longest run I’ve done in at least 9 months or so. I was pretty pleased with it.
Yesterday, was rainy all day. I still somehow talked myself into starting a run in the rain. Weather said it was almost 50 degrees. So, I decided my raincoat over whatever shirt I chose would be plenty warm enough. Oh I was SOOO wrong. And I think the weather was oh, so wrong, also. I froze, my legs didn’t want to move. I shortened my run intervals, and somehow slogged thru a very terrible two miles. And spent the rest of the day trying to feel warm. I MAY have pressed the button on the dreadmill in my frozen state. Oops.
Today, was gorgeous and pretty and warm. I took the early turn to go up the frontage road, which has a not so nice hill to start it, that I usually walk part or all of. Today, I managed to charge up the whole thing, and started a walk interval at the top. However, by the time I finished the frontage road I was kind of out of gas for some reason. So, I decided to just slow down and enjoy the weather and slowly wander my way home, just shy of 2.5 miles total. There has always been a strava segment for the frontage road. And apparently, managing to run up the hill, got me my best time on the segment by almost a minute. And my previous best time was set clear back when I was still staying in the hotel here still, so almost 2 years ago. So, I will take that as a win, even if the rest of the run didn’t go according to plan.

So, all of that puts me at 25.8 ish for the month / 50. So, almost caught back up to being on pace.

Given the out of gas feeling I’ve had the last two runs, I will maybe see tomorrow if the snow is off the forest service trails yet. If so, I may try for a nice little hike instead of a run for tomorrow, for a change of pace, scenery, and muscle memory.

Tramboman · May 2020

kgirlhart wrote: »

May Goal: 100 Miles

5/3: 11.07 miles
5/5: 6.25 miles
5/6: 5.71 miles
5/7: 5.16 miles
5/10: 13.2 miles
5/12: 5.35 miles
5/13: 6.40 miles
5/14: 5.31 miles
5/17: 10.02 miles

68.47/100 miles completed for May

504.63/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

I had a great 10 mile run this morning. It was hot, 64°F at the start and 73°F at the end, but pretty typical for May in Texas. I could have gotten up earlier, but it would have just been around 60-62°F at the start and 64° at the end, so the extra sleep was worth it. It was still a really pretty day. And even though the last mile was tough, sometimes hot and sweaty is good. I was glad I ran my virtual half last weekend though. It was cooler and not as humid and was just perfect running weather.
Today's run was the "Dreams Un-Canceled" 15K. I was really just planning to run 9.4 miles, but I don't do math well while running and when I got home I was at 9.89 and I couldn't stop there so I went a little past my house to get to 10 miles and it made me think of @Mobycarp.

Not only did I get the 15K bib for the Un-Canceled project, but I got the individual 500 Mile bib for Run the Year and @Tramboman and I got the 1000 Mile bib for our Run the Year team.

@Tramboman I also think of lots of good things to write about during my runs, but when I get ready to write up my report all those good things have vanished and my reports are pretty dull.

2020 races:
11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon

Mine are infinitely more dull than yours!!

Tramboman · May 2020

Happy birthday, @bearly63 !!!

Teresa502 · May 2020

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@Teresa502 Did you do the Tweetsie Trail? I thought I heard they opened it back up. I'd like to run that someday.

I’ve run on the Tweetsie a few times but yesterday we ran the “tree” streets (a residential area with mostly well maintained older homes - a couple of the streets we ran were Locust and Pine.). We ran on the ETSU campus, around the soccer fields and then on the VA hospital grounds. I think the last time I ran on the Tweetsie was when I met @workaholic_nurse (Jeremy) when he was visiting his parents. Remember him? He has not been around in a while. Hope he is still running. If you ever want company on the Tweetsie let me know and we can meet up!

Glad you got some shoes ordered even if they aren’t the bargain ones. They never seem to have my size when they are on clearance. After yesterday’s run we stopped by the Fleet Feet store and one of my friends got fitted for new shoes. They have a cool machine that you stand on and it analyzes your foot. She normally wears Brooks but bought a pair of New Balance yesterday. I hope they serve her well!

skippygirlsmom · May 2020

@_nikkiwolf_ thanks!

quilteryoyo · May 2020

Sounds like you are doing great @hanlonsk .

Thanks @Teresa502 . I'll keep that in mind when I decided to run the Tweetsie. I'd love to meet up for a run. I do remember @workaholic_nurse. I hope he is okay. You never know why people disappear off of the the internet. My dad goes to the VA there. It is a beautiful campus. Sounds like a pretty run. I wasn't sure if Fleet Feet was open or not. I really need to get fitted and see what they think is best.

noblsheep · May 2020

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@noblsheep What is AQ?

Shorthand for air quality - living in Beijing it's something most runners monitor constantly.

@bearly63 Happy Birthday!

Scott6255 wrote: »

Tramboman wrote: »

I really enjoy reading everybody's posts, and wanted to note that I think of tons of interesting things to post about during my runs. But by the time I get back, that information has evaporated.

Yes! I constantly am doing that. Years ago I told myself I was going to develop an app as as add-on to Garmin that allows you to speak into your microphone to record your thoughts during a run. But then I decided that many of my thoughts during a run should not be transcribed for all to see

I do remember the last time I had a flash of genius during a long run. I thought to myself, that's genius! and then promptly forgot it.

PastorVincent · May 2020

I have not run much this week, so no real Sunday update. This week started on our greenhouse for real. Got all the roof pieces done finally about 10 pm tonight. Some pics:

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