June 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Yay! Well done @rheddmobile
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    edited June 2020
    Awesome run and photos @rheddmobile !
    @skippygirlsmom You guys too! And a real race...that’s cool these days lol.

    I love dogs, but didn’t used too, because I too was bit as a kid. You did the right things @Avidkeo . I would have too.
    So yesterday went for my long run. Wanted to start by 8, to beat heat, humidity and storms coming in. Well that didn’t happen. Started at 9 cause I kept hitting snooze. Sigh.
    Ok still not bad...cloudy, and about 67 but 86% humidity. Got my stuff ready, and headed out. Realized then that my garmin was dead. Ugh! Battery went out overnight.
    So that totally changed my mindset on the run. Since I had no watch, I could just run, not worry about pace , time etc.I do use Strava on my phone, but it is always overestimating pace and distance, so it gives me an idea, but not really lol.
    I did 10.7 miles according to the route planner..Strava said 11.3! Mile 6-7 had a lot of walking as there are killer climbs and I just didn’t want to run them plus humidity decided that too.
    Still ended up at about 11.2 pace so not bad.
    Also used my new aftershokz for the first time. Love them. Only issue I have is my right ear I slightly deformed so resting on that ear plus my glasses will need getting used to.

    Anyway Happy Fathers Day to the dads here!
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    brittanystebbins95 wrote: »
    Just did 1.8 miles tonight, and it was intervals because I brought my husband along. I didnt mind having to walk with him. I was happy for his company. I did let him run ahead of me and the dogs, though, and with them trying to chase him, I had to work twice as hard to keep my pace slower and got some nasty Braxton Hicks from it. So I think next time he joins me, either I will take the lead with them, or they can stay home.
    Only ten more miles till goal for this month.
    We got our pictures done earlier this week. Only 9 more weeks until we meet our little man!
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    Beautiful!
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    shanaber wrote: »
    @pastorvincent - you can connect Alexa to your Spotify account too. I have many playlists set up in Spotify now and while I also have Amazon music at no cost, I rarely if ever, use it.

    Yes, there is a level of Amazon music included with Prime, but it only gets you part of their catalog. If you want all the music (which you do not need since you pay for Spotify) you have to pay extra.

    If your curious, you can read about it here: Amazon Music Unlimited


    I use Amazon unlimited, works well
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,523 Member
    @Teresa502 I love that you called my lunch soup beans. That's what I always call them, but figured most wouldn't know what I was talking about. I'm really looking forward to them.

    @Avidkeo Sorry about those dogs. I think you handled the situation admirably.

    @brittanystebbins95 Love your pictures! You are doing great and look wonderful!

    @noblsheep Glad your fall wasn't worse. It's funny that you didn't want to ick the lady out.

    @rheddmobile Great race report and great running, especially after having food poisoning/tummy issues. Love the crows chasing the fox and you channeling your inner fox for the finish.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,523 Member
    @Tramboman I hope your back is feeling better!

    @hamsterwheel6 Sounds like a great run, even with all of the difficulties. Can't wait to get my Aftershokz.


  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    hamsterwheel6 wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    shanaber wrote: »
    @pastorvincent - you can connect Alexa to your Spotify account too. I have many playlists set up in Spotify now and while I also have Amazon music at no cost, I rarely if ever, use it.

    Yes, there is a level of Amazon music included with Prime, but it only gets you part of their catalog. If you want all the music (which you do not need since you pay for Spotify) you have to pay extra.

    If your curious, you can read about it here: Amazon Music Unlimited


    I use Amazon unlimited, works well

    It honestly works the best for me so far. I was really disappointed with Apple Music. The quality of the recordings is much better, but the searching/etc is inferior. It would be a great service if you make up your own playlists, or whatever, but for discovery, "play more like" and other features, it fails.

    Pandora took a massive dive years ago and never recovered and I did recently check it again. I know several people on this thread like Spotify and I have not used it in a long while, so I might try it again someday.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @noblsheep - hope you aren't too stiff or sore from your fall!
    @rheddmobile - Great job on your virtual race! Would love to know what was going on with the fox and the crows.
    Funny/interesting crow story - my DD was having issues with crows at her house dive bombing her and her dog whenever they would venture outside. Her first reaction was maybe to keep some small stones handy to throw at them. First she looked online though and found that that is the worst thing to do because crows are very smart and recognize faces, etc. So she followed what they suggested, leaving the crows 'gifts' of food and it worked. The crows started leaving her gifts back and no longer chase after them.

    @Tramboman - ouch! hope your back feels better!
    @hamsterwheel6 - I actually love to run sometimes without my watch and music. I don't normally do it mindfully, just when something doesn't work but it can be so freeing sometimes. Interesting that Strava is so off from your Garmin. Strava is pretty accurate for me based on other distance calculating route apps that I have used.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,523 Member
    @shanaber That is an interesting crow story. Love that they started leaving gifts for your DD. Animals are so much smarter than we often give them credit for.
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    @noblsheep - hope you aren't too stiff or sore from your fall!
    @rheddmobile - Great job on your virtual race! Would love to know what was going on with the fox and the crows.
    Funny/interesting crow story - my DD was having issues with crows at her house dive bombing her and her dog whenever they would venture outside. Her first reaction was maybe to keep some small stones handy to throw at them. First she looked online though and found that that is the worst thing to do because crows are very smart and recognize faces, etc. So she followed what they suggested, leaving the crows 'gifts' of food and it worked. The crows started leaving her gifts back and no longer chase after them.

    @Tramboman - ouch! hope your back feels better!
    @hamsterwheel6 - I actually love to run sometimes without my watch and music. I don't normally do it mindfully, just when something doesn't work but it can be so freeing sometimes. Interesting that Strava is so off from your Garmin. Strava is pretty accurate for me based on other distance calculating route apps that I have used.

    It was actually nice that I wasn’t even thinking about pace at all. Yeah it’s very weird that it is so off, I’m really not sure why.
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    @Tramboman I hope your back is feeling better!

    @hamsterwheel6 Sounds like a great run, even with all of the difficulties. Can't wait to get my Aftershokz.



    I’m pretty sure you will love them!
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    Tramboman wrote: »
    6-1 7k moderate
    6-2 7k moderate
    6-3 7k easy
    6-4 7k moderately easy
    6-5 7k easily moderate
    6-6 7k slow
    6-7 7k moderate
    6-8 rest
    6-9 7k moderately easy
    6-10 7k easy
    6-11 7k easy
    6-12 7k moderate
    6-13 7k thresholdy
    6-14 7k moderate
    6-15 rest
    6-16 7k easy
    6-17 7k easy
    6-18 7k easy
    6-19 7k easy
    6-20 7k moderate
    6-21 forced rest

    June Total: 126k
    June Goal: 170k

    January Total: 161k
    February Total: 167k
    March Total: 181k
    April Total: 191k
    May Total: 200k

    2020 Total through May: 900k

    Tweaked my back doing pre-run stretches, and only made .1 k before I had to stop. May have to skip golf tomorrow as well. Have to wait and see how it responds to actual rest.

    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:

    9-19 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson, OH
    10-11 Haunted Hustle 5k, Aurora, OH

    Sorry about your back. Hoping the rest works for you.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,523 Member
    @pfprimo That looks like a really nice place to run. I think I would be afraid of the wild pigs though.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,523 Member
    @Avidkeo Yippee! Glad the injury is healed! You have a great plan going forward.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    noblsheep wrote: »
    Took a nice tumble tripping over a bump in the road. Somehow managed to not land on my face. Scraped up a bit but injuries are too minor to show off. One nice elderly lady walking her grandson offered to pull me up, but I was super sweaty by then and didn't want to ick her out.

    Boo! Glad to hear you are alright!
  • ABabilonia
    ABabilonia Posts: 622 Member
    06/01-06/20: 50.2
    06/21: 3.2

    Start my 10K training tomorrow. Hopefully by October I will be able to run a 10K.


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  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    06/01/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 3.5
    06/02/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 6.8
    06/03/20 :::: 2.4 :::: 9.3
    06/04/20 :::: 3.4 :::: 12.7
    06/05/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 15.9
    06/06/20 :::: 6.8 :::: 22.7
    06/07/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 27.7
    06/08/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 30.8
    06/09/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 33.9
    06/10/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 38.9
    06/11/20 :::: 6.0 :::: 45.0
    06/12/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 48.0
    06/13/20 :::: 10.0 :::: 58.0
    06/14/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 61.6
    06/15/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 65.1
    06/16/20 :::: 4.4 :::: 69.5
    06/17/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 74.5
    06/18/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 79.5
    06/19/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 81.8
    06/20/20 :::: 6.3 :::: 88.1
    06/21/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 91.8

    I had planned to run a 12k course with a couple of friends, but plans changed and we did a 5k course instead. The added bit was searching for open bathrooms (failed). I'm kind of operating without a plan at the moment, but this week was somewhat unusual with 3 speedworkouts and 2 trail runs, and no long run. I don't have a plan for this coming week either. My goal was conservative at 120 miles for the month and I'm on track for that.

    Sorry, I'm behind on posts. Will try to catch up with you all tomorrow.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,184 Member
    edited June 2020
    June Goal: 100 Miles

    6/2: 6.55 miles
    6/3: 7.06 miles
    6/4: 6.72 miles
    6/7: 10.07 miles
    6/8: 7.04 miles
    6/10: 6.53 miles
    6/11: 6.05 miles
    6/14: 10.04 miles
    6/16: 7.02 miles
    6/17: 5.12 miles
    6/18: 6.02 miles
    6/21: 10.06 miles

    88.28/100 miles completed for June

    651.5/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders


    I ran 10 miles this morning.  I tried to get up early to beat the heat, but i didn't get out the door until 7:00 am. At that time it was 76°F feels like 77°F with 87% humidity and dew point of 72°. It was also windy with 11-13 mph winds. And it was 81°F feels like 86°F at the end.  The first couple of miles were kind of crappy, but eventually I settled onto a pretty good rhythm.  I was pretty slow, but i reminded myself that with the heat and humidity I shouldn't expect my best pace. There was some cloud cover so that did help. I saw lots of rabbits and lots of pretty sunflowers. I even stopped to take some pictures. 
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    Right after I took the selfie I saw 2 rabbits running down the street coming right at me.  Then suddenly they saw me and turned around and ran the  other way.  It was pretty comical.  I ended up really enjoying the run.

    Great race report @rheddmobile. I bet the fox and the crows were a sight to see.

    Great job in a real race @skippygirlsmom and Skip!

    @ Tramboman I hope your back is better soon!

    @shanaber That is so interesting about the crows. What kind of gifts did they leave? I have cats leave mice and once a squirrel's tail on my porch. I can't imagine what crows would leave.

    @pfprimo I would definitely be afraid of wild pigs.


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    2020 races:
    11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    portugal2 wrote: »
    Joining a bit late , but hoping to get 10 miles per week in.

    Welcome!
  • coolblackcat
    coolblackcat Posts: 11 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    You’re doing great! Keep listening to your body, it’s better to be able to keep running than to increase your mileage too fast and get injured and have to stop.

    If you haven’t yet, you might look into c25k which is designed to get you used to running 5k (or thirty minutes) at a time.

    Thanks for your helpful comment I know about c25k but the program is too slow for me. I used to run more than 5k daily (8k/5mi on average) when I was in my prime, and c25k has only 3 workouts per week I like to run daily, even on rest days! (Lol well, I actually take rest seriously)

    @skippygirlsmom Aw thanks, the virtual race was pretty cool. Good luck with all those races you have ahead!

    @quilteryoyo Exactly! Finding your own running pace is key to remain constant, you are doing great too!

    @kgirlhart Thanks for the advice! To be honest I was comparing myself with my old self, but I decided I shouldn't be hasty trying to get back in shape and instead listen to my body to set up the adecuate pace.

    @katharmonic Kudos to you too! you have been pretty consistent! and nice pictures of your trails, it must be beautiful running among the nature!


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  • coolblackcat
    coolblackcat Posts: 11 Member
    Hi everyone, I hope you are doing fine enjoying your runs!

    Welcome @portugal2

    I was falling a little bit behind my goal the past weeks but due to taking it slow and steady ane having daily consistency I developped the stamina to run some extra km's. I think after another month I'll be able to run my original goal of 90K / 56 Mi.

    Only a week left! Good luck on your runs all of you! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و


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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    @shanaber That is so interesting about the crows. What kind of gifts did they leave? I have cats leave mice and once a squirrel's tail on my porch. I can't imagine what crows would leave.
    @kgirlhart - they left bits of string and twine, a stick and a bone at least that is all she mentioned, there could have been more. Apparently the bone and string are significant but who really knows!
  • Geneveremfp
    Geneveremfp Posts: 504 Member
    @Avidkeo bit late to the party but you did completely the right thing.
    Dogs are the scariest part of going running. Luckily the place I'm in now doesn't have it as an issue but where I used to live there were quite a few jumpy dogs that would chase and the owners just thought it was cute.

    22 minutes yesterday evening. 56 minutes left.

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