August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Took Speed Demon and Twyla to Harrington State Park.
no official distance or time. I wasn't sure how Twyla would do. she did alright. estimate is 5 miles in a little over an hour.
the dogs like the quarry, did not like Lake Michigan.
i felt hot but strong. nicely wooded. pretty flat. it got a little busy. Twyla followed Speed Demon's lead and only sniffed toward people. She seemed intrigued by the small humans that we saw. Speed Demon still likes to avoid people. social distancing before it was a thing
also why running, heat, and relatively freshly dyed hair is not a great idea.7 -
5 miles this morning. Feels like temp 85F at 5am. So much for getting to use the treadmill when weather is crap...Wife says it is too loud with her aunt sleeping in the next room. So I probably won't be able to use it unit October, but by then it will be great weather, so I won't need it. I guess it will be waiting for me in Decmember.
Anyway, it was a blistering hot run, but that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as the saying goes. Not really sure which category this run falls into, but since I am typing this, I guess it is the latter 😕
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@mbaker566 HA! I have seen several runners learn that lesson2
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5 miles this morning. Feels like temp 85F at 5am. So much for getting to use the treadmill when weather is crap...Wife says it is too loud with her aunt sleeping in the next room. So I probably won't be able to use it unit October, but by then it will be great weather, so I won't need it. I guess it will be waiting for me in Decmember.
Anyway, it was a blistering hot run, but that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as the saying goes. Not really sure which category this run falls into, but since I am typing this, I guess it is the latter 😕
Dreadmills are very loud.0 -
katharmonic wrote: »My coach is definitely of the philosophy that you don't worry about pace except during speedwork, and even then it's not the numbers but the effort, so I try not t o get too hung up. But I think I've been drifting to a slower and slower average pace.
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@shanaber I was actually thinking about looking into a Vizsla, just because of your posts about Hobbes. But, one thing I did learn from the weekend is that Tippy is much happier as an only dog. So, it will be a while, I hope, before I am ready to get another dog. I will keep that in mind though, when the time comes.
@PastorVincent I guess yesterday was the day for headphones to die. I hadn't plugged mine in either. Now it would be really eerie if you were listening to American pie when your music died too. You did good to push through and get in 14 miles! Glad your plumbing is fixed.
@marisap2010 Yeah for the NSV. I need to go shopping for new clothes, but for now am just wearing the few I have that sort of fit.
Great run @katharmonic ! Sometimes I feel like I'm drifting to slower pace too, but I have realized this weekend that my fitness level seems to have really increased with the longer, slower runs.
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@mbaker566 Love the pictures of the run. Glad the dogs both did well. They are adorable. I did laugh at your selfie.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »
@PastorVincent I guess yesterday was the day for headphones to die. I hadn't plugged mine in either. Now it would be really eerie if you were listening to American pie when your music died too. You did good to push through and get in 14 miles! Glad your plumbing is fixed.
You know funny thing now that you mention it... I was, in fact, listening to an audio book1 -
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@mbaker566 I'll have to remember that next time I go blond.2
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8-1 rest
8-2 7k easy
8-3 rest
8-4 7k easy
8-5 7k moderate
8-6 7k easy
8-7 7k easy
8-8 7k slow
8-9 7k easy
8-10 rest
August Total: 49k
August Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
May Total: 200k
June Total: 156k
July Total: 180k
2020 Total through July: 1236k / 176.5k per month
Rest day today. Golf instead of running.
Heat is coming back: it's going to be a tough week.
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, OH2 -
@Scott6255 That is really hot for 5am! Can you run on the treadmill later in the day, after your aunt-in-law wakes up?1
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I got out the door at 7:40 this morning. That is early for me, but, like @katharmonic said, not really that early. I was scheduled for a Fast Finish Run - basically going for negative splits. It was 66°F and 83% humidity at the start, so not terrible. Today's run was much better than yesterday's...at least my legs didn't feel like lead. I did manage negative splits and was pleased with how my HR trended upwards as it should have. I was sort-of on a time crunch this morning, so didn't go much longer than the plan called for...just enough to get to a good stopping point mileage wise. So, I ran 2.75 miles and walked 1. Then I went to my mom and dad's and helped them get peaches ready to can. The peaches they got are really good.
and 6/20 miles walking.
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8/8 3.5 miles 3.5/50
8/9 10.5 miles 14.0/504 -
Today is a rest day for me. I thought I'd pop in and ask for prayers and good vibes for my dad. He fell last night and broke his hip. They are doing surgery today at 4:00. He is in relatively good shape, but will be 83 in two weeks and he does have a pacemaker. Plus his hearing is really bad so it is especially hard for him being alone in the hospital.13
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@Scott6255 That is really hot for 5am! Can you run on the treadmill later in the day, after your aunt-in-law wakes up?
No, I am at work by 5 or 6 am on non-running days, 7 am at the latest on running days. If I wait until I get home from work to run, would mean I don't get my afternoon lifting done on running days, and my evening walk would probably not happen.2 -
@kgirlhart Prayers for your dad and the doctor's and nurses. I know from experience how hard it is for him to be alone in the hospital when he can't hear well. Same thing happened to my dad last month. I really wish they would let one person be with the elderly in cases like this. Dad thinks he knows what they say, but it isn't always what someone actually says. I called the nurses and asked them to be sure he knew what they were asking him. They said they would, but I'm not sure they did and he was so stressed and would call me to see if he answered things correctly. Now, mom and I are pretty sure he won't go back into the hospital if he needs to for that very reason. I guess he would have to for a broken bone, but not much else. I say all of that to let you know I empathize with him and you and will definitely pray everything goes well. How long will he have to be in the hospital?
@Scott6255 Well, that stinks. I hope the weather cools down at least a little for your morning runs. Is there some other place in your house or garage that you can move the treadmill? Sorry, not trying to be bossy. Just trying to help out.
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Over 100 posts behind, so just skimmed!
@PastorVincent you and your headphones....
@ContraryMaryMary great race! Love the photo! So glad you got to get out and do that!
@Scott6255 hahaha yip. Dreadmills are for December. Sometimes. Not where I live. I'd rather be out in the cold. So funny because as I'm writing that, I think about how a year ago that wasn't true at all. I loved the treadmill. It was the best! Now, I hate hate hate hate hate them. They're so boring!
@Faebert you are plugging away! Good job! You are so consistent!
@Tramboman - same to you!
@quilteryoyo I have never gotten out the door early. Actually. I think the earliest I've ever gotten to the trail is like maybe 9 or 10am, which by my standards, is not even really early. I wake up at 5am on weekdays to get ready for work and walk my dog, so on the weekends, I stay in bed as long as I can until I start to feel restless. I have been getting a lot of peaches too. The kids eat them like candy.
I went to run Saturday. I had planned on ten miles. Everything wasn't going well. There was a thunderstorm that I swear wasn't forecasted or I read the wrong weather report. Then, there were signs posted every freaking where that the trail was closed. if you know me at all, then you know that I ignore those signs and make jokes about how you can literally walk around them and SURPRISE! The trail is still there! Well.... that was only effective until I got to the giant cement roadblock in front of the first tunnel. At that point, I decided it might be there for a really good reason and I don't want to get caught climbing over it. That would be a great story, but I don't know what the penalty would be. So I turned around and had to drive all the way to the other section of trail. Well, they were doing roadwork that I wasn't anticipating, which changed my route entirely and I had to drive the opposite direction for miles before I could turn around and go the correct direction. FINALLY I made it to the trail. Started out great! The rain had stopped, the sun was out, the playlist was legit! Found another path with caution tape... went under it. Well guess what was on the other side of the caution tape. Red clay-mud. After a thunderstorm. Which stuck to my shoes and was several inches thick on the bottoms and sides. I could barely get out of it. It was like running with millions of pounds of weights on my feet. So I turned around. Again. Found another path. It is not run often, I think. Because the spider webs. And the thickness of the underbrush. And how overgrown it was. Just more "wild," than the other portions of trail. Well, up to that point enough things had gone wrong that I was pretty on edge and then I looked to my left and in the middle of BFE is this trailer. Now, it could be a job site trailer for the work they're doing on the trails OR IT COULD BE WHERE THE BAD GUYS KEEP ALL THE RUNNERS. So. I was done.
There was music and jumping around, which I like to call dancing, involved in my Saturday night so the long run I had planned for yesterday did not happen because my calves are SO FREAKING SORE.
Still pretty stiff today, and today is the start of aravaipa's virtual event, Vertigo. It's 119k today - five distances in seven days. Tonight is just a 6K, which I think I can manage. It's going to be an interesting week. My calves never are sore like this, which makes me think I should get a jump rope so jumping will be more part of my regimen.
I hope you are all well and continuing to thrive. You are all my favorites.7 -
OH!
The recurring dreams topic:
Since I was a tiny, tiny girl I have always dreamed of running through the forest. I am always going, so free...
My recurring dream has become my reality...3 -
@kgirlhart Hope your dad's surgery goes well and he makes a swift and complete recovery.0
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