August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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@camaramandy648 This is why I don't have abs 🤣
@skippysgirlmom No, but we haven't checked the mail in a few days. I'd be surprised since I haven't received any shipping notice. I emailed last week that the team was complete but didn't get a reply. Not sure if that's normal, never done a group like this before 🤷🏼♀️1 -
@hamsterwheel6 so sorry.
Hugs, congratulations and pats on backs as needed. I'm way behind on this thread again. Can't keep up with life atm.
News: I randomly decided during my run on Monday that I wanted to sell my dreadmill and get a spinning bike with the money. Posted an ad and two days later a guy had come from 2.5 hours away and taken it. Bike should (hopefully) arrive tomorrow and mini-me is showing an interest in using it. Probably won't last once she discovers it's hard work, mind! In the meantime I'm trying not to hyperventilate every time I look at the gaping hole in the corner of the lounge which had hosted the dreadmill for 4 years. Please lord don't let them lock us up again before my bike comes.
Still running, but slightly reduced mileage because August. Daily yoga. Other stuff with mini-me, trying to pull her out of her hole.7 -
8/2 – 12 miles
8/4 – 4.38
8/5 – 11.02
8/8 – 15.02
8/9 – 4.01
8/10 – 4.01
8/12 – 6.59
8/13 – 3.26
8/15 – 15.05
8/16 – 5.33
8/18 – 5.01
8/19 – 4.01
8/20 – 5.01
Headed out the door around 6:10 this morning. The sunrise was beautiful. Lots of orange, pinks, blues and purples in the sky. Temp was around 63F and there was a nice breeze at times. The first mile was mostly in the dark. I heard some deer “blowing” at me. I must have disturbed their morning path as I heard them on both sides of the road where I was running.
@eleanorhawkins - You've betrayed Hal by trading in the treadmill for the bike! What will he say! LOL!2 -
@eleanorhawkins I love having a bike. It's a nice compliment to running.1
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@eleanorhawkins - You've betrayed Hal by trading in the treadmill for the bike! What will he say! LOL!
I confess, this is exactly what I came here to find out3 -
The very last race of 2020 for me just canceled. So this is the year with out a single race. yay.9
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »I'm tired of record breaking heat and fires. Our electric company has asked us to reduce power usage tonight because a fire took out a big power line & we could get roving blackouts if we don't ease up on power.
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marisap2010 wrote: »I am almost at my weight goal, a weight that has eluded me for about 15 years
W00T! Well done!
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8/8....... 3.50 miles........ 3.50/50
8/9...... 10.50 miles..... 14.00/50
8/12...... 4.00 miles.... 18.00/50
8/14...... 2.50 miles.... 20.50/50
8/16..... 3.25 miles..... 23.75/50
8/17..... 4.25 miles..... 28.00/50
8/18..... 2.00 miles..... 30.00/50
8/20......4.00 miles..... 34.00/50
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@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.2 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.
In one of my trail 50ks I caught up to another runner and he was all like "You know we could just ditch here and no one would ever know" and I was like "Dude we paid for this, not ditching now" heh. I dunno if he finished or not - but I did not see him again. The conditions that year were very brutal, so trust me, I almost agreed lol1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »The very last race of 2020 for me just canceled. So this is the year with out a single race. yay.
I'm pretty sure the ones still on my schedule are going to be cancelled, too.
Thank goodness I will have enough other fails in my yearly goals so that not having run any races at all will just get lost in the shuffle.
2020 will eventually go down in history as "The Year that Wasn't."3 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.
Don't lose sight of the fact that WE care!!!4 -
August Goal: 100 Miles
8/2: 10.52 miles
8/4: 6.40 miles
8/5: 6.52 miles
8/6: 6.22 miles
8/9: 11.02 miles
8/11: 5.51 miles
8/12: 6.05 miles
8/13: 6.02 miles
8/16: 10.13 miles
8/17: 6.51 miles
8/19: 6.62 miles
8/20: 7.36 miles
88.88/100 miles completed for August
904.89/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
It wasn't as cool this morning as it was yesterday, but it was still very nice at 72°F. I slept in a little and got out about an hour later than usual. Since it wasn't dark I changed my route up a little and that was nice. There were more cars out than at my usual time. Today was the 2nd day of school so that was part of the reason. Since I changed my route I ended up going further than usual and finished my run at 7.36 miles. It was a good run and I am really looking forward to fall. I came home and cleaned house some but it was so nice I ended up taking all 3 dogs to the park for a walk.
2020 races:
11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »@eleanorhawkins - You've betrayed Hal by trading in the treadmill for the bike! What will he say! LOL!
I confess, this is exactly what I came here to find out
@Teresa502 @PastorVincent oh no, not at all! The bike is cross-training! I remain faithful to Hal, though I did downgrade and swap to an easier plan. Now I'm upsetting him by 'overtraining' because I'm in the first few weeks of a novice HM plan and on 3 or 4 days now I've done the distance he demanded and not stopped, causing a few 'easy tiger' comments. I am perfectly capable of disobeying and upsetting him by overachieving (going too far, or too fast) but not by underachieving, apparently. Sure that says a lot about my personality lol.
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Camaramandy648 wrote: »@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.
Don't lose sight of the fact that WE care!!!
This! You have a few Internet strangers always cheering you on from afar!
And that seriously helps. I can't tell you how often I've have various voices in my head from here.
Atm the overwhelming voice is @MobyCarp I really miss him. And @KeepRunningFatboy two runners whose words of wisdom will always stay with me.
I'm still here, still sidelined. We forget that recovery from an injury is not a linear progress, its a roller-coaster. I was doing really well, then out of no where I was in a lot of pain again. I hadn't done anything different, it just happened. Then just as suddenly it's back to pain free.
However I'm getting more pain free days than painful days so that's good.
My next physio session is in just over a week. Should start some strength exercises, with the goal of starting running again about 2 weeks after that.
I can't wait!9 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.
Don't lose sight of the fact that WE care!!!
This! You have a few Internet strangers always cheering you on from afar!
And that seriously helps. I can't tell you how often I've have various voices in my head from here.
Atm the overwhelming voice is @MobyCarp I really miss him. And @KeepRunningFatboy two runners whose words of wisdom will always stay with me.
I'm still here, still sidelined. We forget that recovery from an injury is not a linear progress, its a roller-coaster. I was doing really well, then out of no where I was in a lot of pain again. I hadn't done anything different, it just happened. Then just as suddenly it's back to pain free.
However I'm getting more pain free days than painful days so that's good.
My next physio session is in just over a week. Should start some strength exercises, with the goal of starting running again about 2 weeks after that.
I can't wait!
YASSS! When I am out there taking pictures and listening to my music, I am always telling mself, "Remember to tell them about this and this and THIS..."
I do miss the sound of a cowbell though.... But then again, I think if it weren't for this group, I'd not be where I am in my progress to date.
And @Tramboman yep. 2020 will go down as "The Year that Wasn't."
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Camaramandy648 wrote: »@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.
Don't lose sight of the fact that WE care!!!
This! You have a few Internet strangers always cheering you on from afar!
And that seriously helps. I can't tell you how often I've have various voices in my head from here.
Atm the overwhelming voice is @MobyCarp I really miss him. And @KeepRunningFatboy two runners whose words of wisdom will always stay with me.
I'm still here, still sidelined. We forget that recovery from an injury is not a linear progress, its a roller-coaster. I was doing really well, then out of no where I was in a lot of pain again. I hadn't done anything different, it just happened. Then just as suddenly it's back to pain free.
However I'm getting more pain free days than painful days so that's good.
My next physio session is in just over a week. Should start some strength exercises, with the goal of starting running again about 2 weeks after that.
I can't wait!
I think about @mobycarp every morning when I do my calf raises. I was thinking about him and Fatboy the other day, feel like maybe we could have an annual memorial race for all those we’ve lost. Maybe not as elaborate as the relay marathons, just a day of dedicating our runs to those we care about who are no longer with us.13 -
rheddmobile wrote: »Camaramandy648 wrote: »@PastorVincent was just talking with Nick and Sophie last night about the community aspect and the adrenaline and feeding off of others’ adrenaline that comes with an in person race.
Finishing 33 miles alone is freaking hard. Especially since nobody is there to say “You’re doing great!” Nobody is there, so who cares if you finish or don’t? - that’s an easy mindset to slip into and I am so looking forward to having actual people around to encourage and be encouraged by!
I am sorry about your race.
Don't lose sight of the fact that WE care!!!
This! You have a few Internet strangers always cheering you on from afar!
And that seriously helps. I can't tell you how often I've have various voices in my head from here.
Atm the overwhelming voice is @MobyCarp I really miss him. And @KeepRunningFatboy two runners whose words of wisdom will always stay with me.
I'm still here, still sidelined. We forget that recovery from an injury is not a linear progress, its a roller-coaster. I was doing really well, then out of no where I was in a lot of pain again. I hadn't done anything different, it just happened. Then just as suddenly it's back to pain free.
However I'm getting more pain free days than painful days so that's good.
My next physio session is in just over a week. Should start some strength exercises, with the goal of starting running again about 2 weeks after that.
I can't wait!
I think about @mobycarp every morning when I do my calf raises. I was thinking about him and Fatboy the other day, feel like maybe we could have an annual memorial race for all those we’ve lost. Maybe not as elaborate as the relay marathons, just a day of dedicating our runs to those we care about who are no longer with us.
I'll 2nd that!2 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/20 :::: 1.3 :::: 1.3
08/02/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 2.9
08/03/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 6.0
08/04/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 11.0
08/05/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 15.1
08/06/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 18.3
08/07/20 :::: 2.5 :::: 20.8
08/08/20 :::: 6.8 :::: 27.6
08/09/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 30.7
08/10/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 34.3
08/11/20 :::: 5.1 :::: 39.5
08/12/20 :::: 4.5 :::: 44.0
08/13/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 46.0
08/14/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 49.1
08/15/20 :::: 10.0 :::: 59.1
08/16/20 :::: 1.4 :::: 60.5
08/17/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 63.6
08/18/20 :::: 2.4 :::: 66.0
08/19/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 68.1
08/20/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 69.7
It's been a couple of days. I've read quickly but not had time to closely follow so apologies and sending out all the high fives and hugs or just a thumbs up or whatever else you need virtually right now.
It's not been a good week on the running front, or any front really. I'm barely getting my daily run done at all, as you can see from the mileage. Today and yesterday were really just warm-up runs before training. In both cases i intended to do more later but it didn't happen. Yesterday I warmed up on the trails before doing the stairs at the park with the weighted vest as we do most Wednesdays. I was distracted by life events, and it was early, and of course I tripped and fell scraping up and bruising both legs (mostl shins, some knee) on tree roots. It could have been worse though and I managed not to scrape up my hands. It was not a fun morning. I was going to go to run group speedwork that night but just did not have it in me (plus I was starving and just wanted to eat my dinner and relax).
I'm struggling with running and training and feel constantly torn between wanting to step back and feeling like I need to do more to keep up (with other people as well as what I've done in the past). Even the hiking, which has been so great and really is a wonderful escape is a source of stress because I really can't be spending that much time every weekend now, and losing that much sleep. But it kind of kills me not to go along when others are going. Work has ramped up to crazy stressful, some personal relationships are...I guess I'd say disappointing me, and there was an upsetting incident with my dog Stella (we're both fine, but it was a bit traumatizing). My head is just not in a great place this week and I'm hoping I can take some time to decompress and pull it together this weekend.
Sorry for the unloading. I think I could use a good run. I'm meeting a friend tomorrow morning who is an excellent running buddy and excellent listener so that should be a nice way to de-stress a little.11
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