September 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,717 Member
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    9/1 – 7.02 miles
    9/2 – 5.03
    9/5 – 18.02
    9/6 – 8.13
    9/7 – 6.13
    9/9 – 5.37
    9/10 – 5.54
    9/12 – 19.71
    9/14 – 5.34
    9/16 – 5.01
    9/17 – 5.25
    9/19 – 20.02
    9/21 – 5.11
    9/23 – 5.19
    9/24 – 5.11
    9/27 – 13.01
    9/29 – 5.01

    Total – 144/Goal – 130 miles

    Like many others, my weather changed overnight also. I woke to the sound of rain and it was a chilly 53F and windy. I waited until I caught a break in the rain and headed out. I got about 2 miles in before it started raining again but thankfully, the thunder held off until I was finished.

    @camaramandy648 – Amazing mileage lady! Congratulations!
    Way to go Pavement Pounders -- @Tramboman and @kgirlhart!
    Wahoo @WandaVaughn for making your goal! Stay up there in those clouds as long as you want. I hear the air is so much better! I’m glad the lost person was found safely and hopefully this will be the wake-up call that she needs.
    Keep it up @Mari33a! You’ve almost made your PastorVincent challenge mileage!
    @polskagirl01 – I’m blaming you for my nightmares about frogs last night!

    Insightful conversation about running safely. I’ve been blessed so far to not have any run-ins with any unsavory or questionable characters and I’m sorry for those of you who have had that experience. I think it’s a good reminder when we “talk” about it like this to remember not to let our guards down whether we be male or female.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    9/1 – 6 with Champ
    9/2 – 3 with Champ
    9/3 – 5 miles
    9/4 – 3 miles of trail climb with Champ
    9/5 – 7 miles
    9/6 – 5 miles
    9/7 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/8 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/9 – 10K for my monthly challenge
    9/10 – 3 miles with Champ
    9/11 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/12 – 6 miles
    9/13 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/14 – 2 miles with Champ
    9/15 – 6 miles
    9/16 – 4 miles with Champ
    9/17 – rest day
    9/18 – 5 with Champ
    9/19 – 7 miles
    9/20 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/21 – 6 miles
    9/22 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/23 – 4 miles with Champ
    9/24 – 1 mile
    9/25 – 5 miles with Champ
    9/26 – 8 miles
    9/27 – 6 miles (Space Camp 5K trail and 5K road)
    9/28 – 4 miles with Champ
    9/29 – 6 miles

    138 (142.28) of 115 miles

    I need to come back to read posts.

    Races:
    143 of 335 miles Pinhoti Trail Challenge done
    205 of 248 miles of Space Race done
    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 - done
    The Big Run - June 3 - done
    NEGU virtual run - June - Team NEGU helping support kids with cancer - done
    Big Foot Wild Thangs Trail Race 5K/10K – June 20 on the trails…all together like a real race - done
    Run 4 on the 4th – Virtual 4 miles on 4th of July - done
    ISS Virtual 5K in July – done
    Jackalope Trail Run 4 miler – done
    Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach – done
    Scooby Doo Virtual 10K - done
    Skunk Ape 5 miler August 1 trail race in person – done
    Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June – August – done
    Chupacabra 10K/HM – August 22 - done
    Running of the Bulls Virtual 5K – 9/14 – 30/2020 - done
    The Pinhoti Trail Challenge 335 miles virtual – 1 Sept to 31 Dec – 133 miles done
    2020 Liberty Road Challenge WWII soldiers journey from St. Mere Eglisde to Bastogne, Belgium – charity virtual run for the WII museum in New Orleans 716 miles team event 4 July – September – our team has finished
    Space Race 400K Challenge 12 weeks running 248.5 miles to the ISS – August to November – 194 miles done
    Oak Barrel Half Marathon – October – running virtual


  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,986 Member
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    Tramboman wrote: »
    @kgirlhart We ARE a well matched team!! You're younger, faster, and run farther; I'm old, slow, and don't run very far at all. BUT WE DID IT!!!!

    But I think you run more days than I do. Either way I think we did great!
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,445 Member
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    WTG Pavement Pounders!!!!!
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
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    kgirlhart wrote: »
    Tramboman wrote: »
    @kgirlhart We ARE a well matched team!! You're younger, faster, and run farther; I'm old, slow, and don't run very far at all. BUT WE DID IT!!!!

    But I think you run more days than I do. Either way I think we did great!

    Agreed!!!!!
    Now there's a lot less pressure on me!!
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
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    CONGRATS @TRAMBOMAN AND @kgirlhart !!!!! YOU ARE BADASS!

    @Faebert @quilteryoyo thank you! @TheMrWobbly Thank you! Also - proud of you! I appreciate that there will be no "there, there, now." I hate that and I hate when people come to me for it. Sunday, my kids' dad was complaining to me that he got a new job (which he really needed) and had to get up early the next day.... then apologized for complaining to me because I had just finished running 31 miles that day. I told him.... it's fine. Running and being nervous about a new job are not the same thing but COME ON! Stop being a baby! Of course, I know, there is a time and place for being compassionate and empathetic. But lord.

    @RunsOnEspresso yes! Jero's Journey. That's the one! I probably am not doing 500 miles - but I do plan to see how many times I can complete each loop of the 100. I am not sure how it will go - my right ankle seems to not be super happy with me at the moment.

    @quilteryoyo good to know about the toenail. I am just trying to not mess with them. I don't want to go to the dr for it. That seems silly.

    No running yesterday and probably not tonight either. First of all, I promised I'd watch tv with my son and play with his dinosaurs with him. We spent SO LONG looking for them last night! Definitely no running tomorrow - it's dinner with Nick and Sophie and family night.

    So Thursday, maybe.

    I'm also okay with just like maybe sleeping. :D I think I will feel more normal by tomorrow. That is my hope, anyway.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 5,990 Member
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    @kgirlhart Thanks for the prayers. You and your family are in mine as well. Glad you had a nice run to help clear your head this morning.

    You are doing great @kristinajeang !
  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,531 Member
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    Fantastic @WandaVaughn

    Apparently PMs don't always get through if you are not friends so if somebody doesn't get a reply drop me a friend request.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,392 Member
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    Hi All - meant to post this yesterday but the day got away from me. Too many things going on and by the end of the day the last thing I wanted to do was sit at the computer!
    @WandaVaughn - That feeling is absolutely the best! I think you will continue to be amazed at what you can do!
    @kgirlhart - I hate when we start worrying about our kids even when they are grown! Sometimes though I just have this terrible feeling and if I haven't heard from her I will text just to make sure everything is ok. I hope the run helped and you had a better day.
    Also congratulations to you and @Tramboman for your Pavement Pounders success!!
    @Camaramandy648 - hope you get some rest. Sounds like your body could use it after all the work and miles you are putting it through!

    I got a run in yesterday. It wasn't great. I feel like after the PM adjustment it is starting all over again but I am confident it will improve over time again. My head phones also died a mile into my run and I just didn't feel like turning back to charge or get different ones. So as a result I listened to the birds, and my huffing and puffing and my feet hitting the ground. It made me hyper aware of every little niggle. I do have a very sore/stiff glute, I guess. It is hard to figure exactly where it hurts. Could be hamstring and maybe groin... just strange and it is worse outside of running so when doing my HIIT class today, lunges and squats were OMG, standing and sitting is tough but foam rolling is helping so I will keep that up.
    Agility class was super tough and super fun and Hobbes and I came home exhausted. He was sound asleep and snoring in the car on the way home (only a 15min drive). It is interesting to see how a challenging course can really wipe him out even if it isn't the most physically difficult. I am also realizing that he is getting older and probably can't do too many more 'doubles', running and agility on the same day or back to back runs two days in a row, any longer. ☹️
    Yesterday when I was running I got to see one of the ospreys that lives along our river. It was up in a dead tree and while I was taking pictures it started vocalizing. I have never heard one before (or didn't realize that was what I was hearing so I turned on video on my phone. Of course then it stopped so I waited and just before I was going to give up it started again. I was pretty excited!
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    Date..........Miles........Total
    09/01.......0.00..........0.00 - HIIT and Stretch and Roll Class
    09/02.......5.33..........5.33
    09/03.......5.17........10.50 - Intervals
    09/04.......4.58........15.08
    09/05.......0.00........15.08 - record breaking heat
    09/06.......0.00........15.08 - record breaking heat
    09/07.......0.00........15.08 - + Agility Class
    09/08.......5.46........20.54 - 1st run for WunjoWomen for PV goes to Boston.
    09/09.......5.40........25.94
    09/10.......0.00........25.94
    09/11.......4.62........30.56 - smoke
    09/12.......0.00........30.56 - smoke
    09/13.......2.65........33.21 - smoke
    09/14.......0.00........33.21 - Strength Training at home + Agility
    09/15.......0.00........33.21 - HIIT and Stretch and Roll Class
    09/16.......4.37........37.58 - better air
    09/17.......6.52........44.10 - perfect air!
    09/18.......0.00........44.10
    09/19.......4.74........48.84 - RIP RBG
    09/20.......7.09........55.93
    09/21.......4.65........60.58 - Womxn Run the Vote + Agility Class
    09/22.......0.00........60.58 - HIIT and Stretch and Roll Class
    09/23.......4.43........65.01 - Womxn Run the Vote
    09/24.......5.09........70.10 - Womxn Run the Vote
    09/25.......0.00........70.10
    09/26.......6.75........76.85 - Womxn Run the Vote and Beat the Blerch
    09/27.......0.00........76.85
    09/28.......5.63........82.48 + Agility Class
    09/29.......0.00........82.48 - HIIT and Stretch and Roll Class

    2020 Run the Year Team - 2020 R.I.O.T. (Running Is Our Therapy) 1244.69/1000 miles (running and walking)

    2020 Planned and Completed Races
    02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon
    07/31/20 - ISS Virtual 10K (Late)
    08/15-09/30 - eRace Racism (200 miles) 200.72 miles completed.
    09/21-09/27 - Womxn Run the Vote - 680 mile virtual relay
    09/26/20 - Beat the Blerch 10K Virtual
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @polskagirl01 that is horrible
    I agree with you @ContraryMaryMary dogs and cars are my biggest fear
    Great month @WandaVaughn
    @kgirlhart I’m sorry you had such a bad night
    @shanaber the osprey is beautiful
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    I didn't see an October Challenge so I started it here

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10811403/october-2020-monthly-running-challange/p1?new=1

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 5,990 Member
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    @shanaber I missed that they adjusted your PM again. I hope it does better this time, once it has had a chance to "learn" your needs. Glad you and Hobbes enjoyed the agility class. How old is he? Love the Osprey. I don't think I have ever heard them vocalize either. Pretty cool.

    Thanks for starting the Oct challenge @skippygirlsmom !

    I took dad to the VA this morning. They surgically removed a skin cancer from his nose. He has stitches, but not sure how many. I didn't ask and it is bandaged. The doctor did say, when he came back in the room after the removal, "just a couple more stitches and he'll be ready to go." Anyway, he is pretty sure he was able to get it all and it shouldn't grow back. Dad is starting to have a lot of these small cancers pop up. I guess it's all those years of farming and fishing, not worrying about the sun, finally catching up with him. Just has to leave the Band-Aids on a couple of days and we get the stitches out on the 8th. I am so thankful that he has the VA.

    I thought about doing a treadmill run when I got home, but it is a rainy, cool day. One of those days that just begs you to lay down on the couch, cover up, watch tv, and take a nap. Who am I to say no to that? :lol:
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    @TheMrWobbly what a nice offer of mutual support. Definitely can relate to the "why bother" feeling every now and then. It seems especially tough right now not really knowing when things are going to potentially get better in general. No hugs, but I hear you.

    Great job @WandaVaughn! Always amazing to think of what your "old self" would think of your "new self" and what you've accomplished. Well done.

    @kgirlhart hope you had a better day after your good run! And congrats to you and @Tramboman on your run the year goal!

    @shanaber sorry about your bad run. Cool pics and video of the osprey though!

    @skippygirlsmom thanks for starting October for us - that one snuck up on me.

    @quilteryoyo hope your dad is doing well. And hope you enjoyed a rainy day snuggled on the couch. That sounds perfect.


    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    09/01/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 3.1
    09/02/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 6.6
    09/03/20 :::: 1.9 :::: 8.4
    09/04/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 11.6
    09/05/20 :::: 7.5 :::: 19.1
    09/06/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 20.6
    09/07/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 22.8
    09/08/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 26.0
    09/09/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 30.0
    09/10/20 :::: 5.2 :::: 35.2
    09/11/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 38.5
    09/12/20 :::: 8.6 :::: 47.0
    09/13/20 :::: 3.4 :::: 50.4
    09/14/20 :::: 5.1 :::: 55.5
    09/15/20 :::: 2.1 :::: 57.6
    09/16/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 59.9
    09/17/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 61.7
    09/18/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 63.5
    09/19/20 :::: 8.5 :::: 72.0
    09/20/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 75.1
    09/21/20 :::: 4.4 :::: 79.5
    09/22/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 81.8
    09/23/20 :::: 3.8 :::: 85.6
    09/24/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 87.6
    09/25/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 90.6
    09/26/20 :::: 9.0 :::: 99.6
    09/27/20 :::: 2.5 :::: 102.1
    09/28/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 106.1
    09/29/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 107.6

    I caught a lucky break this morning and managed a short run with only light sprinkles before yoga. It wasn't much but I avoided the treadmill and didn't get soaked.

    Garmin tells me my run was "slow" - do you guys use the Connect app where it now color codes from blue to red for fast to slow on your route? It seems pretty random sometimes when the pace is the same from one run to the next but the color is completely different? I don't understand it's methods and frankly I don't care for it's judgement. ;)
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    katharmonic wrote: »


    Garmin tells me my run was "slow" - do you guys use the Connect app where it now color codes from blue to red for fast to slow on your route? It seems pretty random sometimes when the pace is the same from one run to the next but the color is completely different? I don't understand it's methods and frankly I don't care for it's judgement. ;)

    I noticed the colors and looked at them but haven't really paid close attention. I think it may he based off your average pace?

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