October 2020 Monthly Running Challange

HonuNui · October 2020

October Goal 60ish miles

10/1 3.52
10/2 snorkel
10/3 3.08
10/4 3.88
10/5 off
10/6 4.30
10/7 3.28
10/8 off
10/9 3.20
10/10 2.53
10/11 off
10/12 3.50
10/13 off
10/14 4.00
10/15 2.39
10/16 off
10/17 6.60
10/18 off
10/19 3.90
10/20 snorkel 2.5 hours
10/21 off
10/22 3.30
10/23 off
10/24 work sucks
10/25 3.44
10/26 work
10/27 sucks
10/28 4.02

Total 54.94

Upcoming and current races:

Asics World Ekiden Virtual Relay (5k leg) 11/11/20

marisap2010 · October 2020

@eleanorhawkins I am glad your dad’s surgery went well. I hope he gets good results.

No run for me last night. I had an awful migraine that started at work and continued throughout the evening. It isn’t totally gone this morning, but I am going to try to go to work for at least part of the day to get a few big things done. I can hopefully make up yesterday’s run tonight, although it might be at the gym since the remnants of that tropical storm are coming through. My power has already gone out once.

Mari33a · October 2020

08/10 2.30 miles
10/10 2.38 miles
14/10 2.77 miles
16/10 2:60 miles around Stirling Castle in Scotland
18/10 2.11 miles another run in Stirling. Travelling home 2 Moro
22/10 2.37 miles
24/10 2.37 miles
25/10 2.36 miles
26/10 2.37 miles
29/10 2.36 miles a damp one but good

Total 23.99miles of 25

quilteryoyo · October 2020

rheddmobile wrote: »

Today was supposed to be 8 easy miles but it was a downpour with cold wind so we did 6.2 somewhat faster miles. Not too bad when we started out but by the time we were done I couldn’t feel my fingertips. I just have not mastered the art of dressing for a combo of rain and wind! By the way, dressmyrun thought today was T-shirt and shorts weather so... yeah... they have no clue either.

This made me laugh! I don't have appropriate clothing for running in a cold rain, so I always opt for the treadmill. You did great getting in 6.2 miles. I hope you are warmed up by now.

@katharmonic You are doing great with the streak. Almost there. It sounds like you are going to have a really nice weekend. Looking forward to seeing the pictures from your hike.

quilteryoyo · October 2020

@marisap2010 I hope your headache goes totally away today! Migraines are awful.

Tramboman · October 2020

10-1 7k easy
10-2 7k slow
10-3 7k slow
10-4 7k easy
10-5 rest
10-6 7k easy
10-7 7k easy
10-8 7k easy
10-9 7k easy
10-10 7k easy
10-11 7k easy
10-12 rest
10-13 7k easy
10-14 7k easy
10-15 7k slow
10-16 7k moderate
10-17 7k easy
10-18 7k easy
10-19 rest
10-20 7k easy
10-21 7k easy
10-22 7k easy
10-23 7k easy
10-24 7k easy
10-25 7k moderate
10-26 rest
10-27 7k slooooooooow
10-28 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
10-29 7k treadmill

October Total: 175k
October Goal: 170k

January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
May Total: 200k
June Total: 156k
July Total: 180k
August Total: 172k
September Total: 176k

2020 Total through September: 1584k / 176k per month

Rainy and mid 40s F today, so I decided to try out the treadmill. Went pretty well, considering I had never been on one except for my stress EKG.
@eleanorhawkins Hope your dad makes a quick and complete recovery and the news is all good.

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 - Completed 10-11
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders -- Completed 9-29

2020 races:

9-8 to 9-13 "Virtual Boston with Vincent" Time goal 5:15:00; actual time 4:47:01

shanaber · October 2020

I will come back later and get all caught up but wanted to post this for all of the lovers/haters of Candy Corn. Just a little bit of history

polskagirl01 · October 2020

Thanks @shanaber! I'm a candy corn lover. I can't get it here, but have some left from a package someone sent us a while back

@eleanorhawkins I hope your family gets some good news soon about your Dad! I'm sure it's tough waiting on results. You are on my mind.

I ran in the woods this morning, very slowly, and later went for a walk there with a friend. Tomorrow should be a rest day, and I'm ready for it.

I'm soon going to be entering my 40th year of life... so to celebrate, I've decided to aim for 40 weeks of running at least 40k 😃

eleanorhawkins · October 2020

Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts. They've moved him onto a ward now, he is apparently very bruised but doing well and the doctors are happy. He is refusing, however, to turn his phone on and is not allowed any visits at all due to the stupid virus, so my stepmother is relying on what the nurses tell her when she phones them. **sigh** I'm pretty impressed someone persuaded him to take a phone with him, he has always refused to even touch a mobile phone. Shame they didn't realise him taking it did not necessarily mean he would use it!

polskagirl01 · October 2020

eleanorhawkins wrote: »

Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts. They've moved him onto a ward now, he is apparently very bruised but doing well and the doctors are happy. He is refusing, however, to turn his phone on and is not allowed any visits at all due to the stupid virus, so my stepmother is relying on what the nurses tell her when she phones them. **sigh** I'm pretty impressed someone persuaded him to take a phone with him, he has always refused to even touch a mobile phone. Shame they didn't realise him taking it did not necessarily mean he would use it!

Well clearly they didn't mess up his stubborn personality! I imagine it would be funny if it wasn't so frustrating.

quilteryoyo · October 2020

@shanaber Had no idea it had fondant in it. No wonder it tastes different.

@polskagirl01 That's a lofty goal, but I know that you can do it!

@eleanorhawkins Glad your dad is doing well. I hate it that your step mom can't visit him and that he won't turn on his phone. Is there a landline in his room you can call? The hospitals here still have those. Would he talk on it?

quilteryoyo · October 2020

Had my pre-op appointment today. Most everything went well. Didn't get to talk to the anesthesiologist because he decided that the shut door to the room I was waiting in meant someone else was in there and he didn't knock to check and just went on his way. Then, when asked to come back he said he would, "in a while." Twenty five minutes later, after getting some of my questions answered by someone else, I left. In my opinion, he was being a jerk about the entire thing. I hope he isn't the person who does my anesthesia next week.

The only surprise was that I am now in quarantine after having a CoVID test as part of the pre-op stuff. It makes sense that they wouldn't want me to go out and become infected after I had the test, but it just never crossed my mind that that would be the case. It sure did mess up my plans for things I was going to do the day before surgery.

One of the "tests" I had to do was to walk with the physical therapist (not sure that was his title) for 6 minutes to get a baseline they can compare to before I leave the hospital. When I told him how much I had been running, he was very impressed. He said as well as I did and being in such good shape, he fully expects me to have a quick recovery. I hope he knows what he is talking about.

I am tired and mentally wiped out, so am going to take the rest of the day "off." I hope I can get in another easy run tomorrow.

eleanorhawkins · October 2020

@quilteryoyo thanks. He eventually turned the phone on and called her... she said he actually sounded fine and said he felt fine (we think he's probably still off his head on morphine!) but that he has a black eye, which is apparently common. He might be able to go home on Saturday, but she'll have to give him injections to prevent blood clots, and he hates needles so she may have to give him a matching black eye to get him to behave. All in all it sounds like he's doing great, SO relieved. Maybe I'll finally sleep tonight.

Sorry about your jerk anesthesiologist. Sadly some doctors think way too much of themselves. My grandmother used to say "They might save lives, but their poop still smells!" My dad was quaratined for 2 weeks before going in for his operation, too. I think the PT guy is right, you're in such good shape you're very likely to cope very well and recover fast. We're all rooting for you, too.

quilteryoyo · October 2020

@eleanorhawkins Good to hear that your dad is doing well and may be able to go home soon! Hopefully he'll be ok with the shots. Thanks for rooting for me. I had to laugh at your grandmother's saying...love it!!!!!

kgirlhart · October 2020

October Goal: 100 Miles

10/1: 6.24 miles
10/4: 11.02 miles
10/6: 6.22 miles
10/7: 6.22 miles
10/8: 6.23 miles
10/11: 11.04 miles
10/13: 6.02 miles
10/14: 6.22 miles
10/15: 6.02 miles
10/18: 10.04 miles
10/20: 6.23 miles
10/21: 6.24 miles
10/22: 6.02 miles
10/25: 11.05 miles
11/29: 6.03 miles

110.83/100 miles completed for October

1170.77/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders

I finally got out and ran today. It wasn't raining and wasn't as cold as the last couple of days, but the 18 mph north winds made it really cold. It was an ok run, but honestly I was just glad to get it done.
My left foot is feeling kind of achy now. I can't decide if it is from the cold (I think I have a little arthritis in that foot), if I am getting tendonitis, or if it us just the usual pre-race paranoia. There is no swelling or redness or bruising. Maybe I'll just run my next few runs easy. The race is on the 7th and it has already been postponed twice. Maybe it is just the gray skies making me feel discouraged. I just want to do well in this race and I don't want anything to prevent me from running it.

@eleanorhawkins I'm glad your Dad's surgery went well, praying for good results. I hope you are able to get some sleep.

@quilteryoyo I'm glad the pre-op went well. Hopefully you'll have a nicer anesthesiologist.

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

kgirlhart · October 2020

I just walked out of my office and the sun is shining. 🌞

Avidkeo · October 2020

ContraryMaryMary wrote: »

@Avidkeo, I forgot to reply to your question about a half in four months. Do it. Each time I did my calf was in November, but by March (four months) I was back up to speed. Your already at my January. Just take it slowly and carefully over the next month - basically, keep doing what you're doing. You'll be raring to go in December!

Which one are you doing?

Thanks so much! Looking at the Wellington around the bays, so should be a lot of fun, and since we didn't get to do the Wellington half this year. Hot though, 20th February!

I ran today. Another 4/2 intervals. I didn't bother checking my watch and actually thought I had another one to go, nope had done them all so had a nice 10min walk cool down. Calf continues to be fine in runs, and after runs. Any niggles appear in the evenings, but they are getting less frequent.

I also started weight lifting again. I lifted light because I knew the DOMS would be a killer. And yep, my hamstrings are not happy. Oh well.

Avidkeo · October 2020

@eleanorhawkins glad you dad is doing well, and continuing to he his stubborn self!

Faebert · October 2020

Late checking in but I managed to get 9km done on the treadmill this morning. Squeezed in around home repair tasks and in horrible weather, so I’m feeling grateful to have it! I never listen to anything when I run normally, but this treadmill has a tablet holder so I decided to give it a go watching a series while I ran. I’m two episodes into The Handmaid’s Tale and it’s very affecting! Possibly a bit too much to cope with first thing in the morning...

I will probably get one more run in before the end of the month, but mentally I’ve written off October and am hoping for a more consistent November!

October total: 36.4m
October goal: 80m

5/10: 6.2m
7/10: 6.2m
12/10: 4.6m
19/10: 5m
25/10: 3.9m
27/10: 5m
29/10: 5.6m

Jan - Sep: 625.4 miles

quilteryoyo · October 2020

Surgery update: I talked to the surgeon's nurse late this afternoon. The group that owns the hospital where I am having my surgery decided this afternoon that they are stopping ALL elective surgeries until the CoVID numbers get better - they are awful here right now. The surgeon went through all of his patient's files and decided on a case by case basis what would be better for each one. He decided it would be in my best interest to postpone mine.

The hospital will re-assess the situation on Wednesday of next week, and every week thereafter, if necessary. If they allow elective surgeries again next week (doubtful, in my opinion) they would schedule me for the following Mon, Tues, or Wed. Since my bloodwork and everything else is good until then, I am to continue to quarantine until we see what happens on Wed. If the moratorium on surgeries continue, I'll have to have all the tests again, so can stop the quarantine at that point. So, it's all up in the air at this point.

@kgirlhart Hope your foot is okay and it is just paranoia.

@Avidkeo Glad your calf is doing so well. You did great on the rehab!

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