March 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

@shanaber Good happy for both you and Hobbes! Hope you both are on your way back to 100% soon.
@hanlonsk Love the pictures!

6.2 miles this morning. Had great weather (mid 40Fs, light wind), but it felt soooooo hard for the first 6 miles, and my pace was really slow. Guess that means my run on Saturday will be great 😏

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Happy birthday @Camaramandy648 - I always get Carmen Miranda with her fabulous fruity hats when I read your name!

@ContraryMaryMary i love this so much!

Thanks to all for all the birthday wishes!

Yesterday was one of the very worst birthdays of my life. For lots of reasons.

Didn’t want to celebrate anything because everything had was cumulative and by the end of the day, i just wanted to crawl into bed and stay.

Did some race prep stuff.

Watched a show with my son.

Today, the kids go to their dad’s and my dog goes to a friend’s so i can leave town after work tomorrow with no hassles.

I have a dinner interview tonight, which i hope goes well but what Id REALLY like is to finally hear back from the job I have been gunning so hard for. The one I’m doing right now .... man. I just don’t know. Still grateful for employment and irons in the fire.

It’s good to read your posts and I am I proud of all of you!

@shanaber Good news on the hamstring!, and happy that Hobbes is better.
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating one!

I did run On Monday to start the month and it went well. However, yesterday I woke up and my Morton's Neuroma on my right ball of foot/toes (the part where the toes connect to the ball pad) flared up. It felt like needles poking. The last time this happened the only thing that helped was a shot. I tried to walk/run v slowly but was too much.
So I just got on the bike. Feels better today, but I can feel it. Not sure what caused the flare up. It was literally like I went to sleep fine, and woke up with it acting up. What happened overnight I do not know.
Could be my shoes, as they are over 400 miles, but not probable. Either way new shoes are needed.
I'll see how the foot does in the next couple days otherwise might have to visit the Sports Doc again.

Names - haha funny reading some of these. Thanks for the laughs.

Happy running everyone!

3/1-2.25
3/2-3
3/3-2.5
3/4-2.75

March Goal-10.5/60
2021 Goal-149/634 miles


January-81 miles
February-54.5 Miles

3/1 - 2.75 miles - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk
3/2 - 2.00 miles - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk
3/3 - 2.00 miles - 3.5 mph - Driveway laps
3/4 - 2.70 miles - 4.5 mph - First run/walk after surgery on the rural road near home

March total: 9.45/62 miles

Today was a day of new beginnings....if you believe, as Steven King wrote, that "sooner or later everything old is new again."

Coincidentally, it is the 4th of March. If you remember my post when I walked in honor of my dad on his birthday, I explained why the 4th is such a big deal in our family.

I worked at the daycare for 4 hours. I did what they call the floater job - served lunch, did the dishes, and then relieved some of the teachers for their breaks while the kids napped. A lot of the younger kids are new to me, but the older ones are mostly the same. I was actually surprised at some of the ones who remembered me. All of the 4 year old's wanted hugs and all of the 5 year old's wanted to tell me things. I sure have missed that. I am scheduled to work this job every day next week.

When I got home, I went for my first RUN after surgery. I did take it really easy, walking 4 minutes and then running 1 minute. I ran the last 2 minutes so I wasn't finishing my distance with a walk. My running pace was between 11:03 min/mile and 10:03 min/mile. That may have been faster than I should have gone, but I felt like I was running at an easy pace. I'm sure had I been running much longer I would have had to slow down.

Mom and dad had told me they wanted to buy me new running shoes for Christmas. After dad died, mom insisted that I go ahead and order them and that "they" would pay. It's the last gift dad will give me. I ordered them after my surgery and have had them since the middle of January. I didn't open the box until today - when I was able to try them out. They felt a little different, but I think they are going to be great. Picture below the spoiler.
It was a beautiful day here. It was 59°F, sunny, with a 15 mph wind when I went out for the run. The wind was a little much at times, but at least it wasn't cold. Below are a couple of pictures from my run.

Thanks everyone! I'm not sore this morning. Not yet anyway. I'm hoping to run every other day the rest of the month and slowly increase running times. I am really blessed to have done so well after surgery. It still amazes me.

@polskagirl01 Glad you are exploring new places to run and don't mind getting your feet wet. You'll have to use that trail for an out and back.

You are doing great @pfeiferlindsey ! It's hard to be consistent again after a long break.

@quilteryoyo yay for the running and I love the shoes.

Am up early, about to do 14k. I don't know why in a bit nervous I ran 21.1 only 2 weeks ago lol and I enjoy long runs. I'm running this one around home, rather than the foreshore, maybe that's it. There are more hills at home. And I'm still a bit sore after playing my first game of indoor netball (think basketball without the bouncing or back board) on Wednesday. Very different from running, and excellent cross training!