March 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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Awesome effort @katharmonic, four laps has got to be hugely challenging mentally anyway without an injury to nurse as well. Congratulations. And I love the medals - so cute.
Great job @scott6255, things are looking up!
@quilteryoyo, you’re smashing your recovery. Well done.
@WhatMeRunning I can only imagine how tough your home life must be. Prioritizing sleep is an excellent idea.7 -
5 miles at 6am and 5 miles at 10 am for 10 total
One week until Yeti
50-some miles for the month8 -
Thanks @Scott6255 . Glad you had such a fantastic run today! A 2 hour HM is quick! (In my book anyway.)
@katharmonic Congratulations! You are faster injured than I ever have hopes to be. LOL You did great to hang in there and break through all of those mental barriers you encountered along the way. So glad your back didn't bother you. Love the bling. Also love those encouragers along the way.
Thanks @ContraryMaryMary !
Nice running @RunsOnEspresso ! You're going to do great on your Yeti. (This may be a stupid question, but I looked up Yeti races and there seem to be several. Which are you doing?)
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@quilteryoyo I'm doing the yeti challenge, 5 miles every 4 hours for 24 hours6
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pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »3/1 - No running - Spin and strength training
3/2 - 4 early morning miles that felt really awesome
Total for March - 4 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 66 miles
I have to say, even though I don't respond a lot, I do read and you all are such a positive, upbeat bunch and I love it. I love the motivation.
I did the challenges 2 years ago, but then "The Year That Will Be Forgotten" happened.
So:
March 3 - 3.11 miles
March 4 - 3.11 miles
March 5 - Today will be some spin and strength
Total for March - 10.22 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 59.78 miles
My huge goal this year is to get my base back that I lost last year. Before 2020, I was averaging 1000+ mile years and last year, I barely got to 600. So, my base is shot.
I ran 5 miles today without walking and felt totally amazing the entire time. Super happy with how it went and I have no doubt that I'll get to my goals this year. March goal is to get up to 6 miles comfortably and I'm sure I can do it.
March 6 - 5 miles
Total for March - 15.22 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 54.78 miles
Donated blood on Saturday morning, so I kind of expected my Sunday run to be a bit rough. Ended up being a beautiful day and I was actually 20 seconds faster per mile than what I normally run. Perhaps the slight weight loss helped
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March 7 - 3.19 miles
March 8 - Spinning after work - No running today
Total for March - 18.41 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 51.59 miles
Well...it caught up to me. Today's run with rough, but I got through it. Was a beautiful morning and considering I almost didn't get out there, I'll take it as a win.
March 9 - 4.5 miles
Total for March - 22.91 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 47.09 miles
Get busy for one day and you miss so much!
I'll have my first in person race in over a year (it will be 444 days to be exact) on March 20 and I'm excited but nervous. Just trying to focus on what I can control. I signed up for the last start time, so hopefully won't be a busy course.
March 10 - 3.12 miles of speed work
March 12 - 3.11 miles - Just a good ol' 5K to start the day
Total for March - 29.14 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 40.86 miles
Quick update for the weekend...
March 13 - 5.57 miles
March 14 - 3.26 miles
Total for March - 37.97 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 32.03 miles
So I am adding a small weekly goal for this week...I'd like to run a total of 20 miles. I think I can do it.
March 15 - Spin and weights
March 16 - 3.11 miles and weights
Total for March - 41.08 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 28.92 miles
Miles for the week (March 15-March 21) - 3.11 miles with 16.89 miles to go
Leg work last night and speed work this morning = sore me....eeek.
March 17 - 4.07 miles
Total for March - 45.15 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 24.85 miles
Miles for the week (March 15-March 21) - 7.18 miles with 12.82 miles to go
First in person race in 444 days is tomorrow. Nervous, but excited to have this tiny bit of normal back in my life.
March 19 - 5.25 miles to start the day.
Total for March - 50.40 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to Go - 19.60 miles
Miles for the week (March 15 - 21) - 12.43 miles with 7.57 miles to go
Today's 5K went so well! So much better than I anticipated.
Fairly small and they started people in 15 minute waves from 7 AM - 9 AM. Everyone was great with distancing and it was nice to get a small piece of normal back in my life.
March 20 - 3.11 miles
Total for March - 53.51 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to Go - 16.49 miles
Miles for the week (March 15 - March 21) - 15.54 miles with 4.46 miles to go.8 -
Way to hang tough @katharmonic, that took a lot of mental (and physical) strength and grit!
@pfeiferlindsey congrats on your real person race! Sounds like it was very well organized. Glad you surprised yourself and had a good day!1 -
March 1 – Exercise Bike (6.33 miles) + Strength training
March 2 – 5.07 miles
March 3 – Exercise Bike (7 miles) + strength
March 4 – 5.35 miles (morning) + 3.05 miles (evening – hill repeats)
March 5 – rest
March 6 – 12.01 miles
March 7 – Hiking – 2.27 miles – 1340 elevation gain
March 8 – 5.18 miles
March 9 – 3.34 miles
March 10 – 5.18 miles
March 11 – 5.21 miles
March 12 – Hiking – 4.5 miles
March 13 – 13.13 miles
March 14 – Rest
March 15 – 5.02 miles + strength + 1.24 mile walk at lunch
March 16 – 3.45 miles + biking (5 miles)
March 17 – Strength + Walk (2.18 miles)
March 18 – 5.44 miles + Exercise Bike (12 miles)
March 19 – Strength
March 20 – 10 miles and lots of birthday cake!
We had nice mornings in the mid-40s all week but this morning it was 30F when we started our run. Happy first day of Spring to those in the zone!
Way to go on your fast HM @Scott6255!
Congrats @katharmonic! So glad you got to run it. I had to laugh at your reaction when your trainer passed you.
Congrats on your 5K @pfeiferlindsey!
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Iwoo hoo @Scott6255 that's awesome!
@katharmonic congratulations and well done for doing that last loop, sounds like a lot of fun.1 -
It's Sunday and Hal scheduled a weird workout. I started with 4x 100m at prace pace, with 100m rest in between. Then a 10k run at 10k race pace, for a total of around 13.5k.
It was great, the second 100m was going up a reasonable hill. But then it was flat for a few km and I settled into a nice easy 5:35min/k pace. It was wonderful. At around 8k I hit another hill that went for about 0.5k, and I managed to keep my pace to around 6:15. It was HARD! I was so relieved to get to the top of that one. I ended with a 1km walk to cool down.
My overall pace was 6:10 min/k but the 10k portion was 5:48min/k. My pace has definitely improved over the last couple of weeks, or perhaps my confidence to go with those paces?? I feel confident atm in keeping that pace over 21k, especially on a flat course.
3 weeks today!
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@pfeiferlindsey Glad you had such a good race.
@Teresa502 Cold mornings this time of year feel colder, but at least they don't last all day. Great run and Happy Birthday!
You are doing GREAT @Avidkeo !
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3/01 - 2.75 miles - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk
3/02 - 2.00 miles - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk
3/03 - 2.00 miles - 3.5 mph - Driveway laps
3/04 - 2.70 miles - 4.5 mph - First run/walk after surgery on the rural road near home
3/05 - 2.00 miles - 3.6 mph - Field walk
3/06 - 3.00 miles - 4.6 mph - Walk/run on rural road
3/07 - 2.00 miles - 3.7 mph - Field and driveway walk
3/08 - 2.25 miles - 4.0 mph - Walk/run on the driveway
3/09 - 2.50 miles - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk - ladder
3/10 - 3.50 miles - 4.5 mph - Walk/run on rural road
3/11 - 2.00 miles - 3.8 mph - Field and driveway walk
3/12 - 2.30 miles - 4.5 mph - Treadmill walk/run
3/13 - 1.00 mile - 3.6 mph - Field walk
3/14 - 2.30 miles - 4.6 mph - Driveway laps & 0.50 walk warm up and cool down on the driveway
3/15 - 2.00 miles - 3.8 mph - Field and driveway walk
3/16 - 3.00 miles - 4.6 mph - Treadmill & 0.50 walk for warm up and cool down
3/17 - 1.00 mile - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk - helped mow mom's lawn this afternoon
3/18 - 3.00 miles - 4.5 mph - Treadmill & 0.5 walk for warm up and cool down
3/19 - 2.00 miles - 3.6 mph - Treadmill walk
3/20 - 2.00 miles - 4.0 mph - Walk on rural road and the driveway
March total: 46.80/62 miles
I was scheduled to run today, but I was really tired. After I laid down at noon for almost an hour, I opted for fast walking instead. I walked down to take care of the dog and puppies and to see mom (this was the second visit of the day for the dogs). The first mile - on the way down was at a 4.2 mph pace. Coming home, it was 3.9 mph.
Tonight, mom went with me to feed the dog and play with the puppies. Pictures below.
They are 2 weeks old today and are just opening their eyes.
Cute face.
Mom and one of the girls.
Me and the other three.
Last evening, I saw Tippy in the driveway, barking at something. I could tell there was something there that she wasn't sure of be the way she was tentatively wagging her tail. I took the leash to go get her and see what it was that she was afraid of. When I got far enough to see over the hill and see what it was, I had to laugh. It was the tree that I had rolled out of the driveway. From that angle, it does look like a land loving Nessie or some other monster. Don't you agree?
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@katharmonic great job today! You killed it! 13.1 is always a kicker.
@pfeiferlindsey way to kick that 5k! That’s a weird race cause right when you get into a good stride, you’re done! I’m so bad a pacing those.
I had my first in person half today too. The first 3 miles were a lovely tail wind. 4-10 was an insane headwind. No aid stations, no bathrooms officially so I had to use a park potty off the path a couple hundred feed. 10-13.1 were fine. I was a little tired. Came in around 2:10.
So anyway,
Goals: take 2 weeks off, actually train appropriately, break 2:00.
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March Goal: 100 Miles
3/1: 1.32 miles
3/2: 5.32 miles
3/3: 5.32 miles
3/4: 5.52 miles
3/5: 1.40 miles
3/6: 1.20 miles
3/7: 10.02 miles
3/8: 1.43 miles
3/9: 6.02 miles
3/10: 6.09 miles
3/11: 5.41 miles
3/12: 1.51 miles
3/13: 1.42 miles
3/14: 10.02 miles
3/15: 1.58 miles
3/16: 5.31 miles
3/17: 5.25 miles
3/18: 5.21 miles
3/19: 2.02 miles
3/20: 2.02 miles
83.38/100 miles completed for March
I slept in this morning and then helped my husband plant a new rosebush before heading out for my run. It was a beautiful spring day. I probably waited a bit too long before running as it was 60°F when I went. But since it was just going to be a short run for the streak it wasn't too bad. I ran 2 miles at a speedy (for me) average pace of 9:13. I also had negative splits again today. It should be nice for my long run tomorrow. I'm hoping it won't be too windy.
@scott6255 Congrats on the 2 hour HM!
@katharmonic Way to tough it out and finish your HM!
@pfeiferlindsey Congrats on your 5K. It's always nice to do better than expected.
@missatomicbomb238 Congrats to you too on a great HM! It's nice to start seeing more in person races.
@quilteryoyo Those puppies are so cute. And that tree does look like Nessie. No wonder Tippy was confused.
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon
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Hope all of you racing today good luck!
@quilteryoyo you impress me every day!
The last thing I thought I would do today was run a sub 2 hour HM. So I was shocked when I hit the stop button that I was only 28 seconds over. Felt pretty good most of the way. Started getting a little hard about mile 10, but didn't have to do any walking today. Feet felt good the whole time, except for about mile 7, but it was mild, and only lasted a few minutes. So pretty successful day. Now to go replace the power steering pump on the truck 😐
Great job!!! You're coming back strong!3 -
March 1 – Exercise Bike (6.33 miles) + Strength training
March 2 – 5.07 miles
March 3 – Exercise Bike (7 miles) + strength
March 4 – 5.35 miles (morning) + 3.05 miles (evening – hill repeats)
March 5 – rest
March 6 – 12.01 miles
March 7 – Hiking – 2.27 miles – 1340 elevation gain
March 8 – 5.18 miles
March 9 – 3.34 miles
March 10 – 5.18 miles
March 11 – 5.21 miles
March 12 – Hiking – 4.5 miles
March 13 – 13.13 miles
March 14 – Rest
March 15 – 5.02 miles + strength + 1.24 mile walk at lunch
March 16 – 3.45 miles + biking (5 miles)
March 17 – Strength + Walk (2.18 miles)
March 18 – 5.44 miles + Exercise Bike (12 miles)
March 19 – Strength
March 20 – 10 miles and lots of birthday cake!
March 21 – 2 miles + 0.25 cooldown walk
I headed to my local high school this morning and ran up and down the bleachers for 2 miles. Short cool down walk at the end. The organizers of my Grand Canyon trip suggested this for training.
Thanks for the birthday wishes @quilteryoyo! Those puppies are adorable! Hope your friends’ mom is doing better. Tippy is the best guard dog ever! 😊
Great training pace @Avidkeo!
Congratulations on your half marathon @MissAtomicBomb! Great time!
@kgirlhart – you’re doing so good with your streak!
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It's Sunday and Hal scheduled a weird workout. I started with 4x 100m at prace pace, with 100m rest in between. Then a 10k run at 10k race pace, for a total of around 13.5k.
It was great, the second 100m was going up a reasonable hill. But then it was flat for a few km and I settled into a nice easy 5:35min/k pace. It was wonderful. At around 8k I hit another hill that went for about 0.5k, and I managed to keep my pace to around 6:15. It was HARD! I was so relieved to get to the top of that one. I ended with a 1km walk to cool down.
My overall pace was 6:10 min/k but the 10k portion was 5:48min/k. My pace has definitely improved over the last couple of weeks, or perhaps my confidence to go with those paces?? I feel confident atm in keeping that pace over 21k, especially on a flat course.
3 weeks today!
It's amazing how much faster a new watch helps you go!3 -
3-1 7k slow
3-2 7k easy
3-3 7k easy
3-4 7k slow
3-5 7k easy
3-6 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
3-7 7k slow
3-8 7k moderate
3-9 7k easy
3-10 7k tempo-ish
3-11 7k easy
3-12 7k measy
3-13 7k tempo
3-14 7k measy
3-15 7k easy
3-16 7k easy
3-17 7k easy
3-18 5k treadmill
3-19 7k slow
3-20 7k moderate
3-21 7k easy
March Total: 145k
March Goal: 150k
Sunny and low 30s F today, with a light breeze from the southeast. A very nice day to run!
@katharmonic Super job on your half. Glad your back held up.
@pfeiferlindsey Well done on your 5k!!
@missatomicbomb238 Great half!!
@quilteryoyo Puppy porn and the Land Ness Monster. Does it get any better than that?
When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)7 -
@MsAtomicBomb2015 Great HM time! Congratulations.
@Teresa502 I'm impressed that you ran bleachers for 2 miles! Stairs get me out of breath, even at my fittest.
Thanks @Tramboman ! Your posts almost always make me laugh.1 -
pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »pfeiferlindsey wrote: »3/1 - No running - Spin and strength training
3/2 - 4 early morning miles that felt really awesome
Total for March - 4 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 66 miles
I have to say, even though I don't respond a lot, I do read and you all are such a positive, upbeat bunch and I love it. I love the motivation. I did the challenges 2 years ago, but then "The Year That Will Be Forgotten" happened.
So:
March 3 - 3.11 miles
March 4 - 3.11 miles
March 5 - Today will be some spin and strength
Total for March - 10.22 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 59.78 miles
My huge goal this year is to get my base back that I lost last year. Before 2020, I was averaging 1000+ mile years and last year, I barely got to 600. So, my base is shot.
I ran 5 miles today without walking and felt totally amazing the entire time. Super happy with how it went and I have no doubt that I'll get to my goals this year. March goal is to get up to 6 miles comfortably and I'm sure I can do it.
March 6 - 5 miles
Total for March - 15.22 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 54.78 miles
Donated blood on Saturday morning, so I kind of expected my Sunday run to be a bit rough. Ended up being a beautiful day and I was actually 20 seconds faster per mile than what I normally run. Perhaps the slight weight loss helped .
March 7 - 3.19 miles
March 8 - Spinning after work - No running today
Total for March - 18.41 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 51.59 miles
Well...it caught up to me. Today's run with rough, but I got through it. Was a beautiful morning and considering I almost didn't get out there, I'll take it as a win.
March 9 - 4.5 miles
Total for March - 22.91 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 47.09 miles
Get busy for one day and you miss so much!
I'll have my first in person race in over a year (it will be 444 days to be exact) on March 20 and I'm excited but nervous. Just trying to focus on what I can control. I signed up for the last start time, so hopefully won't be a busy course.
March 10 - 3.12 miles of speed work
March 12 - 3.11 miles - Just a good ol' 5K to start the day
Total for March - 29.14 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 40.86 miles
Quick update for the weekend...
March 13 - 5.57 miles
March 14 - 3.26 miles
Total for March - 37.97 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 32.03 miles
So I am adding a small weekly goal for this week...I'd like to run a total of 20 miles. I think I can do it.
March 15 - Spin and weights
March 16 - 3.11 miles and weights
Total for March - 41.08 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 28.92 miles
Miles for the week (March 15-March 21) - 3.11 miles with 16.89 miles to go
Leg work last night and speed work this morning = sore me....eeek.
March 17 - 4.07 miles
Total for March - 45.15 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 24.85 miles
Miles for the week (March 15-March 21) - 7.18 miles with 12.82 miles to go
First in person race in 444 days is tomorrow. Nervous, but excited to have this tiny bit of normal back in my life.
March 19 - 5.25 miles to start the day.
Total for March - 50.40 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to Go - 19.60 miles
Miles for the week (March 15 - 21) - 12.43 miles with 7.57 miles to go
Today's 5K went so well! So much better than I anticipated.
Fairly small and they started people in 15 minute waves from 7 AM - 9 AM. Everyone was great with distancing and it was nice to get a small piece of normal back in my life.
March 20 - 3.11 miles
Total for March - 53.51 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to Go - 16.49 miles
Miles for the week (March 15 - March 21) - 15.54 miles with 4.46 miles to go.
Easy long run today - Finally over 6 miles for the first time in over a year.
March 21 - 6.51 miles
Total for March - 60.02 miles
Goal for March - 70 miles
Miles to go - 9.98 miles
Miles for the week (March 15 - March 21) - 22.05 miles - Goal was 20 miles, so goal met!6 -
@Scott6255 - Awesome time on your run Saturday. Congrats!
@katharmonic - Congrats on pushing through successfully without hurting your back! Nice swag.
@pfeiferlindsey - Congrats on getting that first event of the year!
@Avidkeo - Sounds like a nice (in a tough way) workout from Hal!
@quilteryoyo - That puppy might be a necessary addition to help back your other pup against those paranormal water creatures!
@MissAtomicBomb238 - Fantastic HM time! I know for you it can be better, but I can always dream of being that fast. My PR is 2:19 from 5 years ago. Anywho, so glad you were able to do an in person event!
@Teresa502 - That is indeed excellent, and tough training! Hope your Grand Canyon event is spectacular!
No run from me this weekend. Looking forward to next week!4
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