April 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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I wrote @TheMrWobbly about a month ago - he was swamped by work and life but otherwise okay.1
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Oh hey there @T1DCarnivoreRunner. Good to hear from you!
Welcome to Texas! You're just in time for our glorious summers 🥵
I look forward to it. I already have a race scheduled in Bastrop next month.1 -
He's been logging in (also not logging in, trying to reset his streak).rheddmobile wrote: »I wrote @TheMrWobbly about a month ago - he was swamped by work and life but otherwise okay.1 -
Yesterday I was itching to run, but kept it to 1 mile on the treadmill (barefoot!) and did my little routine on the weight machine. I got nominated to do this Strava art challenge, so I planned a route in my neighborhood and did it this morning, for 8.4 km at a very relaxed pace. Actually I walked or stopped at some points to make sure the GPS caught it right. Also paused the watch and went around to another area, then unpaused, just to get a line through an area where I couldn't go (steep embankment, railroad bridge, fenced in houses), and it worked! My quad feels fine now, but lower back hurts and that's where it starts. So I won't push it.I didn't want to do the "force your friends to participate by tagging them" thing, but it could be fun for us to see what kind of designs we can do with our routes. How about a MFP Strava-art Challenge? Use your mapping app, plan a route, run it and post it for us all to see!
Supposed to be the Polish eagle (with a crown, and tongue out) but my husband is making fun of me by saying it has a dog face. 
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@polskagirl01 that Strava art is very cool! I have always wanted to do that, but I am so not creative enough.4
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polskagirl01 wrote: »Yesterday I was itching to run, but kept it to 1 mile on the treadmill (barefoot!) and did my little routine on the weight machine. I got nominated to do this Strava art challenge, so I planned a route in my neighborhood and did it this morning, for 8.4 km at a very relaxed pace. Actually I walked or stopped at some points to make sure the GPS caught it right. Also paused the watch and went around to another area, then unpaused, just to get a line through an area where I couldn't go (steep embankment, railroad bridge, fenced in houses), and it worked! My quad feels fine now, but lower back hurts and that's where it starts. So I won't push it.I didn't want to do the "force your friends to participate by tagging them" thing, but it could be fun for us to see what kind of designs we can do with our routes. How about a MFP Strava-art Challenge? Use your mapping app, plan a route, run it and post it for us all to see! Supposed to be the Polish eagle (with a crown, and tongue out) but my husband is making fun of me by saying it has a dog face.
Sokol Polska.0 -
4-1 7k slow
4-2 7k slooooooow
4-3 4k easy
4-4 7k slow
4-5 7k easy
4-6 rest
4-7 7k temperate (between tempo and moderate)
4-8 4k easy
4-9 7k easy
4-10 7k temperate
4-11 7k tempo
4-12 rest
4-13 7k tempo
4-14 4k easy
4-15 6k treadmill
4-16 5k treadmill
4-17 6k treadmill
4-18 7k tempo
4-19 rest
4-20 7k tempo
4-21 6k treadmill
4-22 5k treadmill
4-23 rest
April Total: 117k
April Goal: 150k
Rest day today. Golf instead of running. Supposed to be up in the 50s F for a high, so shouldn't be too bad.
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)
2021 Races:
6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH
9/18 5k Run and Roll, Aurora, OH6 -
@polskagirl01 that Strava art is very cool! I have always wanted to do that, but I am so not creative enough.
Same. I can't look at a map & see/imagine anything.3 -
@rheddmobile Glad to know that @TheMrWobbly is doing good. We miss the people we are used to seeing on here when they disappear.
@polskagirl01 I think you did an awesome job on the eagle. Challenge your husband to do better. LOL I don't have a Strava account and, if I did, I would have to find a different route to draw a picture. An out and back on the local roads isn't going to cut it. LOL But, I would love to see what others do.
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4/1 - 1.87 mile 30 min easy effort
4/2 - 1.84 mile 30 min easy effort
4/4 - 3.68 mile 60 min easy effort
4/5 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
4/6 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
4/7 - 1.68 mile 23 min stamina effort
4/8 - 2.22 mile 35 min easy effort
4/9 - 2.29 mile 35 min easy effort
4/11 - 4.32 mile 70 min easy effort
4/12 - 2.35 mile 35 min easy effort
4/13 - 2.34 mile 35 min easy effort
4/14 - 1.77 mile 23 min stamina effort
4/15 - 2.35 mile 35 min easy effort
4/16 - 2.41 mile 35 min easy effort
4/18 - 4.64 mile 70 min easy effort
4/19 - 2.93 mile 41 min easy effort
4/20 - 2.84 mile 41 min easy effort
4/21 - 2.1 mile 27 min stamina effort
4/22 - 2.81 mile 41 min easy effort
4/23 - 2.84 mile 41 min easy effort
April total/goal miles: 51.72/50
Today's run went really well considering I was up most of the night with work. I was able to still get enough quality rest, I think. I also hit my monthly mileage goal today! I will see if I can forecast a bit better next month.
@polskagirl01 - That is a nice route you drew. I am not sure if I can make anything or not but may give it a shot.6 -
April 1 – 5.11 miles
April 2 – 8.07 miles
April 3 – Hiking (9.52 miles – 4135 elevation gain)
April 4 – Walk (1.37 miles)
April 5 – Strength Training; Exercise Bike (10 miles); Hiking (2.38 miles – 434 elevation gain)
April 6 – 5.15 miles
April 7 – Strength Training; Exercise Bike (8 miles); Hiking (7.7 miles – 1390 elevation gain)
April 8 – 5.15 miles
April 9 – Exercise Bike (10 miles); Biking (5.11 miles); Strength Training
April 10 – 8.03 miles
April 11 – 4.22 miles; Hiking (5 miles)
April 12 – 5.18 miles; Hiking (4 miles)
April 13 – Strength Training; Exercise Bike (14 miles); Hiking (2.12 miles)
April 14 – Nothing
April 15 – Nothing
April 16 – Hiking (12.09 miles – 3387 elevation gain)
April 17 – 3.15 miles
April 18 – 7.04 miles; Walk (1.20 miles); Hiking (3.6 miles)
April 19 – Strength; Stretch; Exercise Bike (14 miles)
April 20 – 5.14 miles
April 21 – Cardio & Core; Exercise Bike (11 miles)
April 22 – 3.13 miles; Walk (1 mile)
April 23 – 3.40 miles; Strength
After work yesterday, I ran 3 miles on the trail in our local park. My calves were cramping the entire time. Guess I need to up the water intake. This morning, it was 26F when I headed out and 30F when I finished but at least the wind wasn’t blowing like it has been the past couple of days. Bring Spring back please! I have a trail race tomorrow at Natural Tunnel State Park. 100% chance of rain in the forecast brings promises of a slippery, muddy day. A chance to make memories!
I like your running art @Polskagirl01! Glad you’re not overdoing it with the quad healing.
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@WhatMeRunning Nice job on your run. Congrats on meeting your goal already.
@Teresa502 You're doing great. Sorry about the cramps yesterday. Glad you got a good run in today. I want Spring back too!!! Good luck with the race tomorrow. I hope the forecast is wrong and it doesn't rain, unless, of course, you want to run in a cold rain.
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Date.......Run............ Walk
4/1...... 0.00............ 2.25 - Treadmill
4/2.......2.25.............1.00 - Treadmill - easy
4/3.......0.00.............2.00 - Field and driveway
4/4......3.00..............1.00 - Driveway laps
4/5......0.00..............1.00 - driveway laps with Tippy and mowed the lawn for 1:46:49 (2.43 miles of walking)
4/6......2.70..............1.00 - Fast Finish Run 1 - on the road
4/7......0.00..............1.00 - Driveway laps with Tippy and mowed my mom's lawn (1:11:20)
4/8......2.25..............1.00 - Foundation run (easy pace) and warm up and cool down walks - driveway laps
4/9......2.50..............1.00 - Speed Play Run plus warm up and cool down walks
4/10....0.00..............1.00 - Walk on the driveway today
4/11....4.50..............1.00 - Treadmill session today - longest run post surgery - slow
4/12....0.00..............1.00 - Driveway walk then mowed my lawn
4/13....2.50..............1.00 - Treadmill Fast Finish Run and warm up/cool down walks
4/14....0.00..............1.00 - Driveway laps and then helped mom mow her lawn
4/15....0.00..............2.00 - Driveway laps
4/16....2.50..............1.00 - Treadmill - Speed Play Run and warm up/cool down walks
4/17....0.00..............1.00 - Driveway laps
4/18....5.00..............2.00 - Treadmill
4/19....0.00..............1.00 - Driveway laps
4/20....3.10..............2.00 - Treadmill
4/21....0.00..............2.00 - Treadmill
4/22....2.25..............1.00 - Treadmill - Foundation Run - slow, easy pace
4/23....2.50..............1.00 - Treadmill - Speed Play Run and warm up/cool down walks
62.30/80 miles
It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so today was to day to mow mom's yard. My job today was doing the trim work with the push mower. It took me 44 minutes and, according to Garmin, I walked 0.94 miles doing that. It was 54°F and cloudy. I thought it felt really cool so had on a sweat shirt and sweat pants and I didn't get hot. Next week, it's supposed to be in the 80's! Crazy Spring weather.
I know that could be considered great running weather by some, and I probably would have enjoyed it had I ran outside, but I chose to run on the treadmill again today after we finished the lawn. I ran at 5 min at 4.3 mph, 5 min at 4.5 mph, 5 x (1 min @ 6 mph/2 min @ 4.3 mph), then 7:42 min @ 4.3 mph. My HR never made it into Zone 5, but 6 mph was definitely a hard/fast pace for me.6 -
Hi Everyone -- New to group but not new to running although since i've gained weight over the past 5 years, I haven't run/jogged as often as in previous years. I'm excited to get started and didn't want to wait for May challenge. Given that it's the 23rd, my goal is 20 miles by 4/30/21. totally doable but my problem has always been consistency!10
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Welcome to the group @GatorLally !
10k last night on the Greenline. We keep getting out late - last night we ended up running faster than easy pace because we really needed to get off the Greenline before dark! Pretty evening, perfect weather. We are still slower than we were a couple of months ago, not sure why.6 -
Welcome @GatorLally ! This is a great group.
@rheddmobile Glad you were able to run the Greenline again. The speed will come back, I'm sure.2 -
GatorLally wrote: »Hi Everyone -- New to group but not new to running although since i've gained weight over the past 5 years, I haven't run/jogged as often as in previous years. I'm excited to get started and didn't want to wait for May challenge. Given that it's the 23rd, my goal is 20 miles by 4/30/21. totally doable but my problem has always been consistency!
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Hey all!
Have been away for the last week, have skipped over 100 posts. Hope you all doing well!
It's school holidays here so I went on holiday with my kids (7 and 4) around part of the South island with my best friend and
her 3yr old twins.
Pics and recap in the spoiler.
We drove to my mums place in Wellington stayed the night then up early to fly Dunedin
and drove to Te Anau for the night. The next day we went to Milford sound, one of the most beautiful places on the planet - and for proof it's a UNESCO world heritage site!
It's full of waterfalls, and just beautiful. We saw Weka (the small birds on the walk)
dolphins - no pics sadly. And a Kea munching on a car! They are famous for ripping all the rubber off cars.
The following day we drove through queenstown on our way to Wanaka and went up gondola on the hill for a stunning view.
We stayed 3 nights in Wanaka and mostly chilled out. We went to a place called puzzling world, which has a lot of illusions, and a giant maze.
One of the illusion rooms, My 4yr old is on the left in red, and my 7yr old on the right.
This was Miss 7s birthday,
and sadly the youngest were all feeling the green eyes monster, and they were all a bit grumpy this day. But other than that they all had a blast.
On our last day we had to be in Dunedin in 3hrs,and had 6hrs to drive it. So we decided to take the scenic route that was set for 4hrs... Well we got to the airport with 8 minutes to spare!
I managed a couple of runs while I was away and really enjoyed running in different places. My watch was handy, having the map of where I was when in an unfamiliar place was fantastic.
We had an absolute blast. My 7yr old turned 7 while on our trip which she LOVED!
Yesterday we got back to my mums place, and this morning I did a long run along her local river. Its wonderful.
So now I'm getting back into it. Yay!
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What a beautiful day for it!!! my apologies for my tardiness checking in today, I know I am little late and should have posted by, erm... February!
Interesting time, injured my knee in Jan, made it worse in Feb coming back too early, two year ends at my new job (we have Dec and our parent Co has Mar), every week I was the bad news bear - £30k worse for this, £50k worse for that until eventually I made the magical "Your results are £1M worse than when you bought the company last year" - good job on the due diligence Mr Auditor!
In the process many nights without sleep, stuffing my fat face (I knew what I was doing and ate a whole 3kg bag of jelly beans in a week) and no exercise so I imagine I will be around 230 lbs when I weigh in tomorrow.
The past cannot be changed, cycled to and from work for the last couple of days. Year end and most of the audit completed so I can get back to a routine. A long way from my target of running a marathon later this year but I have to do this!
I have read through all the posts I missed, well maybe skim read a bit - there was over 1,000!!!!
@Camaramandy648 achievements abound, congratulations on the On run crew appointment, surviving bee stings and a belated happy birthday
@hamsterwheel6 I'm not sure what Morton's Neuroma is but it sounds like Morton should keep it to himself!
@kirstymn hope the parkrun is a regular thing, still waiting for them to restart in the UK
@rheddmobile some great runs and fantastic that your hip is all good
@martaindale brilliant HM time!
@Faebert I totally feel you with injury and UK lockdown, I'll follow your lead and get back out there
@shanaber good to see you are recovering, I hope you neighbour is okay after the cat attack!
@skippygirlsmom you have got more steps in than me and you are just out of a cast - good to have you up and around again
@ContraryMaryMary the Mairaeta HM looks like a great challenge, not sure I'm ready for uphills again just yet
@RunsOnEspresso fantastic signing up for the virtual BM, keep us in the loop on how the training is going
@Katharmonic very impressed, especially the 'injured' HM
@Avidkeo another great HM and I am sad I missed tracking you through it
@polskagirl01 glad your rest worked out and your quads have decided to do what they are told!
@quilteryoyo you have a lovely grand-niece
@eleanorhawkins you are unusually quiet, what are you planning
My apologies to you and the others ( @Scott6255 @AlphaHowls @Tramboman @Teresa502 @kgirlhart @marisap2010 and others) for not keeping up on the Run the World challenge and thank you to @quilteryoyo and others for keeping things 'real' on the way!
Welcome and welcome back to the newbies and returnees
Right, day 1 of my new streak. I am again fat, fat with a capital FATBASTA.. and I am going to try a gentle 5k to kick things off.
I am not qualified to join in on the 'leakage' discussion so I can only refer you to youtube
To everyone else feel free to share something more with us, I'd love to hear successes, offer support or just have a good laugh together.
Keep safe, stay awesome!!!
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