October 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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@garygse You don't even look tired in those pictures. Congrats again!
@skippygirlsmom Hope work and the stress calm down soon. Glad you can get up early and get your runs in. I'm impressed.
@martaindale Nice run. My toes would have been white prunes too.
Again, I like reading your review of the gels. I need to look into getting something different and trying them and you give me some great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks @kgirlhart So glad you had a great run today! They feel so good after a couple that were...well, not so good.
@katharmonic Sounds like we are getting the same weather this weekend...cold and rainy. Glad you were able to run in great weather this afternoon.
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1 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
2 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps - also sawed and split wood, mowed, and cleaned gutters
3 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
4 Oct - 1.00 mile ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
5 Oct - 3.50 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
6 Oct - 1.00 mile ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
7 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
8 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 miles walked - treadmill - played doubles tennis this morning
9 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
10 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
11 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
12 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
13 Oct - 1.00 mile ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps - played doubles tennis this morning
14 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill - worked at mom's and mowed
6.50/80 miles ran - 14.0/31 miles walked
My back has been getting steadily better. If it is worse tomorrow, I'll know why. We had a work day at mom's today. My nephew and his wife, his friend and son and son's friend, came down. My brother came later too. We wound up hauling 5 or 6 big pickup loads of wood (plus 4 or 5 Gator loads) from an old wood pile that was a far piece from mom's house to the shed where we had stacked the wood we cut this year. That took almost 3 hours. We also mowed mom's lawn and I weed eat it. And my brother cleaned out one of the stove pipes for mom, so she can build a fire safely this weekend when it gets cold. I had left here this morning a little after 9 am and got home at 3:20. I took a short break (we did have lunch at mom's) and then went out and mowed my lawn and blew the leaves off of the porches. Still had to walk for my streak, so went down and did a mile on the treadmill, no hills (0.5% incline) to keep the streak going. Who's idea was this streak anyway?! According to Garmin, I was performing and activity for 5:41:06 h:m:s today and burned 1303 calories. I'm just a little bit tired. 7 -
@kgirlhart, @katharmonic, @quilteryoyo Thanks again guys!
Well I'm not gonna let a minor detail like that get in the way of a good fun fact. 😄
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Been lurking and liking. New coach has me resting this week and next.
As of yesterday no more muscle soreness. And I'm bored. What do people do on weekends when they aren't running/training for a marathon?7 -
@Teresa502 - I entered one of those giveaways back in spring or early summer, where you have to follow them on IG and Facebook and they do a drawing. I had never won anything before and rarely enter those anymore. Since I pretty much only run in Topo's I figured I might as well enter. I've been waiting for the new models to come out to order my free pair!
@rheddmobile - I was going to suggest that you could probably opt out of the text messages for your mom, but then they would probably call or email her instead.
@garygse - love that you are faster than Danica Patrick 😂 hope your time makes the cut for next year. Will it be back to April again?
Sounds like many of you are having cold and rainy weather this weekend, well we are going to be over 90F again with high winds and very low humidity (under 10%). Fire alerts, what we call red flag warnings, are pretty much everywhere. The good news is it should cool down again next week. I hope so, I have really been enjoying the cool mornings!5 -
@shanaber I think they're wanting to get it moved back to April...I'll have aged up a group by then giving me an additional 5 minutes, so I'll be good if the cutoff is 6:56 or less.
@RunsOnEspresso I go walking!7 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Been lurking and liking. New coach has me resting this week and next.
As of yesterday no more muscle soreness. And I'm bored. What do people do on weekends when they aren't running/training for a marathon?
Hike! Laze around and enjoy! Come and clean my house!6 -
Yes, doggo needs walking and my house needs cleaning lol I much prefer running to cleaning!
I may actually finish my small cross stitch I started a few months ago. And I'm making gf soft pretzels for the first time.10 -
@Teresa502 - I entered one of those giveaways back in spring or early summer, where you have to follow them on IG and Facebook and they do a drawing. I had never won anything before and rarely enter those anymore. Since I pretty much only run in Topo's I figured I might as well enter. I've been waiting for the new models to come out to order my free pair!
@rheddmobile - I was going to suggest that you could probably opt out of the text messages for your mom, but then they would probably call or email her instead.
@garygse - love that you are faster than Danica Patrick 😂 hope your time makes the cut for next year. Will it be back to April again?
Sounds like many of you are having cold and rainy weather this weekend, well we are going to be over 90F again with high winds and very low humidity (under 10%). Fire alerts, what we call red flag warnings, are pretty much everywhere. The good news is it should cool down again next week. I hope so, I have really been enjoying the cool mornings!
I think we are supposed to be 90s this weekend too. This week has been perfect!2 -
My friend who took it to work with her works at a healthcare facility. She said everyone there loved and petted on it all day. She sent me pictures of it throughout the day. They sectioned off an office for it to roam around in when it wasn't being held, eating or sleeping. Their radiologist who has two small children took it home with him and he reported this morning that it had a great night and is headed to the vet for a check-up today.katharmonic wrote: »@teresa502 aww, what an adorable kitty! Thank you for saving it, even if you had to abort your run. I'm sure people are in love and he/she will have a good home immediately.
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10-1 7k slow
10-2 7k sleasy (between slow and easy)
10-3 7k slow
10-4 rest
10-5 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
10-6 6k slow
10-7 rest
10-8 7k slow
10-9 7k easy
10-10 7k moderate
10-11 rest
10-12 7k slow
10-13 7k slow
10-14 rest
10-15 7k slow
October Total: 76k
October Goal: 150k
Cloudy, mid 60s F and humid today. Had no speed whatsoever.
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 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over4 -
Got to the trailhead and realized I forgot my key card AGAIN. Drove home and left the car for my better half and went out and hit the road for an easy 6 miles @ 9:38 pace.
73.1 of 125 miles complete.7 -
I kind of think on foot is better. Obviously there's a lot of skill and fitness involved in driving a car, and a lot of variation in the bodies we each have to work with for running. However, running is what you can do with just YOUR body, therefore to me it's more impressive.6 -
Nice run this morning, walked 1 ran 3.
I'm starting to suspect the squirrels are smarter than I given them credit for, and they have very very good aim with those walnuts up in those tree. It's like they miss me by inches on purpose just to see me startle and almost fall over. I may start running with a hard hat on.
October mileage:
W: 8, R: 27.5
10/2 - W: 1, R: 3
10/4 - W: 1, R: 3.5
10/6 - W: 1, R: 3
10/8 - W: 1, R: 3
10/9- W: 1, R: 5
10/11 - W: 1, R: 3
10/13 - W: 1, R: 4
10/15 - W: 1, R: 3
Total shoe mileage: 41.510 -
I'm back! 7 miles easy run, average pace 9:45 min per mile with 658 feet of elevation.
Been missing since 2nd October. Collapsed last week and had two seizures within the space of an hour. Hospital advised I'm not to drive for 3 weeks to rule out epilepsy, but my blood work and CT scan all came back Ok. They think it was stress-induced non epileptic seizures.
So, I'm trying to get less stressed and running helps me do that, but they told me no exercise for over a week and it's been very difficult not being able to run. Happy to be back running, but I'm being sensible. Though... I do have a timed 7 hour race in 3 weeks and hoping to run ultra marathon distance.
Will do my best to try and catch up on posts (so many of them). Well done to everyone who's had races.
October cumulative:
15 miles
1,280 feet of elevation13 -
@sweetdaisy13 That is so scary! It's tough to not know why things happen. Hopefully it will never happen again!1
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Thank you @martaindale, yes, I'm hoping it's just a one-off and I didn't realise that stress can manifest itself in so many different ways. But I feel Ok in myself now.3
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My friend who took it to work with her works at a healthcare facility. She said everyone there loved and petted on it all day. She sent me pictures of it throughout the day. They sectioned off an office for it to roam around in when it wasn't being held, eating or sleeping. Their radiologist who has two small children took it home with him and he reported this morning that it had a great night and is headed to the vet for a check-up today.katharmonic wrote: »@teresa502 aww, what an adorable kitty! Thank you for saving it, even if you had to abort your run. I'm sure people are in love and he/she will have a good home immediately.
I missed the kitty post the first time, didn’t see the spoiler. So happy you saved a kitty!1 -
Lupus flare seems to be receding, fingers crossed. My main symptom of flares is vasculitis which can vary from just having polka dot feet to being flat on my back unable to stand up without heart palpitations so I’m very happy this one seems to be going away without causing much trouble! My heart rate and BG are still a little elevated so something under the hood is stressing me, but I feel normal.
My husband and I took advantage of the beautiful weather to tackle the trails at Chucalissa again. The first try, we mostly walked, the second, we ran the flats and walked the uphills and downhills. Then we hiked it following our booster shots. This time we tried challenging the uphills, resting/jogging on the flats, and walking the downhills. Some of the uphills are pretty steep - what my husband calls “Stinky Hill” is a 48% grade, compared to stairs which are usually about a 30% grade. And the ground is nothing but washed out dirt and big tree roots. So, Strava says we were faster on the whole loop overall the time we ran the flats, but we got faster times on some of the really rough segments this time. Pleased to report we did not die, although at the top of some of the hills my whiny husband was yelling, “I’m dying back here!” Me: “You still have breath to complain about it, go faster!”
The goal is to go out there next time and run both the flats and the uphills. I feel like we have a time limit since leaves are already making the trails disappear and it’s not an easy place to get out of if you get off trail. Also, if it rains it would be really treacherous.
In the spring there is a 10k race which is basically the loop we have been running twice. At our current level of fitness I can’t imagine doing it twice, we are wiped after one go round, I feel like my footwork would be super clumsy and my quads trashed from all the downhills. But that’s why we’re out there! Our usual trails near our home have a few tricky places but are dead flat, it’s easy to get lazy there.7 -
So...way behind on keeping up on this site...as usual. I am on page13. Will try to catch up on my lunch break.
Yesterday I closed on my house (selling). I have a lot of mixed feelings but realize that it is best. I haven't lived in it for a while. I owned it before I got married. As I was entering the title office, I saw a katydid on the sliding glass door. I consider it a good sign...a sign of good luck. The whole process took 15 minutes. I was going to run afterward but after running errands, I was starving and drove home instead.
Then I received an email about the race horse which I have a very small (2 shares) interest in her. Her name is "Going To Vegas". I purchased some shares in her in May. Since then she has finished fifth, and then first in the last 3 races. She did so well that she is being entered in the Breeders Cup Turf race for fillies and mares on November 6th. Then they are selling her for her new career as a broodmare. Ugh, I just bought her and started enjoying her. It is really unusual that the horse I picked out would be doing so well. Her best race was a first in a grade 3. She is related to Icecapade, who is a half brother to Ruffian, and I had to pull the trigger.
Next week, I am really going to get back to running. This last weekend I was in Iowa visiting my family. So there were a lot of events (Iowa football) and, of course, great food.
I hope all are having great runs. Have a great weekend.7 -
Did Couch to 5K Week 6 Day 1 today, which is mainly:
Run 5 minutes; walk 3 min
Run 8 minutes; walk 3 min
Run 5 minutes.
Despite a poor sleep in which I was either too cold or too warm, I quite enjoyed my run.
Sorry, I don't know how to do spoilers, but here's where I ran three times (I have a favourite block that's not too hilly).
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@RunsOnEspresso Finishing the cross stitch sounds like an awesome idea. I'm sure some walking/hiking would be helpful too.
Glad the kitten found a good home @Teresa502 .
@Tramboman You had more speed than had you been sitting on the couch. Great job getting it done.
@mshawski Glad they are good natured and only aiming to scare you and not hurt you. LOL
That's so scary @sweetdaisy13 . I hope it is a one time event and you can figure out how to reduce your stress. Glad you were able to get out for a run today.
@rheddmobile Glad your lupus flare wasn't bad and you are already feeling better. That trail sounds like a beast. You guys are doing great. Laughed at your comment to your husband. That's a classic.
Congrats on selling your house @ereck44 . Those things can be bitter sweet. I hope your horse does well in Nov. I don't know much about horses, but I didn't think their racing careers last very long. You'll have to find another to invest in. Just curious, will you get a part of the sale price or anything from her offspring?
Sounds like you are doing great @Orphia . What a beautiful place to run!3 -
1 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
2 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps - also sawed and split wood, mowed, and cleaned gutters
3 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
4 Oct - 1.00 mile ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
5 Oct - 3.50 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
6 Oct - 1.00 mile ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
7 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
8 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 miles walked - treadmill - played doubles tennis this morning
9 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
10 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill
11 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
12 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps
13 Oct - 1.00 mile ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps - played doubles tennis this morning
14 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - treadmill - worked at mom's and mowed
15 Oct - 0.00 miles ran - 1.0 mile walked - driveway laps - also played doubles tennis and cleaned the gutters
6.50/80 miles ran - 15.0/31 miles walked
Played doubles tennis this morning. It was fun, but didn't seem to burn as many calories as normal. I went into work at daycare. I told them I "could" work until 5 if they needed me to, but would like to leave before that if possible. So, I helped them get through the teacher breaks, helped one class wake up from nap, have their snack and get ready to go outside, then left at 3:45.
After I got home, I cleaned my gutters in anticipation of rain tonight/tomorrow. I also did my mile walk on the driveway, waiting for Tippy to get her run out so I could give her a bath. Not her favorite activity, but she's getting better at it. Again, something that needed to be done before the cold front comes through.
She doesn't look real happy to be wet, does she?
Her reward for doing good was a near empty peanut butter jar.6 -
October 1 – 5.14
October 2 – 22.24
October 4 – 5.14
October 5 – 3.01
October 6 – 5.05
October 8 – 6.02
October 10 – 5.50
October 11 – 5.03
October 13 – 5.18
October 14 – 3.89
October 15 – 5.21
Total – 71.41/125
I knew it was supposed to be a windy, rainy day today so I ran 5 miles when I got home from work yesterday.
@sweetdaisy13 – Good to see you and I’m glad you are ok.
Glad you are feeling back to normal @rheddmobile. Love your “encouragement” to your husband on those hills!
@Orphia – what gorgeous blooms! That would be a favorite route for me also.
@quilteryoyo – Tippy looks beautiful. The PB jar reminds me of a co-worker who had a new puppy lab that got out of her crate while everyone was gone one day. When she got home from work she followed his trail of destruction and found him on the bed with a jar of PB that he had stolen off the kitchen counter.
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@Teresa502 Thanks. That's funny about your co-worker's puppy. I'll bet he looked so cute she couldn't stay mad long. Good idea about running yesterday instead of today. It's just nasty out there this morning.1
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10-1 7k slow
10-2 7k sleasy (between slow and easy)
10-3 7k slow
10-4 rest
10-5 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
10-6 6k slow
10-7 rest
10-8 7k slow
10-9 7k easy
10-10 7k moderate
10-11 rest
10-12 7k slow
10-13 7k slow
10-14 rest
10-15 7k slow
10-15 7k measy
October Total: 83k
October Goal: 150k
Drizzle to light rain back to drizzle, upper 50s F, and a refreshing wind. Nearly a perfect day to run. Got my hat and shoes washed; no dog walkers to dodge on the trail, either.
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 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over7 -
@sweetdaisy13 how scary and I hope that it was just a freak stress reaction and everything is ok. Hugs.
@ereck44 Go Hawkeyes! Do you live in Iowa? Have we talked about this before? I'm from Iowa and went to U of I for grad school. Miss Hawkeye football and basketball.
@quilteryoyo good job getting your gutters cleaned out before the rain and giving poor reluctant Tippy her bath. She looks happy with her reward though!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
10/02/21 :::: 6.7 :::: 6.7
10/03/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 6.7
10/04/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 8.8
10/05/21 :::: 3.6 :::: 12.4
10/06/21 :::: 6.4 :::: 18.8
10/07/21 :::: 1.7 :::: 20.5
10/08/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.5
10/09/21 :::: 10.0 :::: 30.5
10/10/21 :::: 3.3 :::: 33.8
10/11/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 36.9
10/12/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 40.0
10/13/21 :::: 5.8 :::: 45.8
10/14/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 48.9
10/15/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 48.9
10/16/21 :::: 4.0 :::: 52.9
The plan was to do our October half marathon this morning but a tornado and severe storm warning made us rethink that. There was no tornado that I know of, but a strong storm with lots of lightning did move through right at 7 am when we had planned to meet up. We delayed until about 7:45 and then decided to do just a short run today because more storms were expected and people were short on time. We actually got really lucky though and hit a window between downpours. There was even some blue sky for a bit. It was really humid though despite the cooler temps.
We will try to get the HM done tomorrow although we are likely to get rained on then too. But at least no predicted thunderstorms.7 -
@rheddmobile Glad your lupus flare is subsiding. That trail sounds hard-core! The comment to your husband sounds like what we say to our daughter when she is "dying" on hikes!
Congrats on selling your house @ereck44 . Even when it goes smoothly, home selling and buying is stressful.
@Orphia those trees are beautiful! That would be a favorite spot for me too.
Sounds like a lot of people are getting cooler weather this weekend. We also had a front blow in last night, and you could feel the electricity in the air and all the wind, which is one of my favorite things. This morning, it was in the mid 50s and absolutely beautiful here. Of course, I had to be at work.
I was supposed to do a short run last night after work, but getting out the door after working is getting harder and harder. So, I am going to run on Sunday morning on the hills at the new house in what is supposed to be mid 40's! I am so excited for proper cold weather, I can't wait to do this run! Putting my Friday run off to Sunday also means that with runs both Monday and Tuesday morning, I will have to run 3 days in a row, which I usually don't do. But the distances are short and I'll get better weather so I will take that any day. I am headed out to the other house after work today, so I might talk myself into doing it tonight. Though, I really gotten to where I prefer to run in the morning so probably not.
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For everyone who has been dealing with health issues, I hope all of you recover quickly. Being sick is no fun.
Thursday I could leave for work a little later than normal, so I went out around 6:30 and ran 2 miles, then came back and did some brief arm and ab exercises. I really don’t like running when it is so dark, but it was good to get it out of the way since I had evening plans.
This morning I went to my Body Pump class and then ran 2.75 miles on the treadmill. I came home and gave my dogs baths (they are not happy with me but are both napping now), and I put a pork roast and veggies in the crock pot. I have some work to do this weekend, but I am going to relax first with tv and crocheting. I am working on a blanket, and at the rate I’m going, maybe it will be finished by spring. 🤣6
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