May 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

7lenny7 · May 2022

Teresa502 wrote: »

@kgirlhart – Good luck with your May streaking challenge. Maybe @7lenny7 should sign up for that one…..

@Teresa502 perhaps I should sign up for one of these races.
https://www.runningintheusa.com/details/88204
I'm guessing you don't get a shirt for entering these.

@polskagirl01 that hike with your son sounds fabulous! I think logging the hike has an easy run is very justifiable particularly when there's a lot of elevation involved. Your body doesn't know miles or pace, it only knows stress and I think they're comparable in that regard.

@Scott6255 I can't even imagine hitting 221 spm, even on a downhill.
@martaindale I think a variety of shoes is beneficial. In both road and trail shoes I have varying drops from 0 to 10mm, and varying levels of cushion. I have 7 pair in active rotation.
@Faebert ouch! Glad your back to running and welcome back.
Hey @eleanorhawkins ! that mountain HM sounds wonderful. EC3 does not!

Regarding the 6 year old marathoner - I don't it was a good idea but I also don't have that much of a problem with it. First, there's no way you're going to get a 6 year to complete a marathon unless he wanted to finish it, I don't care what you're parenting style is. Secondly, your body has a way of shutting down to protect itself and I don't think a 6 year old has the wherewithal to push past that. Finally, the family didn't *run* it. They took 8.5 hours to finish, which is a pace of 19.5 minutes per mile. He'll recover. He'll be fine. Of course, this is coming from a guy who ran 5 miles with a ruptured tendon in his foot and who told his son to keep playing basketball for two games with a painful wrist when we later found out he had a fracture, so make of that what you will.

So much for our cool spring. Some forecasts have us getting to 97F next Wednesday! That's just nasty.

eleanorhawkins · May 2022

7lenny7 wrote: »

Hey @eleanorhawkins ! that mountain HM sounds wonderful. EC3 does not!

Yeah, these mountain races are very addictive! I say they're like childbirth, they hurt like hell when you're doing them but after the pain wears off you only remember the good bits. EC3... don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy and an impressive athlete (he's doing an ironman this weekend while still having a messed up neck from having been hit by a car while on his bike a couple of weeks ago) but he isn't a coach, and his style of training doesn't work for a perimenopausal slow woman **rolls eyes**

@polskagirl01 I also agree with everyone about the hike... I include my rare incursions up the mountain as 'elevation training runs' even though there is very little scope for me to run on our goat tracks!

@martaindale the thought of snakes being a normal thing for you makes my skin crawl! Someone turned the heating on again here and I'm planning to run 10-12 tomorrow so will be copying you and praying for sprinklers. Doubt I'll find any out in the hills though... I've been tempted a couple of times recently to just turn down towards the beach and run straight into the sea. This summer's not-quite-marathon training may see me end up doing just that!

So much catching up to do, so many things I have meant to comment on then forgotten, hugs and likes all round!

Teresa502 · May 2022

@Faebert - @Scott6255 is right. You have had a rough couple of years so be gentle on yourself. I’m glad you took some time off to heal after your nasty fall. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and you will eventually get back to your usual fit self.

@eleanorhawkins – You have been a busy bee. Good to see you back with us! Glad your dad is doing good and that you are getting to visit your family.

@Scott6255 – I have no advice because I have only visited there once, but have to say that I love Barcelona! The Sagrada Familia is a must see.

Oh my goodness @7lenny7! Who even knew that category of races existed!

shanaber · May 2022

@SummerSkier - that song made me LOL! 😂 also maybe a theme song for @7lenny7... who knew there were clothing optional races!?!
@polskagirl01 - love the pictures! Did your son enjoy the hike?
@Faebert - welcome back! So sorry you have been in the hospital and recovering all this time. I agree with everyone else, just take it slow and listen to your body. Maybe even try out C25K to ease back into it?
@Scott6255 - my daughter loved Barcelona when she was backpacking around Europe after her undergraduate degree. Maybe not what you want to tell your daughter but mine said they had the best Sangria she's ever had...
@RunsOnEspresso - I think whether they were running or walking taking a 6 yo out to do a marathon is wrong. It is so hard on their bodies. I am sure he would do whatever his parents wanted him to do, like it or not, but it doesn't make it ok. I am surprised the RD would allow it.

I have gotten some run/walks in, some good, some not so good... Had my first PT session today and he is confident I will get through w/o surgery. It was painful but we are working on range of motion/pain relief and then strength next. He also said I have done a great job 'protecting' my shoulder and now I need to stop doing that 😁
Tomorrow it is supposed to be warm again so I am going to 'try' to get out early (for me). I took Hobbes the other day and he was really struggling in the 75F heat. Unlike him but I think as he is getting older he is getting more heat intolerant.

marisap2010 · May 2022

@eleanorhawkins You’ve been busy! With all of the races and training you have done, I think you will do amazing at your upcoming races.

@Scott6255 Hubby and I went to Barcelona a few years ago. I will try to look back at some of the places we visited and give you some suggestions.

@7lenny7 Your map is crazy! That is awesome that you have explored so much of your town.

I ran before work again yesterday. It was a Foundation Run - 5 min Z1, 35 min Z2, 5 min Z1. 2.51 miles total.

I’m supposed to run intervals again tonight, pending the storms passing through before I get home from work.

Scott6255 · May 2022

Thanks for the advice and suggestions about Barcelona @eleanorhawkins @Teresa502 @shanaber @marisap2010. I will pass it along to my daughter.

7 miles this morning. It was such a beautiful morning; upper 50F, very light wind, only 82% humidity. Found a great Spotify playlist, Kenny Wayne Shepherd radio. Wanted to make the most of these conditions, as it will be one of the last nice days before the hell of summer. But even with all that going for me, the actual run felt terrible. Tried to go slow and easy, but only managed the slow part. Was even about 1:00/mi slower than normal slow, but felt 2x harder. Only felt good for the last half mile. Just chalk it up to one of those days and move on I guess.

7lenny7 · May 2022

@Scott6255 I just sent my daughter a text asking about Barcelona. She spent a summer interning there about 4 years ago and loved it.

7lenny7 · May 2022

@marisap2010 here's my running history for most of the Minneapolis metro area. I use CityStrides to track it. Can you see the Christmas tree I ran one time?

polskagirl01 · May 2022

I think @7lenny7 makes some good points about the 6 year old. Personally I think it's too much, but I don't know the kid or his normal activity level. A kid who runs around playing all day can probably cover the marathon distance, walking with breaks over an 8.5 hr period. Would I recommend that parents encourage that? Not really. There are plenty of better ways to encourage an active lifestyle.

I actually really tried to discourage my 11 year old from the hike. He insisted on going on a group hike once in winter when he was around 4, and it was a disaster. And I've had a complaining 7-year old ruin another group hike once, and was not looking for a repeat of that either. I was pretty clear on expectations, then let him decide. He did great, and had fun.

I decided to count that hike on my training plan as a shorter easy run AND a cross-training day, which gave me an extra rest day today.

Last night we picked up a car about 15 minutes from one of my mountain start points. So I took the extra car and went for a quick fast hike up "little goat mountain", took a picture of the incoming storm, noted that it was getting dark and both my phone and watch batteries were dying (oops), and promptly double-checked that the "green trail" indeed went all the way back to my start point, and ran back down following the trail markings (and very odd and excessive amounts of cement that had been brought in to "improve" the trail). Drove through the storm on my way home.

7lenny7 · May 2022

7lenny7 wrote: »

@Scott6255 I just sent my daughter a text asking about Barcelona. She spent a summer interning there about 4 years ago and loved it.

@Scott6255 lol...

Scott6255 · May 2022

Ha thanks @7lenny7! Your daughter's picture makes me smile

yirara · May 2022

02.05: 3.20km in 26min 10 stride repeats
04.05: 6.45km in 57mins
06.05: 3.11km in 24min

12.77/60km

after the epic fail 2 days ago things seem to have sorted themselves out again. This was the fastest 3k since January. Very happy, not much more to say.

Mari33a · May 2022

Really misty out this evening but enjoyed it.
05/05 3.38 miles
06/05 3.20 miles

6.5/30 miles

SummerSkier · May 2022

Goal 120 miles. 25.36 to date.

5-1 8.06
5-2 4.08
5-3 3.11 WUN + 2.02 tot 5.13
5-4 rest day
5-5 4.05 Scrappy
5-6 4.04 pretty decent (weather was amazing this morning)

Like Scott I fear today will be the last cool morning in Tx for weeks to come (maybe months). Mornings will still be around 70 but humidity will be up so dew points will be climbing. I always like to post this chart to make myself fee better about scrappy runs. Mostly in the mornings here the dew point is between 70 and 75 all summer long. And in the afternoons it drops but the temp is normally almost 100 so it's a choice.

polskagirl01 · May 2022

By the way, @eleanorhawkins great stuff you're doing. Good decision about EC3. Nice races coming up, and you're basically just rocking all of it. 😎 Awesome.

kgirlhart · May 2022

May Goal: 100 Miles

5/1: 12.03 miles
5/2: 2.02 miles
5/3: 5.05 miles
5/4: 5.51 miles
5/5: 5.16 miles
5/6: 1.51 miles

31.28/100 miles completed for May

I didn't update the last couple of days, but I did run. Yesterday it was 70°F and humid. Today was really nice at 55°F. I ran 5 miles yesterday and 1.5 today. Both runs were nice, but uneventful. We had a *kitten* tournament yesterday at work. My team got 2nd place and won $100 each. Tomorrow I am going to get together with my mom and my sisters to celebrate Mother's Day. I will need to get a quick mile in before we go.

AlphaHowls · May 2022

5/1 14.19 miles
5/2 14.56 miles
5/3 14.34 miles, Running Partner A (1 hr)
5/4 14.34 miles, 1465 days on the run, 647 days HM+ Streak
5/5 14.33 miles
5/6 14.43 miles
5/7 14.22 miles Crazy Laps! because cold misty weather is not friends!

100.41 miles so far for May

polskagirl01 · May 2022

I tried a new route for my long run. Was meant to be out and back, but I didn't want to pass a mean dog - whose gate was open😱 - a second time (teeth bared and coming at me, not responding to my yelling at it to get back, etc), so I circled around and had to go a couple km further than planned, but it ended up being fine. 23-something km. I mostly tried to keep an even, slow pace, using breathing as my guide, also took walk breaks and ate pretzel sticks as needed. The route was very flat, but pretty and on quiet roads. On the way back I was greeted by a very disobedient and very tiny little white puff-ball of a dog that was so excited to see me, it completely ignored its owner. I ended up picking him up and handing him over, because she wasn't able to catch him.

Pretty forest at the turn-around point.

Oh, and I looked up the trail from the other day. It was $500,000 worth of concrete and other "improvements", they started in December (aren't finished yet), and were immediately met with resounding disapproval from the community. Doesn't seem to be stopping them, though.
Pics from internet:

WHY?

quilteryoyo · May 2022

I haven't commented since page 2. I have read and liked and hugged and tried to comment using my phone while the daycare kids slept, but I kept losing the post instead of posting it, so gave up with that. It's been a rough week exercise wise. Plans changed and made it virtually impossible to run Mon through Wednesday. Then, on the one day I was supposed to have off work, Thursday, I woke up sick....never really got "sick," but feeling nauseous and just tummy issues in general. I did do the riding mowing at mom's but that is all I could manage. All I ate that day was 2 pieces of dry toast and a large baked potato. So, even though I felt better on Friday, I didn't have the energy to run and today, well, I'm saying I'm still recovering, but part of it is being lazy, I'm sure. I'm just calling this week a bust and starting back where I left off with my plan on Monday, I hope. I did manage to get in a mile walk everyday, so I kept the streak going. So, there's that.

You guys are doing great on your runs. I'm not going to even try to comment on everyone, but there are a few I just can't let go.

@7lenny7 I couldn't find the original post where you talked about having to be alnatural to get warm. I would have been freezing too and probably at least thought of doing the same. I do carry a couple of blankets in my car all the time, so I would have used those to dry and stay warm while my clothes dries. I too like that this is not the standard by which we run...clothed or not clothed.

Love your running trail pictures. Love that you are running your neighboring city streets and GVRAT. Since I live in TN, I'd love to do that, but there's no way I could do that many miles in 4 months. The clothing optional races are so funny. Who knew there would be enough interest for that to be a thing?

Beautiful picture of the sunrise on the 3rd @Teresa502 . You live in a very pretty area.

@SummerSkier The Streak comes on 70's on 7 (Siurs XM) every once in a while. It makes me smile.

@polskagirl01 Glad your son enjoyed the hike. It looks like a great one. Is that hang gliders in one of the pictures? I've always wanted to try that. I think it would be easier than jumping out of an airplane. Pretty place to run. Do you think they added the concrete paths so it would be accessible to wheel chairs and baby strollers? Sorry about the aggressive dogs, but the forest is very pretty!

@Faebert So sorry to hear about your accident. That sounds horrible. I'm glad you have recovered enough to start running again. Just take it slow and easy until you build back up. We are all cheering for you!

@eleanorhawkins Glad to see you back. Sounds like a great choice to drop EC3. You'll do great with the races that you signed up for doing your own training. I love the term excitifed too! I'm glad to see that you are going to get to go see your dad next month. How is he doing?

@yirara That's scary to get dizzy and faint when you are the furthest from home. I hope that doesn't happen to you again. Do you think it was dehydration or too little nutrition?

@kgirlhart Congratulations on winning the $100 at work! Awesome.

Nice reminder about the affects of humidity @SummerSkier !

Oh, I did a thing last night. I signed up for the Space Force T Minus 10 miler yesterday. It's on Dec 10th on Cape Canaveral! Should be a fun race. They asked for an estimated completion time. I had no idea, so said 2:20:00 - that's 14 min mile average. Surely I can do that.

katharmonic · May 2022

Oh, interesting @quilteryoyo. My boyfriend bought a condo near-ish to Cape Canaveral. I will have to check this out as a possible convenient destination race! I love the space theme.

I also haven't been commenting but reading along when I can. Always love to see what everyone is up to even when I don't have a lot of time or energy to comment.

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
05/01/22 :::: 3.1 :::: 3.1
05/02/22 :::: 1.9 :::: 5.0
05/03/22 :::: 2.0 :::: 7.0
05/04/22 :::: 1.8 :::: 8.8
05/05/22 :::: 1.8 :::: 10.6
05/06/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 10.6
05/07/22 :::: 5.0 :::: 15.6

The "re-commit to running" plan that my friend and I began went pretty well this week. We planned short runs, with the goal being consistency rather than distance. This week our goal was just 20 minute runs together at least 3 times. Today we did our "long" run, and that also went ok. It all seems so little but the mental part of saying not today, I'm too tired/stressed/don't have time is what is the hardest to overcome right now. And 20 minutes of running is achievable enough that I can say yes, I can squeeze that in.

May 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

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