August 2022 Monthly Running Challenge
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@polskagirl01 love your mountains.
My long run yesterday didn't happen, my haphazard chocolate biscuit based carb loading on Thursday combined with no electricity meaning we were ridiculously hot all day gave me some kind of horrific indigestion/heartburn that had me up most of the night. Tried to tough it out and set off on my run, but realised after a couple of miles that I had to bail and walk home. Took me ages, had to stol and sit and rest and by the time I got back it felt like someone rammed a knife in my chest. Husband freaked, dragged me to ER where they did an ECG and left me waiting for 3 hours before saying "your heart's fine, it's just abdominal pain". Yeah, thanks. They gave me meds for pain and nausea but I didn't manage to eat anything all day and am pretty exhausted. So I guess we'll just call this another cutback week :-(
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@polskagirl01 way to listen to your body and not your head. You made a brave choice, but the right one. You'll be back at it when you are ready, in the mean time try to enjoy the down time.
13.1 miles this morning. Ugh, so hot 🥵 I guess I will never get used to the heat and humidity this year.
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Yikes @eleanorhawkins that sounds horrible and scary. I'm glad it turned out to be nothing serious, but sorry you had to go through that!2
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@polskagirl01 Smart call on the DNS. I hope you feel better soon!
Welcome @gibsonryan2015!!
Congrats on 1000 miles @tarun_yadavA
@Teresa502 Have fun! Curacao sounds amazing!
@Scott6255 Great job on your run. I'm doing the same next weekend and hoping for a freak cold front!3 -
August total: 53.4/105 miles
8/1: 5.1 miles
8/3: 5 miles
8/4: 4.1 miles
8/5: 5 miles
8/6: 10 miles
8/7: 4 miles
8/9: 4 miles
8/10: 4.1 miles
8/11: 3.1 miles
8/12: 3 miles
8/13: 6 miles
Logging 2 runs. Did a quick 3 miles in the dark before work yesterday. It was the earliest I have run in several weeks and I forgot how quiet it is at 5:30. Love it. And I saw an armadillo!
The kid had climbing team tryouts this morning so we got up early to be at the gym for a 7am sign-in. There is a neighborhood near the gym with a little lake surrounded by paths, about half sidewalk and the other half is lovely crushed granite trail material. It was hot and humid as usual but the trail was pretty and it's nice to have a new place to run from time to time.5 -
@kgirlhart wrote: »@AlphaHowls I too am amazed not only by your mileage, but by your shoes. I wear Saucony but usually have to replaced them between 300-400 miles.
I listen to my shoes more than I listen to what is recommended by the brand. My knees usually tell me first, maybe my hip will start griping. So far, I do not have any reports from the knees or the hips.
I rotate with two different pairs, so one pair is on the road every other day. My running shoes also only do running, they come off once I am home from the mile walk.
Nothing grand or magic and maybe just me being frugal. Hard to say really, I have six pairs waiting to be allowed out to the box
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In fact:
Here are two that I have ready to run, but think I am going to swap one of the Saucony for Mizuno...easier for me to remember which to wear.
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@AlphaHowls I started "listening to the shoes" more a while back, and was very surprised at how long some of my shoes went... yours still win, though. Although I seem to remember @PastorVincent wearing shoes until they were totally falling apart.5
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I think the older we get the less forgiving our bodies are. I used to be able to wear them until they fell apart. Now my shins or lower back tell me exactly when they need replacing. I have been thinking of finding a younger running twin in the neighborhood who would be able to use my hand me downs.4
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Also I think the more we run, the more our bodies adapt to running, and the shoes can become less important.
Of course, every body is different, and aging is a legitimate factor as well.3 -
I have read and liked as appropriate, but not enough time to comment on everyone's runs. You are all doing great!
Welcome @gibsonryan2015 !
Have fun on your trip @Teresa502 . Can't wait to hear all about your running adventures while you are there.
Love your picture from your hike @polskagirl01 !
@eleanorhawkins Oh my. I hope you are okay and they didn't just blow you off since you are a woman. Be careful and go back if you get more pain. Maybe make an appointment with your cardiologist, if you feel it is appropriate.
Congrats on reaching over 1000 miles @tarun_yadavA !
I had hoped to be able to run at New River Gorge in W. VA yesterday afternoon before my friend's retirement celebration, but life got in the way and I wasn't able to get there in time. Fortunately, I was smart enough to do a mile walk on the treadmill before I left, just in case.
Also, due to circumstances beyond my control, I didn't get to bed until 2 am last night and drove back home today, getting here around 4 pm. I was tired and hadn't eaten well on the drive, so opted for a mile walk on the driveway. That's a far cry from the 4 mile run I had planned. At least my streak is in tact. Hopefully next week will be better.8 -
August goal: 30 miles
8/1: 3 miles
8/6: 4 miles walking*
8/8: 5 miles
8/11: 3 miles walk/run*
8/12: 4 miles walking*
8/13: 5 miles
*miles not counting toward goal
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First run post in August. It's been a whirlwind. So sorry to be pages behind but I only read through quickly and nodded along. Hope some of you are now getting a break from the heat, I know I did the last few days and it was wonderful.
08/01/22 :::: 2.0 :::: 2.0
08/02/22 :::: 2.0 :::: 4.0
08/03/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 4.0
08/04/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 4.0
08/05/22 :::: 8.1 :::: 12.1
08/06/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 12.1
08/07/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 12.1
08/08/22 :::: 2.0 :::: 14.1
08/09/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 14.1
08/10/22 :::: 5.0 :::: 19.1
08/11/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 19.1
08/12/22 :::: 0.0 :::: 19.1
08/13/22 :::: 7.4 :::: 26.5
OK, so running has been a little sporadic. The first week of August was HOT and I was swamped at work. I didn't have any pressing things scheduled in the morning on Friday so did my long run then with a friend because Saturday looked worse. I'm not sure how much worse it could have been because that was like running in a swamp. So humid. I got a major chafing burn on my thigh from where my phone was in my side pocket and rubbed the soaking wet with sweat shorts. It was really ugly and inflamed and kind of looked like a big bullseye rash. So painful. The heat also made me exhausted, and I didn't sleep well that night so I skipped Saturday's run. Sunday I tried to arrange with a friend but she had phone issues and we ended up not conecting. I decided to give my sore chafed spot another day too and skipped the run.
This week I left Tuesday for my vacation before the craziness of a new semester. I drove to Hampton Beach, NH, which I knew nothing about but had rented a condo overlooking the ocean for a few days of what I called my personal retreat. So nice to get away from work and let the away message handle things. I got one run in there on Wednesday and the nice breeze off the ocean was a treat. I drove to Maine on Thursday - only 30 minutes away (NH only has 18 miles of coast) and did two short hikes of Mt. Agamenticus (only 800 ft) and the York Cliff Walk along the ocean. Both very easy but pretty. I've never been to Maine so that was a treat.
Friday I drove to the White Mountains and met some friends to hike Mt. Osceola and East Osceola of the NH 48 4000 ft peaks. That was a great hike and a gorgeous day. Only in the 50s on the mountain. It was hard though, after not doing much serious hiking for 8 months or so.
Then today - the reason I went to New Hampshire in the first place - the New England Spartan Super (10K, about 30 obstacles). I was not really nervous but my expectations for how it would go were very low given the 6 hour hike the day before and not doing a super for over 2 years. My team was low key though, which was great. We helped each other a lot, which saved on the hundreds of burpees I would have done on my own. My grip strength has suffered in not doing these races so often. I also bruised myself up pretty good and strained my hamstring getting over the 7 foot wall (obstacle #3 I think) so I am feeling this one tonight.
So I'm exhausted but happy to have had a both relaxing and adventurous trip. Maybe relaxing at the end would have been a better plan, but the schedule didn't allow. I drive home tomorrow and then back to the real world.
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Good morning everyone! Happy Sunday! Hope you all kill it today!
I got a 9K in
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August total: 56.2/105 miles
8/1: 5.1 miles
8/3: 5 miles
8/4: 4.1 miles
8/5: 5 miles
8/6: 10 miles
8/7: 4 miles
8/9: 4 miles
8/10: 4.1 miles
8/11: 3.1 miles
8/12: 3 miles
8/13: 6 miles
8/14: 2.8 miles
It’s my husband’s birthday today. The big 4-8. He is not a fan of getting older but has taken this one in stride so far. We are going to a local pizza place later today (pizza is by far his favorite food) and he has requested a skillet cookie for dessert.
I did my Sunday run on the treadmill again. I am very much enjoying regaining my 1 day to sleep in. I am figuring out that I need to make some adjustments to my workouts on the treadmill because I am running them at a slower pace than the trainers are usually and so I end up a little short on mileage. Since these are recovery runs I’m not super worried about making up the mileage nor will I speed up and make the workouts harder. But, I like to stick to my plans. Those little bits short just kind of bug me so as the treadmill figures out my pace it should get better at the mileage estimates. Until then I need to pick slightly longer runs to give me some cushion.5 -
@katharmonic That is an action packed vacation! Sounds like you had a good time.
@quilteryoyo You’re doing such a good job at maintaining your streak!1 -
https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/ChooseYourLocationVirtualRace/USAGlobalenergyrace
This one is free and you get bling!3 -
This morning I was out super early to do SAG for our local half marathon training team. Watching people run by got me excited to run when I got home. I took my 10 year old daughter and found she was great for keeping my pace up a bit and keeping me going. She's been asking to go run with me for a while and I'm going to have to do this more often!
I'd like to know why putting on a sports bra isn't listed in the database as exercise. It should be. Sheesh.8 -
August Goal: 100 Miles
8/2: 5.51 miles
8/3: 6.04 miles
8/4: 6.01 miles
8/7: 11.03 miles
8/9: 6.02 miles
8/10: 6.04 miles
8/11: 6.10 miles
8/14: 10.08 miles
56.83/100 miles completed for August
I had a good run today. It wasn't too bad when I started out around 7:30 it was about 75°F. But when I got home 2 hours later it was 87°F feels like 90°F and I was pretty ready to be done. It was a good run though and I ran 10 miles. I did have some mild cramping in my calves. I have almost 350 miles on my shoes so that may be the culprit. I also ran out of water so I might have been a little dehydrated. I did some yoga to stretch after the run. I forgot to stop my watch though so it thinks I did 45 minutes of yoga but it was really only about 20 minutes.
@katharmonic Sounds like a great weekend!
@rps67 I only run in sports bras that zip in the front. Getting a wet sports bra off is just too much work!
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@AlphaHowls thanks for the race sign-up link. That is a great cause. I think I have done that race before because when I signed up it said I already had an account. In any case I'm signed up for this year.
Just did a 4 mile recovery run on the treadmill this afternoon. 7
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