May 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

Mari33a · May 2023

Last week was very busy and I didn't get back to post my runs. Got 3 runs last week and plan to do 4 this week to keep on target.
02/05 3.30 miles
03/05 3.30 miles
05/05 3.30 miles
07/05 3.31 miles
09/05 3.38 miles
11/05 3.33 miles

Total 19.92/50 miles

@Teresa502 - I haven't heard of Caroline Girvan but I never do that type of exercise. I watched a clip of hers and your not not wrong! She is a beast.

@chris_in_cal - Well done on your 5k, you must be very pleased with yourself!

martaindale · May 2023

May total: 59/115 miles

5/2: 9 miles
5/3: 3 miles
5/5: 7 miles
5/7: 4.1 miles
5/8: 3 miles
5/10: 6.5 miles
5/11: 6 miles
5/12: 4.2 miles
5/13: 10 miles
5/15: 5.2 miles

It’s been raining pretty much all weekend here but not so much that there is any flooding. Basically, good weather to hang out on the couch! All that rain meant a super humid damp morning run. I had to stick to the more open parts of my neighborhood to avoid sections on the trails through the woods that tend to end up with standing water. I did pretty good with timing the school traffic today. Missed it entirely on the way out and caught the very end of it on the way back. Only 2 weeks of school left. My kid is so ready. My husband and I are so ready. I’ve never been more ready for a school year to end. Fingers crossed next year in a new school is better than this year!

Teresa502 · May 2023

May 1 – 5.05 miles
May 2 – 1.01 miles
May 3 – 5.12 miles
May 4 – 4.49 miles
May 6 – 8.15 miles
May 8 – 5.27 miles
May 10 – 4.35 miles
May 11 – 5.04 miles
May 13 – 7.25 miles
May 15 – 5.66 miles
51.39/75 miles

It was mostly cloudy on my run this morning and the temp was a nice 61F. One of those mornings where I felt good and thought I could just keep running. I know we’ve mentioned these feelings before which made me wonder how much of it is psychological. Did I feel like I could just keep going because I knew that I only had time for 5-6 miles?

Just me and the cows out this morning.

Breakfast time!

I imagine her saying "It's seriously too early for pictures sweetie.."

On down the road, this little girl found a hole in the fence and decided to check the grass out on the other side. I stopped and told her owner and he had already put her back in the field by the time I returned.

@chris_in_cal – Congratulations on running all your 5K! Goal made! I would have kept running also.

@martaindale – I was watching an interview with Kenny Rogers this morning. Apparently he grew up in Houston. I thought of you and our other Texas friends here when he was describing his high school football debut and he said the low temperature in Houston was 95F in the winter. He wanted to play to impress a cheerleader. In case anyone is curious he didn’t make the team. He passed out from the heat. When he came to in the locker room he decided he would ditch all the padding and become a cheerleader instead.

spl8 · May 2023

Slowly and steadily getting back into running (more wunning, really). The weather has been so beautiful.

I'm going to buy new shoes this week as a motivator.

An aside: Any CrossFit people (or former CrossFit people) in this group? If so, what are pros and cons? Is it a good adjunct to running? I'm looking for motivation for my RT, and a couple of people have recommended it.

Scott6255 · May 2023

I like your cow pics @Teresa502

Very humid this morning (rained all day and night yesterday). But it was below 70F, so I suppose that is a blessing. Did 6.2 miles.

Laurz9191 · May 2023

@chris_in_cal Congratulations on your 5k! It sounds like your race and training plan went really well! And you were able to run the whole way! Have you planned your next race yet

? have found it very helpful in the past with motivation, to have a personal goal in mind that is obtainable, to give me motivation to go out and run on days when I’m not really feeling it.

Today was one of those days actually. After a weekend of too much bbqing and too little sleep/running, I felt pretty lethargic but I know it is important for my marathon training and for my own mental health to get longer runs in when work/life allows, and I managed 14.4km that weren’t of the sort @Teresa502 mentioned - I definitely did not feel like I could run forever! But I got it done, and the weather was perfect. I did spend a considerable amount of effort dodging slugs and some dead mice (gross). I guess I could look up more while running and not focus so much on the ground, but the thought of running right over the slugs and whatever else is laying around on the path always grosses me out.

So far for May I have 106.8/200km.

Mari33a · May 2023

That's the first run of the week done. The temperatures are up a bit so I got my running shorts out for the first time this year.
02/05 3.30 miles
03/05 3.30 miles
05/05 3.30 miles
07/05 3.31 miles
09/05 3.38 miles
11/05 3.33 miles
15/05 3.38 miles

Total 23.30/50 miles

chris_in_cal · May 2023

Laurz9191 wrote: »

@chris_in_cal Congratulations on your 5k! It sounds like your race and training plan went really well! And you were able to run the whole way! Have you planned your next race yet ?

Thank you, and I'm glad you asked. Yes - https://dodgers.race-mlb.com/race-info/

My Garmin Coach has several options. First is race length: either 5k, 10k, or half marathon. Secondly is to choose a type of goal: either "completing the race" by hook or crook, or to "complete it with a time goal." Lastly is number of weeks until race day.

"To complete it" is the easiest. For the 5K I picked this "to complete it." The plan was rudimentary. All variations on walk/run.

Choosing "complete it with a time goal" The coach becomes adaptive and workouts will adjust based on past workout times, and in relation to the race goal. I just created a Garmin Coach 10k plan for the Sept 30th race. I chose "complete it with a time goal." The slowest available choice was 1:15:00, so that's what I picked.

Ultimately it is a 20 week plan, with a goal to run the 10k in under 1:15:00.

I immediately noticed that the old 5K plan had three runs a week. This new 10K plan has four runs a week, so my weekly workload is going up. It's exciting. A friend signed up for the race too, so it'll be fun to be out there with someone.

kgirlhart · May 2023

May Goal: 115 Miles

5/1: 5.26 miles
5/2: 6.22 miles
5/3: 5.26 miles
5/4: 5.26 miles
5/5: 2.03 miles
5/6: 1.51 miles
5/7: 10.10 miles
5/8: 3.15 miles
5/9: 6.02 miles
5/10: 6.02 miles
5/11: 5.51 miles
5/12: 2.26 miles
5/13: 10.01 miles
5/14: 2.10 miles
5/15: 3.26 miles

73.97/115 miles completed for May

It was pretty humid this morning, but the temperature wasn't too bad and I had a pretty nice run. I was only "supposed" to run 1 mile for the streak today, but I ended up running 3.25. I just find running 1 mile to be unsatisfying.

I love the cows @teresa502. And hooray for feeling like you could run forever. It does seem like I have those runs often when I don't have time to keep running. Or maybe I just notice it more when I don't want to stop.

Teresa502 · May 2023

Laurz9191 wrote: »

Today was one of those days actually. After a weekend of too much bbqing and too little sleep/running, I felt pretty lethargic but I know it is important for my marathon training and for my own mental health to get longer runs in when work/life allows, and I managed 14.4km that weren’t of the sort @Teresa502 mentioned - I definitely did not feel like I could run forever! But I got it done, and the weather was perfect. I did spend a considerable amount of effort dodging slugs and some dead mice (gross). I guess I could look up more while running and not focus so much on the ground, but the thought of running right over the slugs and whatever else is laying around on the path always grosses me out.

This is so freaky. I saw a dead mouse during my run yesterday also. I don't recall ever seeing one before. What is up with that?

Scott6255 · May 2023

It felt slightly cooler this morning, but had a hard time getting going. By the end of mile 7 I felt a little better and finished the last mile at a good pace.

chris_in_cal · May 2023

chris_in_cal wrote: »

My Garmin Coach has several options. First is race length: either 5k, 10k, or half marathon. Secondly is to choose a type of goal: either "completing the race" by hook or crook, or to "complete it with a time goal." Lastly is number of weeks until race day.

Here is what the plan looks like on the app.

kgirlhart · May 2023

Teresa502 wrote: »

Laurz9191 wrote: »

Today was one of those days actually. After a weekend of too much bbqing and too little sleep/running, I felt pretty lethargic but I know it is important for my marathon training and for my own mental health to get longer runs in when work/life allows, and I managed 14.4km that weren’t of the sort @Teresa502 mentioned - I definitely did not feel like I could run forever! But I got it done, and the weather was perfect. I did spend a considerable amount of effort dodging slugs and some dead mice (gross). I guess I could look up more while running and not focus so much on the ground, but the thought of running right over the slugs and whatever else is laying around on the path always grosses me out.

This is so freaky. I saw a dead mouse during my run yesterday also. I don't recall ever seeing one before. What is up with that?

That is really weird. I saw a dead mouse one day last week too and I've never seen a dead mouse on a run before.

kgirlhart · May 2023

May Goal: 115 Miles

5/1: 5.26 miles
5/2: 6.22 miles
5/3: 5.26 miles
5/4: 5.26 miles
5/5: 2.03 miles
5/6: 1.51 miles
5/7: 10.10 miles
5/8: 3.15 miles
5/9: 6.02 miles
5/10: 6.02 miles
5/11: 5.51 miles
5/12: 2.26 miles
5/13: 10.01 miles
5/14: 2.10 miles
5/15: 3.26 miles
5/16: 5.51 miles

79.48/115 miles completed for May

I ran 5.5 miles today. It was a good, but uneventful run. I now have 499.48 miles on my shoes. I definitely need to look for some new shoes. I have been wearing Saucony Rides for several years. I do like them, but I sometimes think it would be nice to try something different. The nearest running store is an hour away though and I usually just end up ordering shoes online and I hate to buy something new without trying them on first.

yirara · May 2023

03.05 Wed 13°C 3.5km 32min 9:05/km
13.05 Sat 19°C 2.0km 18min 9:10/km
14.05 Sun 19°C 3.5km 31min 8:53/km
16.05 Tue 13°C 4.0km 36min 8:57/km

total: 13.0/0km (13.0km ahead)

Improvement over last time: ran 1.25km x2 and another single km with short walks inbetween. Maybe I'll manage to run 1.5km next time.

Laurz9191 · May 2023

@Teresa502 @kgirlhart Last summer I would see up to 5 dead mice a run in the forest when it was hot, but it’s not really what I would consider hot yet (I’m still wearing long sleeves most days). Today I saw a live one

and hardly any slugs. It was a definite improvement:).

@Scott6255 I actually completed my run today listening to the Shinedown Radio playlist. It was a bit more rock than my standard pop/alternative stuff, but I actually really enjoyed switching things up

. I will probably listen to it again tomorrow. It was a nice 10.2k.

So far for May 117.1/200k.

TheMrWobbly · May 2023

Roll on two weeks @martaindale

No stopping you now @chris_in_cal

I have no idea what the mileage is on my shoes so I guess I need to move to a new pair fairly soon.

Today's C25K seemed tougher for both me and the friend I run with. No idea why. We will still move on to week 5 on Thursday.

I have started yoga - nobody said how hard even the basic stuff is! Still ending the day with a smile

katharmonic · May 2023

@quilteryoyo I got my car! I love it so much, and certainly am very appreciative after over a month without. I'm a little protective about it right now (understandably) but I did have to take Stella for a ride to daycare this morning. I firmly demanded she sit only in her dogbed on the seat and not run around the car like the tasmanian devil that she normally is, and surprisingly she cooperated.

I went to yoga for the first time post-surgery today. It was good, but oh boy everything was tight! I really should have been working on this the last few weeks at home. Tomorrow I'm going to have a private strength training session to help me get back into things before I start back in my regular group strength classes.

I haven't been running much but had a nice run on Sunday with friends in near-perfect weather. I'll take it!

spl8 · May 2023

Sometimes the ticker seems to randomly show an old number. Weird.

@Teresa502 @kgirlhart @Laurz9191 : When I run trails I often see critters (mice and chipmunks) on the path, mostly alive. No snakes, no slugs. I'm not sure how I'd feel about either of those. The worst is when I accidentally run through a spider web. Ugh. Generally, though, I like the wildlife scurrying away and the birds chiming in as I run past. I find trails so much more soul-satisfying than sidewalks.

quilteryoyo · May 2023

You're doing great @yirara .

Great running @kgirlhart . Glad you had a great Mother's Day. I do the same things when it comes to buying new shoes.

Great running @martaindale . I'm glad you didn't have any flooding and fingers crossed that next year school will be better for everyone.

Great running @Teresa502 ! I love the cow pictures and your comments about them. I'm glad the owner was able to get the calf back in the field. I'm glad you felt like you could go forever. I'm sure part of that feeling is psychological...most anything involving running is.

@spl8 Slow and steady is the way to go!

A 10K in high humidity is tough @Scott6255 ! Glad today's last mile was good. Too bad it took 7 miles to warm up.

You're doing great @Laurz9191 . I wouldn't want to step on slugs or dead mice either!

Great goal @chris_in_cal ! Look forward to hearing how you do with the plan.

It is kinda freaky about all the dead mice you guys are seeing.

@TheMrWobbly Glad you are ending your day with a smile. If week 5 seems too hard for you, repeat week 4 and then go on. Unless you have a race planned on the day you finish, that isn't going to hurt a thing and may prevent an injury.

I'm glad you love your car @katharmonic ! It's funny what our dogs will do when we decide to be firm with them. BTW, it's the same with daycare kids.

Sounds like your recovery is going great! Makes me happy.

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