June 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

June Goal: 105 Miles

6/1: 6.25 miles
6/3: 10.25 miles
6/6: 7.05 miles
6/7: 6.55 miles
6/8: 3.11 miles

33.21/105 miles completed for June

I had to cut my run short this morning. My daughter called and had to have her appendix out this morning. I did get 3 miles done, but then I went up to my office to get things organized and drove to Austin. We are at her house now and she seems to be feeling good.

Morning all.

Got in 4. Bit annoyed. 2M back caused a bit of discomfort
Day off tomorrow. Second in a week! (Who am I?! Lol). All-day drinking at the Cricket tomorrow [translated into American: think- Baseball, out in the sun, all-day drinking beer and eating cr-p! ]. Going with my 2 boys, as well as 5 buddies... So in light of 8 year old, may have to dial it down by 10-20% lol

Sunday will do Elliptical at the gym.
Monday - will try to do a small run.

Have a nice weekend all

@chelsea121991 - welcome! 😊
@kgirlhart - hope your daughter recovers soon! 🙏
@SummerSkier - hope sniffles (not flu?) gone now! Whiskey with a dash of hot water and squeeze of lemon?? Lol

I ran 6.5 miles on my local trail this morning. I love that it is getting daylight so much earlier and am taking advantage of it. It was a cool 45F.

@quilteryoyo - I have never been to Lake Junaluska but it looks so beautiful. Based on the location, I would think a race would be pretty hilly but we're used to that.

@kgirlhart - I hope your daughter continues to heal and feel good. I'm sure having mom there is the best!

Well, I disappeared again and life continues to be interesting to say the least. I had at least gotten back to running about 3 miles at a time on weekends. Not yet back to more consistent running during the week, mainly due to the mental/motivation struggle. I did start back with strength training at the gym, doing private sessions with my trainer, so I was feeling good about at least getting back to something.

But of course, there was another curveball. I got a call a little over a week ago that they wanted to move my next surgery (part of reconstruction process) up from July 26 to the following Tuesday June 6! I had to hustle to arrange things to get to Boston and have someone be able to go with me. I had the surgery and it went very well. This was a much easier surgery, but I had some fat grafting done which involved liposuctioning some fat from my outer thighs and hips and using that to smooth things out. And now I am pretty bruised all up and down my thighs and it is sore and I have to wear compression 24/7 for a while.

So now I'm in recovery mode again, and probably have another 4 weeks off from running. It's ok, and I'm actually really happy that it got moved up and I can get the recovery over with now and hopefully enjoy more of the summer. Back to lots of walking and hopefully some easier hiking. I won't set a specific goal, but trying to walk everyday, which is pretty easy to do with a demanding dog reminding me of my duties.

Hope you all are well. I've only glanced through a bit but will try to catch up some.

6/1 - 4 miles
6/3 - 4.5 mile
6/5 - 3 miles
6/6- 4.5 miles
6/8 - 4 miles

June Total: 20 / 75 miles

I'm happy with the progress so far this month, but the next week or two may through me off a bit. My feet arches have been hurting with the last couple of runs and shins are starting to get a bit achy. And I am throwing in a hiking trip next week (going up to the Grand Canyon for a couple of nights).

So I feel it would be best to pull back on the runs this week to make sure I'm in good shape for the hike. I might do a couple of 2 mile runs, but I'm not going to push the mileage this coming week. Im hoping to make up for it the rest of the month, but I don't want to push too hard so I'll just have to see how it goes.

I live in a hilly serpentine neighbor. I took it easy and just hiked all over.

June Running Goal: 17 runs, 45 miles

• June 2 - 3.0 miles
• June 4 - 4.0 miles
• June 6 - 2.5 miles
• June 7 - 4.0 miles
• June 9 - 2.5 miles

Current: 5 runs, 16.0 miles

The weekend is upon us. My Dad is coming to visit which means interrupted plans and a big tidy up!

Good to know your surgery went well @katharmonic , rest well and see you back on your feet in a few weeks

I hope your daughter is well on the mend @kgirlhart

After my "triathalon" exercise yesterday I didn't feel like running this morning, a bit warm during the day, didn't feel like running in the evening. Still got out there for wk8 of C25k. I have been at this for 2.5 months now and really thought I would be enjoying at least the first 10 minutes. Instead I seems to be telling myself I have to do this right from the start. When my injury stopped me running a couple of years ago I was grumpy if I didn't run so I guess it will come around again.

Hopefully you all have a good, unsurprising weekend. Cheers!

6/1 16.23 miles, Running Partner A
6/2 16.3 miles
6/3 16.47 miles, 1860 days on the run, 1042 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner E+1 25wks, County line and back
6/4 17.42 miles County line and back
6/5 16.27 miles
6/6 17.64 miles, Running Partner A
6/7 16.28 miles
6/8 17.19 miles Running Partner A & E(+1 25.5wks), 1865 days on the run, 1047 days HM+ Streak
6/9 17.23 miles
6/10 17.36 miles, Running Partner A, Code Orange Air Quality, throats roughed


Till the cows come home...so excited to see them back in this field!

About 10 minutes to sun up!
Half Moon on top of dead tree
Aliens!

A cascade of new shoes....suns out....time for running.

Hi all. Nice SHOE PORN @tarun_yadavA I am sure those will fix any twinges your knee is still giving you! (new shoes always help me) 🌟😉🌟

Wonderful morning photos @AlphaHowls

Belated happy special birthdays Chris and Scott. I have a significant one coming up in August which is driving a LOT of trash mail... 1958 was a pretty good year too.

@kgirlhart I hope the surgery was not major for your daughter. I can remember back in high school (ok in the 70's) one of our star tennis players had to have hers out and she was out for the entire season with recovery. Welcome to my town. One of these days you and Scott and I are going to have to get together. And maybe @martaindale when she's up near the hill country.

I did my first run since the first of 4 miles yesterday. I am not going to say it was fun or easy but I did enjoy the endorphins after and the feeling of accomplishment. We are headed into a really REALLY hot couple of weeks now so I am not sure my 90 miles is going to happen considering I haven't been able to avg even 2. I think because of being ill I am going to give myself a break and shoot for 60 this month. I have been trying to keep up with my walking but my resting heart rate and HRV stats are telling me that I am not recovered enough to push things yet.

So there is a nice guy at work (my age) who has always been attentive but lately he has started flirting a lot more. He is in a pretty bad marriage I think but I am not attracted to him so I have been just keeping things as "cool" as I can. Anyway he texted me on Thursday on our work IM and asked me "what do you do for fun?" I have been thinking about that ever since. Not him. But "what do I do for fun"

I honestly do not know anymore. The most fun I have had the past few months has been laughing and playing tennis with my neighbor so I think that counts. I used to really have fun playing with Bandit when he was turned out and we would chase each other around. I used to enjoy snow skiing, waterskiing a lot but now I worry too much about getting injured. I used to like going out to dinner or the movies I guess. I am not much of a travelor I don't honestly think running totally counts as fun altho I am always pumped when I am done. 😏😳😂 I don't count sitting on the couch binging netflix or playing candy crush as really fun. Playing with the kitties is fun I guess.

What do YOU do for fun?

and Tarun don't answer that because I already know you go out with the boys...... 🤣🤣