June 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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Me sitting here trying to fit all of those syllables into the melody... 🤣🤣🤣 See, this is why translating songs is so hard. Almost as hard as not running when you want to run. I hope your issue clears up quickly and that you don't go crazy while taking time off from running. Have fun as an "ellipticaller" for the next 10 days or so!tarun_yadavA wrote: »Hi everyone.
Update from me...
(Cue to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel 🎵 <<Hello Elliptical My Old Friend...>> )
Hmm, I don't know... I'd argue that it isn't the smile that reveals who the real runners are. Sometimes it's a grimace and pushing through hard stuff. But I love the smiles, too. Like all of @eleanorhawkins recent race pictures. It's good to have races like that once in a while.SummerSkier wrote: »well it's obvious to me who the "real" runners are in this group based on the SMILES on their faces when they are running. 😉🌟😂🤣🙃 Love the fun discussion.
I haven't checked in the past few days... I'm actually pleasantly surprised I'm not feeling worse than I am right now, with all I've been up to, with the crazy weekend, lots of yard work (and lots of breaks, but I did enough work to get DOMS in my legs!), and a kid's birthday party yesterday. The party really did me in though. I'm resting today and going back to no sugar or flour for at least a few days. Trust me, I've had plenty to last me quite a while. The ONLY exception I'm making is my daily protein/probiotic/BCAA shake that has some sugar in it. After I use up my premixed powders (they're already in shakers for the next couple days), I may leave out the sugary element and see how it tastes without it. I've found it's hard to have "just a little" when it comes to sugar. It really does makes you want more. Much easier for me to not have any at all.
My "yard mountain" now has most of the brush cleared off of it and burnt, and the vines have been ripped up (I was careful as I'm only 7 weeks post-hernia surgery) and are piled on a tarp hopefully drying out a bit before we burn them. Don't want to smoke out the entire neighborhood. Turns out that in addition to some potentially great ground, there are also piles of dumped ashes in there. So we're trying to get those out of there. Fortunately the city collects ashes, so it's just a matter of filling the can. The squash army is growing and really needs planted, but I'm not there yet. I hope they don't get angry and die on me.
Before and "in progress":
Oh, and a smore from the other day:
Happy Running (or Ellipticalling or Recovering) Everyone!
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Dang @polskagirl01 that smore looks incredible!!
Got 7 miles in this morning. Felt like running in Florida...75F, 100% humidity, 73F dew point. That being said, I took a salt tablet after about 2 miles, then another after about 4 miles, and although I looked like I came out of a swimming pool, I didn't feel as miserable as usual. Actually felt better at the end than the beginning. I really think those helped (or it was a placebo effect). But I'll keep trying them and see if it continues to help. Thank you for the suggestion @martaindale!!!
Oh, and Garmin gave me a beautiful 1% Execution Score for my workout!!
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I bought some of those salt tabs recommended but I am not running far enough to need them. Maybe playing tennis will require. But they taste REALLY salty to me. 😳😂✅1
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I get you on the VO2 max @SummerSkier as mine hasn't moved in 5 weeks. After I added in swimming and cycling to the programme it hasn't budged and my garmin is saying my training is "Unproductive".
Well I say I am cream crackered afterwards so it better darn well be productive.
Have run 5 days with visitors, support a a charity bike ride and the heat meaning I was focused on indoor cycling. Back to the grind later. I hope to find the joy soon!
I know it is only Thursday but have a great weekend everyone!6 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »Hmm, I don't know... I'd argue that it isn't the smile that reveals who the real runners are. Sometimes it's a grimace and pushing through hard stuff.
@polskagirl01 An Eastern European smile can look an awful lot like a Westerners' grimace, right?written with respect, love, and humor
It's a stereotype that easterners don't smile much.
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@kgirlhart You did great in those conditions. Running your face into a spider web is the worst!
You're doing great @chris_in_cal !
You're doing great @polskagirl01 . So glad you seem to be having a bit more energy lately. That s'mores looks really good.
Great running @Scott6255 . Glad the salt tabs are working for you.
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This morning I ran 10.3 km. It wasn't easy after so many off days and all the illness. There was a nice cool breeze on the way out which definitely maybe the out much nicer than te back.
I struggled a bit after 6km and realized eventually that my heart rate was a lot higher than I wanted it to be (which explained my struggle), so I slowed down my last 2 km to recovery pace. Tomorrow I plan on going on a shorter run, at lunch time. Fingers crossed it won't be scorching.
Garmin is telling me I am "strained" at the moment. I happen to currently believe my watch
. I'll get through it.
@scott6255 Congrats on the 1%
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@polskagirl01 Agree, the smore looks very nice. That is one massive yard pile too! That looks like a ton of work!
KMs for June 38.8/150.
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Thanks @quilteryoyo 🙏🏼 💖🌟1
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Hi @kgirlhart and @martaindale. Thanks for your good thoughts! Good to see you again. @martaindale enjoy your vacation!
I had my post-surgery follow-up today and I feel a mix of encouraged and disappointed. All is healing well, but I need to be more patient. I think because this surgery was so much easier physically on me I was hopeful to get back to activity sooner, but that's not going to be the case. In order not to jeopardize the results, I need to be more careful for longer. So 5 more weeks until my next follow-up and I am not allowed to run, or lift more than 10 pounds, and should be careful about raising my arms above my shoulders until at least then. And there is the possibility that there may need to be future revisions anyway.
So, ok, I can do this. Lots of walking. In a week or two I can get in the water, so I'm thinking I will try to add some aqua running and some light swimming or at least kickboarding. Probably some not too intense biking is ok. And of course hiking! Add in hopefully a vacation in there and I should be good!
I was pretty down and tired of the whole thing last night. But I'm feeling better and overall it's gone as well as I could probably hope for, so one foot in front of the other and forward is a pace!9 -
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
6/11: 8.36 miles
6/13: 6.26 miles
6/14: 7.02 miles
6/15: 6.02 miles
60.87/105 miles completed for June
It was another hot and humid morning. I ran 6 miles today. I didn't see any skunks today, but I did see lots of kittens. I also ran face first into another spider web.
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Came home last night and did 2.3 TM miles so I could get to 100 miles by mid month 😁
Had to pick my brother up from the airport this morning, so did a short 5 TM miles. 5 -
Way to adjust your run @Laurz9191 . Great run, even if a bit of a struggle.
@katharmonic I'm sorry the recovery is going to be longer than you had expected. I'm sure it is hard to be patient when you feel ok. Hang in there. Those five weeks will be in your rearview mirror in no time. I'm really glad everything is healing well
Nice run @kgirlhart . Sounds like you need to invent a spider web guard for runners.
Great running @Scott6255
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First warm and clear day in months. About 70, the weekend should be clear too. Creeping into summer.
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
- June 11-3.5 miles
- June 13-3.0 miles
- June 14-4.0 miles
- June 16-3.0 miles
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More work the deeper we get into it. Today I discovered that there was a huge reinforced rubber mat buried under the area I wanted to plant in. It was too big for me to get out, and I had to get my husband to help. Took both of us to move it after he dug it out. Anyway, the Squash Army now has "boots on the ground" and it's up to them to take over from here. I hope they don't die, after all that work I did for them.@polskagirl01 Agree, the smore looks very nice. That is one massive yard pile too! That looks like a ton of work!Further improvements to the pile will have to wait until another day.
Last night I saw a hedgehog in our yard! It was getting dark, and at first I thought one of the kids left a guinea pig outside or something. So cute! 🦔
Gardening was my workout for the day. I was crashing yesterday and Thursday, so am not pushing it today. We're heading to some community event and there will be walking involved.
You do have a point 😆 But in the interest of full disclosure: I've lived here more than a decade, speak the language etc, but am actually American. So I've got aspects of both cultures and probably truly belong to neither of them. Poles would argue they are Central Europeans rather than Eastern. I can see both here, although the average has definitely been moving further West as time goes on. But you're right about smiling in public. It seems suspicous. But if someone has a reason to smile, like running a great race or being at the top of a mountain, that's different.chris_in_cal wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »Hmm, I don't know... I'd argue that it isn't the smile that reveals who the real runners are. Sometimes it's a grimace and pushing through hard stuff.
@polskagirl01 An Eastern European smile can look an awful lot like a Westerners' grimace, right?written with respect, love, and humor
It's a stereotype that easterners don't smile much.7 -
@polskagirl01 your garden is looking good 😊
10.2 miles this morning. Another hot, humid, no breeze long run...but it actually felt better than last week. Possibly because of the salt tab chews, but more likely had to do with running with my best friend ❤️ (my brother) 8 -
I'm very proud of the 5 mile runs, I love seeing the progress I've been making.
That’s awesome! You’re doing great. It is such a great feeling to see progress.SummerSkier wrote: »Next up - VO2 max thoughts. So mine has been dropping a little bit since I injured my lower back/ hip/ whatever in late April. My May mileage was down and then I got a cold in June so my running has been limited. At first I thought the VO2 max was dropping because I was injured or ill but as I recover from both setbacks it seems like it was dropping because I was losing conditioning. 😏 And I am totally NOT impressed by how fast that has happened - in less than 2 months I went from 40.5 to 38.5 on my watch.
I try to take VO2 max from my watch with a grain of salt. It’s not really VO2 max after all. It’s a formula that uses your HR at a given pace and creates more of an estimate/correlate to VO2 max. I love seeing that number tick up a point or two during fall and winter training but also try not to take it too hard when it drops during the summer. Garmin’s formula doesn’t take weather conditions into account so I see a 3-4 point drop from peak training during cold temps to struggle runs with the worst of the summer conditions. All that to say, the watch VO2 max does give an estimate of fitness but it’s not the end all be all. Don’t let it get you down. Fitness comes back and that number will bump up as you go.
@felicityb2026 Here’s hoping your hip feels better. What makes it dodgy? Old injury?
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@tarun_yadavA I’m happy to hear you may have gotten to the root of your injury. I hope that means a lasting fix.
@Scott6255 I had the same feeling with the salt tabs, feeling better at the end. Such a game changer.
@SummerSkier I’ve never tried one outside of a run. When I have taken them I am sweating so much that I taste the citrus flavor and not really any salty.
@polskagirl01 That s’more looks soooo good! And your garden looks nice. You did a lot of work on that pile!1 -
June total: 48.9/100 miles
6/1: 10 miles
6/2: 3.1 miles
6/3: 3.1 miles
6/4: 3.3 miles
6/5: 3 miles
6/7: 7 miles
6/8: 6 miles
6/9: 3 miles
6/10: 5.5 miles
6/17: 4.9 miles
We are experiencing the first big heat wave of the summer and are currently under an excessive heat warning with several days of 100+ temps forecasted this week. When I got up it was already 82F and 87% humidity. After a week of cooler temps, I just couldn’t bring myself to slog through an outdoor run. I found an ifit run in Slovenia that went along a beautiful river. Ended up a little shorter than I intended but it was about what I had in me after a lot of walking this week and a travel day yesterday. My legs were fatigued for sure. It took 10-15 minutes to loosen up, but they felt pretty good by the end.
Today is laundry and packing day. Tomorrow we drive the kid to camp. They will be there 2 weeks and are looking forward to it a lot. This is the 5th year they have gone to this camp. It’s a nice break from electronics, social media, and the daily drama for them as well as a break for the parents!8 -
I was wondering this in my little quip, I'll defer to your boots on ground.polskagirl01 wrote: »Poles would argue they are Central Europeans rather than Eastern.
I hope there is treasure buried under the mats at the bottom of your mysterious big pile.
Gardening is great, I hope it works out.
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