June 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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@quilteryoyo - called the 'Creampuff 5K'. Apparently it's a Wisco state fair staple. And all participants get one!
Will probably drink the beer and box the creampuff and eat in my hotel room at the end of the night4 -
This is my first post in the group. I ran 3 miles today, it was tough and my legs felt like bricks at the end. I've been working out steadily, now I just need to up my running game. I'm going to be doing a 31 days of running 3 miles in July.9
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ashtonleigh12 wrote: »This is my first post in the group.
Welcome @ashtonleigh12 I started here about three months ago. This thread has a bunch of tough birds that run and post. It's really motivated me so far. I've started to feel accountable to posting my goals and trying to keep them. Good luck starting, I hope to see you back soon.
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Wasn't supposed to do anything extra today... packing and cleaning [including kids' rooms, WITH kid present and helping😳] was already too much...
But then the other kid was upset becausehe lost his original Nokia 3310 somewhere between home and school, so I did some walking and searching with him. He made a missing poster and put it on a telephone pole near where he thinks it dropped out of his pocket and it's sad. The phone is gone. So now I'll have to go get a new SIM card tomorrow and cancel the other one. The message we get when we call the phone suggests it's already been removed. I even sent a text message to it saying it's a child's phone and is so old it only has sentimental value and please let us know where to come get it. Whoever found it won't even be able to charge it without the special charger from 2 decades ago...yeah, so I walked all around and am now completely wiped out and hoping I don't crash again tomorrow. I don't have enough days left for this before our trip.8 -
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June 1: Walk = 2.00 miles - trip to Hot Springs
June 2: Wun/Walk = 2.00 miles - also mowed mom's lawn
June 3: Walk = 2.00 miles - also mowed my lawn
June 4: Walk = 2.00 miles
June 5: Walk = 1.00 mile - Run = 2.25 miles - driveway laps
June 6: Walk = 2.50 miles - Run = 2.00 miles - treadmill intervals plus tree debris for almost an hour
June 7: Walk = 200 miles - treadmill
June 8: Walk = 1.45 miles - Run = 1.80 miles - driveway laps
June 9: Wun =2.25 miles - driveway laps
June 10: Walk = 2.00 miles - Run = 1.50 miles - treadmill intervals
June 11: Walk = 2.00 miles
June 12: Walk = 1.45 miles - Run = 1.80 miles - driveway laps
June 13: Walk - 1.58 miles - Run = 1.67 miles - around town during break at work
June 14: Walk = 2.50 miles - Around town during my break at work
June 15: Walk = 2.00 miles - Around town after work - doubles tennis for 2 hours
June 16: Walk = 2.00 miles - treadmill after push mowing for 51 minutes
June 17: Walk = 0.80 miles - Run = 0.45 miles - treadmill
June 18: Walk = 2.00 miles - driveway laps
June 19: Walk = 2.00 miles - treadmill - not feeling well
June 20: Walk = 2.25 miles - treadmill
June 21: Walk = 2.00 miles - Run = 1.50 miles - treadmill
53.00/80 miles goal
Did a treadmill session this afternoon. I didn't want to push it too hard, but I felt pretty good once I got going. I did the quarter mile intervals again..walk/run at 3.8/5.0-5.5 mph. Total was 3.50 miles for an avg pace of 13:55 min/mile. Avg HR was 122 with a max of 153 bpm. The running totaled 1.50 miles in 17:08 min for an 11:25 min/mile (5.25 mph) pace. I'm happy with that today.4 -
@Laurz9191 Glad your run was better and fun today. Yes, do try to remember to take water. You don't want to get dehydrated.
@tarun_yadavA I like a good creampuff. Wisconsin State Fair sounds like an awesome running venue. Have you ran that one before?
Welcome @ashtonleigh12 . Those runs where your legs are like bricks are hard, but you did it! That's awesome!
Hugs @polskagirl01 ! So sorry about the phone. Adding anything to your day when it was already full is hard. Hears to hoping you don't crash in the morning and get everything done you need to do before your trip.
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Sorry for your kid's lost phone @polskagirl01 😞 Being that old I can't imagine anyone else getting any use of it. Hope y'all find it just for sentimental reasons!
@ashtonleigh12 welcome! Not sure about doing 31 days of 3 miles if you are just starting out. Take it slow and steady.
Did 6 TM miles after work.
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Hey all. I've just been reading a few pages trying to catch up. I hope the heat is letting up a little for some of you. But, it's summer so here we go I guess.
I have been plugging along with walking here. I am not keeping a log but Stella is a constant reminder to me to go for a walk each day. Monday I was off for the Juneteenth holiday, so I took her for a nice walk. Then a friend of mine wanted to meet me for a walk so I took Stella again. I didn't record mileage but it was probably close to 6 miles total. She was wiped out for the day!
Last night I had the Workforce Run 5k (formerly corporate challenge), which I had intended to be my "comeback" race or at least motivation to be back to running. The moved up surgery interfered with that plan but I went anyway and walked it with two of my co-workers. Our university team won as the largest team of 173 people signed up, so that was kind of fun. We also had the 3rd place overall male with a 16:02 time. Not that it really matters, but fun to cheer for your team - it's an out and back those of us walking had a good chance to cheer the runners as they came back (and we were barely getting started
It was pretty hot so running would have been tough, like last year, but they had a fire hose spray at the end which was nice. The race was held last year but was smaller post-COVID than it had been in the past, but this year seemed quite a bit closer to it's pre-COVID feel. I enjoyed it but I really felt like it was taking forever to walk it and just wanted to run to get finished but followed doctor's orders and kept it to a walk. My average speed was 3.2 mph, so I'd have to pick up the pace to keep up with @quilteryoyo. If I wasn't walking with others I would have tried walk a little faster.
I got another walk in with Stella today - about 2 miles. This weekend looks pretty rainy but I'm hoping to maybe get in a hike somewhere that's not a mountain but is a little more of an adventure.7 -
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
6/19: 8.26 miles
6/20: 6.05 miles
6/21: 6.02 miles
81.20/105 miles completed for June
It didn't get as hot this afternoon as it did yesterday, but it was 82°F feels like 93° this morning at 5:30, so it was even hotter this morning than yesterday morning. I ran 6 miles again. It was a mostly uneventful run. I did see a lady that I know hand watering her front yard. I asked if I could run through and she said sure. That really helped. It is supposed to be 76° in the morning, so hopefully it will feel a little nicer than the last couple of days.
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After the "Time Trial" the Garmin Coach training plan become more interesting.
For six weeks now it has been just plain runs. Between 2.5 and 4 miles. Now after the time trial the next week is "tempo" runs, and "pace" runs. So, it should be more fun. The plan has a "Confidence Meter" and it has been solidly in the 'confident of meeting race goal time' but after the time trial it moved down a little. It is still in the green "confident' zone, but a little closer to yellow. I'll keep plugging along and I hope magically some fitness will begin to appear.
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
- June 18-4.43 miles
- June 20-3.07 miles
- June 21-4.09 miles
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Saw this whilst scrolling on Facebook in the morning sipping my morning chai
Thought of you guys in Texas and running in the heatFrom one of those YouTuber content creator types... (Does funny sketches on Southern things)
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Morning all
Back to back 6Ks
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Only 2 runs to post since last week, I was on my spin bike too though. I missed 3 full days of any exercise as we were following a car rally but plenty walking to watch stages.
I was interested in to posts about VO2 levels and how my level compared to others. In January this year Garmin said mine was 37 and now its at 42. My weight has dropped 24 lbs in that time and I have been either on my spin bike or running almost everyday. With that, I kind of thought it should have increased more but my fitness progress always seems very slow.
02/06 3.63 miles
03/06 3.71 miles
06/06 3.61 miles
10/06 3.72 miles
11/06 3.02 miles
12/06 4.13 miles
13/06 3.80 miles
15/06 3.73 miles
21/06 3.60 miles
Total 32.94/50 miles
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79F was going to be the coolest morning this week, so scheduled my speed interval workout this morning. 1 mile WU/CD, 7x2:00 run/recover. It was a little tough, but got through it. Averaged 7:19/mi for the speed intervals. I'm getting better (or worse)...my Execution score went from 1% last time to 2% today 😁. Tacked on a few extra miles at the end to get 7 miles done. 6
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I thought it was going to be nicer this morning also. lol... Hey Scott. Do I see "sarcasm" in your tracker?
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I think I have one of those old phones in my kitchen drawer somewhere!!!! I actually found my razor motorolla one and the charger and started it up just for grins a few months back. How life has changed from those rotary dial phones I grew up with. I remember when the cordless ones were SUCH a huge life changer.
Still plugging along. I saw a rainbow this morning very faint but unusual so ran a little further to watch it a little longer.
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Afternoon
June 2nd - 3.1km (treadmill)
June 3rd - 3.5km (treadmill)
June 4th - 7.05km (outside
June 5th - 4.75km (outside)
June 7th - 2.69km (outside)
June 8th - 3.0km (treadmill)
June 10th - 9.67km (outside)
June 12th - 2.26km (outside) + 3km (treadmill)
June 16th - 6.5km (outside)
June 19th - 3.1km (outside)
June 20th - 3.1km (treadmill) + 5.9km (outside)
June 21st - 4.94km (outside)
June 22nd - 5.41km (outside)
64.97 / 75
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Hey @Scott6255 , you improved your workout by 100%! Congrats
. Next time aim for 4% completion?
@Mari33a I think that’s a huge VO2max increase IMO. I would definitely be proud of that and the weight loss too! I think when I really lost weight (over 30 lbs) and got my fitness back after having my third my VO2 max only went up a few points.
@tarun_yadavA Cream Puff 5k? Where do you find these races? It sounds like it will definitely be a fun.
@katharmonic I’m glad you could join the race even if you had to walk it! It sounded like fun.
No run for me today, just enjoying reading all the posts.
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Great treadmill session yesterday @Scott6255 ! Fantastic speed intervals this morning.
You are doing great with your recovery @katharmonic ! I hear you on walking seeming to take so long sometimes. You're co-workers 3rd place win was an awesome pace and love that so many of you participated in whatever capacity you could. I have all the confidence in the world that you will be back to running in no time. What timeframe did the doctor give you?
Great run @kgirlhart and so glad that the neighbor let you run through her watering hose. I hope tomorrow morning is cooler, as predicted.
You're doing great @chris_in_cal ! When is your race?
HAHAHA regrading the heat. I'm glad your come back is going well @tarun_yadavA .
You are doing great @Mari33a . I wouldn't worry about the VO2Max too much.
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