July 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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July 1: Walk 1.00 mile - Run 2.00 miles - treadmill
July 2: Walk 2.00 miles - Run 0.00 miles - treadmill
July 3: Walk 2.00 miles - Run 1.50 miles - treadmill
July 4: Walk 1.00 mile - Run 1.60 miles - treadmill
July 5: Walk 1.50 miles - Run 1.50 miles - driveway laps
July 6: Walk 1.50 miles - Run 2.00 miles - treadmill
July 7: Walk 1.10 miles - Run 2.00 miles - treadmill
July 8: Walk 1.00 mile - Run 2.50 miles - treadmill - also mowed my lawn
July 9: Walk 1.00 mile
July 10: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.30 miles - treadmill
17.60/80 mile goal
Apparently, I haven't posted my runs since the 6th. I thought I had only missed a couple of days. Wait, that is just a couple of days. No, it was three, today makes four. I think I'm losing it!
On the 7th I got a haircut, worked, ran errands, and then did a treadmill session. Besides the warm up and cool down walks, I did a run/walk of 2 x (7/2 min at 4.5/3.8 mph) then ran 9:11 min at 4.5 mph for a total of 2.00 miles. Avg HR was 132, max 145 bpm - during the last 9 minutes.
On the 8th I had mandatory CPR/First aid training for daycare until noon. I ran some errands and then mowed my lawn after I got home. After resting a few minutes from that, I did another treadmill session - it was just too hot for outside running. I did my "fast 30" plan and did 10 x (2/1 min at 5.5/3.8 mph). I really wasn't expecting to make it 30 minutes, but I did and it wasn't awful. My avg HR was 144 with a max of 157 bpm.
After CPR training Saturday, I stopped at a local auto zone to have them check a check engine light that had been on and off, but decided to stay on. The gentleman had me take a picture of the two codes and said he would probably get it fixed, or at least looked at, before driving to FL. Of course, it was already after 5 when I got home, so couldn't call to see about getting an appointment. So, I knew that I would have to try to get that taken care of today. Mom and I had planned to go see my cousin at the assisted living today and then go shopping, so we rearranged and did those things after church yesterday. We didn't get home until after 7:30 pm, so I just did a mile walk on the treadmill to keep my streak going.
Car problems under the spoiler, if you are interested.I called the dealer, who usually works on my car, first thing this morning. They are behind and I couldn't get them to look at it until the 25th. That's a bit too late. So, I called around and found a shop that told me to bring it in and they would see what they could do. My neighbor followed me so I could leave it and then took me out for breakfast. That was nice of him. (I got a call later that, if everything goes well, my car will be ready tomorrow afternoon. It is a rocker arm solenoid valve that they had gotten an alert about. She said it can fall apart and pieces can get into the oil and wherever the oil goes, so they have to take it all apart to make sure there are no pieces anywhere and replace the part. I just hope it gets fixed tomorrow. If not, I'll try to get a rental car for my trip.)
This morning, after my trip to town, I did things to get ready for FL...things that need to be done before I leave and laundry. I went down for a treadmill exercise session mid-afternoon. Today, I just wanted to traverse 3 miles, at least. I walked one mile total for warm up and cool down. The run was a run/walk at 5.0/3.8 mph for 3x(0.25/0.15 miles), 0.55/0.15/0.40 miles. I did the 0.55 miles because I got a phone call I had to take at the 1.4 miles point. When I got back to the treadmill, I just ran the next 0.25 mile, but wasn't paying attention and ran a bit further before I noticed. Total run was 2.30 miles at a 13:00 min/mile pace. Avg HR was 120 with a max of 139 bpm. Not too bad. And, it felt pretty easy after the first half mile or so.
Why is getting ready for a trip so hard?5 -
July Goal: 115 Miles
7/1: 1.26 miles
7/2: 11.11 miles
7/3: 6.25 miles
7/4: 2.04 miles
7/5: 6.26 miles
7/6: 7.02 miles
7/7: 2.52 miles
7/8: 2.11 miles
7/9: 11.10 miles
7/10: 3.12 miles
52.79/115 miles completed for July
I ran an uneventful 3 miles this morning. It was a decent run.
@Teresa502 I am glad your dad was able to come home.
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Some great runs out there everyone and some drama - simple is boring!
Impressive best @Laurz9191 and @chris_in_cal ! Running in a group can bring out the competitive in us.
Really pleased your Dad is home @Teresa502 , hope the road rash for your friend isn't to bad.
Glad you came through the unexpected op well @shanaber and looking forward to you posting about your walks.
Where was you marathon @tarun_yadavA ?
So I tried following the running tips, head up, nips, glutes, etc. and decided I looked drunk so back to flopping about for a bit. Maybe do one thing at a time.
Finally an overcast day, a bit of drizzle and a breeze. Ran my first 4 miles, longest run for nearly 3 years, and kept my HR out of zone 5 (recent park run was 50% zone 5 with the heat and humidity. Pace is still slow though it is all about hours on my feet right now.
I am 3.5 months, and 35 lbs, into my 100 lb weight loss plan @chris_in_cal . Similarly I weigh some things avidly and guesstimate others. As long as things are moving steadily in the right direction I will keep to that. No special diet, just CICO. If I fancy a bit of something I will have it. Keep us updated on progress.
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Morning all.
Got in 7M (at 9'06).
@Teresa502 - glad to hear your Dad is home 🙏
@quilteryoyo - thank you!!!!! Glad someone gets the brunch thing!!! 😂
Hate over-eating so early in the day. Hate paying 10 extra because something comes on a fancy plate with some sliced avocados on the side. Let's be honest the omelettes at Denny's are better. Hate being hungry again at 10pm and picking at stuff in the fridge... Ok I am ranting again. I'll stop.
@Scott6255 no more brunch rants! Lol
@Laurz9191 haha. Night outs I can handle the next morning! ... Glad you got some KMs in, despite the heat3 -
@TheMrWobbly Chichester.
Old F1 race track at Goodwood.1 -
Holy Moly! I don't think 4 miles is going to be good enough!
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@quilteryoyo you sure are busy. Hope your car gets fixed before your Florida trip.
@TheMrWobbly congrats on your longest run in 3 years! And woohoo! You got in the London Marathon!
Did 6.2mi this morning. 84F, Feels like temp 91F , but dew point at 75! I can't remember running when the dew point was that high. It was miserable to say the least.
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😲🥳😱❤TheMrWobbly wrote: »Holy Moly! I don't think 4 miles is going to be good enough!
That is awesome. And maybe a bit terrifying? Can't wait to cheer you on through this journey!
@quilteryoyo This is basically on the other side of the trees from the Flight 93 Memorial.
Yesterday everyone left to go camping. I slept well last night (they took the barky dogs with them) and am thinking maybe my travel/stress crash is over 🙂. I'll try to not overdo it today! I'm also going to repeat the 2-week nicotine patch experiment, because I think it actually helped a bit last time. Not a cure, but maybe brought me up a level, combined with all of the other stuff I do.8 -
July 1 – 4.00 miles
July 2 - 4.01 miles
July 3 – 6.01 miles
July 4 – 3.01 miles
July 5 – 5.13 miles
July 6 – 2.05 miles
July 7 – 4.07 miles
July 8 – 8.31 miles
July 9 – 1.14 miles
July 10 – 4.64 miles
July 11 – 3.72 miles
Total - 46.10 miles
Holy Batman it was 58F (14.4C) when I ran this morning! Almost felt like a Fall day. The humidity was still 97% but what a difference in the temperature. I did an obliques and shoulder workout first so I didn’t out until 5:40 am but it was a beautiful morning.@quilteryoyo – Ugh for the car trouble. I hope they get it all repaired before your trip. I love to travel but packing for it is one of my least favorite activities in the world!
Great progress on the weight loss and running fronts @TheMrWobbly! Congratulations on getting in the London Marathon!
@polskagirl01 – Glad you are feeling better and I hope the nicotine patch experience works again.
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@polskagirl01 I hear you on pop-tarts and their lack of redeeming nutritional value. But, if you’re going to have a pop-tart my vote is s’mores. By far the best pap-tart flavor.
@shanaber I had been wondering about you. I’m sorry to hear that you had to undergo major surgery but glad to see you are back and starting your recovery.
@TheMrWobbly Congrats on the London Marathon!! Now for the training.
@Teresa502 Good news that your dad got to go home!
@tarun_yadavA I will never understand people that don’t like brunch. It’s the best of all worlds. You can have breakfast food, lunchy stuff, or things that are a mixture of both. A favorite brunch meal of mine is chicken and waffle. Little sweet, little savory, little breakfast, little lunch. And, avocado is awesome.6 -
July total: 40.4/100 miles
7/1: 5.2 miles
7/2: 4.1 miles
7/3: 6 miles
7/4: 10 miles
7/5: 3 miles
7/7: 7.1 miles
7/11: 5 miles
Hi from Rome! We landed pretty early in the morning on Sunday, so this is technically day 3. The first day we didn’t do much besides walk around and try to stay awake. We familiarized ourselves with the neighborhood and managed to make it until about 7 pm before we all crashed. We were up early for a train ride to Naples to catch a tour of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Super interesting but it was HOT! After several hours of walking around outside, we were all bushed. Today I ran early on a bike/hike trail along the river. It was nice to be off the street and not a lot of people were out until my run was wrapping up. Then we had breakfast, hung out a bit, then went to lunch before doing a tour of the catacombs. It was also really interesting, and best of all was mostly indoors and cool! I think it was @eleanorhawkins that recommended the tortufo. We had our first one tonight for dessert. Sooo good!! Thanks for the recommendation. We have also had some gelato, with plans to have more tomorrow. Also plenty of pasta and pizza. I’m getting up again to run in the morning before some shopping and an afternoon activity. Should be a fun day!9 -
@martaindale yay, enjoy! Funnily, I found card from Tre Scalini in a drawer yesterday which made me think of you, then saw this morning on Strava you ran in Rome and was wondering how the heat compares to what you're used to. Rome is generally a few degrees colder than here in the summer, I think.
Talking of heat, it's pretty horrible here this week. Currently 9.08pm and 30C inside my living room with all the windows open to get a breeze through.
I actually managed to run with the ladies I'm doing the relay ultra with on Sunday morning, and they asked me to take them to see that wolf statue I know how to get to. We had planned to go tomorrow evening, time it to see the sunset from the tol then come back down with headlamps. But then I checked the forecast and it says 35C at 10pm!!!!! So yeah, not gonna happen. I'll head out early to do my 'horrible evil coach wants to kill me' 8 minute hill reps then come home and spend the day trying to hide from the sun.10 -
Enjoy Rome!!!martaindale wrote: »@polskagirl01 I hear you on pop-tarts and their lack of redeeming nutritional value. But, if you’re going to have a pop-tart my vote is s’mores. By far the best pap-tart flavor.
S'mores flavor are good as well. My family did take the blueberry poptarts with them... but alas, my attempts to power up my shed yesterday were unsuccessful and I ended up doing grocery pickup to get two 100ft outdoor extention cords, and *somehow* new boxes of Poptarts made their way into my cart - Brown Sugar Cinnamon and Confetti Cupcake🧁. I considered trying Boston Creme, but these boxes should last me like 2 weeks, unless the kids eat them, so maybe after that. I also splurged on some good beef, and it was SO worth it (Poles love pork, but good beef is hard to find and expensive there).As for the shed... I've now got power and even went through a few boxes today, as I'd like to get rid of stuff and organize a bit up there. Goal is to make it so we can camp out in it. Groundhogs have allegedly already set up camp underneath, and the joke is it's so undermined with their tunnels that one day it's just going to drop like into a sinkhole 🤣.
Still haven't gotten around to that bike ride. Maybe I'm scared it will wear me out too much. But lifting boxes is a workout and I did mostly OK with that...10 -
July Goal: 115 Miles
7/1: 1.26 miles
7/2: 11.11 miles
7/3: 6.25 miles
7/4: 2.04 miles
7/5: 6.26 miles
7/6: 7.02 miles
7/7: 2.52 miles
7/8: 2.11 miles
7/9: 11.10 miles
7/10: 3.12 miles
7/11: 6.05 miles
58.84/115 miles completed for July
It was 87°F, feels like 89° when I got up at 4:30 this morning. By 5:30 when I headed out, it was 85° feels like 88°. And it was 84° feels like 87° when I got home. I guess it was the coolest part if the day, but it was so hot. There were lots of grasshoppers and a few flew into me which was gross. I did manage to catch the sprinklers at the courthouse, but barely. They turned off just as I was almost past them so I was glad I didn't miss them. It really helped. I had one bug fly into my mouth, but I was able to spit him out. It kind of sounds like a horrible run, but it really wasn't. It was just hot and buggy, but I had my water bottle with me and I ran 6 miles and felt really good about it.
@martaindale Your trip sounds so fun.
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Heating up in Cali...I'm reserving the right to complain about the heat, even if by comparison I'm being ridiculous.
July Running Goal: 16 runs, 60 miles- July 4 -3.11 miles
- July 5 -3.79 miles
- July 7 -3.11 miles
- July 9 -5.00 miles
- July 11-3.00 miles
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »@martaindale yay, enjoy! Funnily, I found card from Tre Scalini in a drawer yesterday which made me think of you, then saw this morning on Strava you ran in Rome and was wondering how the heat compares to what you're used to.
Actual temps are not that different than Houston. Highs about 95-98F lows about 72-75F. The big difference is the humidity. This morning it was about 60% compared to 98% or so in Houston. I have been getting out a little after sunrise so even with temps already in the 70's it's pretty comfortable. During the day, it's just hot. And zero cloud cover so we are just a sweaty mess but so is everyone else. But if you are in the shade it feels decent.9 -
July total: 45.4/100 miles
7/1: 5.2 miles
7/2: 4.1 miles
7/3: 6 miles
7/4: 10 miles
7/5: 3 miles
7/7: 7.1 miles
7/11: 5 miles
7/12: 5 miles
I went the other direction on the bike-hike trail this morning. Ended up in a more residential area. It's really nice having a protected path with no street crossings. The traffic is getting pretty busy by the time I am finishing and I think if you were trying to run on the sidewalks you would be stopped a lot and dodging scooters that don't really seem to follow the same traffic rules as the cars.
We are headed out in a minute to do a little shopping. My kid saw some shops they wanted to explore and there will of course be some more gelato! I haven't been great at taking pictures. The 2 on my Strava feed are basically it so far. Today maybe I'll take a few.9 -
Morning everyone.
Got in 4.5M (at 8"58).
@martaindale - glad to hear you're having fun! And eating away!!! Food pics!! C'monnnn
PS: best of both worlds... Go Denny's. Save yourself $20. The end. 😂5 -
PPS: @martaindale - if you see a Venchi. Hit it up... Do amazing sweet stuff2
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July 1 – 4.00 miles
July 2 - 4.01 miles
July 3 – 6.01 miles
July 4 – 3.01 miles
July 5 – 5.13 miles
July 6 – 2.05 miles
July 7 – 4.07 miles
July 8 – 8.31 miles
July 9 – 1.14 miles
July 10 – 4.64 miles
July 11 – 3.72 miles
July 12 – 5.21 miles
Total - 51.31 miles
Don’t hate me, but I had a nice 61F morning during my run. I’ll take it!
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time in Europe @martaindale! Enjoy every moment!
@polskagirl01 – Never heard of Confetti Cupcake poptarts but they sound yummy! I watch several YouTubers who are thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and PopTarts seems to be a popular breakfast item to pack out of town when they resupply.
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