AUGUST 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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Well here we go for August. I am not sure but yesterday I was really irritable and then tired and I woke up really tired today. Like fatique but it wasn't like I had actually done anything intense over the weekend. hmmm. I think it is almost cyclical once or twice a year even tho I am way past that particular cycle.
Perhaps it is just the heat and the stress of wondering when (not if) the AC will crash?
The full moon was beautiful this morning but I decided not to go back to get a photo since I probably would have just walked. Nice shots @AlphaHowls what setting did you find?
Yes those on the injured/reserve PLEASE keep checking in....
My time waster seems to be running shoe shopping. I actually bought a second pair of the ON running shoes different style and it is absolutely CRAZY how much more comfy they are and easier to get on. I decided to use the first pair (Ghost style) for tennis and they are very nice that way - supportive but bouncy. This second pair doesn't run as fast as my nikes but I like them. Cloud GO style. It makes me realize when folks get stuck on a particular brand or hating a particular brand that it's probably because they haven't looked at all the styles.
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Hello everyone! My goal this morning was to keep my pulse down. It’s been quite high due to the heat and Garmin has been giving me a hard time about it since summer started
. My daughter has been asking to come with me, so I took her for a loop around the neighbourhood first, then went on to do the rest of the run on my own. I will try to do that more often if she wants to. Other than that the run was uneventful. Tomorrow I will try to keep the same slower pace 
. To me that is more challenging than running at a faster pace.
@AlphaHowls My big time waster is scrolling Facebook. I think I was initially embarrassed to admit it, but there it is. It wastes time, I don’t learn anything from it, and I guess I wish I didn’t do it so much/at all.
Today I ran 7.2km, so 17.4/150km for August.8 -
Next year we need to rename this the "2024 August Sit in a Cool Pool Challenge"8
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@SummerSkier wrote: »
The full moon was beautiful this morning but I decided not to go back to get a photo since I probably would have just walked. Nice shots @AlphaHowls what setting did you find?
On my phone, when I tried to take the photo, it asked me if I wanted to take a night shot. Then instructs me to keep still while it processed (seconds)
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August 1: Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.50 miles
August 2: Wun 3.00 miles - driveway after mowing my lawn - yellow jacket stings
5.50/80 mile goal
The grass was dry this morning, which rarely happens, so I was able to get out and mow before it got horribly hot (even though our high today is lower than TX lows these days). I mowed my daisy patch for the first time this year (they are all gone) and got stung by a yellow jacket. It got me on the ankle, where the Achilles is. I swished it off, but it decided it wasn't through with me yet, so flew up and got me on the back too. It's painful. Every step hurts, but then just sitting hurts too. It has been 3 hours and it still hurts like the dickens in both spots! Anyway, I did finish with the mowing. I put a baking soda paste on the spots, but it didn't help much.
Since I was hot and sweaty already, I decided to go ahead and get in my miles for the streak, so did a wun on the driveway. I didn't have the energy for a run, but did do a 3 mile wun. Avg pace was 14:48 min/mile. Avg HR was 128 with a max of 148 bpm.
I'm going to try to put some ice on the stings and see if that helps. I've had yellow jacket stings before, but they didn't hurt like this, that I recall, or last this long. Crazy! If you have any suggestions, I'll take them.7 -
@chris_in_cal wrote: »Next year we need to rename this the "2024 August Sit in a Cool Pool Challenge"
As long as it is not the pool (ice lakes) @polskagirl01. I have a fear heart stopping shock!0 -
Hahahaha @AlphaHowls ! Lovely shots of the moon!
@kgirlhart Nice run and glad the lady didn't mind you running through her sprinkler. I don't know how you and @Scott6255 run in those temps....and anyone else in TX or where it is super hot.
I hope you feel better soon @SummerSkier ! It's hard to get out and run when you feel fatigued just getting out of bed.
@Laurz9191 That's great that your daughter is wanting to run with you. How old is she? Great running. I think they need a Facebook anonymous. LOL I limit my FB time, but do try to keep up with family that is scattered across the country.
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@quilteryoyo wrote: »
I'm going to try to put some ice on the stings and see if that helps. I've had yellow jacket stings before, but they didn't hurt like this, that I recall, or last this long. Crazy! If you have any suggestions, I'll take them.
Sounds like ground nesting hornet, as called complete a$ $holes.
Ban roll on deodorant, always keep handy
I have used apple cider vinegar to take sting out
I was attacked by 10 of them a few years back. Or same one 10 times. I ended up on benadryl and steroids
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August Goal: 125 Miles
A little bragging for our challenge-mate. I was in a July garmin challenge with 149 participants, our @kgirlhart came in 1st.
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martaindale wrote: »Aug total: 5.6/100 miles
The weather is a carbon copy of misery for the next 10-12 days so I will likely start splitting my runs.
Oh gosh, this is how I would describe the weather here. But it's cold (some mornings I feel like turning the heating on because it's just 18C inside), stormy, randomly starts raining or hailing several times per day with the occasional thunder inbetween. Want to swap?
Yes! 18C sounds amazing! We always want what we don't have I guess.3 -
Aug total: 8.9/100 miles
8/1: 5.6 miles
8/2: 3.3 miles
Treadmill run after work today. I was barely sweating afterwards, which is a new feeling after the dripping wet runs the last few months. I did an ifit run through a trail in Japan. It was beautiful. It's hard for me to motivate myself to run after work but the ifit workouts help. It gives me something to pay attention to and I like seeing new places.6 -
chris_in_cal wrote: »August Goal: 125 Miles
A little bragging for our challenge-mate. I was in a July garmin challenge with 149 participants, our @kgirlhart came in 1st.
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Woohoo! Congrats!4 -
Good times, my plan today was for some intervals...I googled the nearest high school and went and snuck on the track.
It's been years, it was fun.
August Running Goal: 18 runs, 75 miles- Aug 1 - 3.00 miles
- Aug 2 - 3.85 miles
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Morning all
Got in a 10K this morning (08"58).
Same - total Facebook and Strava stalker. (LinkedIn leaves a 'footprint' - PersonX viewed your profile - so learnt the hard way not to look up an ex girlfriend on that platform! Lol). Not on the 'gram tho ... Lol
Have a great day all.8 -
congrats @kgirlhart1
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Thanks for all the welcomes! I don't know how you all keep up with this thread--I'm going to need a process for remembering everything I want to say.
@quilteryoyo That sounds awful--no advice, but lots of well wishes! I can't believe you did a wun after that!
@Laurz9191 I'm so glad your daughter was interested in running with you. My 6 year old has asked to join the run club at school this year--I wonder if he'd like to do a little running with me as well. The problem is, he tends to sprint like crazy until he has to stop to catch his breath then do it all over again. I can't keep up with him!
W1D2 in the books--only 77 degrees! Woo! On this run I was thinking about how different it is to do a C25K style ramp up when aerobically fit than it was the first time I started running (or all the other times I've returned to running after a long lay-off). The one-minute intervals feel so short to me this time, like I'm just getting my stride worked out and all of the sudden it's time to walk! I actually accidentally did 1.5 minutes of running during the cool down because I wasn't paying attention and figured it was another run interval. That never would have happened to me before!
(Also, I was remembering that the first time I started running, I did it with a stop watch for the intervals, recorded the run on paper, and held a walkman in my hands the whole time! I had to make a strap to put around the walkman so I wouldn't accidentally drop it and pull the headphones painfully off of my ears. (It had a belt clip, but was way too heavy to wear that way.) So different!)
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First run for the month yesterday. It took me a few days to decide if I was going to go for 50 miles again this month or not because we have an 9 day trip to France from next Wednesday and there won't be any running because we are driving somewhere different almost every day. But why not, I may not make it but will give it my best shot. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. It feels strangle and exciting
02/08 3.65 miles
3.65/50 miles
Monthly Question: I think I waste most of my time WhatsApping my sisters or googling stuff that comes into my head
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August Goal: 125 Miles
8/1: 6.26 miles
8/2: 5.57 miles
8/3: 5.12 miles
16.95/125 miles completed for August
Thanks @chris_in_cal , @Scott6255 and @tarun_yadavA ! 😊
Happy Anniversary @Mari33a !
Today I got out for another hot morning run. I ran 5 miles today. I got out a little late and missed all the sprinklers. It wasn't a bad run, just hot and otherwise uneventful. I almost had negative splits, but I slowed down on the last mile.
@quilteryoyo I am not naturally a morning person. But the only way I have found to deal with the heat is to get up early and run before the sun is up. I hope you are feeling better after the hornet stings.
@SummerSkier I hope you are feeling better today and aren't coming down with something.
As for the monthly question: My biggest time wasting activity is probably just scrolling on my phone. I'll think of something that I want to look up and the next thing I know I have spent an hour going down rabbit holes looking up all kinds of stuff.
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