AUGUST 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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Better late than never?!? My goal is simply run every day for at least 30 min for remainder of August... yay!!9
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Hello everyone! Greetings everyone joining! Today was my hardest California run yet. I left late and ran for the hills . It was an uphill run ending at this cool park I used to go to with my grandparents, where I promptly saw a lady walking her healing cat on a leash. I wasn’t sure if I was delirious from the heat, but you do see some different things near LA .
I ran a total of 10.3km, bringing my monthly total to 27.7/160km so far.
Almost at the hills!
@quilteryoyo My daughter is 6, so any runs she does have to be quite short and fun. She is good at sticking with the pace I set until she gets tired. Hopefully she will like hiking too, because we leave tomorrow for our hiking adventure7 -
Morning all
@quilteryoyo OMG. Love that carrot cake!! 😍
@Leigh_b welcome! This is a great group... A fair few of us here have run marathons... So you're in good company 😊
Good luck with October!
@md_long27 welcome! ... Same! My goal is to run everyday in August (so far, so good!) ... Good luck with the remaining 26 days for this month!
@chris_in_cal good running Sir5 -
chris_in_cal wrote: »Welcome @Leigh_b,
You sound like you'll be a great addition to this thread. I can really relate to some of what you wrote and am looking forward to seeing your consistency.Which leads me to why I am here. I am hoping that by joining this group and publicly proclaiming the mileage I intend to run it will help me stay accountable to my intentions.
I wouldn't look for inspiration on recovery here, some of these crazies do HM cool downs after a big day. We just privately marvel and do our best to make progress.
Welcome.
@chris_in_cal hahaha crazies! 😂2 -
Morning all.
Got in a 4Miler ... In the pouring rain! (08"51).
Have a nice wknd all8 -
@AlphaHowls Glad your back is better and hope the mouth guard helps your headaches.
Great job on the hill repeats @chris_in_cal !
Nice job on the treadmill run @Scott6255 . I don't know how you have managed to avoid being stung all your life. It would be scary now. You never know if you are allergic until it happens. I hope you don't have to find out.
Welcome @md_long27 . Sounds like a great goal. Have you been running long?
Nice run @Laurz9191 . Funny about the cat. You do see some strange things in LA. Awww. I love that your daughter is learning to be fit at a young age. I hope you all enjoy your hiking adventure.
Nice running @tarun_yadavA . It's surprising how many of my running friends love carrot cake. I am taking the free one to my cousin for his birthday tomorrow. My friend made me one for my birthday or I would be keeping it.3 -
13.3 miles this morning. It just happened to be one of the hottest mornings of the summer (so far) 88F @ 6:30am
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8/1 17.4 miles, Running Partner A
8/2 17.61 miles, 1920 days on the run, 1102 days HM+ Streak
8/3 17.17 miles, Crazy Laps! @least 6 miles OTR, Back Spasms, rain/thundestorms = moody
8/4 17.5 miles, made it home before skies opened up! Back spasms
8/5 miles, Running Partner A & E (+1 34 weeks)
E thinks this will be her last long run before baby comes in September.
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Welcome @Leigh_b! This is a good place to find people to cheer you on and help motivate you to your goal. I am very pro-recovery. I take my recovery days seriously! Sleep is a huge factor for me. I get quite a bit of sleep normally but during marathon training I was sleeping 8-9 hrs a night without fail. What do you do to aid in recovery?
@Scott6255 I have never accidentally do extra mileage on the treadmill. You must have really been into that show!
@AlphaHowls Your nephew is cute and I love the name!4 -
Welcome to you too @md_long27! Loving seeing all the new faces mid-year!quilteryoyo wrote: »I don't know how you have managed to avoid being stung all your life. It would be scary now. You never know if you are allergic until it happens. I hope you don't have to find out.
I have never been stung by a flying insect. I have to specify flying because I did get stung by that scorpion a couple of years ago. At this point I am a little afraid to be stung. What if I'm allergic and have a major reaction miles from my house? One of my brothers has been stung by all the insects. Wasps, bees, hornets, scorpions. If it stings it will find him. I guess he took all of mine too!4 -
Aug total: 18.9/100 miles
8/1: 5.6 miles
8/2: 3.3 miles
8/5: 10 miles
It was brutal this morning. 81F feels like 88F at sunrise. I decided to do the first 6+ outside then finished off 10 miles on the treadmill. After the suffocating heat and humidity, the AC and fans felt amazing! It was a a good call and the recovery should be easier than if I had forced the full run outdoors.6 -
8/1 17.4 miles, Running Partner A
8/2 17.61 miles, 1920 days on the run, 1102 days HM+ Streak
8/3 17.17 miles, Crazy Laps! @least 6 miles OTR, Back Spasms, rain/thundestorms = moody
8/4 17.5 miles, made it home before skies opened up! Back spasms
8/5 17.46 miles, Running Partner A & E (+1 34 weeks)
Getting ready to save my document and realize I did not put mileage in today.*sighs* I really do not like headaches/jaw pain.4 -
Lol! My garmin is confused!
You’re doing too much!!!
You need to do more high aerobic exercises!!!
All because I’m not fit anymore and my hr is higher than usual when exercising.
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01.08 Tue 18°C 2.1km 20min 9:30/km
03.08 Thu 19°C 5.2km 47min 8:57/km
05.08 Sat 20°C 5.6km 50min 8:58/km
12.90km/no goal - 12.90km ahead
This went quite well. Again dummy intervals (running and walking) and of that about 3/5 running. Wasn't quite so relaxed today. I dug out an old footpod because my Garmin has some problems in some part of town and distance and pace suddenly drops. So I tried to compensate. And overcompensated big time. (all data above mobile phone, which is more reliable). Next time I'll have to be a bit more careful. Maybe I'll find the sweet calibration factor spot. So basically, I looked onto my watch and phone far too often during this run and changed settings in panic. But hey, I moved for 50 minutes. So not too shabby. Now on to increasing the running and deceasing the walking intervals.7 -
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Since my streak month is over, I am back to just running 4 days per week. So I took yesterday and today off. Yesterday I really missed my run before work, but I have to admit that today it was nice to have a day off. I am considering adding one ir two more days during the week. But we'll see. I am hoping to get up early enough tomorrow to run before the sun is up. It will probably be at least 85°F no matter how early I get out.
Welcome to the newcomers to the group. Everyone is off to a great start.
Happy Birthday @quilteryoyo!7 -
August 1: Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.50 miles
August 2: Wun 3.00 miles - driveway after mowing my lawn - yellow jacket stings
August 3: Walk 1.50 miles - Ran 1.00 mile - treadmill
August 4: Walk 1.00 mile - Ran 6.40 miles - treadmill (birthday run)
August 5: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill
17.40/80 mile goal
The plans I had for today didn't pan out. They rarely do. I was supposed to play tennis at noon, so was going to get in a quick wun before heading out. But one of the ladies hurt her back last night and couldn't play, so we had to cancel. When I found that out this morning, I decided to clean a little house and run on the treadmill later in the day. But, I talked to mom and she was working in the corn today. I talked her into letting me come down to help. We wound up doing all that she could find that was ready today - 162 ears! It's a lot of work, but is so good. I was tired when I got home and we hadn't stopped for lunch, so I had a spoon of peanut butter to tide me over, and went down for a treadmill walk. I did 2 miles at 3.8 mph. My avg HR was 104, with a max of 117 bpm. I probably needed a day to recover from yesterday's long run anyway.
Question: I am having problems getting the charging cable for my Garmin Forerunner 745 to stay in place and charge my watch. It had started a couple weeks ago needing to be fiddled with and left in the "right" place in order to connect well. Today, I can't get it to charge at all - it's too loose. Has anyone else had this issue? I think I am going to buy a replacement cable from Amazon. Has anyone gotten one of those either? Just curious. When I looked on line, it appears this is a common issue.
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@Scott6255 You did great to get in a HM in that heat!
@AlphaHowls That's a huge difference in the photo's. So cool. What kind of phone/camera do you have? I hope E has a healthy baby. I hope the mouth guard helps your jaw pain.
I'm impressed that you haven't been stung by anything flying @martaindale ! I think I must be related to your brother because everything seems to find me too. I hope you never have to find out if you are allergic either. Great way to break up your long run!
Hahaha @yirara . You're doing great, regardless of what Garmin says.
You too @TheMrWobbly ! I've been wondering about you lately.
Thanks @kgirlhart !3 -
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3 (very slow) miles + 2 hour nap today.
Glad that garmin put me back in "maintaining" status after catapulting myself in "overreaching" last weekend after pushing much harder than I should have to keep up with old running friends.
10 miles tomorrow and the plan is to keep them EASY.
@martaindale For recovery I try to prioritize sleep but I'm not always good at executing what I know I should do. I am naturally a night owl and completely suck at getting up early, so having to run very early everyday before I go to work sets me up to struggle most days. I stay up too late even though I know I need to go to bed and then can't get up in the morning because I need the extra sleep. It's a hard habit to break but I am determined to get there. I also schedule naps for myself on the weekends. If I am too busy to get them in then the following week is usually a training disaster because I have not recovered enough going into the week 😩.
@quilteryoyo I have a Garmin forerunner 945 and have had that happen to my chargers several times.... I think I'm on my 3rd or 4th now. Over time they seem to "loosen" and can't get them to connect securely enough to charge. I have gotten mine from Amazon and have not had issue with them other than I seem to need to get a new one every year or so.4
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