AUGUST 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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Decided to make some use of my rarely used gym membership today and take an easy recovery run of 6.3km. My legs are feeling ok. I probably will just do recovery runs up to my races on Saturday and hopefully that will be enough to let my body recover so that I can push the pace a little bit- obstacle races do take considerably longer than normal races though.
My first race is a 3km family run with the kids, so I don’t think I will have to run super fast there. More just be a motivational coach
and enjoy the time with the two oldest kids. My main event will be a 12km run with quite a lot of random up and downhill running. The race usually involves underwater submersion, mud, sand, climbing lots of random obstacles and carrying heavy things. So, yeah, a lot of different mini challenges and some bruises are usually involved 
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Finishing up August I have an even 143/160km of running. Even though I didn’t quite make my goal I am very satisfied of achieving that mileage with taking a week off and getting over jet lag.
Sounds like fun! And good call in recovery runs only. At this point I don't think there's any "training" you can do to improve on your race fitness.3 -
August Goal: 125 Miles
8/1: 6.26 miles
8/2: 5.57 miles
8/3: 5.12 miles
8/6: 11.26 miles
8/8: 6.26 miles
8/9: 6.02 miles
8/10: 6.04 miles
8/13: 10.26 miles
8/14: 1.56 miles
8/15: 7.02 miles
8/16: 6.06 miles
8/17: 6.31 miles
8/20: 13.15 miles
8/22: 6.02 miles
8/23: 6.26 miles
8/24: 6.10 miles
8/25: 3.11 miles
8/27: 12.04 miles
8/29: 6.51 miles
8/30: 7.02 miles
137.95/125 miles completed for August
I don't know what happened to my post. I updated my run earlier today, but it is not here now. It was another really nice morning and I ran 7 miles. It wasn't as cool as yesterday, but it was still around 71°F so it was very pleasant. The moon was beautiful. I saw a deer near the park again. I am pretty sure it's the same one. I keep seeing him in the same area. The temperatures are supposed to be back over 100° tomorrow, but hopefully the early morning temperatures won't be too bad.
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I finished the month with a 6 mile run. My chest felt a little tight so I kept it slow and steady and skipped any strides.
I finally took the time to figure out how to load up a Spotify playlist on my watch so I could leave my phone at home, which was nice. Last May I found the Garmin Fenix 6x pro for a great price and I love it! It took a while to get used to a heavier watch but the huge battery life is worth it. I finally have a watch I can use for running (and sailing) and wear every day and not have to charge it every other day.
66 miles for August. Pretty low by my standards but so be it.11 -
I am not going to get in two more runs, nor eight more miles, so I am not going to hit my goal this month.
I am still having fun, and not injuring myself, which is the larger goal.
💯 world class moonrise over the bay this evening. Lovely. It is calm, the heat broke, the run was nearly all shade. A nice way to end August.
August Running Goal: 18 runs, 75 miles- Aug 1 - 3.00 miles
- Aug 2 - 3.85 miles
- Aug 4 - 3.27 miles
- Aug 6 - 6.00 miles
- Aug 8 - 3.00 miles
- Aug 9 - 4.90 miles
- Aug 15- 3.00 miles
- Aug 16- 4.46 miles
- Aug 18- 6.00 miles
- Aug 21- 2.00 miles
- Aug 22- 5.76 miles
- Aug 23- 3.00 miles
- Aug 25- 3.16 miles
- Aug 27- 4.50 miles
- Aug 29- 3.00 miles
- Aug 30- 7.00 miles
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An attempt to snap a pic whilst driving home. A bit of the Sea World tower in there too.
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Morning all.
Got in 5.35M (09"17) ... 164.5 for the month.
@chris_in_cal looks beautiful! Imprisoned Shamu still there? lol
See you in September!6 -
I'd been wondering why I feel so tired. Garmin tells me I ran 196km and walked another 88km in August, maybe that's why. Not even going to try and work out the vert as that is going to get even worse before it gets better lol.8
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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/thunderstorms = 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)
8/6 17.4 miles, I did not wake to back spasms, still calm after run!
8/7 17.46 miles, 1925 days on the run, 1107 days HM+ Streak, chased by a rabid raccoon!
8/8 17.5 miles
8/9 17.3 miles
8/10 17.64 miles Running Partner A
8/11 17.49 miles Through the Fog
8/12 18.21 miles, 1930 days on the run, 1112 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner A, HUMID!
8/13 17.34 miles, County Line and back, dense fog
8/14 17.38 miles, 9 OTR, rest crazy laps as storm arrived
8/15 17.82 miles, Running Partner A
8/16 17.53 miles
8/17 17.51 miles, 1935 days on the run, 1117 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner A
8/18 17.33 miles
8/19 18.58 miles, Running Partner A
8/20 17.59 miles, County Line and back (different road)
8/21 17.28 miles, Heat Warning
8/22 17.4 miles, 1940 days on the run, 1122 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner A, Heat Warning
8/23 17.17 miles Heat Warning
8/24 17.48 miles Excessive Heat Warning, Poor Air Quality
8/25 17.62 miles Excessive Heat Warning, Poor Air Quality
8/26 18.41 miles, Heat Advisory, Running Partner A
8/27 18.21 miles, 1945 days on the run, 1127 days HM+ Streak
8/28 17.57 miles The heat dome has moved off! This shoe has over 1000 miles
8/29 17.67 miles This shoe has over 1000 miles, Running Partner A
8/30 17.53 miles
8/31 17.24 miles, Running Partner A
544.82 miles for August 2023
G'Bye Super Blue Moon!
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A gilded cage...or pool.tarun_yadavA wrote: »Imprisoned Shamu still there?
I was gleefully splashed by Shamu as a child. We are savages. The heat got hot so they moved the shamus (they have eight) to exhibits, and no longer have them perform tricks.1 -
@AlphaHowls W W W O O O W W WAlphaHowls wrote: ».
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8/26 18.41 miles, Heat Advisory, Running Partner A
8/27 18.21 miles, 1945 days on the run, 1127 days HM+ Streak
8/28 17.57 miles The heat dome has moved off! This shoe has over 1000 miles
8/29 17.67 miles This shoe has over 1000 miles, Running Partner A
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LOL I looked at your Strava and saw what looked like reasonable, happy numbers... then realized you had trail running and walking logged separately, with equally impressive numbers. I am so jealous. And happy 😊 for you too.eleanorhawkins wrote: »I'd been wondering why I feel so tired. Garmin tells me I ran 196km and walked another 88km in August, maybe that's why. Not even going to try and work out the vert as that is going to get even worse before it gets better lol.
This might be normal and I'm just from the middle of nowhere, but at the pool complex in the last city we lived in, the pool with lanes that they used for competitions started out at a normal depth on one end, but got deeper at the other end, where it had glass like an aquarium, visible from near the entrance and a cafe. You could watch the swimmers through the glass. It was weird at first when I would go for a swim workout there, feeling like I was the exhibit 😅chris_in_cal wrote: »
A gilded cage...or pool.tarun_yadavA wrote: »Imprisoned Shamu still there?
I was gleefully splashed by Shamu as a child. We are savages. The heat got hot so they moved the shamus (they have eight) to exhibits, and no longer have them perform tricks.
I miss that pool. There are sections (all heated) where you can swim outside in the middle of winter, fun slides, nice recreational section, kiddie pool. Haven't found a comparable one in this area yet. Doesn't mean there isn't one; I just haven't looked much.
Recently I read a transcript of a talk from a professor in Germany who is proposing that Long-Covid patients can possibly avoid post-exertional malaise (PEM) by working out using very short intervals - like 10-30 seconds of exertion, followed by 30-60 seconds of rest. There's a long explanation of why, but I can't remember it all. So I tried it with exercises I could do while laying down, 30 seconds of leg lifts, bridges, etc, followed by just laying there for 30 seconds. I did this for about 10 minutes. Not having the greatest day, but also not my worst. I was able to cook a meal, do laundry, AND sit up for a few hours painting. I'm working on a picture of the mountains, and if it turns out ok, I'll share it here when it's done.11 -
I can't even imagine 1k miles on a pair of shoes. Maybe when I was younger and I wore them till the soles fell off. 😳🤣🤨
I was going to shoot for 120 for the month by doing a second run at lunch but it got too sunny and hot for a 2 per day so I did my 10 min strength training I am trying to commit to every other day. I will admit to continuing to watch the clock almost the entire time....
Was a nice run this morning with the full moon lighting the way and I got to watch it sink into a ghost at the horizon. And it was a little cooler but still pretty humid. I know that folks think Texans are crazy but most of us DO NOT RUN in the sun when it's over 100. We get up and run before the sun comes up and it's high 70's. It is still hard with the dew point sometimes mid 70s but it's not running when it is over 100 deg.
And the month is a wrap!
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I got 2.5 miles done to make sure I finished the month with at least 30 miles. My toe was okish on the flat & uphill bit but really hurt on the downhill.
02/08 3.65 miles
04/08 3.65 miles
07/08 3.65 miles
08/08 3.65 miles
20/08 3.66 miles
23/08 3.65 miles
24/08 3.20 miles
26/08 3.65 miles
31/08 2.51 miles
Total 31.28 miles/50 miles
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@AlphaHowls and @SummerSkier - my first thought was focused on the 1000 miles on a pair of shoes. I have gotten 700 miles on one of mine and 500 on a few others. However, then I considered that 1000 miles is ONLY (less than actually) 2 months of running!! 😳😳😳SummerSkier wrote: »I can't even imagine 1k miles on a pair of shoes. Maybe when I was younger and I wore them till the soles fell off. 😳🤣🤨
@polskagirl01 - is that pool by any chance used for diving competitions or training? We have one similar here where they can watch how a diver enters and completes their dive from underwater. My daughter also competed in water polo in a pool where some of the officials monitored from below to catch the foul play that can't really be seen from above. It is a really mean sport and amazing what goes on under the water.
That is interesting about the intervals - I hope it works!
Lots of great running for everyone, especially those managing with heat and storms! Even if you didn't make your goal you got out there and ran!
I was hoping to get out and get the last couple of miles to get me to 20 for the month but I haven't felt great the last few days so I did what was best and rested. On to September!
I took some pictures of the Super Blue Moon but they didn't turn out great. It was so incredibly bright though - wow! Entirely lit up our back yard like there was a spot light on.Saturn was supposedly visible near the moon so I am thinking the small white dot on the upper right may be it since it is in both my pictures even though taken at different times.
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Not 100% true, but not 100% false either...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwJCUHSLisR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==5 -
Hit target for the month with 2 hours to go. Always under control
Second TM run to close it out. For part of the run their was a stomper on another machine and I found my step pattern matching theirs.
I'll kick the month of with a walk after 4 consecutive running days.
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August Goal: 125 Miles
8/1: 6.26 miles
8/2: 5.57 miles
8/3: 5.12 miles
8/6: 11.26 miles
8/8: 6.26 miles
8/9: 6.02 miles
8/10: 6.04 miles
8/13: 10.26 miles
8/14: 1.56 miles
8/15: 7.02 miles
8/16: 6.06 miles
8/17: 6.31 miles
8/20: 13.15 miles
8/22: 6.02 miles
8/23: 6.26 miles
8/24: 6.10 miles
8/25: 3.11 miles
8/27: 12.04 miles
8/29: 6.51 miles
8/30: 7.02 miles
8/31: 7.06 miles
145/125 miles completed for August
I ran 7 miles again today to finish out August with 145 miles. It was another really pleasant morning. The moon was gorgeous and the temperature was really nice. It was about 70°F and just felt good. I made my goal and then some. I'll see you all over in the September thread. Thanks for setting it up for us @alphahowls. 7 -
7.3 miles this morning. Took my Kinvaras out to the road for more than a few miles for the first time. For whatever reason, they felt SO MUCH better than they have before. They felt light and quiet. I was pleasantly surprised 😁
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@polskagirl01 well let's just say I'm doing the batsh!t crazy stuff for the two of us right now. Slowly, very slowly, but I'm doing it lol.
The functional strength training I'm doing atm kind of follws that sort of interval philosophy... it's 3 or 4 rounds of 7 or 8 exercises, usually 30-40 seconds of each. I thought it was ridiculous at first but hey, it works!9 -
This week I've been trying to decide which distance to run for my September 30th race. Initially I was going to register for the 27 mile, but was thinking it would be better to register for the 20 mile instead. I haven't trained enough for a 27 mile and by doing the 20 mile I could sleep 30 minutes longer due to the staggered start. It made all the sense in the world...20 miles it is!
But a funny thing happened on the way to check out....I noticed that the 27 mile and the 20 mile had the same registration fee of US$70....hmmm....so I looked at the cutoffs and the 27 mile race has a loose 9 hour limit....Yeah, I could do that, and if I end up hiking for the last half, that's great training for my next hundo....right? Oh, it will be painful, and I will regret this decision, but so be it...I'm in for 27 miles.
Now, having registered, I need to do some targeted training for the next...checks calendar...4 WEEKS! Oh crap...I won't even have time for a taper. I've averaged just 20 miles per week over the last four weeks, most of it on flat terrain. Time to cram in some elevation.
To that end, my final run of August was 4 miles of hill repeats on the local sledding hill. 30 times up and down for a total gain of 1750 feet. Since it was my first time hitting this hill since June I took it easy by doing slow runs down and deliberate hikes up. My average pace was 17:33/mile, but my GAP was 10:54
Here's a look from the top and bottom
I finished the month with 70 miles. See you in September!
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