SEPTEMBER 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

martaindale · September 2023

Sept total: 38.3/100 miles

9/2: 8 miles
9/4: 4.3 miles
9/5: 3 miles
9/6: 3.9 miles
9/8: 3 miles
9/9: 13.1 miles
9/12: 3 miles

First post-race run. Nice and easy. My legs feel fine fatigue wise. I've had some tightness and a little pain in my left calf since race day. There have been some little twinges off and on for a month or two but now it's sticking around. It's higher and deeper than the Achilles. Maybe soleus? Gonna get back on the eccentric calf raises anyway and maybe skip a run tomorrow in favor of a walk to give it another day of rest. No point in pushing right now. I'll be starting training soon so I'd like to get this healed up.

kgirlhart · September 2023

September Goal: 130 Miles

9/1: 3.30 miles
9/2: 1.51 miles
9/3: 11.12 miles
9/4: 2.01 miles
9/5: 7.02 miles
9/6: 7.05 miles
9/7: 6.26 miles
9/8: 3.15 miles
9/9: 2.12 miles
9/10: 11.02 miles
9/11: 1.26 miles
9/12: 6.50 miles

62.32/130 miles completed for September

We had thunderstorms last night, and there was rain in the forecast for this morning, but it wasn't raining when I got up. I ran 6.5 miles. It was humid, but it was about 70°F and there was a breeze so it wasn't unpleasant.

polskagirl01 · September 2023

@Laurz9191 good plan for your marathon. You've got this!

@quilteryoyo congrats on your tennis doubles win!

I *might* be recovered from Saturday's activities. Meaning I'm back to my (still bad but familiar) baseline, and my head is only slightly swimming. The HRV apps agree I'm back to baseline, after a few days of being off balance.

I'm usually able to tolerate a little more activity first thing in the morning, so I headed out today to re-pot some African violets that were overcrowding their pot in my windowsill, and to pick the slugs from my Squash Army. I now refill the beer traps every few days, and pick off whatever I find in the morning before they go to hide for the day. I also dump coffee grounds and eggshells around, but they don't seem to be as effective as the beer. Anyway, the whole system seems to be working pretty well. There are also now SO many little baby squash on the vines. The bigger 2 squash seem to be doing well, too. One looks like a regular pumpkin, but all of the rest are definitely shaped like butternut squash.

Also unrelated to running is one of our guinea pigs had surgery yesterday. I know that sounds ridiculous, but this little guy had a growing "bump" that was just going to get bigger until it made him sick and killed him, and he was otherwise happy and healthy. Total costs were less than the equivalent of US$100, so we decided to give it a try. Guinea pigs are pretty sensitive, and I'm not planning to do any further interventions, so we're hoping he recovers well. He's standing up and eating now (and pooping!), so that's a good sign.

Mack is basically my son's best friend 😄 and he's also the one who tricked us and started out being called Meg. That's why we have 4 piggies instead of just 2. I guess it worked out well because they're social animals and this way we could have 2 males in one cage (staring each other down all day) and 2 females in the other (cuddling each other all day). But for now Mack is by himself so Tim doesn't sense his weakness and harass him.

Laurz9191 · September 2023

@martaindale I hope your leg feels better soon!

@polskagirl01 I am glad you are back at your baseline after helping your friend in the race! That was a really nice show of support. Also great job squashing

the squash enemies.

Last night we had a huge thunderstorm come through, which meant TONs of slugs to try not to step on this morning. I don’t like having to look so intently at the ground when I’m running, but there are a fair amount of fallen leaves on the ground which are “slug colour” and I have to be able to tell when I need to make an evasive manoeuvre.

Today was a recovery run - a nice and slow 4.5km. 78.7/160km for September.

tarun_yadavA · September 2023

Morning all
Got in a 10K (09"49). Incredibly sore today. 7weeks in a row... will do 1 more tomorrow to make it a round 50day streak, then take a day off and rest.
@Laurz9191 okay, maybe I was being a touch melodramatic there...
But I was going for a sub-4. Missed it by all of 2 minutes. Realised midway through the penultimate lap that I was out of gas and it wasn't going to happen so the smiles and banter and heyyyy broooo wassupppp with the volunteers at certain points vanished by then and I was struggling and just annoyed more than anything I guess. They helped.

Mari33a · September 2023

01/09 3.27 miles
04/09 1.01 mile
05/09 3.51 miles
06/09 3.51 miles
07/09 3.25 miles
08/09 3.12 miles

Total 17.67/50miles

Way behinds on eveyones posts again but things should settle down again for me from now on. I did manage to fit a few more runs in.

quilteryoyo · September 2023

@martaindale Nice recovery run. Walking tomorrow is probably a good idea. I hope it is a minor strain and rest is all it needs.

Nice run @kgirlhart ! Glad it wasn't unpleasant.

@polskagirl01 . Thanks. Glad you have recovered from the race cheering. Sounds, and looks, like that squash army is doing great and your methods to control the slugs is working. I don't blame you for having the surgery on the guinea pig. I'm sure your son would have been really upset if you hadn't.

Great running and slug dodging @Laurz9191 !

Nice running @tarun_yadavA . Be careful to not injure yourself just trying to reach a 50 day streak. Maybe take it easy tomorrow since you are feeling it so much today.

Teresa502 · September 2023

September 1 – 5.17 miles
September 2 – 8.03 miles (5 road/3 trail)
September 4 – 9.01 miles (trail)
September 5 – 5.01 miles
September 7 – 5.24 miles
September 8 – 7.02 miles
September 9 – 5.01 miles (trail)
September 11 – 5.29 miles
September 12 – 3.27 miles
September 13 – 5.24 miles
Total 58.29 miles/ Goal 85 miles

Ran with my fast friend this morning. Temp was a nice 65F but it was very humid.

Congratulations on winning your tennis league match @quilteryoyo!

Glad you are taking time to heal that calf now @martaindale. Remember Kevin’s rule – if it feels ok, give it another day of rest.

Beautiful squash @polskagirl01! Glad you saved them from the slugs! I hope Mack continues to recover from his surgery.

Extra points @Laurz9191 for slug dodging!

martaindale · September 2023

No run today but I did a hike on the treadmill (ifit in Switzerland). My calf is less achy today and I won't have time to run tomorrow, so hoping that all is well by Friday. I'll plan for a short run to test it out and make a decision about Saturday. I counted and I have 17 weeks until my A race. Time to put a plan together.

quilteryoyo · September 2023

Thanks @Teresa502 . Great running.

That sounds like a great hike @martaindale ! I hope your calf is better by Friday!

September 1: Walk 2.50 miles - treadmill wun
September 2: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill - weed eat for almost 2 hours
September 3: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill
September 4: Walk 2.14 miles - Ran 1.86 miles - driveway laps and to mom's -D1W1 HM training
September 5: Walk 1.14 miles - Ran 1.76 miles - driveway laps - D2W1 HM Plan - mowed mom's lawn
September 6: Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - treadmill - D3W1 HM Plan
September 7: Walk 2.00 miles - treadmill D4W1 HM Plan
September 8: Walk 0.04 miles - Run 2.10 miles - Driveway laps - D5W1Cross training + other stuff
September 9: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 5.00 miles - treadmill - D6W1 Long Run - 6 miles
September 10: Walk 1.00 miles - driveway laps D7W1 - Rest day
September 11: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.25 miles - Fast Finish - W2D1 - also 1h17m of league tennis
September 12: Walk 0.74 miles - Run 1.51 miles - Foundation Run W2D2
September 13: Walk 1.00 miles - Run 2.25 miles - Speed Play Run W2D3

37.00/80 mile goal

I did my Speed Play Run on the treadmill this morning. That makes it easier to control my speed and makes me keep a constant pace. I ran 5 min at 4.2 mph, 5 min at 4.5 mph, then 3 x (2/2 min at 6.0/3.8 mph), 7:50 min at 4.2 mph. The middle 6.0 mph two min was tough - huffing and puffing a lot worse than the others. Otherwise, not too bad. I ran a total of 2.25 miles at an avg pace of 13:16 min/mile. Avg Hr was 130 with a max of 149 bpm. I also walked a total of 1 mile for warm up and cool down.

___Tams___ · September 2023

My goal is 100k for the month. I'm doing 100k challenge for Great Ormand Street Hospital Charity.

9/1 3.65k
9/3 9.35k
9/5 5.6k
9/7 3.63k
9/8 4.03k
9/10 5.13k
9/11 10.02k
9/13 5.58k

Total 46.99k/100k completed

___Tams___ · September 2023

Thanks everyone you all inspire me to keep going 😊🏃🏼‍♀️

@tarun_yadavA I don't have strava just using mapmyrun but going to check it out.

Scott6255 · September 2023

@martaindale I feel for you with the achy, twinges in your calf. Mine has been quietly talking to me for a couple months. I panic every time, thinking here we go again. But it hasn't really progressed any, so like you I am concentrating on calf raises and stretching. Glad you are feeling better, and hope it continues to not give you any more problems.

I did an easy 7 TM miles today to recover a little from yesterday.

kgirlhart · September 2023

September Goal: 130 Miles

9/1: 3.30 miles
9/2: 1.51 miles
9/3: 11.12 miles
9/4: 2.01 miles
9/5: 7.02 miles
9/6: 7.05 miles
9/7: 6.26 miles
9/8: 3.15 miles
9/9: 2.12 miles
9/10: 11.02 miles
9/11: 1.26 miles
9/12: 6.50 miles
9/13: 7.02 miles

69.34/130 miles completed for September

It was really nice this morning. 68°F and the skies were partly cloudy, but I could still see quite a few stars. I ran 7 miles. I saw a skunk and lots of cats. There was a big dog at the park, but he was with someone. The forecast has thunderstorms in the morning. I guess we shall see.

tarun_yadavA · September 2023

Morning all.
Got in 6 1/2Miles this morning (09"22).
50 runs in a row! ... felt a bit easier today surprisingly!? Definitely having a rest day tomorrow or Saturday (both?!).
(Tomorrow and Saturday are my two 'going out' nights for the month - 40th birthday in a bar, and a friend is having a guys' only housewarming at his new place while it's not fully furnished yet and his wife is away! (wise move lol)

@Laurz9191 - if I'm not on here before Sunday... best of luck! You got this! 💪

@__Tams__ most of us here are on Strava too. (Looks like you're sticking around lol)
Check it out!
I'm https://www.strava.com/athletes/53345216
)

Laurz9191 · September 2023

Hi everyone! I did my little mini speed session this morning. @Teresa502 I wasn’t really worried about getting hurt because there wasn’t any sprinting involved, just “faster” running for 20 minutes. I did stretches and leg swings after to make sure nothing tightens up too much. I think I’ve done all that I could now in this post-vacation period to make sure I can have a good racing experience on Sunday. We’ll see how it goes.

@tarun_yadavA Great job with your 50 day streak! I hope you have some nice rest days and enjoy the celebration

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@AlphaHowls sorry to hear about the poison ivy!!! I hope the itch goes away soon!!!

Today’s run 7.1km, brings my September total to 85.8/160km.

polskagirl01 · September 2023

Poison ivy, slugs, lightning... sounds dangerous out there! Be safe everyone!

Teresa502 · September 2023

Monthly question: What kind of watch/tracking device does everyone have? Are you happy with its performance?

I have a Garmin 245 Music. I like the long battery life and the simplicity of using it. I basically just use it to track runs, walks and hikes. It has a "weights" feature on it but it wants me to either load a workout or to enter the number of reps, etc. and that's just too complicated. Same with yoga. I bought the music version thinking I would use it but alas I haven't taken the time to figure it out. About the only time I run with music is when I run at home and I think the watch needs wi-fi to play the music and that's not an option where I live.

Scott6255 · September 2023

@Teresa502 I have the Garmin 255s Music. I too thought I would use the music feature, but you have to have a Spotify Premium account for it to play your Playlists, and the other services it supports you also have to have the premium version. I think you can download your own songs that you own, but I get bored with the same old songs over and over. But no, I don't think you need WiFi. The appeal is you don't need to take your phone with you on runs if you have the music on the watch.

Zaxa2021 · September 2023

September goal: 100 miles

9/1: 4 miles (41:44)
9/2: 4 miles (40:48)
9/3: 4 miles (41:30)
9/4: 3 miles (28:55)
9/6: 4 miles (41:14)
9/7: 4 miles (40:18)
9/9: 5 miles (54:38)
9/10: 3 miles (31:55)
9/11: 4 miles (41:13)
9/13: 4 miles (39:19)

Total: 39/100 miles completed

I'm a little behind where I would like to be, as far as miles completed so far this month, but I'm close. I'm happy with the progress I'm making with the speed, last night was a PR on my 4 mile run. Overall, I feel good about the progress I am making.

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