SEPTEMBER 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

Teresa502 · September 2023

Congratulations @Laurz9191! You did great under those weather conditions and not even training officially!

tarun_yadavA · September 2023

@Laurz9191 amazing! Doubly so given heat!
Love the Rumplestilzen medal

SummerSkier · September 2023

I add my Congratulations @Laurz9191! 👏👏🌟💖 Amazing and that you have already signed up for another one. Just wow.... 😄😄😄

For me 76 miles out of 100 goal this month. It may be little struggle as I am on a cut the last 2 weeks. It's funny but my weight is smack in the middle of my maintenance range but my middle seems way too pudgy. 🥹😰🫤 Hopefully 2 weeks of being a little mindful and when I hit my 6 year maintenance anni on Oct 1 I will be ready to ramp back up a bit. Today's run was cooler but WOWser it was still really humid out. I started out thinking it wuild be a run then switched to walking then back to running I was watching my heart rate and if it dropped below 100 I was jogging. Ended up mostly jogging and 5 plus miles and POURING SWEAT. 💦💦💦 But extremely happy that I did not quit at the start entirely. I think sometimes when I sleep poorly I tend to have a head game which says don't run.

It was really only going to be a 5 miler but as I was almost home I saw my favorite little sparkly pink puff weeds and decided to get my phone and jog back to get a photo in the morning light.

Scott6255 · September 2023

Congrats @Laurz9191! 🎇🎉👏👏 You did amazing, especially given the heat!

chris_in_cal · September 2023

What a great report @Laurz9191.

Plotting your next race whilst still wiping the sweat from your brow with this current one is a baller move! Look out Berlin!!!!!

Congratulations.

quilteryoyo · September 2023

I'm four days behind. Yikes. How did that happen?

@tarun_yadavA Congrats on the 50 days in a row run and glad it felt better than the 49th. It's not your 40th birthday, is it? Happy Birthday to whomever!

Enjoy your weekend and I agree that having a guys only housewarming before the new house is completely furnished and the wife is away is a very wise choice.

Congrats on your 4 mile PR @Zaxa2021 !

@Teresa502 I have the Garmin Forerunner 745. I like it a lot. My only problem is that the charging cable quit working after about a year and I think it is dropping out on me some. I probably should have reported that before I had it a year, but didn't. The accuracy of the HR data is pretty good with the wrist monitor. I was pleased when I had my stress echo last year and it tacked exactly with the hospital machine. I got this one because it is supposed to pick up other satellites to use for "navigation" if GPS isn't good, but I don't think it has actually used that feature. In the forest/trees, I don't think it matters much. LOL I would buy it again.

@chris_in_cal I hope you are feeling some better by now and it doesn't last 10 days!

@Scott6255 Glad you didn't feel bad for long.

Sorry to see that your poison ivy is lasting so long @AlphaHowls ! Love those pictures from Alaska. I had a couple of friends go this summer and they really enjoyed it. It is so pretty up there. On my bucket list....for the summer months.

Glad your calf is feeling better @martaindale !

Nice speedy run a couple of days ago @kgirlhart !

@polskagirl01 I love your ingenuity with the lonely sock. Glad Mack is feeling better. Great job on the baking. I hope you don't catch what everyone else in the household has. And I hope they are all feeling better by now. Nice scenery from your walk. So sorry that you broke your cake!

@martaindale I love my running skorts with the pockets. What brand did you get? You are doing great with your running and glad you and your kid enjoyed bowling.

Congratulations on your marathon and meeting your goals @Laurz9191 ! Great that you got a PR from your first one too! You did great and sounds like walking a bit was the smart thing to do.

quilteryoyo · September 2023

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
September 14: Walk 1.00 miles - Tennis for 1h56m39s - W2D4 - Cross train
September 15: Walk 2.00 miles - actually a wun keeping HR under 120 - called it cross training W2D5
September 16: Walk 2.50 miles - singles tennis for 1h49m59s - supposed to be long run - fail W2D6
September 17: Walk 3.00 miles - treadmill - rest day W2D7

45.50/80 mile goal

As you can see, my week two of the training plan didn't go as well as week one. Life and tennis got in the way. LOL Not sure how week three with go either, with my schedule, but I will do the best I can. That is all I ask of myself.

chris_in_cal · September 2023

quilteryoyo wrote: »

I hope you are feeling some better by now and it doesn't last 10 days

On track. I'm targeting Tuesday to run.

Luckily I've placed close to zero expectations* on my upcoming race. Just getting to the start line in one piece will be a win.

(* Mantra- don't injury myself, enjoy the process, lose some damn weight)

martaindale · September 2023

@Scott6255 Good to know. I'll have to look a little closer at that.

@Laurz9191 Great job in tough conditions! Probably a smart call to mix some walking in.

@quilteryoyo This one was from athleta. I love their running shorts and this is the skirt version of my favorite shorts.

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
9/14: 7.04 miles
9/15: 3.52 miles
9/16: 1.35 miles
9/17: 14.03 miles

95.28/130 miles completed for September
I had a great run today. The weather was perfect, and I felt great the whole run. The only dogs I saw were on leashes except one and I could tell by the way he walked he was pretty old and not a threat. I also saw his owner sitting on his porch and he wVed. I think he went to school with my daughter.

I saw this little old Cambodian man I sometimes see near the park. He lives across the street from one of the soccer fields. He looks like he is 100 years old and he walks around the block the soccer field is on with his walker. He stops when I pass and smiles really big and waves. I always say good morning, but he doesn't speak English. It always makes me happy to see him.

The sun was shining but it was 66°F when I started out so it wasn't hot and it was really nice out. I felt like I could run forever. When I got home I had run 13.5 miles but I needed to use the restroom so I stopped. But then that half mile was really bugging me so I went back out and ran a half mile to bring my run to 14 miles. I guess I have a bit of runner's OCD. Or maybe I am just a little crazy. 🤪 🏃‍♀️

So sorry about the cake and the pan @polskagirl01.

Congratulations @laurz9191! I love the medal!

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)
9/14: 5 miles (52:46)
9/15: 4 miles (40:54)
9/17: 3 miles (28:48)

Total: 51/100 miles completed

tarun_yadavA · September 2023

Morning all
Got in 6 1/2Miles (09"39).
@quilteryoyo haha, no. Not my birthday. I wish I was turning 40 again! Lol (I turned 43 in May!).
Friend's bday

Have a nice week all.

PS: @Laurz9191 enjoy your three days off! ... what was your post marathon celebration pig-out meal??
Mine was old school pizza hut stuffed crust pizza

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
10/09 2.70 miles
14/09 3.33 miles

Total 23.70/50miles

After my run on Thursday evening I told myself I'd not run for a week as my little toe is very sore and I can feel something clicking at the base next to other toe. But I'm getting restless now. I have been going on my spinbike but miss not getting outside.

jonperelstein · September 2023

Just found this thread. My goal for Sept is 80 miles. I do fast walking (15-16 mins/mile)

Sept 1: 2.4 miles, plus weight training
Sept 2: Scheduled day off
Sept 3: 4.1 miles
Sept 4: 2.4 miles, plus weight training
Sept 5: 3.5 miles
Sept 6: Unscheduled day off
Sept 7: 3.7 miles
Sept 8: 2.3 miles, plus weight training
Sept 9: 3.7 miles
Sept 10: 3.7 miles
Sept 11: 2.8 miles, plus weight training
Sept 12: 3.7 miles
Sept 13: 3.7 miles
Sept 14: 3.7 miles
Sept 15: 1.8 miles, plus weight training
Sept 16: 3.8 miles
Sept 17: 4.1 miles (49.4 cum)

quilteryoyo · September 2023

@chris_in_cal I hope you feel like running tomorrow.

@martaindale I need to look into them. All of mine are from Dona Jo.

Great run @kgirlhart . I think we all have a little bit of "crazy" in us.

Great run @tarun_yadavA ! I thought you had already celebrated your birthday. I hope you enjoyed celebrating with your friend.

@Mari33a I hope your toe gets to feeling better soon. It is best to listen to your body when it is trying to tell you something.

Welcome @jonperelstein ! I do a combination of fast walking and running. Feel free to jump into the conversation, ask questions, fill us in on your journey so far, etc. We love to hear those things. This group is great!

Scott6255 · September 2023

Nice running @kgirlhart.
@Mari33a hope the little toe starts feeling better soon before you go stir crazy!

6.1 miles this morning. The very nice weather was negated by very bad GI issues for the last 3 miles, followed by a shattered phone screen while hastily removing running belt due to said GI issues 😫

martaindale · September 2023

@jonperelstein Welcome!!

@Scott6255 Breaking your phone while dealing with GI issues is adding insult to injury. Hope both are remedied soon.

martaindale · September 2023

Sept total: 55/100 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
9/15: 5.2 miles
9/16: 6.5 miles
9/18: 5 miles

Temps that start with a 6!!! Woohoo! We have 2 days with a tiny temp drop, but it makes such a big difference. I actually wore a shirt and didn't overheat. Love that.

I went to Pilates yesterday so am a tiny bit sore today, but not bad. And my calf is feeling better after some tlc. I need to make sure to foam roll more. That seemed to make the biggest difference.

polskagirl01 · September 2023

Congratulations @Laurz9191! Great accomplishment!

Unfortunately, I caught my kids' yucky cold. Fortunately(?), it seems to be blocking my LC symptoms, which is weird but welcome, even if the current science suggests it will likely only be a temporary relief.

chris_in_cal · September 2023

polskagirl01 wrote: »

I caught my kids' yucky cold.

I'm on day 7. I don' know how you parents deal with snot-nosed darling little germ monsters running around.

Get well soon.

There was an interesting piece in the Washington Post yesterday about fatigue-based illnesses "She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough." Take a look around, or send me a message and I'll dig up the link

eleanorhawkins · September 2023

Oh boy, I went away for the weekend and am way behind again.
@Laurz9191 well done!
Welcome new people :-)
My weekend was to check out the first half of my big race in November. It was. Interesting. We ended up missing a few turns and adding 2km on. The infamous 'Captain' ascent is nasty. I knew there was almost 3km at an average of 22% incline, I didn't know it includes a couple of even steeper stretches and the ground is loose dirt and stones. I had to crawl up a couple of short stretches and have no idea how I will tackle it in the dark. There's also a short, very unpleasant part on the way down. Oh, and lots of slippery singletrack along sides of mountains with steep drops down into the valley on one side. I was hoping to manage the 42km section in 8 hours but that's not looking likely, will be more than happy with 9! For those who aren't familiar with my crazy antics, we're talking mountain trails here.
I said at one point towards the end that as we were there I'd like to just carry on and do the whole route to see how long it took us, but it was nearing 2pm, it was hot and we were almost out of water so decided no. We wanted to go back the next morning and do the second half, but then there were storm warnings and everyone was tired, so it didn't happen. I just have to hope the second half is easier.
I also keep forgetting I have a 25km B race on 7 October... should probably start thinking about that 😅

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
9/14: 7.04 miles
9/15: 3.52 miles
9/16: 1.35 miles
9/17: 14.03 miles

95.28/130 miles completed for September

The weather this morning was just about perfect. It was 64°F with a dew point of 57°. The sky was clear and the stars were bright. It was really a lovely morning. I ran 3.25 miles. I would have liked to run further, but I was just planning a short run for the streak and figured after 14 miles yesterday, I should probably take it easy today.

jonperelstein · September 2023

jonperelstein wrote: »

Just found this thread. My goal for Sept is 80 miles. I do fast walking (15-16 mins/mile)

Sept 1: 2.4 miles, plus weight training
Sept 2: Scheduled day off
Sept 3: 4.1 miles
Sept 4: 2.4 miles, plus weight training
Sept 5: 3.5 miles
Sept 6: Unscheduled day off
Sept 7: 3.7 miles
Sept 8: 2.3 miles, plus weight training
Sept 9: 3.7 miles
Sept 10: 3.7 miles
Sept 11: 2.8 miles, plus weight training
Sept 12: 3.7 miles
Sept 13: 3.7 miles
Sept 14: 3.7 miles
Sept 15: 1.8 miles, plus weight training
Sept 16: 3.8 miles
Sept 17: 4.1 miles (49.4 cum)

Sept 18: 3.1 miles on the dreadmill because of heavy rain. Normally I hate hate hate the dreadmill, but I had a good book so it went quickly. (53 cum)

tarun_yadavA · September 2023

Morning all
Got in another 6 1/2Miler (09"35).
@Scott6255 sorry to hear about your phone 😔

Laurz9191 · September 2023

@Scott6255 That sucks! Sounds like a tough day yesterday! I hope today is better!

@tarun_yadavA They only had fruit at the finish line. I really wasn’t feeling up for any sugar after all the gels, but had a couple of apple slices and some water (so healthy, right). Then we had a bbq - so lots of protein and some bread and aioli (yum).

I’m feeling quite good but I know my legs are still tired, so I’m just trying to enjoy not running for one more day. Then I’ll ease slowly back into it. As much as I wanted to quit during the marathon, I haven’t been able to get the idea of running another one out of my head since crossing the finish line

… I’m thinking April in Hanover

… My body/schedule seems to do better with training over the winter than over the summer.

Scott6255 · September 2023

8 miles this morning. Temps back close to 80F again this morning. That cool weather lasted all of 2 days!

eleanorhawkins · September 2023

Laurz9191 wrote: »

@Scott6255 That sucks! Sounds like a tough day yesterday! I hope today is better!

@tarun_yadavA They only had fruit at the finish line. I really wasn’t feeling up for any sugar after all the gels, but had a couple of apple slices and some water (so healthy, right). Then we had a bbq - so lots of protein and some bread and aioli (yum).

I’m feeling quite good but I know my legs are still tired, so I’m just trying to enjoy not running for one more day. Then I’ll ease slowly back into it. As much as I wanted to quit during the marathon, I haven’t been able to get the idea of running another one out of my head since crossing the finish line … I’m thinking April in Hanover … My body/schedule seems to do better with training over the winter than over the summer.

Don't be in a hurry to run, your body needs plenty of time to recover. My coach doesn't let us run AT ALL for 10 days after a big race!

polskagirl01 · September 2023

chris_in_cal wrote: »

polskagirl01 wrote: »

I caught my kids' yucky cold.

I'm on day 7. I don' know how you parents deal with snot-nosed darling little germ monsters running around.

Get well soon.

There was an interesting piece in the Washington Post yesterday about fatigue-based illnesses "She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough." Take a look around, or send me a message and I'll dig up the link

I hope you're over your cold soon, too. I'm only on Day 2, and the excitement over lessened LC symptoms has been replaced with the nastiness of the cold making me miserable. Kids have been home sick as well, but one should be ready to go back to school tomorrow, and the other maybe another day or so. They're young teenagers and are getting more independent, so I went through the deep-freezer yesterday and was able to heat up a bunch of Ukrainian & Polish comfort food, told them and husband where to find it, and went back to bed. Then last night, because someone likes to buy things we already have, I pulled this out of the freezer (there were at least 2 more not pictured)

No wonder there was no room for anything in there.

determined which ones were already opened, and declared a party. So I guess that's one way to handle the snot noses!

I saw that article in one of the groups I follow. There have been some interesting things coming out lately in the research. Hopefully we're a few steps closer to real practical answers.

@Scott6255 so sorry about your phone.

martaindale · September 2023

@eleanorhawkins Wow, that race is going to be INTENSE! I think I would count it a success if I managed not to fall off the mountain.

@polskagirl01 Your pile of ice cream made me laugh. I can guarantee we have never had that much ice cream in a freezer. My family does not forget about ice cream!

martaindale · September 2023

Sept total: 61.1/100 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
9/15: 5.2 miles
9/16: 6.5 miles
9/18: 5 miles
9/19: 6.1 miles

Another morning with temps that start with a 6! It's getting warmer tomorrow but I made sure to enjoy it today. Did the neighborhood trail, saw my trail friend, and dodged school drop-off traffic on the road part. All in all, a success. Garmin called me unproductive though. Told you I will be hearing that a lot.

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