MARCH 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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1 mile on walking pad yesterday, which was a rest/cross training day. Also did weights.
3.5 mile walk outside today. Wore my “Run the Year” shirt. Weather was amazing! First outdoor miles without a jacket.
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Hard rain all day today.... 5 TM miles better than nothing.
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Perfect running weather out there. Too bad my legs were tired. 7.5km done. Rest day tomorrow.9
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@martaindale Maybe they are practicing for warmer weather? I have a hard time getting out of bed at 5:45, let alone heading out for a run at that time. You guys who do that consistently amaze me.
You are doing great @Laurz9191 . I can see how the training is taking a lot out of you, but really glad to see that you are enjoying it. I'm glad you took an immediate shower after that run. I was thinking about what I do when I'm mowing the lawn and the wind is blowing the dust/grass back at me. I will hold my breathe for a few seconds and turn my head away from the "junk" to breath, and then look back to where I am going. I'm sure it wouldn't have worked very well while running. I'm glad you had a forest run today. Hopefully the work crew was cutting down trees that could potentially fall on people later. Hopefully they were paying attention to pedestrians going by.
@Mari33a Great run. I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't know what a pumpjack was!
Glad you had great weather for your amazing run @daria0919 .
You did great with the 5 on the TM @Scott6255 .
Enjoy your rest day tomorrow @ContraryMaryMary . Nice run on tired legs today.
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1 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 mile - treadmill
2 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway laps
3 Mar - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
4 Mar - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - driveway laps - wun/intervals
5 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway laps
6 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
7 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
15.25/85.00 goal
I got up early enough this morning to get in a treadmill session before heading out to my doctor's appointment. I ran 2 min each at 4.2-4.9 mph, walk/run for 2/4/2/2:16 min at 4.0/5.0 mph. Avg pace was 13:08 min/mile. Avg HR was 135 with a max of 149 bpm. It wasn't too hard. Mostly, mentally, I wanted to walk sooner but I hung in there.
The Physician Assistant at the Cardiovascular Surgeons office I saw today used to be an ultra marathoner, so he "gets" me. I really like him. He said everything looked good on the CT scan, so the aneurysm repair is holding and no other expansion "down stream." I just have to get the scan and see him once a year, assuming all goes well.10 -
Great news @quilteryoyo 😃2
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quilteryoyo wrote: »The Physician Assistant at the Cardiovascular Surgeons office I saw today used to be an ultra marathoner, so he "gets" me. I really like him. He said everything looked good on the CT scan, so the aneurysm repair is holding and no other expansion "down stream." I just have to get the scan and see him once a year, assuming all goes well.
Great news @quilteryoyo! 😀2 -
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I live in Texas and I still don't know what a pumpjack is. Perhaps we need to add that to the opening information. 😳😂😂3
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@quilteryoyo I'm glad you received good news! There are not many pedestrians where I go running, but the workers always seem happy when they can take a short break
to let someone pass!
I am glad I am not the only one who was in the "pumpjack" dark. But I supposed, we all know now
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It was below freezing this morning and I have been wanting to go to the gym, so I did. I got a speedy 7.3km treadmill run in and it actually felt really good. Then I did some strength training. I am planning a long slow run during soccer practice this afternoon. It should be nice as the sun is now shining and it is no longer freezing.
So far 76.5/250km for March.8 -
Thanks everyone!
@Laurz9191 Great job on the speedy treadmill run this morning. I hope you are able to get in a nice easy run this afternoon.2 -
@quilteryoyo great news!
No run for me today. Trying to take it slow still with miles. My run yesterday was quite slow and afterwards I had some pain. But it’s gorgeous out so I will be going for a walk if nothing else!
Looking forward to the weekend.
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IW this morning. 2.2 miles 14:30 pace
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Nice and easy 11.3km for run #2. It was really windy in parts but the sun was shining and it had warmed up some from this morning.
87.8/250km for March.6 -
05.03 4.5km 36min 8:06/km - 12 stride repeats
06.03 6.2km 51min 8:12/km - 10, 5, 5, 5min intervals
08.03 7.0km 57min 8:09/km - slow
17.72km/80km, 3.2km behind
Slow 7km. It was about the max I was able to run. Annoying: I guess I'll never get to 10km. Oh well.. still had fun.5 -
Basically sad: I thought I could get to 10km. But in about 2.5 weeks I'll have a muscle biopsy taken in my tight to finally figure out why exercise is so difficult for me. That basically means no exercise for a bit until the incision is healed. Sigh. This time my calendar prevented me from getting to 10k.10
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March Goal: 130 Miles
3/1: 3.55 miles
3/3: 10.25 miles
3/4: 3.35 miles
3/5: 7.02 miles
3/6: 7.04 miles
3/8: 6.26 miles
37.47/130 miles completed for March
I took a rest day yesterday because it was stormy so I ran 6.25 miles this morning. It was still kind of drizzly, but no thunder. It was a fair run. I wasn't feeling it starting out, then I felt pretty good. But then I was just kind of ready to be done. I did see a great blue heron. He was flying over a drainage ditch that was running water. He was pretty cool.
It never occurred to me that some of y'all wouldn't know what a pumpjack was. I don't know why I didn't think of that. There have been several times when someone mentioned something and I had to google it because I didn't know what it was. If you are interested, I am sharing a picture of a pumpjack. This one is in the parking lot of my office, right outside my window.
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It reminds me of the @CATs which @AlphaHowls finds as strays @kgirlhart - lived in Tx and even ABilene west Tx since 1983 and never ever heard those called that.... Of course I never lived in midland either.
2.44 miles this morning. The first part was tough due to overeating and it was HOT and threatening rain. And then oops. It microburst and we had straightline winds with a front come thru which made all the leaves in the entire neighborhood go running at once. It was am impressive front and I was staying close to home anyway because of the thunder and lightning even tho I could also see clear skys. Turns out this wind WAS crazy and even took down trees around. Anyway, I went home and decided to do my weights and abs while I waited for the storm to finish so I could at least go back out and finish 2 miles.
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Thanks @codygirlfriday Great job listening to your body. I hope a walk day will clear up any niggles and you'll have a good run tomorrow.
Nice work @daria0919 .
Great job with your second run @Laurz9191 .
@yirara I'm sorry you didn't reach your goal before you have your surgery. Hopefully you will get answers and will reach it later in the year! I was glad to see that you had fun anyway. That's the most important thing.
Nice run @kgirlhart . Are the pumpjacks noisy?
You did great @SummerSkier . I'm glad the microburst/straight line winds didn't cause you any issues other than taking a break mid run.
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1 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 mile - treadmill
2 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway laps
3 Mar - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
4 Mar - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - driveway laps - wun/intervals
5 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway laps
6 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
7 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - treadmill
8 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
16.25/85.00 goal
No excuses. I just didn't feel like I wanted to do anything after work, so I did a mile on the treadmill to keep the streak going.
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