MARCH 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

Morning all
Got in 5 (09"33)

Have a nice weekend all.

Catching up, again.
@quilteryoyo great news!
@yirara ugh, you sure deserve a break. I hope they can get some answers for you
Great running, everyone!
We're finally seeing some weather here atm... the place we raced at last weekend is now covered in snow, and we have a tonne of rain here, so its chaos.
Tomorrow is the 2nd of the local road race series, not sure if they'll cancel it. I also saw the official results for the last one and they moved us down a place in my age group, looks like they had put the 1st place lady in the wrong group. So officially I came third, but I have a medal for 2nd place, with tomorrow's date on it. They're so disorganised it's funny

Hahaha @eleanorhawkins . Third is great! I hope you are able to race tomorrow and the weather/route is okay. Maybe they will get their "stuff" together too.

Great running @AlphaHowls , and @tarun_yadavA .

@quilteryoyo I am right there with you! For several weeks it has felt like a chore to run and I don't know where the motivation went. Hoping for a glorious return for both of us soon!

I did have a pretty good 12 mile run this afternoon though. It was a nice mid-50s, but brisk 14mph N wind was tough. Wanted to make it 13, but I didn't take any fuel with me as I hadn't planned on a HM. So 12 was all I could do.

I headed down to the Bay of Plenty yesterday with my sister to celebrate my birthday with her and my sister-in-law. Delicious dinner out and a few drinks afterwards with my brother and niece and nephew. We stayed the night in their bach (holiday home) which is a couple of kilometres up the road and then this morning I met up with my niece for a 10k.

Beautiful morning for it - cool and clear. They live in an avocado orchard and the neighbours are either growing avos or kiwifruit or both (it’s called the Bay of Plenty for a very good reason), so the rural road is lined with big shelterbelt trees. From the top of the road, where it joins the highway, to the beach at the bottom is 5km exactly, so I did that. Unfortunately my niece, who is a ‘retired’ elite level triathlete (she’s 23 😂) is nursing a sore shin so I lost her at her driveway about 2.5km in. But I was happy to carry on by myself.

I got a bit of a fright when two big pig hunting dogs started barking at me and came towards me but I had passed their driveway by the time they reached the end of it so I carried on (they looked too well fed and old to put in much effort following me). On the way back though, they spotted me and came barreling out to meet me. Fortunately, it turned out they were perfectly friendly so I said hi and carried on.

After a decadent breakfast of waffles, bacon, blueberries and maple syrup, we hopped in the car (along with about 15 avocados each, as well as passionfruit and pumpkins) and trundled back to Auckland. A lovely break, and great place to holiday.

The view at breakfast from my brother and SIL’s front lawn:

Morning all.
Got in 10 miles (at 09"45 pace).

@ContraryMaryMary happy birthday!!! 😊

Side note-
If anyone wants an Oscars-y movie to watch. I thoroughly recommend 'The Holdovers'!
A movie that's not a boring biopic or critics-bait flick... regular ppl can enjoy too types!
If you liked Sideways - you'll like this. Same director, same lead actor.

Happy Birthday @ContraryMaryMary!! 🎂🎉🎁

Great run @tarun_yadavA!
Great job getting 12 in yesterday @Scott6255!

Got 5.35 miles in this morning with the training group. On pace to get to 60 this month.

Finally getting into the wonderful weather for running. Not looking forward to the dark in the morning again tho tomorrow. Better charge up my flashing lights. 48 plus out of 100 goal for the month. The lower goal is allowing me to cater to my sprint and repeats whims.