MARCH 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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miles
02/03 4.15 miles
03/03 3.55 miles
05/03 3.54 miles
07/03 4.71 miles
09/03 3.54 miles
14/03 3.53 miles
15/03 3.54 miles
Total 31.10/50 miles
This evening was lovely, no wind, bright but frosty feel. My run went from ok to feeling good. I got dehydration salts today to see if that would help my stiffness & it certainly did no harm. I’m still doing bike & sweat loads & feel thirsty a lot no matter how much water I drink so thought maybe this is the issue.
@daria0919 Sorry ur training has made u feel so low. At least you know these guys know what they r talking about!
I never take part in races because being too self conscious or self judgemental I feel I’m too slow & I hate everything gets posted over local social media. There’s a 10km coming up in a few weeks about 25 miles from me & in early January I was seriously thinking of signing up for it but then the past 6 weeks have been such a struggle I’m sort of glad/sad I didn’t.
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@Scott6255 @kgirlhart @tarun_yadavA @Teresa502 @quilteryoyo @daria0919 Thank you all for your kind wishes. It looks like they have more signed up this year than last year. But it is a well-organized affair and the weather looks good for tomorrow.
3/1 - 1.11 Miles. Lakefront park. 42F, Sunny, Chilly breeze.
3/3 - 3.25 Miles. Lakefront park. 44F, Cloudy.
3/4 - 2.21 Miles. Neighborhood. 59F, Sunny, Spring-like.
3/6 - 1.2 Miles. Lakefront park. 51F, Misty rain.
3/10 - 1.36 Miles. Neighborhood. 26F, Cloudy.
3/12 - 3.13 Miles. Lakefront Park 51F Sunny. Nice day.
3/13 - 3.08 Miles. Lakefront Park 68F Sunny, Warm.
3/14 - 3.24 Miles. Lakefront Park 55F, Sunny. Tough.
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@daria0919 Others have given you some great words of wisdom. I agree that there is no shame in dropping down to the lower group and maybe jump back in with the other one if you feel like it. The point is to do what you feel will allow you to keep going. Don't give up. Modify.
@TheMrWobbly I'm glad that you "remember" when you are having trouble going 13 miles, that it wasn't that long ago that you were having trouble with 7 and 10 miles. It reminds me of one of my favorite Christmas gifts this past year - in the spoiler.
Yeah for a high energy, faster run @yirara !
@Mari33a Glad you had a good run 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
8 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
9 Mar - Walked 4.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun - rain/drizzle
10 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - also played two hours of tennis
11 Mar - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
12 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
13 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - also DR Field and Brush mower for an hour
14 Mar - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun - DR for 2h19m (2.37 miles)
15 Mar - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun
31.00/85.00 goal
Did a driveway wun after having a fairly large early lunch at a local China Buffet with neighbors. It had rained all morning and the driveway was wet and slick in spots, so didn't want to push it too hard.8 -
First run of the spring! Yesterday I ran a 12km - 7.4 miles run but the slippery weather sometimes makes it difficult for my legs. But excited to finally start running this year now that the snow is almost gone.8
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That's the first I heard of raindrops stopping your watch @yirara and I will switch of my touch screen for runs from now on.
That is a great gift @quilteryoyo and spot on!
Good luck with your race @emptydog and anyone else racing this weekend.
Swapping long run Sunday for long run Saturday so I can look after my better half who is under the weather right now. Given the actual weather looks awful for Sunday not a bad plan anyway. Done some carb loading, had my double espresso. Let's see how it goes.
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Hi everyone!
Bad news over here 😥. I had a great 8.2km treadmill run and gym session yesterday. Then couldn’t convince my son to go to soccer practice, so no second run yesterday.
Then today, I started running and was planning an easy 10 miler and I literally couldn’t run. My right calf would loosen up. I can walk ok but as soon as I go from walk to jog I just can’t. I am as planning my 20 miler on Tuesday and even took the day off work, but now I’m going to have to wait and see. Fingers crossed it’s nothing serious and a few days of rest will do the trick. I limp ran 1.2km
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151.8/250km for March.8 -
Morning everyone!
Got in 4M (at 09"59 pace).
Wasn't particularly hungover - so got a run in!
(Same group of friends from Christmas, where I passed out on the table with the bottle of Jack! Assumed I'd be messed up this morning, and that 75 consecutive runs would be a good place to stop... But no! All good. So I ran! Likely to run with 9year old tomorrow - so streak goes upto 11weeks!)Found this brewpub that none of us had been to before.Anyways. Long story short. Stopped at the right time. And ate so heavily that was unable to drink anymore. I think save for 1 person, we are all 'stick a fork in me'.
Had a couple of pints at a couple of different pubs before this one. This flight was pretty generous and had some really dirty %age stouts and bitters. Stuck to the Tropical IPAs for the next couple of rounds.
Then there's Indian pub nearby thats gone viral and has become really popular. We were all, 'lets get a pint there' and try our luck to see if we can served food at the bar. It's nearly 10 at this point.
Made it there
(Don't know if link works)
https://youtube.com/shorts/x3fPMyLSFjI?si=u1bpaJqJwgAApnXU
Had no.6 there (excl the Flight), then just ate... And ate... Food was amazing.
So no hangover, but counting 6 pints of beer and all that Indian food (oh and I had ice cream and Lanzoprozoles when I got in!)... I probs ate at least 5000 calories yesterday.
So today's run was pretty sluggish!
Gonna nap after lunch!
@Laurz9191 😱😱😱 noooooooo. You have been amazing of late. Hate it when that happens. Take a couple of days off and hope you're better soon 🤞🏽🙏🏽🤞🏽🙏🏽
@daria0919 really sorry to hear about your sitch with the PT. Personally - I don't mean to be controversial here and/or offend anyone... But I think the overwhelming majority of them are money-grabbing soul-destroying pieces of 💩.
Up there with recruitment consultants who will happily sell you the job from Hell for a commission... And real estate agents (realtors in American!) who will happily sell you the Amityville Horror home for a commission. I say this as someone who (wouldn't call a friend) but have an acquaintance who's a PT. I mean he does other stuff too like Brazilian Jiu Jitu... But basically. I was fat upto 2016 then started losing weight (running - I only started during COVID when the Gyms closed and is a self taught skill). I used to use the gym a lot. My old friend the elliptical cross trainer and weight machines. Anyways. Made friends with the PT there. Never used him per se. Anyways, there were ladies I'd see there all the time. And never really lost weight. Fast forward several years. Last April, after marathon and after vacay, I picked up a knee injury (that hasn't really gone). But for about month, mid April to mid May, I stopped running and went gym to use the elliptical. Anyways. They are still there!! Same ladies, zero weight loss. Jokingly said to my PT acquaintance... 'Hey BRO, what you doing man. They ain't losing weight'. Laughed and said. 'Ha, they're paying off my new car'. I just laughed it off. But in all seriousness... Other than the odd success story which they need to brag about and put on their page... Whole business model is built around people who want to lose weight but never do.
I would totally ditch her.
And try and switch to a less stressful routine where you're accurately counting calories and getting steps in through walks and some runs.
Hope I didn't offend anyone. Sorry if I did.
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TheMrWobbly wrote: »That's the first I heard of raindrops stopping your watch @yirara and I will switch of my touch screen for runs from now on.
Well, it was my phone. I forgot to charge my watch and it didn't have enough juice left for running.3 -
Thanks @TheMrWobbly . I hope your run goes well today and that your significant other starts feeling better soon.
Oh no @Laurz9191 ! I hope it isn't serious and a little rest is all it needs - maybe some stretching, ice, heat?
@tarun_yadavA Sounds like you had a great night out and glad you ate too much so that you couldn't "drink" too much. Great job on the run today! That food looks amazing. And, you are probably correct about a lot of the PTs, realtors, etc. I hope not all.
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chris_in_cal wrote: »
Very nice, mine are the GT-2000 10, and I'm due for an upgrade. I'm just coming off a long run (no pun intended) with New Balance and bought these Asics. I don't really need a stability shoe I'm going to consider their Cumulus (and New Balance too) for my next pair. Good luck. Mine fit right out of the box....the shoe tech these days is amazing. Any thoughts @eleanorhawkins @7lenny7 nowadays on Cumulus shoes?They’re ASICS GT-2000 12.
I started in Asics Cumulus, but then they changed something and they stopped working for me. As I like plenty of cushioning for road running, I was handed a pair of Brooks Glycerine in the shop and they were like walking on clouds but out of my price range. I ended up in Adidas Solar Glide, which I still use in rotation with Hoka Bondis for road.4 -
3/1 14.17 miles, Crazy Laps! Cold drizzle
3/2 18.52 miles, Running Partner A, High Fog
3/3 27.26 miles, not planned or intended, just kept going
3/4 16.54 miles, 2135 days on the run
3/5 15.48 miles
3/6 15.48 miles, North wind, fog, mist
3/7 16.17 miles, Running Partner A
3/8 15.51 miles, Crazy Laps! Cold drizzle
3/9 18.64 miles, 2140 days on the run, Running Partner A & E
3/10 15.38 miles, Crazy Laps!
3/11 15.32 miles
3/12 15.5 miles, Running Partner A
3/13 7.16 miles, Crazy Laps! Stress
3/14 15.24 miles, Running Partner A
3/15 16.34 miles
3/16 16.47 miles, Running Partner A, low, wispy fog
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Oh so sorry @Laurz9191! You've really been killing it. Hope a few days of rest fixes you right up!
I walked out the door this morning for my run, and it started raining at exactly that moment! I turned around and went to the treadmill. Did 7 miles, but forgot to start my watch until the end of mile 1. Doh!
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Great running everyone! Rest day for me today but I'm planning on a longish run in the morning.
@tarun_yadavA - the video of that food had my mouth watering! Glad you had good night out on the town.
@laurz9191 - Hope the calf muscle relaxes and it isn't the sign of an injury. Have you been getting enough electrolytes in? You've been training hard and maybe they are just out of balance. Hopefully, some foam rolling and massaging will help.
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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
9 Mar - Walked 4.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun - rain/drizzle
10 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - also played two hours of tennis
11 Mar - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
12 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
13 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - also DR Field and Brush mower for an hour
14 Mar - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun - DR for 2h19m (2.37 miles)
15 Mar - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun
16 Mar - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway and road - league tennis later
32.00/85.00 goal
I walked a mile this morning - to and from my "new" neighbors. They aren't actually moving here for a few years, so when they are here, I try to see them for a few minutes. The wife of the couple and I went for a stroll around their property to see the work they did this week while they were here. I'm very lucky that they are sweet people.
This afternoon, I drove to a nearby town for our first tennis league match of the year. I played with a lady I had never met before. She was very nice, but it is hard to play with someone new. We were slow to get going and lost the first set 0-6. But, we were getting better and were ahead at one point in the second match, but wound up losing it 7-5. It was fun and beautiful weather for it.
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That is a great photo @AlphaHowls
Do you have a physio @Laurz9191 ? Hopefully a rest day can ease things
Agree on the PTs @tarun_yadavA , my physio is now also my PT. If he breaks something he has to fix it 🙂
Good run yesterday apart from a blip with the watch. 17.6 in total. Very slow, very flat, very happy
It looks like rain, followed by rain today. Maybe I needed a rest day anyway!
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Morning all
Got in 11 miles (at 09"50), to mark 11 weeks.
Not having a good weekend food wise though.
So there's this brand of chocolate"Yorkie". And they do a Raisin-Biscuit one. Anyways, they announced they're no longer gonna do that chocolate anymore. (side note- Biscuit is not the Biscuit you guys call it in the US. We call cookies biscuits (as well as cookies)).
So whilst grocery shopping in Tesco... Saw this bad boy
Got finished in one go. I ate 2/3 of it. Wife had a few break-off bits. Teen doesn't really have much of a sweet tooth, save for ice-cream. 9year old took a bite and remembered he hates raisins.
Not been a healthy weekend despite the running
@quilteryoyo great tennis to go from 6 love to win 5 in the next set and force it close! As you said - maybe cos she's new and you've not played together before.
@TheMrWobbly great running mate!
@Teresa502 thank you! It was dee-lish 🤤9 -
It was a most enjoyable race. This is the first race of the year for the people in this area and it seemed as if everyone was "up" for the race and out to have a good time. Overall I came in 157th of 165 finishers and 4th out of 5 of the 70+ men. It wasn't my best time, but a lot of fun.
The next 5K for me is April 7. It is the day before this area's solar eclipse of the sun. It is a one-time race to commemorate the eclipse and is held at the lakefront park. My running partner, P, is running this race. She hasn't been running due to an injury.
3/1 - 1.11 Miles. Lakefront park. 42F, Sunny, Chilly breeze.
3/3 - 3.25 Miles. Lakefront park. 44F, Cloudy.
3/4 - 2.21 Miles. Neighborhood. 59F, Sunny, Spring-like.
3/6 - 1.2 Miles. Lakefront park. 51F, Misty rain.
3/10 - 1.36 Miles. Neighborhood. 26F, Cloudy.
3/12 - 3.13 Miles. Lakefront Park 51F Sunny. Nice day.
3/13 - 3.08 Miles. Lakefront Park 68F Sunny, Warm.
3/14 - 3.24 Miles. Lakefront Park 55F, Sunny. Tough.
3/16 - 3.1 Miles. St. Patrick's 5K, 44F, Sunny.8
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