APRIL 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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The shirt and mug are amazing @7lenny7! "I cried a little" had me laughing! Sums it up pretty well.4
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Morning all.
Got in 5.65 (at 09"39).
@quilteryoyo thank you! 😊
@TheMrWobbly downloaded the app... Added you on it!! (I'll be on your left hand side, as you go through miles 10 and 11)
Lol @ Guinness can! Niiiice!
@7lenny7 love the t-shirt and mug! Haha7 -
April total: 45.7 miles
YTD: 318.5/1200 miles
4/2: 5.7 miles
4/3: 3 miles
4/6: 8 miles
4/8: 3.3 miles
4/10: 6.5 miles
4/11: 3 miles
4/13: 7 miles
4/15: 3 miles
4/17: 3 miles
4/19: 3.2 miles
5k done! Yep, hot and humid but not as bad as the last few days back home. And it's a short run. I will be bringing salt tabs tomorrow for sure.
There were so many Tinkerbells this morning!! The theme was The Neverland 5k, so that was totally expected. Lots of other Peter Pan characters from all the various movies over the years. One of the craziest things about doing a 5 k this size is how long it takes to start everyone. I finished as the last corral was starting and ended up watching those people walk by while waiting on the bus back to the hotel.
Quick shower and clean clothes then off to breakfast!
Costume for the 5k. It's hard to tell in the picture but my wings light up!
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Super job @martaindale!! You look great in your costume! Good luck with tomorrow’s race!1
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Looking great in your costume for your 5K @martaindale!
Love the t-shirt and mug @7lenny7.
Got in a good 6.5 miles this morning. Was nice at 61F, and a stiff 16mph N wind. Pretty good negative splits for each mile. Rain all day tomorrow, so might have to do the long run on Sunday.
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April 1 – 3.31
April 2 – 5.10
April 4 – 6.15
April 9 – 5.09
April 11 – 5.01
April 15 – 3.15 miles
April 16 – 4.03 miles
April 17 – 5.15 miles
April 19 – 4.70 miles
41.69/90 Mile Goal
No way will I make my goal for the month but I added another 4.70 miles to it this morning. Temp was a nice 57F. It sprinkled rain on me but nothing major.
Love the shirt and mug @7lenny7!
Happy Birthday Weekend @kgirlhart!!
Love the costume @martaindale! I can’t fathom that many people running a 5k!
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What wonderful and memorable gifts @7lenny7! Great photo!A gift arrived from my sister today! The shirt says "and then one day I thought to myself, why don't I run for 100 miles" and the mug says "I ran 100 miles and it only took everything I had and then so. I cried a little."
What a thoughtful gift to commemorate my race!
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Life changes in the blink of the eye.
If you have family, friends, loved ones, do not hesitate to say I love you
Meet your neighbors because they can help
Do not wait for external changes to change you. You are in control.
I went to work on Wednesday. At 1245, the front office manager interrupted my session with a client, with my neighbor calling (I have never met them, I wave at them ever so often). They had found my mother in the front yard and the ambulance was on the way. It was bad, drive to main hospital. It was two hours before I could see her, even with me begging them that I knew my mom was confused and could not answer questions.
My mom has a broken hip. It has to be repaired because she will never get out of bed again if we do not try. My mom can only be operated on in life or death situations, due to many and varied health issues. Mom and I knew and have discussed this possibility. We have a DNR in place. We are in a wait and stabilize pattern right now. She has a large blot clot from her liver to her ankle ( chronic and permanent). They are working to lower her INR before surgery.
Yes, I did crazy laps in her room yesterday and will get another mile here soon. My control, my need to keep one thing that is mine, my daily running streak. With all that, I am mostly offline, off strava for a bit. Still able to try and log my food on myfitnesspal.
Make your life yours, your decisions, your control, to ride the current and not let the current take you.
Run far, run free! Because you can!
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@AlphaHowls I am so sorry to hear what your mom and you are going through! Prayers for both of you.2
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oh @AlphaHowls so sorry to hear about your mom! Wishing both of you the best! Big *HUGS*2
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Thanks @ContraryMaryMary ! I hope the iron supplements kick in and you have more energy/exercise tolerance in a day or two. Great job on your run today. You needed to taper anyway.
Nice running @tarun_yadavA !
@martaindale That is a lot of people. I can't imagine taking over 30 min to just reach the start line. You're outfit is really cute. Good luck tomorrow.
Great job on the negative splits @Scott6255 !
Nice running @Teresa502 .
Oh no @AlphaHowls ! I'm so sorry to hear this. Hugs and prayers for you both!2 -
April 1 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 17 min
April 2 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles tennis
April 3 - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Gym 36 min
April 4 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 33 min
April 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles
April 6 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis and push mowing
April 7 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis
April 8 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37 min
April 9 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Horrible crick in my neck
April 10 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 35 min treadmill wun - neck was still hurting
April 11 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill - neck mostly better
April 12 - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - tummy issues
April 13 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - driveway laps
April 14 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Doubles league tennis
April 15 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Gym 39 min - Push mowing and weed eating 1.25 hours
April 16 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Mowing 1h7m
April 17 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37 min - Doubles Tennis 59 min
April 18 - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - on the road today
April 19 - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun and Gym for 44 minutes
41.50/65 mile goal
I went to the gym this morning. Only new things were leg curls and thrusts (squats with an 8 pound ball that you "thrust" over your head when you are standing) I feel like my arms and legs got a good workout today.
When I got home, I accidently did a 2.50 mile wun on the treadmill. (I had planned to stop at 2.25, but went past that before I noticed, so just kept going.) Avg pace was 15:31 min/mile. Avg HR was 104 with a max of 132 bpm.8 -
@AlphaHowls - sending you big {{HUGS}}. Definitely have to find those things in your life that you can control because life will certainly keep throwing curveballs!5
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03/04 3.55 miles
09/04 3.55 miles
11/04 3.56 miles
13/04 3.56 miles
17/04 3.57 miles
19/04 4.09 miles
21.88/50 miles
The weather has mostly picked up so wore shorts for Wednesday and today's run.
Congratulation to @7lenny7 - Wahoo! and @ Laurz9191- Well Done!
Good Luck to all our racers this weekend @Daria0919 and @TheMrWobbly and @martaindale
Happy Birthday @kgirlhart , Have a great weekend!
@AlphaHowls - Stay strong & I hope ur mum will be ok.
For around a month I've started doing yoga in the mornings and it's taking up the timeslot when I was on the bike. It's hard to get the balance right. The yoga is definitely helping me stretch and improve my posture which is terrible but I don't have time in morning then to do bike. My routine last year was 10 miles bike in morning and 3.5miles run in the evening, now its yoga in morning and either bike or run in the evening. So I'm going to try to fit a bike ride in at lunchtime and run in evening as I love both. I'll figure it out. I think my biggest issue is that my energy levels took a dump over the past 2-3 months.9 -
Thanks for the birthday wishes @martaindale, @scott6255, @quilteryoyo, @contrarymarymary, @teresa502, and @marri33a. So far I am enjoying the weekend.
@7lenny7 I love the shirt and the mug.
@martaindale Love the costume!
@AlphaHowls I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. Prayers for you both.6 -
@AlphaHowls Prayers to your mom and you!!!2
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@kgirlhart Happy belated birthday! I love your attitude- I’m old enough I’ll do what I want
@7lenny7 Those are some very thoughtful gifts!
@martaindale It sounds like you had a really fun 5k. I hope tomorrow’s race goes well!
@daria0919 Good luck on your 10k!!! You got this!
@TheMrWobbly Good luck on Sunday! Enjoy it!
I’ve been pretty tired this week even though I haven’t been running. I think I will go on a recovery run tomorrow and see if that gives me more energy.8 -
Keeping everything crossed for you Mum @AlphaHowls
You are so right, run far, run free! Because you can!
Let's do Alphahowls proud this weekend and cover the mileage she is unable to do.10 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »Run far, run free! Because you can!
Yes. Kind of like your neighbor we just wave at each other. So I'll send all the positive thoughts I can to your mother, and you. This sounds tough.7 -
@AlphaHowls keeping your Mom and you in my prayers. ((Hugs))3
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