MAY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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@TheMrWobbly thank you for the fantastic race report, photos and video! I really enjoyed reading it.
Those old guys still going at it...I hope to be one some day. That's awesome to see. Glad you and Tarun managed to find each other, very cool.
7 miles with an iffy stomach...wow! That had to be quite a distraction, and not a good one. And that guy who broke his leg...poor fellow.
I do have to ask...what does BH mean? I assume it's your spouse but I'm having trouble coming up the B and the H words.
Wonderful run, mate!7 -
01.05 2.1km 16min 7:49/km - tired run
2.09km/67km - xkm behind target
Checking in for this month. Have not decided on a target yet. Restless, thus running fast while still being jetlagged. I guess I won't be running tomorrow.6 -
Not sure how this month will play out. I should be continuing full on training for my 50 mile race in late July. I'm hoping to start back soon though. I'll throw out a 100 mile goal for now.
Anyone else hate the new Garmin Connect home page, either on the website or on the app? I can't stand it. I wish they'd let us have the option to continue with the old format. Awful. I can no longer put things on the home screen that I care about, like goals and gear. I also hate that the web version and the app version appear to have to have the same data.7 -
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01/05 3.57 miles
Total 3.57/50 miles
1st run of the month done
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5/1 8.52 miles
As much as I would love high mileage, right now, I just want to maintain my streak and get what I can.9 -
A suggestion.martaindale wrote: »To that end, I hesitate to set a goal this month.
"My goal for May is to have no running goal. I will fight every urge I have to "push it a little" and after getting up to fifteen minutes of walking around or moving around I'll make myself stop. And, on June 1, 2024, I I'll post an audacious and wonderful running goal for that month."
Be well...6 -
May Running Goal: 28 runs, 32 miles
2.3 lbs. March & April weight loss (243.5 lbs -> 241.2 lbs)
I'm Chris; I live in San Diego, California. I am still very much needing to work on obesity. Things that have worked and I like are food tracking, Iyengar yoga, and running.
I started a medication for obesity, Qsymia, three month ago. It was bad for me, and I didn't lose, and I titrated off it. Now I am back to just me and my dinner plate.
As Chinua Achebe wrote in his seminal book "Things Fall Apart." At the end of March found another medical thing, a bad mood at the obesity meds not working, and my weight continuing to be rock solid stable. Things fell apart. I took the month of April off to reevaluate and reacquaint myself with consistent food logging in MFP. I was not in the habit, and it was hard, but I'm back at it and it's part of my daily again. My MFP food diary is open (I think) and ya'll she see me complete it most days.
For May, I'm going to try and run the little one mile loop at my house almost daily. I put in a couple of miss days just in case, and a couple extra miles if I feel like going to the beach and having a long run. May is for easing into consistency and routine.
Please connect on Garmin if you have one.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/profile/chris_in_cal
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Anyone else hate the new Garmin Connect home page, either on the website or on the app? I can't stand it. I wish they'd let us have the option to continue with the old format. Awful. I can no longer put things on the home screen that I care about, like goals and gear. I also hate that the web version and the app version appear to have to have the same data.
I’m with you @7lenny7 - the updated Garmin app is not an improvement. The old version was much better!
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That was HARD! Holy cow I am very out of shape and I felt the extra 56 lbs on my body today, but I got out there and did it! I refuse to live a life where I cannot run so here’s to another beginning! Thanks for the welcome @TheMrWobbly and @martaindale @Teresa502 @emptydog @tarun_yadavA I need this group!
1 run mile/15 goal
2 walk miles/15 goal
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Awesome race report @themrwobbly, I only wish I still lived in London so I could run it!
On that note, the temptation to finally run a full marathon is really starting to tug. Don't really want to do the Auckland full as, while the half marathon is fabulous, with lovely rolling hills (actually, quite a few hills) and the harbour bridge (which is closed to pedestrians every other day of the year), the second 21.1km that makes the full marathon is a flat out and back - and while this is very pretty along the waterfront, it's very flat and can get horribly breezy, and it's an out and back which nobody likes... I'll keep thinking about it.8 -
Welcome @katrose1985. Good job getting out there. The beginning is hard, be it the very first time or coming back.
Great race report @TheMrWobbly.
@7lenny7 - I agree the updated Garmin app / website sucks big ones.
Staring May slow. Just 5 TM miles this afternoon. Better than nothing.
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A warm welcome @katrose1985! This is a great group to keep you motivated. I found this group last October. Hadn’t run anything much more than a 5K over the last 7+ years. Used to run half marathons and a few marathons, but I lost a son to cancer and lost my motivation to keep running for a number of years. As I got to know people in this group and saw the care and support it motivated me to sign up for a 10K, which I just ran a couple of weeks ago. Stick with this group and let us cheer you on. BTW, your son is adorable! Great job getting in 3 miles already!
@TheMrWobbly great race report! Really like that your bib says “Wob” and that people chanted and cheered you on by name. Great race!
Way to keep at it @chris_in_cal - you can do it!
Got in 1.55 miles today with a brisk walk with the hubby.
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May Goal: 115 Miles
5/1: 6.03 miles
6.03/115 miles completed for May
I think I am going to set my goal a little lower this month. I have my 8 mile trail race coming up in 2 weeks. So my mileage will be lower than usual that week. I may want to take it easy for a few days after that. It looks like we may have some rain and thunderstorms this weekend so I am not sure if I will be able to get a long run this week.
I was actually planning to run 5 miles today, but ended up doing 6. It was a good run.
@Teresa502 We had a hail storm a couple of weeks ago and my windshield was damaged.
@TheMrWobbly I loved your race report!
@7lenny7 I agree about Garmin. I hate the new format.
@katrose1985 Welcometo the group!
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Thanks for the race report @MrWobbly! You did great especially with all the last minute kefuffles! I've never understood the whole train for 20 miles and the last six are in the bag thing either. Congratulations and I love it that you are already planning for another 26.2!
@kgirlhart - seems like I vaguely remember you mentioning the hail storm. Sorry about your car but glad it is all fixed and ready to go!
Add me to the dislike Garmin update group please @7lenny7! Why, I ask, why did they change it?
Hope things will be looking up for you soon @martaindale. Hang in there and take it easy on yourself.5 -
Sunny, clear great morning to be outdoors.
@AlphaHowls My continued prayers and best wishes to you and your Mom.
5/1 - 3.13 Miles. Lakefront Park. 50F, Very foggy.
5/2 - 3.01 Miles. Lakefront Park. 61F, Clear.
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tarun_yadavA wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary when were you in London? Whereabouts?
I lived very near where you are now for a couple of years about 20 years ago, in the Isle of Dogs. Seems a lifetime ago now, and I’m itching to come back.3
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