MAY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

May 1 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - 3h41m13s tennis (2.14 miles)
May 2 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Planted mom's garden - 2h28m25s
May 3 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 31 min
May 4 - Walked 4.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
May 5 - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - rest day
May 6 - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 39 min
May 7 - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps wun - Gym 37 min - push mow 11 min

11.50/50.00 mile goal

Went to the gym this morning. Mowed mom's lawn this afternoon. I only counted the little bit of push mowing that I did as exercise - a little less than 11 min. After I got home from that, I was tired and hadn't eaten much all day, so went out and did a 1.25 mile wun on the driveway. Not a whole lot of walking/running going on for me this month, but I knew that was going to be the case. Just too much to try to get done this time of year and I didn't need the stress of trying to "do it all." Keeping up the streak is my biggest goal for this month.

Neighborhood 1Mile (at 13"43 ). Day 7. Yow, it's nice weather. 65 during the day 55 during the night. I gotta stow my duvet for the year.

Hi everyone!

I went out on an easy 9.2km run to test the legs this morning. It was beautiful out! Perfect weather and thanks to forgetting my headphones I got to listen to the birds chirping and the river running. Everything is green and in full bloom and it wasn’t hot. My legs were a bit stiff but otherwise everything was great.

45/160km for May.

May total: 3.9 miles
YTD: 338.9/1200 miles

5/7: 2 miles
5/8: 1.9 miles

I'm back to running! Yesterday I found a treadmill workout that used a 1-minute walk 1 minute run interval. That one felt really good. I felt energized for the rest of the day. Breathing wasn't an issue. Overall a success.

Today I also did a treadmill workout, this one with 2 minutes running 1 minute walking intervals. This one was quite a bit harder though I think a lot of that was due to the terrain. This series is set in Portugal and this particular section was incredibly hilly. I had at least two run segments with the incline on 12 for a minute or so. That definitely upped the level of difficulty. But, my breathing was okay and my heart rate didn't go too crazy, esp given the amount of incline running.

Tomorrow I think I'll try a 2-minute run one minute walk interval outside if the weather cooperates to see how that feels on a flatter surface. I am currently scheduled for my Idaho half marathon over memorial Day weekend and I have all intentions of doing it. My goal over this coming week is to figure out what my walk run interval is going to be and then start working on distance. I'm going to feel incredibly undertrained heading into this, but I know that I have enough baseline endurance to finish it if I commit to walk/run and go into it with realistic expectations.

Neighborhood 1Mile (at 14"50 ). Day 8. Keeping the dream alive. My right calf is tightening up...transitory?

May total: 6.3 miles
YTD: 341.3/1200 miles

5/7: 2 miles
5/8: 1.9 miles
5/9: 2.4 miles

I went outside this morning. Totally brutal conditions, 77F and 97% humidity, but still easier than the elevation on the treadmill run yesterday. I did a 2 min run, 1 min walk for 30 minutes. It went ok so my next stop will be 3 min/1 min for 40 mins. We are getting a little cool weather this weekend so it's a good time to try out a longer run.

I can't remember if I mentioned it here, but I recently bought a camper van and my kid and I are going camping at a state park a couple of hours away this weekend. I really enjoy these little weekends away, especially when I am out in nature.