MAY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

Got in 5.52 miles this morning. It was cloudy and foggy but no rain so all good!

Neighborhood 1Mile (at 12" 10 ). Day 16. Another 2024 PR - I'm killin' it!
(no I am not, but's fun to run)

01.05 2.1km 16min 7:49/km - tired run
03.05 4.0km 33min 8:11/km - slow
04.05 4.0km 32min 7:55/km
05.05 bit of hiking, strenuous
06.05 4.0km 32min 7:54/km
08.05 5.6km 46min 8:14/km
09.05 3.0km 24min 8.01/km
16.05 1.0km 8min 7:35/km
17.05 4.0km 34min 8:34/km
17.05 1.1km 9min 8:04/km

28.84km/67km - 7.9km behind target

Checking in again after yet another trip. Lets hope running will be going better again

Parkrun: forgot my watch!!!

Neighborhood 1Mile (at 13"52 ). Day 17. May running streak continues, my new 2024 mile PR streak ended at 2. Took it easy and cruised through a neighborhood run.

01/05 3.57 miles
03/05 3.67 miles
09/05 3.58 miles
10/05 3.70 miles
11/05 3.72 miles
15/05 3.70 miles
17/05 3.70 miles
18/05 4.24 miles

Total 29.88/50 miles
Had a good run this morning & then got out my sewing machine which I’m not very good with & took in 4 of my dresses which were too loose under the arms so nice relaxing day

Just checking in. I've been speaking and working the last few ways at a training conference we organized for a group from several Caribbean countries. It has been exhausting but super rewarding. Long days have meant no running but my watch keeps telling me I need rest days. I guess not a lot of "exercise" but I'm on my feet all day and probably a bit stressed, though I'd say stressed in a good way.
One week until the HM. I'll prob try to get one more longish run this week. Not worrying about a taper because I'm not racing. Just need to not be super tired the day of.

Nice NSV @mari333a .

WOW. Great run @TheMrWobbly ! Beautiful pictures. Enjoy your trip and safe travels.

@martaindale I won't still her thunder, but @kgirlhart did great, according to her post in my news feed.

Thanks @teresa502, @daria0919, @mari33a, @martaindale & @quilteryoyo. Here is my race report.


Possum's Revenge Race Report

The weather was really nice for the race today. The 8 mile race started at 8:00 and Possum' Kingdom Lake is about 45 miles away, so I left about 6:15. I realized about 25 minutes into the drive that I had forgotten my headphones. But they discourage using them anyway so I figured that it would be OK. (It really was. I probably wouldn't have used them if I had remembered them.)

They had staggered the starts of the different distances starting at 6:00 and so there were already people running when I got there. I had plenty of time to check in and pick up my bib and shirt and timing chip and use the restroom before the pre-race briefing. Everything was well organized and the course was well marked. The trail was pretty and seemed to have a good mix of technical and not too technical. (At least for me. This was my first time trail running. I did practice a lot on some dirt roads and there is a hill at the Frisbee golf course at the park that was really good practice for this trail. They also added a sand volleyball court recently and I have run around that some too.) I always felt a little silly, but I was glad I practiced running on sand.
The race was a loop, but started and ended the same, and the first and last part were sandy. The sand wasn't so bad on the way out, but it felt really tough at the end of the race.

I felt really good running. I didn't check my pace very often. I was just trying to stay focused and not fall. Strava says it was 68°f at the beginning and 78°at the end. Garmin says 66°. It was really nice. It did warm up, but there was a lot of shade so the heat wasn't an issue. And it was a beautiful day. I really loved the course. There were a few places that I had to walk up or down some rocky spots. But I ran most of the way. When I got to the finish the volunteer told me to wait because she thought I was the 1st masters female, but they needed to verify it. I was really excited. I thought there were 3 or 4 other women ahead of me, and I knew one was much younger than me but I wasn't sure about the others. It turns out I was the female masters winner. I was 5th female finisher and 15th overall. I finished in 1:47.22. It was really a lot of fun and I got a cool medal and a 1st place coaster.

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It turns out I was the female masters winner.

Bravo, you are such hard working lady. You put in the miles like Timex. "Oh it was my first trail run and I won." Yup, amazing. Thanks for the race report.

@kgirlhart What a showing!! Fantastic race!

@tarun_yadavA 😄 The Caribbean came to Houston so, no to the food. We hosted people from 11 Caribbean countries. Great group. I hope we do it again!

May 1 – 5.10 miles
May 3 – 5.07 miles
May 5 – 6.02 miles
May 6 – 5.01 miles
May 8 – 5.16 miles
May 9 – 0.29 miles
May 13 – 3.01 miles
May 14 – 5.12 miles
May 16 – 5.51 miles
May 18 – 5.04 miles
May 19 – 9.05 miles
54.39 miles/80 miles goal

Yesterday, I ran 5 miles before heading to Damascus, VA (about an hour from my house) for Appalachian Trail Days. It’s a huge festival for current and past thru-hikers. It rained most of the time we were there but I got to meet a couple of YouTubers that I’m currently watching and saw several that I followed last year plus got to visit the ATC and lots of vendor booths. As soon as I finished my run yesterday, a friend texted and wanted to run trails today, so I said sure. We ran 9 miles on the hills of Clinch Mountain State Park. We did two loops and climbed 1,048 feet. The trail was extremely muddy and slippery from recent rains. There were some geese down at the bottom near a small lake that had babies. We had a hard time passing by one mama. She was hissing and would start chasing us every time we tried to pass. Finally she got her babies far enough out of the way so that we could get by without getting pecked or flogged or whatever geese do.

Nice long run yesterday @TheMrWobbly! Gorgeous views from the top.

@kgirlhart all your training paid off! Congratulations on being top female masters winner! I have to admit that race shirt is just a little scary though!