JUNE 2024 Monthly Running Challenge
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quilteryoyo wrote: »You analyze things way more than I do - not judging. I know that is you and you need to do you. I just tend to go out and run/walk, following some sort of plan if I need it for motivation or training for a specific race.
I like structure too @VO2Maxlet. However I still don't feel like I have the experience to create a plan properly. I have some folks whose plans I like and tend to use those a lot of the year, rotating a bit to keep things fresh. Sometimes I take pieces from a couple of plans and mash them together.
Summer is the one exception. It's too hot to do much besides base building here, so I use that time to be more flexible around my work schedule. But I still put my daily miles on my calendar so that I have a plan for the month. I feel like if it was up to me to do what I felt like on any given day it would get really repetitive and easier to just not do it at all. This summer I have been using the treadmill a bit more and incorporating some speed workouts, which is unusual for me. But, I'm finally getting comfortable on the treadmill. So doing those faster paces doesn't feel like I'm going to get thrown off the back! And my brain isn't tapping out at 45 minutes which I struggled with a lot last year.4 -
June total: 66.1/100 miles
YTD: 454/1200 miles
6/2: 4.9 miles
6/3: 3.1 miles
6/5: 8 miles
6/7: 6.5 miles
6/8: 2.8 miles
6/10: 6.4 miles
6/11: 3 miles
6/12: 6.5 miles
6/13: 3.3 miles
6/15: 2.6 miles
6/17: 5 miles
6/18: 6.1 miles
6/20: 7.9 miles
I opted for the treadmill this morning and did a long run that had some sections of 5-10 mins of moderate intensity mixed in. It was a tough run but I felt strong and didn't struggle mentally. I think using the treadmill more these last couple of months has helped me get used to it and I'm able to stay distracted by the guided run video more than I have in the past. And today's video was particularly good.5 -
It's like you can see into my soul.martaindale wrote: »I feel like if it was up to me to do what I felt like on any given day it would get really repetitive and easier to just not do it at all.4 -
03/06 3.69 miles
06/06 4.33 miles
07/06 4.07 miles
09/06 4.08 miles
12/06 4.26 miles
14/06 4.07 miles
19/06 4.03 miles
20/06 4.10 miles
Total 32.63/50 miles
Sorry I've not been posting but still reading, running and biking. I've never been as busy as this year and not used to it at all.6 -
Got 2.2 miles on the treadmill this morning before my vacation starts tomorrow. Did it in 31 minutes. I ran the whole time straight through which I’m pretty proud of as lately I’ve been more of a wogger than a runner. It felt really good, and I honestly would’ve ran longer if I didn’t have to hurry up to shower and get to work.
Signed up for a virtual 5k through work that starts tomorrow and needs to be done by the 24th. I’m hoping to get that in sometime outside over the weekend if the weather isn’t too miserably hot in the AM like it has been.
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Got 2.2 miles on the treadmill this morning before my vacation starts tomorrow. Did it in 31 minutes. I ran the whole time straight through which I’m pretty proud of as lately I’ve been more of a wogger than a runner. It felt really good, and I honestly would’ve ran longer if I didn’t have to hurry up to shower and get to work.
Signed up for a virtual 5k through work that starts tomorrow and needs to be done by the 24th. I’m hoping to get that in sometime outside over the weekend if the weather isn’t too miserably hot in the AM like it has been.
14.49/30
way to go @andja87!!
Enjoy vacation and let us know how your virtual 5K goes!!
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Runs:
🏃🏼♀️June 2: 2.74 miles
🏃🏼♀️June 4: 2.75 miles
🏃♀️June 6: 3.28 miles
—travel
|🏃🏼♀️June 12: 2 miles in treadmill in hotel
|🏃🏼♀️June 17: 2.49 miles in CPH
—travel
🏃🏼♀️June 20:0.5 treadmill miles after strength training (had to go somewhere and didn't have time for more). Finally getting over jet lag and starting to feel good again today.
June miles: 13.76/30 mile goal6 -
Neighborhood 1Mile (at 11"57 pace). streak day 51
I picked it up a tiny bit. Two weeks until the Fourth of July 5K.
I hope to run that at a sub 12 pace.9 -
03/06 3.69 miles
06/06 4.33 miles
07/06 4.07 miles
09/06 4.08 miles
12/06 4.26 miles
14/06 4.07 miles
19/06 4.03 miles
20/06 4.10 miles
21/06 4.07 miles
Total 36.70/50 miles
Did my run at 5am this morning & really enjoyed. Cos I needed to be ready to leave home by 7am. It’s so peaceful at that time I can see why some do it.
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chris_in_cal wrote: »Neighborhood 1Mile (at 11"57 pace). streak day 51
I picked it up a tiny bit. Two weeks until the Fourth of July 5K.
I hope to run that at a sub 12 pace.
@chris_in_cal you got this!!! 💪🏽
I reckon you'll do it sub-11"5 -
SO interesting today. I have been buying shoes online from Nike, New Balance, Puma, and all the major brands and Amazon but Mizuno is the first company that would not send a shipper for the return nor would they refund my shoes which were too small. They must be a smaller company but their policies are definitely a lot different than all the other brands I have dealt with thru the years. Anyway, I did use them once to see if I could make the size work so to the letter they have a point that they are now used. But none of the other companies have EVER denied a return. I suspect perhaps those companies are big and just write off the return vs restock? So lesson learned not to buy direct from Mizuno. They emailed me they are sending them back and their service seemed a little rude but that could just be my inference. Just to have a little fun with everyone I put a claim into my credit card to dispute the charges. I know I will eventually have to pay but I thought I would make it known about their policies.
We have had some rain bands from Alberto storm make their way inland to us in Austin but it's not been severe, just a pain to try to find the right time to walk or run since they seem pretty random and the forecasters cant really predict. I just look at radar. Hopefully that is thru now and we are starting summer.
I did see a skunk in my yard under the Martin Colony this morning. I thought it was the neighbor's black cat at first as he has been skulking around but when I yelled thru the window at it, definitely a skunk. I hope there was not a baby on the ground as I fear it got eaten. Too many babies jumping this year for some reason but sadly I have learned that is pretty much how nature goes. I used to try to rescue all of them and put them back, and they either ended up jumping again and again or they died in the gourd.
Yall are doing great with the runs this month. I am really missing the newsfeed but found a similar feed on lose it to keep up with my friends altho I will probably stay here to log and post. It does not have pictures but the software is definitely kinder. Just takes a while to get used to it.
This is one of those clouds from yesterday when I was walking in the afternoon. Not an hour later is was pouring rain for 20 minutes. LOL.
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Is there any reason why they took the news feed away0
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@SummerSkier wrote: I am really missing the newsfeed but found a similar feed on lose it to keep up with my friends altho I will probably stay here to log and post. It does not have pictures but the software is definitely kinder. Just takes a while to get used to it.
@SummerSkier can each person have their own personal newsfeed on “lose it” like we had here on MFP? If so, I may get an account there too. Will still stay with the 3 groups I’m a part of here, but I agree, having a personal newsfeed for friends was really nice and I do miss it. Is your username the same there as it is here? Also, can one’s food diary be seen on the personal newsfeed (if there is one). I did like that for accountability.2 -
Runs:
🏃🏼♀️June 2: 2.74 miles
🏃🏼♀️June 4: 2.75 miles
🏃♀️June 6: 3.28 miles
—travel
|🏃🏼♀️June 12: 2 miles in treadmill in hotel
|🏃🏼♀️June 17: 2.49 miles in CPH
—travel
🏃🏼♀️June 20:0.5 treadmill miles after strength training
🏃🏼♀️ June 21: 2.7 miles South on Lake Michigan
June miles: 16.46
Loss of newsfeed has hit me hard too, I now “blog” on IG under the same handle and track on cronometer. I use MFP for groups and threads. I tried lose it! but thought it wasn’t amazing for the social component and not nearly as good as cronometer for tracking, so I only sometimes go there to prowl my old MfP pals’ discussions.5 -
I am bON on Loseit. It is taking me a little while to get used to it but their "activity" feed is similar to our newsfeed here where you see all your friends. Their "premium" is really cheap so I for $5 a month it now has some other features so it syncs your watch. You can see other's diaries and actually a little too much info but maybe I just haven't gotten the settings where I want yet. It definitely is an upgrade to MFP type software. Like going from a rotary phone to an iphone in one leap.
Sorry about the duplicate photos above. Not sure what happened.
3.29 miles today. 78 for the month out of 100 goal.
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I ended up running yesterday. For about 4 miles. The first few were allotted to me trying to find someone's parking garage to use as an incline for hill runs. There are hills around me, but I have strong opinions against driving 30 minutes out to run and then 20 minutes to come back home for a 15-25 minute workout. Anyways, opinions aside, I broke up the runs in Garmin because I thought at some points I found an appropriate parking garage until the No Fun Allowed Police comes by and I have to run from them. Too many charts--popped them in the spoiler below so not to take up an entire page.Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Run 4
Run 5 (My actual workout--Garmin Stride Intervals on a Treadmill)
I think my heart rate increased out of fear of tumbling. I increased the speed for each interval because I wanted to get comfortable with the speed. I got too scared going too slow stumbling on the front of the treadmill and I got too scared going too fast just from tripping on the treadmill. Ashamed my HR didn't shoot to Z5.
Today will be a rest day. I'm going on a road trip this weekend and we're leaving in ~20 minutes. No Stamina ITG today. Probably for the better since my fatigue has increased and my risk for injury has increased. My therapist says this is okay and to keep him updated.2 -
@martaindale
I agree. buildup is intense. It scares me just looking at it every day.Your plans look solid. The build up is pretty intense because of the timeline
Yeah, I wasn't sure how to account for that. I believe it was near the middle of the night, I was getting scared just making it, and my brain couldn't figure out "just add 5 to the total weekly mileage" when I was creating this.your more intense plan undersells the mileage a bit. It doesn't look like your hills/intervals day is added in because the weekly mileage is identical to the second plan.
It is, indeed my first marathon. It's actually my first event. I previously ran for fun, completed Garmin 5K and 10K, but that's it. I cut the half marathon one short by 2 weeks, so I won't be counting that, but I have done it--never completedI can't remember if this is your first marathon. You mentioned training for shorter distances in your post.
Yes! I used to play that game all day on the weekends in uni and nearly 8 hours on the weekdays. Lots of all-nighters pulled just to finish my p-sets for whatever math class I was taking, and not dedicating enough daytime studies for it because of this. Not sure if it could be considered strength training though. It's more of a torture sport--closer to soccer given you're doing a lot of bursty movement.I'm not sure what the ITG or DDR entails. Did that say 3-5 hours?
I share the same sentiment, but I just need something to follow. Cooked up a frankenstein stew of a marathon plan from things I saw on Hanson, Nike Run Club, REI, et al. Maybe I could've just picked one and followed it though now that I think about it...I like structure too @VO2Maxlet. However I still don't feel like I have the experience to create a plan properly
@chris_in_cal honestly, same. That my entire being resonated with the words "easier to just not do it at all."
@quilteryoyo red light runners rise! The day I trigger the camera because I was fast enough for it to think I was a car slowly going forward is the day I can happily retire from running progress to hoping to trigger a speed camera near a park because i was going over 20MPH. No judgement taken, by the way!6 -
Parkrun again today and a new PB!
Interestingly, last week I was a smidge slower but fast enough to be first woman home. Today I was 8th! An influx of speedsters!
Slowly working my way back to where I want to be, even if it is in 8 second increments.9 -
June Goal: 215 Miles
6/2: 11.02 miles
6/3: 3.15 miles
6/4: 6.26 miles
6/5: 1.10 miles
6/6: 6.27 miles
6/7: 6.51 miles
6/9: 10.02 miles
6/10: 3.15 miles
6/11: 5.51 miles
6/13: 6.52 miles
6/14: 6.02 miles
6/17: 10.02 miles
6/18: 4.02 miles
6/19: 6.02 miles
6/20: 5.56 miles
6/21: 6.02 miles
97.17/125 miles completed for June
I'm posting 2 runs today. Yesterday I got up a little late, but I was able to run 5.5 miles. I thought it was going to rain. My weather app said "showers in the vicinity" and it seemed a little misty when I let Pup out. But by the time I got out it had cleared up.
Today I had an early meeting at work, so I got up a little earlier and had time for 6 miles. The weather was about the same both days. 74°F and not too windy. Yesterday was nice because it was light the whole run, but today since I got out early it was still dark and I had to use my noxgear starting out. It was light when I got home though.
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Nice treadmill running @martaindale . What kind of treadmill do you use?
@andja87 Congrats on your 31 min run! Enjoy your vacation and I hope you enjoy the virtual 5K.
@henridw2095 Great running. Glad the jet lag is getting better.
Nice pace @chris_in_cal !
Great job on an early morning 4 miles @mari333a . As for the newsfeed, they say it's because it was rarely used, but I can't for the life of me figure out why you would want "friends" if you don't have it. LOL I am missing it too and not yet willing to try lose it...just don't want to learn a new app at this point.
@SummerSkier I remember when I first started running, one of the shoes I tried had the policy that you could run in them inside, but if they looked used, they wouldn't take them back. So, I was surprised when Brooks doesn't care. Thanks for the info about Mizuno. I'll try to remember that if I ever branch out. That's an interesting cloud and I'm glad you didn't get any major storms come through. Poor baby Martins, but you are right. That's the way of nature.
@VO2Maxlet That sounds like an interesting workout. I'm glad you outran the no fun police.
I wonder why they didn't want you running there? Enjoy your road trip! Hahaha I don't think I will ever come close to probably even tripping a red light camera.
Congratulations @ContraryMaryMary ! The burning question is, did you beat the kid again?
Great running @kgirlhart .
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June 1 - Walk 0.70 miles - Ran 1.40 miles - driveway laps - trimmed trees
June 2 - Walk 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
June 3 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 1.15 miles - driveway laps - Gym 21:03 - trimmed trees
June 4 - Walk 1.09 miles - Ran 1.66 miles - driveway laps
June 5 - Walk 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun - Gym 45:31 - trimmed trees and fell
June 6 - Walk 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Gym 46:51
June 7 - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 1.75 miles - driveway laps - push mowed at mom's
June 8 - Walk 4.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps wun - trimmed trees
June 9 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
June 10 - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 1.40 miles - driveway laps - Gym 42:19
June 11 - Walk 1.20 miles - Ran 1.80 miles - driveway laps
June 12 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Gym 37:32 - tennis 1h36m31s
June 13 - Walk 0.80 miles - Ran 2.20 miles - driveway wun
June 14 - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway wun - Gym 30:56 min
June 15 - Walk 1.44 miles - Ran 1.56 miles - driveway wu30n - trimmed trees
June 16 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
June 17 - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - treadmill - Gym 39:11
June 18 - Walk 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway wun - 89°F
June 19 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway wun - 81°F
June 20 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway laps - push mowed, and tennis
June 21 - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill - Gym 43:47
47.35/80.0 mile goal
Posting two days. Yesterday was very busy. I helped mow mom's lawn early, before it got too hot. I did the riding mower and then finished push mowing - what mom didn't get done while I was riding. I came home, ate, took a shower and went to work at daycare from 1 - 5 pm. When I got off work, I went to see my Aunt in the hospital (she fell Tues and broke her hip and had surgery Wed - she's doing good). I left from there and played round robin doubles tennis, outdoors. It was really hot for tennis - 86F (30C) and no shade. It did cool off some about the time we finished. Good thing was that me an my partner (who is over 55 yo) beat two teenagers who are HS tennis team members. I was excited because I figured that would tromp us, but it was the other way around.
When I got home, I did a driveway walk in order to keep the streak alive.
I went to the gym this morning and did their "cardio" workout - lots of leg work and things to get the heart pumping. I went to see my Aunt again. I stayed longer than I meant to because her daughter came in and I wanted to talk to her. (The daughter lives in the DC area.) Anyway, my legs were tired when I got home and I had some other things I needed to do, so I did a mile on the treadmill.
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1.6 mile walk today
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quilteryoyo wrote: »Congratulations @ContraryMaryMary ! The burning question is, did you beat the kid again?
Ha! The ginger ninja was marshalling today. When I was gloating to the race director last week about beating Harry (the ginger ninja), the RD said to me, yes his mother did say he’s been under the weather. And that totally took the fun out of it. Now I have to beat him when he’s on form!!!6 -
A blast from the past (June 2023)chris_in_cal wrote:tarun_yadavA wrote:how accurate is your logging of calories btw? Both - eating and exercising.
Controversial, but I may get access to Ozempic in a couple of months. Around October I'm seeing the doctor and I think that might be on my metaphorical plate.
A year later, after following every instruction my providers gave, I just got the call and they are going to try and get the wheels turning for me to try this miracle drug. Sounds like it might be three or four weeks. We'll see.
I have lost about five pounds in this last year. (which is significantly better than gaining but doesn't feel very exciting)8 -
Hi everyone!
I had a nice 18.2km run yesterday. I wanted to go a bit further and get a HM, but a huge T storm was supposedly rolling in and I was also pressed for time. The last 3km were in the rain, but it was quite refreshing, as there was high humidity.
In Hamburg the next few days with the kids, so no running, but lots of walking around.
151.3/200km for June.6 -
@VO2Maxlet Your plan looks like it will definitely get you into marathon shape. This marathon my priority is increasing speed, so I chose a plan this time with more intervals. My last marathon I guess I was most concerned with getting my body mentally up to the distance and, although I did long segments at marathon pace near the end, which I felt was very helpful on marathon day, I didn’t do many intervals. This time I am trying to get 1x sprint/hill interval and 1x longer distance interval session in per week. I’m also trying to end many long runs at a faster pace to get more used to running on tired legs. If I realise I’m not mentally up for the intervals and I already did a session that week then I definitely turn the run into an easy session. I don’t want to burn out. 5
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Nice walking @daria0919 .
@ContraryMaryMary The RD didn't have to tell you that. I have faith that you can get him next time too!
I think five pounds is great @chris_in_cal .
Great running @tarun_yadavA .
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