JUNE 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    6km this morning. Feeling general fatigue and was rather slow thanks to Sunday’s two hour effort so have labelled it a recovery run which makes it all legit 😁
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,317 Member
    @kgirlhart I use salt stick fast chews. I order them from Amazon. They come in several flavors but I like the multi pack of small zipper packs. They fit well in my shorts or vest pockets and lets me mix the flavors up.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    @chris_in_cal Great run and I love that people in your area are out taking walks in the evenings.
    @quilteryoyo "Nemesis Hill" of course.
    5.6 yesterday so 93.49 out of 100. Decided to get up 10 min early so I could add longer runs in the morning before work. That lasted yesterday. Hahahahaha.

    I msged with Scott over Strava and he has been crosstraining and doing really well. He has a race in the fall so will start training again in a little bit. It will be nice to see his reports again.

    Thanks @SummerSkier . I may have to stick with Nemesis Hill, but was hoping for something more fun - like the heartbreak hill. :lol: Hahaha. Snickered out loud at the comment about getting up 10 minutes earlier. Thanks for checking on Scott for us. I'll be glad to see him back soon too.

  • henridw2095
    henridw2095 Posts: 1,179 Member
    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 23: 2.14 miles on the River
    June 25: 3.15 miles North on Lake Michigan
    June miles: 21.74

    @quilteryoyo thanks for cheering me on :)
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    You're welcome @henridw2095 . You really are doing great!

    Nice running @mari333a .

    Way to get out early and get it done @daria0919 .

    What a great picture @laurz9191. Glad you had a good trip to Hamburg. Great job rowing.

    Thanks @VO2Maxlet . I chuckled at Cardiac Crest, so that may be it if someone else doesn't have a better suggestion. Great long run yesterday, but not good that you ran out of water. Have you looked at hydration vests? I hope everything works out for you at work and you figure out what is really going on.

    Great running @martaindale . I would have probably gone back to bed when I got home, not go out for a run. LOL Enjoy your alone time.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    @VO2Maxlet I'm surprised that you can't have a hydration vest for the marathon. I don't think I've ever heard of one that didn't allow them. I hope they have plenty of aid stations. Nice run. Sorry about the blisters. I hope they aren't too bad. Also glad you don't seem too stressed about the work situation. When you get called out at work, though, it feels a bit like getting called into the principles office at school. As for GPS, I agree. I know that the trees affect my reception sometimes, as does the position of the satellites during certain times of the day. Since you really can't do anything about either, I just go with what Garmin says, but know in the back of my mind that I was faster and went further. LOL Annie was so cute. I can see why you would love her.


    @kgirlhart Great hot run this morning. That puppy sounds cute, but will probably be a handful. I wonder how active it will be since Siberian Huskies need to run, but Great Pyrenes are pretty chill. It's an interesting mix.




  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,317 Member
    June total: 87.6/100 miles
    YTD: 475.5/1200 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
    6/22: 8 miles
    6/25: 7 miles
    6/26: 6.5 miles

    Another slog of a morning but this one felt slightly better after a full night of sleep and waking up at my normal time. I also wore the Mach’s which are lighter and springier than the 1080’s i wore yesterday, and I swear that makes a bigger difference than I would have thought.

    I had a wonderful day alone at the house yesterday! Got some chores done and did my meeting in the afternoon but mostly watched a documentary about the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders on Netflix. I grew up in east TX and my dad has always been a cowboys fan. I knew it was competitive to be on the team and in the cheer world it’s a big deal to be a DCC but that was intense! If you like documentaries, I would recommend that one even if you don’t know anything about the cowboys or football in general. It was very entertaining.
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,317 Member
    @VO2Maxlet I'm surprised that you can't have a hydration vest for the marathon. I don't think I've ever heard of one that didn't allow them. I hope they have plenty of aid stations.

    That surprises me too. Even the big races I have done like Houston marathon will allow them, at least for us mere mortals. The elites have their own set of rules to follow but they also get dedicated fueling stations, so there’s that. Some races I have done have even encouraged them as a waste reduction measure.

    If you don’t routinely run with a water bottle, also start doing that. The weight and just the action of having to carry something can get annoying and tiring, so if you can’t rely on aid stations and need that bottle, make sure you practice with it. I have one with a strap that goes on the back of my hand so I’m palming the bottle without having to really grip it. I’d definitely recommend something like that if you don’t have one.
  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,520 Member
    I msged with Scott over Strava and he has been crosstraining and doing really well. He has a race in the fall so will start training again in a little bit. It will be nice to see his reports again.
    Thanks, him bouncing was a loss. I'm glad he's still at it.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,472 Member
    Glad you had a good night's sleep and better run today @martaindale . Glad you had a good day yesterday. I saw an advertisement for that documentary and it looked like it would be good. I like dance type things. That's one thing I wish I had gotten to do as a child - take ballet and dance.

    Great job getting the run done @yirara . I hope you weren't too bad dehydrated. Use this one as a lesson learned run.

    The heat really makes a difference @Laurz9191 .

    Great run @kgirlhart ! Congrats on the fast finish and making your monthly goal already. Wow, 27 cats. That's a lot. Were they all strays, or do you know?

    @AlphaHowls Very pretty. What kind of lilies are those?