JULY 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,372 Member
    I am here! I actually don't know how many miles I have walked or run to date but I am trying to get out in the mornings for something and strava could probably tell me. My fitbit GPS update from google really hosed it up and now it only counts miles for specific walks or exercise vs all the miles I spend walking at work etc which is strange. So I guess after RTY I will trash it and just stick with Apple watch. I really only picked up using both again for the sleep info and the hourly reminders during the pandemic but I think I can let it go again.

    I have enjoyed reading all the updates and the photos. Esp the ones of Japan. I felt like I was on a family vacation there. And of course Tippy and the beach~!

    Hopefully I can go back and fill in the mileage data from my watch later today as it almost feels disconcerting not to keep the spreadsheet up after so many years.

    This group keeps me sane and it;s one of the first things I read in the mornings. Thank you all!

    @SummerSkier
    Glad you're still with us bON! 😊

    Damn those crazy, Hiding-in-the-bush ,Breathe-heavy-on-the-phone-then-hangup Stalkers 😡

  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,520 Member
    This group keeps me sane ...
    We try!
    🤪

    Good luck with the tech. I find it fun, motivating, and interesting. Sometimes it hoses up and I get frustrated and mad. Though of course the "Tech" doesn't matter and I realize that and move on. It is fun though.

    The Quantified Scientist youtube does a lot of in-depth testing of these dodads ability to accurately track sleep. My super cheap fitbit is the highest bang for buck according to him. It is amongst the best, and I paid $20 for it.

    The top are apple watches and Oura rings.

    My poor Garmin (which is absolutely top in running, training, GPS, outdoor swimming, etc ) is middle of the road in sleep tracking...that prompted me to get the cheap fitbit.

    As time and tech go onward, all of these things are becoming miraculous marvels of modern medicine, and still it doesn't really matter. "Yes" it does count if I run and I don't have on my garmin to track. "Yes" it does count if I have a solid restorative night's sleep but my fitbit screws up the monitoring.

  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,313 Member
    July total: 56.6/100 miles
    YTD: 546.4/1200 miles

    7/1: 3 miles
    7/3: 6.5 miles
    7/4: 7.5 miles
    7/5: 3.1 miles
    7/6: 8 miles
    7/8: 5.2 miles
    7/14: 6.1 miles
    7/17: 3.2 miles
    7/19: 4 miles
    7/21: 6 miles
    7/28: 4 miles

    Back in town and getting back on schedule. With the time change, yesterday was a long day. I wasn't tired enough to sleep early in the flight so I was awake for about 28 hours yesterday. Watched some Olympics after we got home and that kept me from going to bed too early. I love watching all the different sports in the Olympics. Right now I'm watching cross country horse riding.
    I went out for a short run this morning. It was lightly raining, which felt nice. After the intense heat in Tokyo, it didn't feel too bad. Even though I didn't run the last week we were outside all day in some pretty extreme conditions and I think that helped maintain or maybe even improved my heat acclimation.
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,858 Member
    July 1 – 5.01 miles
    July 3 – 5.10 miles
    July 4 – 3.60 miles
    July 6 – 7.02 miles
    July 8 – 4.51 miles
    July 9 – 3.01 miles
    July 11 – 5.00 miles
    July 13 – 10.03 miles
    July 14 – 2.66 miles
    July 16 – 5.21 miles
    July 18 – 5.19 miles
    July 19 – 10.75 miles
    July 22 – 2.18 miles
    July 23 – 3.21 miles
    July 25 – 5.01 miles
    July 26 – 3.11 miles
    July 27 – 6.53 miles
    July 28 – 1.01 mile
    Total 88.14 miles/ Goal 100 miles

    I didn’t make my 10-mile goal yesterday but ran 6.53 miles instead. That means I will have to run extra in the next three days to meet my monthly goal. I think I can, I think I can…Today I met a friend and rode bikes 33.48 miles. I got to our meeting point early so I took advantage of the cool morning temps (62F) and ran a mile before she arrived.

    Love the pictures from southern France @Laurz9191!

    Glad you made it home safe and sound @martaindale. Loved seeing the photos and hearing about your adventures.


  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,520 Member
    The hurricane and subsequent power outage caused some unexpected missed runs.
    Oh hey, how's the home?

    Any long term brokenness after such a long power outage?
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    Nice running @Laurz9191 . Do hills really get any easier? Very nice photos!

    You can do it @Teresa502 ! Nice biking too.

    @kgirlhart Glad you had such a great run. Love the dog pictures! Congrats on already reaching your monthly goal!

    You're doing great @SummerSkier ! Good job on learning new things too. My nephew sales all sorts of things on FB marketplace. I have no clue as to how to do all of that stuff, so, if needed, he does it for me. LOL Weird that fitbit set your stride length to 0. Glad you got that figured out.

    Thanks for setting up the August thread @AlphaHowls . Cute cartoon.

    You're doing great running in the heat @martaindale !

    @steviebee888 You are doing great.
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 1,993 Member
    I figured out the fitbit issue. It had put my walking step length to 0. I know that it just strange because it took me a while to figure out where in the app to go to set it up properly so it was something google did. Same with turning GPS off on running and walking by default. It's like Google is TRYING to kill Fitbit. ya think?

    No doubt in my mind and they are openly undermining Fitbit to push their products. I used the web on my desktop till just recently when they shut it down in July. I do not like the app at all. Once my charge 6 is dead, I will find something different.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    1 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway wun - trimmed trees for 2h52m44s
    2 July - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - driveway wun - built fence around the garden earlier
    3 July - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun
    4 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - driveway laps
    5 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    6 July - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
    7 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    8 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway laps - doubles tennis for 1h29m54s
    9 July - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.75 miles - treadmill
    10 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 37m6s
    11 July - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 1.26 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis for 1h38m33s
    12 July - Walled 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 27m13s
    13 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Mowed 1h51m24s
    14 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    15 July - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun - Mowed 20m29s
    16 July - Walked 0.70 miles - Ran 1.30 miles - driveway laps
    17 July - Walked 0.66 miles - Ran 2.09 miles - treadmill
    18 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    19 July - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles
    20 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    21 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    22 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    23 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    24 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    25 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles
    26 July - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 1.65 miles
    27 July - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.20 miles
    28 July - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    29 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill - Gym 36m20s

    55.5/60.00 goal

    I went to the gym this morning for the first time in 2 weeks! I could tell some of the things I did were a bit harder than they were just 2 weeks ago. I do go before I ate breakfast, so that could have had something to do with it.

    Afterwards, I got blood work done for my annual physical next week, got Hardee's take out for breakfast, and worked at daycare for about 7 hours.

    After I got home, I did a treadmill session. I didn't want to spend much more than 30 min total, so I walked half a mile to warm up, ran one mile with not walking (mostly 2/1 min at 5.0/4.2 mph), walked half a mile for cool down. Running pace was 12:35 min/mile. Avg HR was 138 with a max of 152 bpm.
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,372 Member
    Morning all
    Got in 7.56M at 09"57.

    Glad to see you with us @SummerSkier ! Sorry about the horse stuff sitch 😞
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,858 Member
    July 1 – 5.01 miles
    July 3 – 5.10 miles
    July 4 – 3.60 miles
    July 6 – 7.02 miles
    July 8 – 4.51 miles
    July 9 – 3.01 miles
    July 11 – 5.00 miles
    July 13 – 10.03 miles
    July 14 – 2.66 miles
    July 16 – 5.21 miles
    July 18 – 5.19 miles
    July 19 – 10.75 miles
    July 22 – 2.18 miles
    July 23 – 3.21 miles
    July 25 – 5.01 miles
    July 26 – 3.11 miles
    July 27 – 6.53 miles
    July 28 – 1.01 mile
    July 30 – 6.19 miles
    Total 94.33 miles/ Goal 100 miles

    Another sweat fest this morning. Temperature was 72F with a real feel of 79F and 98% humidity.

    Thanks for the photos @Laurz9191!

    Thanks for starting August @AlphaHowls and the encouraging cartoon!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    Nice run @tarun_yadavA .

    Glad you didn't have any major damage @martaindale .

    Great running @Teresa502 . We had storms here early, so I ran on the treadmill.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    1 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - driveway wun - trimmed trees for 2h52m44s
    2 July - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - driveway wun - built fence around the garden earlier
    3 July - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun
    4 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - driveway laps
    5 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    6 July - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill
    7 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    8 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - driveway laps - doubles tennis for 1h29m54s
    9 July - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.75 miles - treadmill
    10 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 37m6s
    11 July - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 1.26 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis for 1h38m33s
    12 July - Walled 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 27m13s
    13 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Mowed 1h51m24s
    14 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    15 July - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill wun - Mowed 20m29s
    16 July - Walked 0.70 miles - Ran 1.30 miles - driveway laps
    17 July - Walked 0.66 miles - Ran 2.09 miles - treadmill
    18 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    19 July - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles
    20 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    21 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    22 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    23 July - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    24 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
    25 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.00 miles
    26 July - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 1.65 miles
    27 July - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.20 miles
    28 July - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - treadmill
    29 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - treadmill - Gym 36m20s
    30 July - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - treadmill

    58.0/60.00 goal

    I did a treadmill session this morning before heading out for the day. I walked half a mile for warm up and cool down. The run was a run/walk of 2/1 min at 4.2-4.8/4.0 mph. Avg pace of 13:46 min/mile. Avg HR was 120 with a max of 137 bpm.

    My thighs are really sore this morning. Walking down the stairs to the treadmill was tough. They hurt when I was walking at 3.8 mph, but the run and faster walk was okay. Go figure. I'm assuming they are sore from the gym workout yesterday. I am surprised though, because it wasn't the hardest workout I've ever done. Could it have been because I didn't eat first? Maybe not hydrated enough? Or, just worked hard after 2 weeks off.