AUGUST 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

martaindale · August 27

Laurz9191 wrote: »

I was actually really kind of anxious about my long run today. I don’t do runs over 2 hours that often, and runs over 3 even less so. It’s more of a mental game than anything else.

For sure there is a big mental component to multi hour runs. I still have these thoughts of whether I can do this every time I start a truly long run. I remind myself that I’ve done it before and that I did x miles last week, whatever it is. Usually after the first few miles I get into the zone and stop thinking about it. Idk why our minds play these tricks on us.

@teresa502 You covered a lot of ground in just 1 day! Rome is such a cool city. Something around every corner.

martaindale · August 27

Aug total: 91.3/113 miles
YTD: 652.8/1200 miles

8/3: 8.1 miles
8/4: 2.8 miles
8/5: 3.9 miles
8/7: 3 miles
8/9: 6.6 miles
8/10: 8 miles
8/12: 3.3 miles
8/13: 3 miles
8/15: 7.1 miles
8/16: 4.5 miles
8/17: 9.1 miles
8/20: 6.6 miles
8/21: 7.1 miles
8/24: 5.6 miles
8/26: 6.8 miles
8/27: 4.8 miles

Today felt like a turning point. I ran most of the hills, only walking 2 and those were the longest ones and one of them is also quite steep. I actually walk that one almost all the time. My HR would get pretty high on the ups but I wasn’t getting to the point where I was running the same speed I could hike and I was able to recover well enough on the downhill. It was still lower 70’s this morning but the humidity was very high for this area with a lot of clouds. We got some rain yesterday and it’s looking like we might get a bit more today.
My watch was having issues with detecting my HR today. It must have been sitting at a slightly odd position on my wrist. At one point I looked down at it read 128 bpm, I knew that was wrong. I moved it around a little and watched as it climbed up into the upper 140’s, which better matched the way I felt. So now idk if I can trust much of the HR data from today because who knows how long it was off or if it went off course again later in the run. I don’t usually spend much time looking at my watch during a run.
Well, I’m off to do a bit more weeding in case the cloud cover goes away and it gets too hot. I’m making progress. I doubt I will get it all done, but I’ll get the worst of it under control and hopefully the rest won’t get out of hand before I can get back.

Scott6255 · August 27

You are doing awesome @martaindale! Hope the good feeling continues.
@teresa502 you are really taking advantage of your time in Italy before the cruise. The pics look so cool.

I was feeling really sick all day yesterday after breakfast and into this morning. So didn't do my workout this morning. After work I was feeling better so decided to do today's workout on the TM. Speed intervals were on the menu. 15min WU/CD, 9x 1:00 intervals
Very surprised at the interval paces since I was on the treadmill. Most of them I was hitting 4:30/mi or faster. Granted they were only 1 minute intervals, but that is 3x longer than last week's workout.

quilteryoyo · August 27

Nice run @kgirlhart . I would worry if I saw a skunk on my run, but you never seem to have any issues with them. I really liked the butterfly too. It was cool to have it flitting around and landing on me periodically.

Nice running @tarun_yadavA ! I'm glad your motivation is returning.

You are doing great @Laurz9191 .

Great running @Mari33a . I seem to mess up my workouts every time too, by hitting the wrong button. So far Jeff Galloway has told me I'm doing a good job.

You are seeing so many things @Teresa502 . I love the picture of the Colessium lit up. I do have a question. I think I would have gotten claustrophobic climbing those stairs to the dome.

Great running on those hills @martaindale ! I hope your watch does better tomorrow. Good luck with the weeding. They grow back so fast.

That's very speedy @Scott6255 ! I'm glad you are feeling better.

quilteryoyo · August 27

1 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
2 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.41 miles - Treadmill - Push Mowed 20m22s
4 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
5 Aug - Walked 1.37 miles - Ran 1.13 miles - Driveway laps
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m06s
7 Aug - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Mowed 1h30m12s
8 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Tennis 2h8m26s
9 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37m44s
10 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 1h57m22s
11 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
12 Aug - Walked 2.34 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 30m47s - Mowed 1h7m20s
13 Aug - Walked 1.55 miles - Ran 1.55 miles - Driveway - Mowed 14m55s
14 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 28m32s - Mowed 1h12m
15 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway drill workout - Mowed 1h5m35s
16 Aug - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill at the gym - Other gym workout 26m26s
17 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.99 miles - Treadmill - Planned long run
18 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis 1h8m18s
19 Aug - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 36m4s
20 Aug - Walked 0.59 miles - Ran 2.16 miles - Around town during work break
21 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym39m6s, Tennis 1h42m47s,
Mow 1h25m40s

22 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.14 miles - Around town - Tennis 1h57m59m
23 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 34m33s, Tennis 1h26m39s,
Mow 1h26m45s

24 Aug - Walked 0.85 miles - Ran 5.65 miles - Birthday wun - Mow 1h27m16s
25 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
26 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 32m48s - Mow 1h39m10s
27 Aug - Walked 0.89 miles - Ran 1.61 miles - Driveway drills - Mow at mom's 7m43s

60.15/60.00 goal

Met my monthly goal today. Since I still have 4 days to go and should do a slightly long run on Saturday, I should make 70 miles this month.

I worked at daycare this morning. I got home in time to eat a bite and then head to my mom's to meet my neighbor and mom mom's lawn. She got most of the push mowing done while I rode. It only took my less than 8 min to finish what mom couldn't do. Our neighbor did all the weed eating.

When I got home, I went ahead and did my planned drill workout on the driveway. It was hot, but I couldn't figure out how to do the workout on the treadmill. It was 89°F (31.7C) when I started out and 90°F (32.2) when I got done. The humidity, per Garmin, was less than 50%, so that helped as did the driveway mostly bein in the shade. Still, I took it a little bit easier/slower.

The running portion was at an average pace of 13:40 min/mile. Overall, my avg HR was 146 with a max of 170 bpm. Because I hit the wrong button, I didn't get good data on one of the cadence drills. The other three (30 sec of running at a fast cadence) were 9:44, 10:00, and 10:43 min/mile. Not horrible.

kgirlhart · August 28

August Goal: 130 Miles

8/1: 3.53 miles
8/2: 6.05 miles
8/4: 13.16 miles
8/5: 3.13 miles
8/6: 6.02 miles
8/7: 6.05 miles
8/8: 3.55 miles
8/9: 6.02 miles
8/11: 10.10 miles
8/12: 3.52 miles
8/13: 6.06 miles
8/14: 3.16 miles
8/15: 6.02 miles
8/16: 2.02 miles
8/18: 10.02 miles
8/19: 3.15 miles
8/20: 3.15 miles
8/21: 6.03 miles
8/22: 6.26 miles
8/23: 6.25 miles
8/25: 11.05 miles
8/26: 3.35 miles
8/26: 6.02 miles

133.69/130 miles completed for August

It was a pretty pleasant 73° this morning. It actually felt cooler and was a very pretty morning. It was a really nice run and I reached my goal for August. Hal's plan had me running 3 miles, but I ran 6. Then he tells me that I am overdoing it. The plan started me out at about half of the mileage I was currently running, so I don't think I am overdoing it. Tomorrow calls for a 30 minute tempo run. I am kind of ignoring the plan, but I do want to keep some of the speed work so I will probably do the tempo run, but then keep running until I get about 6 miles.

Love the Colosseum photo @Teresa502. What a great place to run.

@quilteryoyo We definitely have a lot of skunks around here. They are not usually aggressive though so if you leave them alone they will leave you alone too.

tarun_yadavA · August 28

Morning all
Got in 5.0M at 10"22.

Thank you @quilteryoyo and @Laurz9191
@Teresa502 loving the pics! Isn't Rome so much prettier at night? I personally, loved Coliseum and Trevor at night (latter - got some nice family photos too minus crowds!).

Look forward to hearing about Naples

Laurz9191 · August 28

Hi everyone!

I did an easy 8.3km this morning. I made myself put my headphones away at my turn around point. I thought it might be a good idea to get used to being unplugged a bit before my race. My goal here is to complete one unplugged or partially unplugged run a week until my race. I was thinking though that Berlin is going to be much different of an atmosphere than the sounds of nature (and of my car key jiggling) that I heard running next to our slow flowing river

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294.8/270km for August. Tomorrow will be a hard one! 10x 800 meter repeats

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AmunahSki · August 28

Target: 40 miles/64.3km

2 Aug - 2.28mi/3.73k
4 Aug - 3.17mi/5.1k
7 Aug - 2.4mi/3.86k
9 Aug - 2.42mi/3.89k
11 Aug - 3.85mi/6.19k
14 Aug - 2.37mi/3.81k
16 Aug - 2.44mi/3.92k
18 Aug - 3.77mi/6.06k
21 Aug - 2.43mi/3.91k
23 Aug - 2.42mi/3.89k
24 Aug - 4.8mi/7.7k
26 Aug - 1.97mi/3.16k
28 Aug - 2.43mi/3.9k

Total 36.79mi/59.17k

20 min run before yoga class today - felt REALLY good, was at my turnaround spot with plenty in the tank, and for the first time feeling it in my glutes afterwards instead of just my quads and hip flexors. I hope this is good news?!

martaindale · August 28

Aug total: 98.9/113 miles
YTD: 660.4/1200 miles

8/3: 8.1 miles
8/4: 2.8 miles
8/5: 3.9 miles
8/7: 3 miles
8/9: 6.6 miles
8/10: 8 miles
8/12: 3.3 miles
8/13: 3 miles
8/15: 7.1 miles
8/16: 4.5 miles
8/17: 9.1 miles
8/20: 6.6 miles
8/21: 7.1 miles
8/24: 5.6 miles
8/26: 6.8 miles
8/27: 4.8 miles
8/28: 7.6 miles

Longer run this morning. It was super foggy when I set out so very humid but it burned off quickly as the sun came up. I only saw 1 deer, a new low for runs on this trip. I ran most of the hills again, selecting the steeper, longer ones for walk breaks so I wouldn’t burn all my energy too early in the run.

Laurz9191 wrote: »

I thought it might be a good idea to get used to being unplugged a bit before my race. My goal here is to complete one unplugged or partially unplugged run a week until my race. I was thinking though that Berlin is going to be much different of an atmosphere than the sounds of nature (and of my car key jiggling) that I heard running next to our slow flowing river .

I think it’s smart that you are unplugging for some runs leading up to race day. For me, the difference between the quiet of training and the noise of race day is such a boost. When you can keep yourself on pace and motivated for several miles, the music and cheers carry you so much more. I have also done races that were quieter than expected and I was prepared because I trained that way.

quilteryoyo · August 29

@kgirlhart Glad you had a pleasant run yesterday morning. Fortunately, most animals aren't aggressive if you leave them alone. I've read that skunks will do everything they can to avoid spraying, unless it's mating season, because it is their only defense and it takes a while to produce enough to defend themselves again.

Nice running @Laurz9191 .

You are doing great @AmunahSki !

You are doing great with the hills @martaindale . I saw three deer in my driveway yesterday.

quilteryoyo · August 29

1 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
2 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.41 miles - Treadmill - Push Mowed 20m22s
4 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
5 Aug - Walked 1.37 miles - Ran 1.13 miles - Driveway laps
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m06s
7 Aug - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Mowed 1h30m12s
8 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Tennis 2h8m26s
9 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37m44s
10 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 1h57m22s
11 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
12 Aug - Walked 2.34 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 30m47s - Mowed 1h7m20s
13 Aug - Walked 1.55 miles - Ran 1.55 miles - Driveway - Mowed 14m55s
14 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 28m32s - Mowed 1h12m
15 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway drill workout - Mowed 1h5m35s
16 Aug - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill at the gym - Other gym workout 26m26s
17 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.99 miles - Treadmill - Planned long run
18 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis 1h8m18s
19 Aug - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 36m4s
20 Aug - Walked 0.59 miles - Ran 2.16 miles - Around town during work break
21 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym39m6s, Tennis 1h42m47s,
Mow 1h25m40s

22 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.14 miles - Around town - Tennis 1h57m59m
23 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 34m33s, Tennis 1h26m39s,
Mow 1h26m45s

24 Aug - Walked 0.85 miles - Ran 5.65 miles - Birthday wun - Mow 1h27m16s
25 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
26 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 32m48s - Mow 1h39m10s
27 Aug - Walked 0.89 miles - Ran 1.61 miles - Driveway drills - Mow at mom's 7m43s
28 Aug - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 1.50 Miles - tennis courts - Gym 32m57s, Tennis 1h39m45s

62.40/60.00 goal

I went to the gym a little bit earlier today than normal. Workout was legs, arms, and core.

From there, I went to the tennis center to get ready for doubles tennis with my more social group. It was fun and me and my two partners won the two sets we played.

I had an appointment to get the oil changed in my car at 1:30, so didn't really have time to go home and come back to town. I tried to use my time wisely. I cooled and rested about 10 min and then did my run at the tennis courts. There are two sets of three courts separated by about 0.50 miles. I decided to run around the inside of the court fences and walk between the courts. I did that for 1.5 miles and then walked 0.75 miles to cool down. It was pretty hot by then - 82F (27.8C). My running pace was 13:13 min/mile. The last half mile was at a 12:26 min/mile. Not horrible. Avg HR was 142. Max was 162 bpm.

tarun_yadavA · August 29

Morning all
Got in 5.05M at 10"31.

195 miles for August

Teresa502 · August 29

Morning! Day 2 at Sea. Yesterday I went to a yoga class then used the elliptical, and then went to a boot camp class. Had a wonderful massage in the afternoon. Today I ran 3 miles on deck (10.5 loops), did some upper body weights and then the treadmill for 2 miles at alternating inclines.

View from morning run.

kgirlhart · August 29

I am posting yesterday's run. I wrote this last night, but forgot to post. I'm fixing to go run now. Hopefully I'll remember to post today's run layer today.

August Goal: 130 Miles

8/1: 3.53 miles
8/2: 6.05 miles
8/4: 13.16 miles
8/5: 3.13 miles
8/6: 6.02 miles
8/7: 6.05 miles
8/8: 3.55 miles
8/9: 6.02 miles
8/11: 10.10 miles
8/12: 3.52 miles
8/13: 6.06 miles
8/14: 3.16 miles
8/15: 6.02 miles
8/16: 2.02 miles
8/18: 10.02 miles
8/19: 3.15 miles
8/20: 3.15 miles
8/21: 6.03 miles
8/22: 6.26 miles
8/23: 6.25 miles
8/25: 11.05 miles
8/26: 3.35 miles
8/27: 6.02 miles
8/28: 6.02 miles

139.71/130 miles completed for August

It was another pleasant 74°F morning. Today the plan called for a 30 minute tempo run about 2.4 miles at a 12:16 pace. I wanted to see how close I got, so I stopped my watch when I finished the run. I ended up with 2.7 miles in 30 minutes with a 11:09 pace. I thought that was pretty good. Hal says I overdid it. What Hal doesn't know is that after I finished the tempo run, I started over and ran another 3.3 miles. So overall I ran 6 miles.

Laurz9191 · August 29

Hi everyone!

My run today was sooooo hard. After all 10x 800 repeats, I was running on empty and had nothing left in the tank for my cool down. All the heat training I had in France has vanished and today is the first really hot day I've been out running in weeks. It was truly a mental and physical grind. I even stopped at the creek on the way back to the car for several minutes to try to cool my core down by soaking my hat and shirt and splashing everything else with water. I would have jumped in, but who likes running in wet shoes? I am really glad I did the run (which was 3km longer than I had calculated it would be), but I think that was among the hardest runs I have ever completed. I was ready to throw in the towel after repeat number 3, but still kept at it. Looking at the stats, I spent 1 hour and 20 minutes in zone 5 - which is maybe why I feel so wiped out.

Anyways, I ran, limped and even walked my way to 21.2km today and am now at 316km for August. Only a little over a 5K to go before I am at 200 miles!

quilteryoyo · August 29

You've got 200 in the bag @tarun_yadavA . Excellent.

@Teresa502 Beautiful. You are doing so good getting in all that exercise while on a cruise. Amazing.

Hal doesn't need to know everything @kgirlhart ! That's great running.

Great running @Laurz9191 ! I'm sorry it was so hard. Congratulations for getting it done! You've got 200 miles in the bag too! Fantastic running.

Scott6255 · August 29

@Teresa502 wow, sounds like you are exercising more on vacation than when you are home

Glad you got a nice massage. Now go hit that buffet!
@Laurz9191 dang 1 hour 20 min in zone 5!?? Yeah no wonder you were zonked! You are really tough for getting through that workout!

It was hot this morning as usual, and the easy 5 mile run felt pretty hard. But might get some rain this weekend for the first time in August, so maybe I can run in the rain on Saturday 🤞

quilteryoyo · August 29

I hope you get that much needed rain @Scott6255 . Any run in the heat is going to feel hard. You did great.

1 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
2 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.41 miles - Treadmill - Push Mowed 20m22s
4 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
5 Aug - Walked 1.37 miles - Ran 1.13 miles - Driveway laps
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 1.25 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m06s
7 Aug - Walked 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Mowed 1h30m12s
8 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Tennis 2h8m26s
9 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Gym 37m44s
10 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Mowed 1h57m22s
11 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles
12 Aug - Walked 2.34 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 30m47s - Mowed 1h7m20s
13 Aug - Walked 1.55 miles - Ran 1.55 miles - Driveway - Mowed 14m55s
14 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 28m32s - Mowed 1h12m
15 Aug - Walked 2.35 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway drill workout - Mowed 1h5m35s
16 Aug - Walked 1.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill at the gym - Other gym workout 26m26s
17 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.99 miles - Treadmill - Planned long run
18 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis 1h8m18s
19 Aug - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 36m4s
20 Aug - Walked 0.59 miles - Ran 2.16 miles - Around town during work break
21 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym39m6s, Tennis 1h42m47s,
Mow 1h25m40s

22 Aug - Walked 0.61 miles - Ran 2.14 miles - Around town - Tennis 1h57m59m
23 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 34m33s, Tennis 1h26m39s,
Mow 1h26m45s

24 Aug - Walked 0.85 miles - Ran 5.65 miles - Birthday wun - Mow 1h27m16s
25 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
26 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Gym 32m48s - Mow 1h39m10s
27 Aug - Walked 0.89 miles - Ran 1.61 miles - Driveway drills - Mow at mom's 7m43s
28 Aug - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 1.50 Miles - tennis courts - Gym 32m57s, Tennis 1h39m45s
29 Aug - Walked 0.63 miles - Ran 1.87 miles - driveway drill workout

64.9/60.00 goal

Going to go ahead and post since I am not planning on anymore intentional exercise today.

I did the drill workout Galloway had planned. It was a little bit easier today than Tues, since the temp was about 20 degrees cooler, even though it was humid.

I always seem to hit the wrong button when I switch from warm up to the cadence drills. I missed getting a good reading on the first of four, but the other three were at a 11:33, 10:12, 10:12 min/mile pace. The slowest one was up hill. Overall, the running (with walk breaks) portion was at a 13:31 min/mile pace. Overall avg HR was 141 with a max of 162.

WarmJellyfish · August 29

Woot. I'm at 192 of 200km target for the month and a few more days to go. I think I might ace this.

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