OCTOBER 2024 Monthly Running Challenge

SummerSkier · October 20

WOW! Yall did great on your races! and AG placements @Scott6255 and @AlphaHowls! AH you look awesome!!! I think it was last year you ended up injured but you look fit and strong and perfect!!! 👏👏👏👏👏 And wow @quilteryoyo you really stepped up for that 10 mile workout. I think you are going to really rock your Dec race with all this training.

Nice to SEE you @polskagirl01 That's a huge pumpkin!

I am at 78 out of 150 miles for the month. Not particularly motivated for some reason altho the weather is pretty perfect for running. I think my problem is I keep looking at my miles for Oct and 2023 and feel pressure to do more which is having the opposite effect? I did 200 miles last year. 🤷‍♀️😳

Need to check out the link Scott posted earlier.

forgot to say I finally got some of my favorite heavenly blue morning glories blooming. Only they are in the TOP of my desert willow tree.. hahahah So hard to get a close up picture of them. But they are the most amazing color.

Mari33a · October 20

01/10 3.84 miles
02/10 4.05 miles
08/10 3.62 miles
10/10 4.16 miles
12/10 4.02 miles
13/10 3.22 miles
16/10 3.62 miles
17/10 4.07 miles
18/10 4.54 miles
19/10 4.08 miles

Total 39.22/60 miles

Well done @AlphaHowls and @Scott6255 !

kgirlhart · October 20

October Goal: 140 Miles

10/01: 6.06 miles
10/02: 4.25 miles
10/03: 6.05 miles
10/04: 7.02 miles
10/06: 10.02 miles
10/07: 3.15 miles
10/08: 6.05 miles
10/09: 4.04 miles
10/10: 6.26 miles
10/11: 6.23 miles
10:13: 11.43 miles
10/14: 3.12 miles
10/15: 6.26 miles
10/16: 4.02 miles
10/17: 7.52 miles
10/18: 6.26 miles
10/20: 11.15 miles

108.9/140 miles completed for October

The weather was perfect for my long run this morning and I ran 11 miles. It was about 57° when I started and around 74° when I got home. It was nice and cool for most of the run, and really was just starting to warm up as I finished. I did see the dog in the cemetery again today. She followed me to the park. But then went home. At least now I know who she belongs to. I did have a woman in a pickup roll through a stop sign and turn (without using her blinker). Luckily she saw me at the last minute, but it was kind of scary. She did roll her window down and apologize, but I was glad I was paying attention because she sure wasn't. Otherwise I was a beautiful morning and a great run.

quilteryoyo · October 20

Great running @AlphaHowls !. Congrats on your AG placement. Sounds like you did great pacing yourself.

Nice run @tarun_yadavA .

Thanks @SummerSkier ! I hope you are right. I think you are doing great with your running. What is that saying about comparisons? "Comparison is the thief of joy." That applies to ourselves in years/months/days past as well as others. Having said that, I hope you can find your motivation and joy in running again. Those are beautiful morning glories!

Nice running @Mari33a .

Nice run @kgirlhart . I'm glad you were paying attention and didn't get hit!

I had a busier than normal Sunday, but managed to get out and do a mile walk on the driveway after I got home.

Brings me to 58.3/80.0 mile goal.

tarun_yadavA · October 21

Morning everyone.
I'm at my mother's for the week... <<Gulp!>>

Got in 7.49M at 10"38.

Good to see you back @ContraryMaryMary

martaindale · October 21

Great job with the AG finishes @Scott6255 and @AlphaHowls!

@Scott6255 I’m glad to hear your brother seems to be healing well. If he wants to run I hope he is able to find a way back to it.

@kgirlhart Head on a swivel! Glad you saw her coming.

martaindale · October 21

Oct total: 56.7 miles
YTD: 827.4/1200 miles

10/5: 6 miles
10/6: 4.1 miles
10/7: 5 miles
10/10: 6 miles
10/11: 4.1 miles
10/12: 6 miles
10/14: 4.2 miles
10/15: 5.1 miles
10/16: 4.1 miles
10/19: 8.1 miles

This weekend my husband and I went to eastern OK for my brother’s wedding. It’s a really pretty area and not what I think of OK as looking like. Mountains and trees, more like what you see in AR. The wedding was at a state park and most of the guests were camping or staying in cabins around the area. We took my camper van and camped. It was my husband’s first time camping with me. He had to admit it was pretty glampy and seemed to enjoy it. I don’t expect he will suddenly want to camp all the time, but maybe he would be more open to the occasional trip. That’s fine by me. Camping is also my alone time and something I like doing by myself so I wouldn’t want him there all the time anyway.
The wedding was lovely. My brother seems very happy and I’m happy for him. They headed out on a little road trip afterwards. They were supposed to be headed towards Asheville, but made some last minute changes and went to Tennessee instead.
I ran on Saturday. The park is really small so I left the park and ran in the nearby town. Getting out of the park involves going down a pretty steep and quite long (maybe 0.5-0.75 mile) mountain road. My legs were done with the downhill by the time I got to the bottom. We also had to walk down and back up a small but pretty steep hill to go to the bathrooms so my legs are kind of sore still. But the run went fine. Conditions were great and the pace set by the coach was a little faster than my super easy pace but not very fast overall. Garmin still only gave me a 60% execution score because the hill at the beginning and end kept me outside of the pace range and it isn't smart enough to account for extreme grade changes.I was supposed to run yesterday but with the drive back and getting life ready for the coming week, I didn’t have time. Headed out this morning for a few miles though.

Teresa502 · October 21

Oct 1 – 4.46 miles
Oct 4 – 3.10 miles
Oct 6 – 9.08 miles
Oct 8 – 5.11 miles
Oct 9 – 4.08 miles
Oct 10 – 5.01 miles
Oct 13 – 10.09 miles
Oct 15 – 5.02 miles
Oct 16 – 1 mile
Oct 17 – 5.69 miles
Oct 19 – 11.11 miles
Oct 21 – 5.12 miles
Total 68.87 miles/Goal 80 miles

Another 5 miles this morning. The temp was great at 43F and the moon and stars were all shining down brightly.

Beautiful morning glories @SummerSkier!

Glad you saw the motorist @kgirlhart and avoided being hit.

Congratulations to your brother and new SIL @martaindale. Sounds like a lovely weekend getaway.

martaindale · October 21

Oct total: 60.9 miles
YTD: 831.6/1200 miles

10/5: 6 miles
10/6: 4.1 miles
10/7: 5 miles
10/10: 6 miles
10/11: 4.1 miles
10/12: 6 miles
10/14: 4.2 miles
10/15: 5.1 miles
10/16: 4.1 miles
10/19: 8.1 miles
10/21: 4.2 miles

The plan called for a tired legs run this morning. The weather was lovely. Even though I am sore the run went well. I think it will help to work the kinks out.

AmunahSki · October 21

Target 50 miles/80.45k

2 Oct: 4.86mi/7.8k
4 Oct: 4.22mi/6.79k
7 Oct: 2.36mi/3.78k
9 Oct: 3.13mi/5.03k
12 Oct: 3.15mi/5.06k
15 Oct: 2.96mi/4.76k
16 Oct: 2.1mi/3.37k
18 Oct: 2.21mi/3.55k
20 Oct: 1.80mi/2.89k

Total 26.79mi/43.1k

Just a short 1mi RWR yesterday, testing different ratios. Despite the 30s walking intervals Strava reports my average running speed is showing an increase… bizarre, and interesting.

I need to find some hills with the right inclination for when that turns up in the program, so I will do a bit of walking and measuring in the meantime!

Great job with your races, @Scott6255 and @AlphaHowls!

quilteryoyo · October 21

Enjoy spending time with your mom @tarun_yadavA .

It sounds like you enjoyed the wedding @martaindale . I'm glad your husband enjoyed the adventure too. Those hills are brutal. You would think Garmin would figure out how to include elevation changes in it's assessment. You did great. Glad your run today went well too.

@AmunahSki Jeff says if you do his method correctly you'll increase your pace and not be as sore or worn out after a long run. I haven't really seen the speed results yet, but am pretty slow overall anyway. Sounds like you are doing it right.

WarmJellyfish · October 21

So far 114 of 175km. Nearly there....

yirara · October 21

02.10 5.0km 39min 7:44/km - 3x3min, 5x0.5min intervals
04.10 4.0km 31min 7:50/km - slow
06.10 3.0km 24min 7:59/km - slow
09.10 3.1km 23min 7:34/km - 9x short sprints
11.10 3.3km 25min 7:29/km - too fast
13.10 1.3km 10min 7:35/km - shite run
15.10 5.1km 40min 7:53/km
16.10 5.6km 45min 8:03/km - slow, 10min fast
21.10 3.5km 28min 8:05/km - 12 short sprints

34.01km

Fell a bit into a running hole as I had a few personal things to work through. Plus it's yuckily humid at the moment.

quilteryoyo · October 21

@yirara I hope you got things worked out. Hugs to you.

1 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 2.45 miles - Treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 2.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun - Singles tennis 1h42m43s
3 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 1.60 miles - Driveway drills - Gym46m12s, Mow 1h48m22s, Tennis 1h21m02s

4 Oct - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
5 Oct - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 8.26 miles - Driveway and road
6 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
7 Oct - Walked 0.45 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway - Gym 44m41s
8 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps
9 Oct - Walked 0.70 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 50m30s, Mow 1h41m04s
10 Oct - Walked 0.55 miles - Ran 1.45 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis doubles 2h14m29s
11 Oct - Walked 0.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Driveway laps - Push mow at mom's 35m13s
12 Oct - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 3.76 miles - Trail run, mostly, in neighbor's field
13 Oct - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
14 Oct - Walked 1.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 42m44s
15 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Treadmill
16 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 39m38s
17 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Treadmill
18 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 41m53s
19 Oct - Walked 1.27 miles - Ran 8.73 miles - Treadmill
20 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
21 Oct - Walked 0.63 miles - Ran 2.62 miles - Driveway laps

61.55/80 mile goal

"State" came to daycare for assessment today, so I went into work at 8. I heard that we got a score of 97/100, so the daycare did great. I didn't get up early enough to make it to the gym and have a workout beforehand.

I had to have my fingerprints taken for the daycare 5 year background check. About 3 hours after I got home, I got a call that said I'd have to get them done again because of poor quality of the ones they did today. You remember the difficulty I had getting them for my new military ID a few weeks ago. I wish they would just share data, but they won't.

After I got home, I did tomorrow's planned drill workout since it was nice out (72F/22.2C, sunny, no breeze). I got to over 200 spm for all four cadence drills. Overall, the running was at an average pace of 12:41 min/mile. Avg HR was 144 with a max of 164 bpm.

I had to laugh when I looked at the Jeff Galloway comments on my run from Saturday. Every other run has given me a performance rating of "Good Job." I hit all the wrong buttons when doing my long run (scheduled for 10 min warm up, 10 mile run, 10 min cool down) and wound up with Garmin thinking that I only did 0.54 miles of the 10+ scheduled workout. My rating was "Room to Grow." Ya think?

tarun_yadavA · October 22

Morning all
Got in 5.0 at 10"03

@quilteryoyo thank you! ... And well done on the assessment

Teresa502 · October 22

Oct 1 – 4.46 miles
Oct 4 – 3.10 miles
Oct 6 – 9.08 miles
Oct 8 – 5.11 miles
Oct 9 – 4.08 miles
Oct 10 – 5.01 miles
Oct 13 – 10.09 miles
Oct 15 – 5.02 miles
Oct 16 – 1 mile
Oct 17 – 5.69 miles
Oct 19 – 11.11 miles
Oct 21 – 5.12 miles
Oct 22 – 4.01 miles
Total 72.88 miles/Goal 80 miles

Good morning people! Hope everyone is doing well. We’re experiencing some lovely Fall weather here in SW Virginia/NE Tennessee. The temperature was 41F when I ran this morning and we’re expecting highs in the 70s all week. The leaves on the trees are turning so the mountains are an array of red, orange and green. This morning, my friend and I chose to run the hilly route here in town. We had not done that in a while but I did better than I expected.

Congrats on the high ratings at daycare @quilteryoyo. If they had rated you alone, I’m sure you would have gotten a 100/100!

quilteryoyo · October 22

Nice easy run this morning @tarun_yadavA .

Thanks @Teresa502 . Great run this morning. Those hills do make a difference. The leaves are looking really pretty this year. I'm going to be doing a bit of leaf looking today as my mom, 2 aunts, and neighbor are going to go to the Barter Theater for their matinee show this afternoon.

Scott6255 · October 22

How could the daycare fail with a ringer like you @quilteryoyo! 😁
That weather sounds wonderful @Teresa502. Meanwhile here in Texas we are expecting 90+ for the next few days.

Got out for a 4.2 mile run this morning. Made myself go slow, and slow it was. But it still felt really hard.

SummerSkier · October 22

It's warming up here again in Austin but no 90's in the forecast and lows in the 60's feels great compared to 70's.

I was thinking about how to increase your pace and honestly over the past 45 years or so my pace has not gotten better only a little worse with age. The only things that I can do in a specific run are to increase my cadence by listening to tempo music over 180 BPM.

Yesterday we were playing tennis and altho over the last few months my neighbor and I have managed rallies with combined hits over 100, the session was not going all that great. So right at the end I said, "hey how about we try for 40?" and then we ended up doing a new best of 110 strokes. Possibly the pressure of trying to get over 100 was causing us to fail. I feel the same about other large tasks which loom and sometimes just accepting a smaller goal seems to make things go better.

Probably not going to hit my 150 for the month but I am OK with it as long as I keep running and don't decide it's WAY too hard and quit.

Teresa502 · October 22

@quilteryoyo - Which show did you see at the Barter?
@Scott6255 - You ran hard this weekend which probably explains why today's run was hard. Hoping you get some Fall weather soon!
@SummerSkier - I agree with your theory about our pace slowing as we age. I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule but I'm not one of them!

WarmJellyfish · October 22

So yesterday we had our first snowfall and sub-zero day at -5c/23f. Brrrr....
Did a 4k to see how things were like. After a whole summer, I've forgotten how to dress for cold

martaindale · October 22

Oct total: 63.3 miles
YTD: 834/1200 miles

10/5: 6 miles
10/6: 4.1 miles
10/7: 5 miles
10/10: 6 miles
10/11: 4.1 miles
10/12: 6 miles
10/14: 4.2 miles
10/15: 5.1 miles
10/16: 4.1 miles
10/19: 8.1 miles
10/21: 4.2 miles
10/22: 2.4 miles

Easy run in the dark per the plan. I have to admit I am enjoying the lower volume! I doubt it will stay this way, but it's a nice break.

quilteryoyo · October 23

Thanks @Scott6255 . Nice slow run. Sorry it was a hard one. Those temps are amazing this time of year.

Great tennis @SummerSkier . I sat beside of a couple from Austin TX today at the play. Small world.

@Teresa502 We saw "The Play That Goes Wrong." We really enjoyed it. It's funny and a bit silly at times. It reminded me a lot of Carol Burnette and Tim Conway's skits.

@WarmJellyfish I think I would know how to dress for those conditions - shorts and head to the basement for a treadmill run.

I applaud you for running in the cold.

Glad you are enjoying the break in long mileage @martaindale .

quilteryoyo · October 23

1 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 2.45 miles - Treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 2.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun - Singles tennis 1h42m43s
3 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 1.60 miles - Driveway drills - Gym46m12s, Mow 1h48m22s, Tennis 1h21m02s

4 Oct - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
5 Oct - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 8.26 miles - Driveway and road
6 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
7 Oct - Walked 0.45 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway - Gym 44m41s
8 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Driveway laps
9 Oct - Walked 0.70 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 50m30s, Mow 1h41m04s
10 Oct - Walked 0.55 miles - Ran 1.45 miles - Driveway laps - Tennis doubles 2h14m29s
11 Oct - Walked 0.25 miles - Ran 1.00 miles - Driveway laps - Push mow at mom's 35m13s
12 Oct - Walked 0.99 miles - Ran 3.76 miles - Trail run, mostly, in neighbor's field
13 Oct - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
14 Oct - Walked 1.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 42m44s
15 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Treadmill
16 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 39m38s
17 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Treadmill
18 Oct - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 41m53s
19 Oct - Walked 1.27 miles - Ran 8.73 miles - Treadmill
20 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
21 Oct - Walked 0.63 miles - Ran 2.62 miles - Driveway laps
22 Oct - Walked 1.84 miles - Ran 1.26 miles - Driveway laps

64.65/80 mile goal

I got up this morning and went out for a driveway run before heading out for the day. I thought it was pretty chilly at 42F/5.6C. I walked 0.35 miles for warm up, 4x(0.30/0.15 miles run/walk), wun the rest (true wun - only ran to keep my HR above 110 bpm. ) I felt like I was running really slowly, so was surprised when I figured the average pace for the running intervals was 11:52 min/mile.

The sun shinning through the trees this morning made me feel like I was running in a strobe light, which was a little disconcerting. That could also be why I felt like I was running slower. LOL

A couple of pictures from my little day trip are in the spoiler.

Me, mom, and my two aunts.

Fountain and trees from the porch of the Martha Washington Inn.

kgirlhart · October 23

October Goal: 140 Miles

10/01: 6.06 miles
10/02: 4.25 miles
10/03: 6.05 miles
10/04: 7.02 miles
10/06: 10.02 miles
10/07: 3.15 miles
10/08: 6.05 miles
10/09: 4.04 miles
10/10: 6.26 miles
10/11: 6.23 miles
10:13: 11.43 miles
10/14: 3.12 miles
10/15: 6.26 miles
10/16: 4.02 miles
10/17: 7.52 miles
10/18: 6.26 miles
10/20: 11.15 miles
10/21: 3.12 miles
10/22: 6.04 miles

118.06/140 miles completed for October

I'm posting two runs today. I didn't get a chance to post yesterday. We've had really nice weather in the mornings. It was about 63° yesterday and today. It's been warming up to the 90's in the afternoon, but morning has been very nice. Yesterday I ran 3.1 miles. It was a pretty good run, but kind of stinky. There was a fire nearby. I could smell smoke and saw some fire trucks heading east, but don't know where they were going. And I smelled a couple of skunks and there seemed to be a lot of stinky trash cans out. Today I ran 6 miles and it wasn't stinky. I love when it is cool enough to feel cool, but not too cool to wear shorts and a tank top. The sky was also really clear and the stars seemed extra bright this morning.

tarun_yadavA · October 23

Morning all
Got in 5.0 miles at 09"25 pace.

@quilteryoyo lovely pics.

quilteryoyo · October 23

Sounds like lovely runs @kgirlhart , except for the stinkiness.

Thanks @tarun_yadavA . Nice running.

martaindale · October 23

Oct total: 66.7 miles
YTD: 837.4/1200 miles

10/5: 6 miles
10/6: 4.1 miles
10/7: 5 miles
10/10: 6 miles
10/11: 4.1 miles
10/12: 6 miles
10/14: 4.2 miles
10/15: 5.1 miles
10/16: 4.1 miles
10/19: 8.1 miles
10/21: 4.2 miles
10/22: 2.4 miles
10/23: 3.4 miles

I went to the trail this morning. It was super foggy, perfect Halloween weather. Because I couldn’t see very far it really made it feel like I was out there by myself. Saw my trail friend.

I have a very tight schedule today with meetings, community presentation for breast cancer awareness month, my doctor’s appt and a lot of errands so gotta get moving.

yirara · October 23

02.10 5.0km 39min 7:44/km - 3x3min, 5x0.5min intervals
04.10 4.0km 31min 7:50/km - slow
06.10 3.0km 24min 7:59/km - slow
09.10 3.1km 23min 7:34/km - 9x short sprints
11.10 3.3km 25min 7:29/km - too fast
13.10 1.3km 10min 7:35/km - shite run
15.10 5.1km 40min 7:53/km
16.10 5.6km 45min 8:03/km - slow, 10min fast
21.10 3.5km 28min 8:05/km - 12 short sprints
23.10 3.2km 25min 7:51/km - 10 min faster

37.20km

Still running too fast for my current stamina. Sigh. Need to somehow slow down 😅 But I won't get my stamina up and running (ha!) anyway because I'll have surgery in 5 weeks. Nothing bad, but I won't be able to exercise for a while thereafter. Thus I'm trying to improve stamina a bit, in order to lose it again 🤣

kgirlhart · October 23

October Goal: 140 Miles

10/01: 6.06 miles
10/02: 4.25 miles
10/03: 6.05 miles
10/04: 7.02 miles
10/06: 10.02 miles
10/07: 3.15 miles
10/08: 6.05 miles
10/09: 4.04 miles
10/10: 6.26 miles
10/11: 6.23 miles
10:13: 11.43 miles
10/14: 3.12 miles
10/15: 6.26 miles
10/16: 4.02 miles
10/17: 7.52 miles
10/18: 6.26 miles
10/20: 11.15 miles
10/21: 3.12 miles
10/22: 6.04 miles
10/23: 4.52 miles

122.58/140 miles completed for October

This morning I ran a tempo run. It was a little warmer than yesterday at 68°, but it wasn't unpleasant. Hal's plan called for a 3.8 mile run in 45 minutes. I hit most of the paces. I was a little faster than he prescribed, but only significantly faster on the warm up and cool down, the rest of the intervals I was pretty close. I finished in 48 minutes with 4.52 miles. I actually finished the tempo run in 45 minutes, but I was about .25 miles from home so I just ran home.

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