MARCH 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

@quilteryoyo glad your tennis was fun and you felt like you played better. It's hard to just play competition without practice so I don't compete. LOL.

@Scott6255 that is SO strange. I never run on sidewalks anymore and always run the side of the road with my unfavorite knee downslope. Hopefully another few weeks of treadmill slow recovery will keep the knee from being so witchy. sigh

@ContraryMaryMary those views are amazing. And definitely worth the effort to get up early I know exactly the feeling. great hike!

@Mari33a I did not know you were in Ireland! nice consistent running this month. 👏👏👏

@chris_in_cal you are doing well after your concussion last month. No need to push things. Consistancy wins the day. And I agree about the HR. If your device is not capturing the right zones it will not give you good info. Same with stride length I think. For a while my fitbit auto set my heart rate zones and I was getting absolutely nothing on my walks as to get cardio credit it needed to be over 110. I reset the max and it helped with the zones and activity update. My fitbit is my link to MFP altho I do use apple watch for other things.

@kgirlhart I detest this strange weather. I mean we have had sahara dust before but this wind blowing lubbock into Austin is awful. And a huge wildfire out west where normally all the bluebonnets are in bloom right now. I have seen very little in the way of wildflowers this year and the trees are pretty late blooming as well. The mountain laurels were all budding when we had that severe cold and even tho I tried to cover my smaller one there are no blooms this year. Iris are even late. My wisteria has started per normal tho purple and white ones so that is good. 🪷🪻🎴

I did 2 runs yesterday. A 7 and then a 1. Mostly because I am impatient at lunch now and just run instead of walk. It's cooled off and the wind has eased up and the air quality is not leaving dust in my throat and eyes today so should be good to run. Gave up on code for the tracker and just put a picture. I really like we can size the photos. On to the 2nd half of march!

@tri_2_lose_weight that mountain looks very familiar, like 20 miles away familiar 😅

@ContraryMaryMary beautiful pics! & belated Happy Birthday!

Almost All Treadmill for March:

Forgot to post Friday & wasn't online much Saturday
14/03 - 5.20K / 3.23 miles
15/03 - 0K / 0 miles (nerve pain pretty bad so made it a rest day)
16/03 - 10.82K / 6.72 miles

Total = 85.44K / 53.11 miles (Goal - 160K / 99.42 miles)

March Goal: 125 miles

3/2: 12.04 miles
3/3: 4.05 miles
3/4: 6.26 miles
3/5: 6.02 miles
3/6: 6.07 miles
3/7: 4.02 miles
3/9: 10.52 miles
3/10: 4.02 miles
3/11: 6.25 miles
3/12: 6.05 miles
3/13: 6.02 miles

3/14: 3.35 miles

3/16: 11.25 miles

85.92/125 miles completed for March

It was much nicer today than it has been the last couple of days. I got out and ran 11.25 miles. We were still watching our son's dog, so I took him to the park again this afternoon.

@ContraryMaryMary That hike looks stunning!

Swapped over to a Spreadsheet to track. Just so much clearer and easier for me. Took the weekend off. Still exercised and got my steps in, but didn't do a dedicated walk/run. I had a blood test and docs appt this morning so I just took it easy all day after that.

@ContraryMaryMary that's an absolutely stunning view!

@kgirlhart what a cute dog

I hope your foot feel better soon @Mari33a .

Great run yesterday @John772016 . I hope the nerve pain stays away.

Sorry about the hip pain @Zaxa2021 . I hope a couple of weeks rest is all you need. Great job on the 5K.

Great long run @kgirlhart . Your son's dog is adorable and looks like it is having a great time at the park.

Great consistency @CaityP27 . Hope the doctor's appointment went well.

Nice run @tarun_yadavA . Also, congrats on NOT running over the weekend. 😉

01.03 stiff 5km walk
02.03 1.7km 12min 6:59/km - just fast
03.03 3.4km 25min 7:27/km - 15min fast
05.03 4.3km 35min 8:05/km - slow
06.03 5.1km 41min 8:07/km - longer, slow
07.03 3.0km 22min 7:27/km - 9x 20/40s fast/slow
08.03 stiff 6km walk
09.03 5.0km 40min 7:59/km
10.03 3.0km 23min 7:37/km - 600m fast, 400m slow
11.03 strength
12.03 5.0km 39min 7:42/km - was meant to be slow
13.03 3.0km 22min 7:29/km - warmup, 1.61km fast
14.03 strength
15.03 5.0km 40min 7:57/km - really slow
16.03 strength
17.03 3.0km 23min 7:36/km - warmup, 7x20s/60s fast/slow

41.49km

Yay! A slow and controlled warm up that is long enough makes a bit difference. Finally managed to run 3km with short fast intervals and no walking thereafter. Getting there.

March total: 33/100 miles

YTD: 247.9 miles

3/2: 5.1 miles

3/3: 5.1 miles

3/4: 8.1 miles

3/7: 4 miles

3/16: 4.2 miles

3/17: 6.5 miles

Catch up post. Logging 3 runs. My kid and I were traveling for spring break last week and despite my best intentions, not a single run was done. Prob not making my goal this month. Still got 20k+ steps in every day and my watch continued to place me in the strained category. I saw a comment from @chris_in_cal earlier about the HR zones on Garmin. I adjusted mine way back when so I know that's not my problem, but it does make a big difference. I'm noticing that sleep is a huge factor for me. While traveling I wasn't sleeping as much as usual but also was up and going all day, so even without running my watch acted like I was pushing really hard. Today I ran 6.5 miles but got a great night's sleep last night and I'm "maintaining".

Got caught up on 116 posts, liking and hugging along the way. Welcome to new folks. Glad to see a couple of you are slowly getting back to running. Hope the injuries continue healing. Congrats to those who raced while I was gone. Well done!

1 March - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 4.00 miles Treadmill
2 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles Treadmill
3 March - Walk 1.75 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill and driveway laps - Gym 25m30s
4 March - Walk 1.90 miles - Ran 3.10 miles Treadmill - Gym 26m55s
5 March - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill - Gym 26m45s
6 March - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles Treadmill
7 March - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 2.50 miles Treadmill - Gym 30m58s
8 March - Walk 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Doubles League Tennis 1h16m42s
9 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
10 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 27m21s
11 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway laps and road - Gym 28m32s
12 March - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps
13 March - Walk 1.00 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway laps and road
14 March - Walk 0.64 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Driveway laps and road - Gym 26m55s
15 March - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Doubles League Tennis 1h26m53s
16 March - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
17 March - Walk 1.26 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m48s

52.15/80.00 miles

I went to the gym this morning. I was early enough to get in a half mile warm up walk on the treadmill before my training session. Today was arm day. I did bench press (max was 55# x 4 reps - one more than I've done lately), converging shoulder press, bicep curls, and triceps press downs. I know I am right handed, but it still amazes me as to how much stronger my right side is than my left. We're working on it by doing things that use each arm independently.

I did a treadmill session after I got home. I really wasn't feeling it and the first mile was hard. I was ready to quit, but pressed on and it got better. I ran/walked at 4.5-5.5/4.0 mph for 2/1 min. Avg pace was 12:49 min/mile. Avg HR was 127 with a max of 155 bpm. I walked a total of 0.76 miles for warm up and cool down.

Morning all.

Got in 5.0M at 10'06.

Gym for a day tomorrow to break it up

Aw thank you!

Will hold off getting carried away for as long as possible. And continuing to pay for gym membership for another month. I feel if I'm paying for it - I have to justify it. So I'll go twice a week

01/03 2.93 miles
03/03 3.04 miles
05/03 3.04 miles
06/03 3.04 miles
07/03 3.01 miles
08/03 3.05 miles
10/03 3.03 miles
11/03 2.84 miles
12/03 3.06 miles
13/03 2.61 miles
14/03 3.20 miles
15/03 3.04 miles
16/03 2.64 miles
17/03 2.62 miles
18/03 2.63 miles

Total 43.78 / 70 miles

A few more runs done. The weather is mild at the moment so it’s nice being out