APRIL 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

SummerSkier · April 24

hope all went well today @chris_in_cal

Today I was tired in the morning. Lack of sleep watching a huge storm front pound thru overnight so not good energy. And of course a stupid possum got into my garage first thing and I had to chase him out with a broom. The positive is I bet I sleep well tonight and I did manage a good lunch run to get 7 total for the day.

And the cacti are blooming. Along with the passion flower At least I can make images small

SummerSkier · April 24

well apparently not. 🤷‍♀️😂😫😏

kgirlhart · April 24

April Goal: 140 miles

4/1: 6.25 miles
4/2: 6.05 miles
4/3: 2.51 miles
4/4: 6.10 miles
4/6: 10.10 miles
4/7: 3.52 miles
4/8: 6.25 miles
4/9: 6.25 miles
4/10: 6.26 miles
4/11: 6.25 miles
4/13: 11.11 miles
4/14: 3.12 miles
4/15: 7.10 miles
4/16: 7.01 miles
4/17: 6.25 miles
4/18: 5.72 miles
4/20: 13.16 miles
4/21: 6.25 miles
4/22: 7.25 miles
4//23: 7.02 miles

133.54/140 miles completed for April

I ran 7 miles this morning. It was another lovely spring morning. We had rain overnight, so there were lots of puddles to jump over.

angf0679 · April 24

April 2025 Running

April 2 - 5km!!!!
April 3 - 4km
April 10 - 3km
April 15 - 5km
April 16 - 6km
April 17 - 4km
April 21 - 5km

April 23 - I didn't run at lunch but I walked to church tonight. I WILL RUN TOMORROW!!!!

Total for April: 32km

Goal for April - 140km 100km 75km

ContraryMaryMary · April 24

I felt great on my run today - like I’m finally getting my fitness back. It may, however, have been due to fueling with kids’ party food. Either way, I loved it.

tarun_yadavA · April 24

Morning all

I got in 4.16M at 10'12

@chris_in_cal hope you're ok and recovering?

And Dear Texan ladies , @martaindale @SummerSkier we need pics of poisonous snakes and possums in the garage!

martaindale · April 24

@tarun_yadavA I take pics of every snake if I have my phone with me. I can show you some snakes!

@chris_in_cal Hope everything went well with your procedure.

martaindale · April 24

April total: 64.4/100 miles

YTD: 306.6 miles

4/1: 3.2 miles

4/2: 1.5 miles

4/5: 4.2 miles

4/7: 4 miles

4/10: 5.1 miles

4/12: 7 miles

4/13: 3.2 miles

4/14: 5.1 miles

4/15: 4 miles

4/16: 5.1 miles

4/18: 3.2 miles

4/19: 9.3 miles

4/20: 3.3 miles

4/22: 3.2 miles

4/23: 3 miles

Pre-work run yesterday that I forgot to post. It's pretty humid this week. Also went on a walk with my husband in the afternoon. Felt better then with a drop in the humidity following some storms in the afternoon.

chris_in_cal · April 24

I am alive. No complications. I'll probably start moving around in a couple of days. Hopefully I'll be without restrictions in a week or ten days.

Thanks all for the well wishes. If this all goes to plan I'll have a health issue completely resolved. That's good.

angf0679 · April 24

April 2025 Running

April 2 - 5km!!!!
April 3 - 4km
April 10 - 3km
April 15 - 5km
April 16 - 6km
April 17 - 4km
April 21 - 5km
April 24 - 4km

I am loving the fact that it's starting to be nice enough to run in shorts!

Total for April: 36km

Goal for April - 140km 100km ~~75km~~ 60km

Mari33a · April 24

01/04 2.86 miles
02/04 3.02 miles
03/04 2.18 miles
05/04 3.12 miles
06/04 3.13 miles
07/04 3.01 miles
08/04 2.85 morning &
1.04 evening miles
09/04 2.21 miles
12/04 2.87 miles
13/04 2.86 miles
14/04 2.85 miles
15/04 2.85 miles
16/04 2.86 miles
17/04 2.86 miles
18/04 2.87 miles
22/04 3.06 miles
24/04 3.35 morn &
1.86 even miles

Total 51.73/ 70 miles

I'm a bit behind on runs and posting. If I'm going to hit 70 miles for the month I'm going to have to squeeze extra short runs in here and there as well as the planned runs, which I did this evening.

@chris_in_cal I hope everything went well for you.

John772016 · April 24

Glad all went well @chris_in_cal! Hope you have a speedy recovery as well.

April:

01/04 - 7.10 km / 4.41 miles Treadmill
02/04 - 7.27 km / 4.52 miles Treadmill
03/04 - 10.06 km / 6.25 miles Outside04/04 - 0Km / 0 miles - rest day
05/04 - 8.10Km / 5.03 miles Outside - race day
06/04 - walking only
07/04 & 08/04 - 0km / 0 miles
09/04 - 11.2km / 6.96 miles Treadmill
10/04 - 6.60km / 4.10 miles Treadmill
11/04 - 0km / 0 miles
12/04 - 5.04km / 3.13 miles Treadmill
13/04 - 13.00km / 8.08 miles Outside
14/04 - 0km / 0 miles
15/04 - 5.38km / 3.34 miles Treadmill
16/04 - 7.68km / 4.77 miles Treadmill
17/04 - 8.64km / 5.37 miles Outside
18/04 - 5.38km / 3.34 miles Treadmill
19/04 - 15.27km / 9.49 miles Outside
20/04 & 21/04 & 22/04 - 0km / 0 miles
23/04 - 13.31km / 8.27 miles Outside
24/04 - 13.13km / 8.16 miles Outside

Total = 137.16km / 85.22 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Another great day for a city run in the sun (mostly). Started at 17⁰C, was about 22⁰C when I finished, with a nice breeze keeping me cool throughout. Gotta love T's & shorts weather in April!

quilteryoyo · April 24

I'm glad you didn't have any storm damage @SummerSkier . (At least I assume you didn't since you didn't mention any.) Great running and love the flowers. That passion flower!!

Great running @kgirlhart ! You should have channeled your inner child and ran through the puddles instead of jumping them. 😉

@angf0679 I think you need to tape some motivating sayings around your house get out to hepl motivate you to get out and run. One of my favorites is: "The only run you regret is the one you didn't do." - Noel Carroll Nice run today.

Nice run @martaindale and glad you got in a nice afternoon walk with your husband.

Glad to see that your procedure went well @chris_in_cal . I hope you recover quickly.

You're doing great @Mari33a .

Very nice @John772016 .

Great running, as always, @tarun_yadavA .

quilteryoyo · April 24

1 April - Walk 1.50 miles - Run 3.10 miles - Treadmill - Gym 24m56s - arm day
2 April - Walk 1.70 miles - Run 2.60 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m17s - leg day
3 April - Walk 2.85 miles - Run 0.25 miles - Driveway - Push mow 17m44s
4 April - Walk 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 23m40s
5 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway (electrician was here all afternoon)
6 April - Walk 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
7 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 27m43s
8 April - Walk 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Fasting blood work later in the day
9 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m27s
10 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill
11 April - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 24m55s
12 April - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 4.25 miles - Treadmill
13 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
14 April - Walk 0.90 miles - Ran 3.10 miles - Trail run - Gym 27m54s, Lawn 2h40m36s - 3.05 miles
15 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
16 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 23m53s
17 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Mowed at mom's
18 April - Walk 0.65 miles - Ran 2.60 miles - Industrial Road - Gym 26m26s
19 April - Walk 0.85 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Singles tennis 1h42m53s
20 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
21 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.40 miles - Driveway laps - Singles tennis 48m11s
22 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Electrician here all day
23 April - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m49s
24 April - Walk 0.80 miles - Ran 2.45 miles - Driveway laps

63.30/80.00 goal

I got up early enough to get in my run before heading out for the day. I thought about running on the treadmill just because I didn't want to deal with my hills, but it was 61F (15.5C), cloudy, and calm winds, so I did driveway laps. I'm glad I went out. It was a decent run.

I walked 0.35 miles for warm up and then ran/walked. The first mile was slower than I felt I was going, so after that, I added a couple of fartlek's each lap and ran the last 0.30 miles at a pace as fast as I could maintain. Then, I walked 0.45 miles for cool down. The avg pace for the run was 12:47 min/mile. Avg HR was 136 with a max of 158 bpm. Splits were 13:35, 12:42, 15:03 (0.15 mile - mostly walk up a hill), and 9:50 (0.30 mile).

I was supposed to go to the gym today, but while running some errands before I got there, my trainer texted me to say that she had messed up her schedule so we cancelled for today. I just went on to work and worked an extra hour. (I just now realized that I could have gone to the gym and worked out on my own. Didn't even think about it this morning. 😂😗)

quilteryoyo · April 24

Sorry. Accidently saved a blank comment and, apparently, you can't just delete it.

kgirlhart · April 25

April Goal: 140 miles

4/1: 6.25 miles
4/2: 6.05 miles
4/3: 2.51 miles
4/4: 6.10 miles
4/6: 10.10 miles
4/7: 3.52 miles
4/8: 6.25 miles
4/9: 6.25 miles
4/10: 6.26 miles
4/11: 6.25 miles
4/13: 11.11 miles
4/14: 3.12 miles
4/15: 7.10 miles
4/16: 7.01 miles
4/17: 6.25 miles
4/18: 5.72 miles
4/20: 13.16 miles
4/21: 6.25 miles
4/22: 7.25 miles
4/23: 7.02 miles
4/24: 4.25 miles

137.79/140 miles completed for April

We had more rain and thunderstorms last night and this morning, but I was able to get out for a 4-mile run this morning. It stormed overnight and was raining when I got up, but the rain let up for a little bit before more thunderstorms arrived. It was humid, but not too hot, so it was a nice enough run.

WarmJellyfish · April 25

This evening did my usual thursday evening hike. 6.6k Beautiful evening 15c à bit of breeze to keep things cool. Plus a beaver sighting to boot. Still ice on the banks.

tarun_yadavA · April 25

Morning all

Got in 4.48M at 10'05

tarun_yadavA · April 25

Lovely pics @WarmJellyfish

angf0679 · April 25

@quilteryoyo I would have to do them at the office as well! This is on my favorite that I used to have up

SummerSkier · April 25

TGIF! No possums in the garage today. It was really foggy this morning. and warm. That just seemed to really just drain the energy out of me. But I prevailed and got an 8 in since I am off work today. Up to 844 for the year but I don't think I will make 900 this month. I finally managed to drift down to my weight goal so hopefully now I can slowly ramp back up on cals and energize myself to do more. When I started in Jan I thought I would finish up before the end of Feb and did not expect it to take 16 weeks but I think slow and steady was the way to go as I think I was able to improve my fitness and stick with the program by not putting too big a deficit out there. I really do like the TDEE chart but of course it does not account for activity level. But you can customize how many weeks it uses to calculate so if for some timeframe you are less active it can be accounted for that way.

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yirara · April 25

01.04 strength
02.04 7.0km 55min 7:51/km - slow
03.04 strength deloading
04.04 5.0km 37min 7:28/km - warmup, 4x800m fast, 200m slow
05.04 strength
06.04 6.1km 47min 7:44/km - slow
07.04 4.0km 30min 7:27/km - warmup, 2.41km fast
08.04 strength
09.04 8.0km 62min 7:43/km - slow
10.04 5.0km 37min 7:26/km - warmup, 15min fast
11.04 strength
12.04 5.1km 40min 7:48/km - just shite
13.04 dancing like crazy at concert
14.04 mostly travel day
15.04 swimming
16.04 3.0km 24min 7:52/km - just slow
17.04 strength
18.04 7.0km 54min 7:43/km - slow
19.04 5.1km 39min 7:33/km - 5x 200m sprint/400m slow
20.04 strength
21.04 7.0km 53min 7:34/km - slow, yet fastest 7k ever
23.04 5.0km 37min 7:22/km - fast, 5k trial
24.04 strength
25.04 10.3km 81min 7:50/km - slow and totally *kitten*

77.74/81km - 10.2km ahead

Well, I'm certainly obstinate. For today until Sunday there's a Garmin badge for a 10k run, and for some reason this motivates me. Running didn't go well today: my chest muscles cramped up and hence I could not breathe in a relaxed way. Just about managed 5km, then walked briefly, then another shorter run etc. Somehow got to 10km with a total of 6 minutes walking; how I got the 63 steps up to my flat is a different story though. It wasn't pretty 😅 But yeah: got 10km, and it was also the fastest 10k on my garmin account.

kgirlhart · April 25

April Goal: 140 miles

4/1: 6.25 miles
4/2: 6.05 miles
4/3: 2.51 miles
4/4: 6.10 miles
4/6: 10.10 miles
4/7: 3.52 miles
4/8: 6.25 miles
4/9: 6.25 miles
4/10: 6.26 miles
4/11: 6.25 miles
4/13: 11.11 miles
4/14: 3.12 miles
4/15: 7.10 miles
4/16: 7.01 miles
4/17: 6.25 miles
4/18: 5.72 miles
4/20: 13.16 miles
4/21: 6.25 miles
4/22: 7.25 miles
4/23: 7.02 miles
4/24: 4.25 miles
4/25: 6.02 miles

143.81/140 miles completed for April

I did an interval run this morning. It was pretty humid, but otherwise nice. The run was 6 miles. I was pretty happy with it until I saw @yirara's post and realized that I would have gotten the Garmin badge if I had gone .2 miles further. 😐️🙄Oh well, I still hit my goal for the month, and I can get the Garmin badge on Sunday. I'm sure all of my non-runner friends will think I'm nuts, but I think the interval runs are fun.

@SummerSkier I'm glad the possum was gone today. I had one in the crawlspace under my house a while back. They are cute from a distance, but kind of creepy looking up close and it is really weird to see them play "possum". My nephew is a cop, and one time he was called to a residence to get a possum out of someone's bed.

John772016 · April 25

Love the pics @WarmJellyfish.
Obstinate is a key skill @yirara be proud of it! Congrats on the 10K Garmin badge! & thanks for the reminder about it…..

@kgirlhart, your post reminds me of a couple runs last year where I was a bit short of a 10K so ran around my building a few times. When I did, one of the security guards, smiled at me as I came in, and says, 'Got that 10K done did ya?' They're watching me on the security cameras doing loops.

April:

01/04 - 7.10 km / 4.41 miles Treadmill
02/04 - 7.27 km / 4.52 miles Treadmill
03/04 - 10.06 km / 6.25 miles Outside04/04 - 0Km / 0 miles - rest day
05/04 - 8.10Km / 5.03 miles Outside - race day
06/04 - walking only
07/04 & 08/04 - 0km / 0 miles
09/04 - 11.2km / 6.96 miles Treadmill
10/04 - 6.60km / 4.10 miles Treadmill
11/04 - 0km / 0 miles
12/04 - 5.04km / 3.13 miles Treadmill
13/04 - 13.00km / 8.08 miles Outside
14/04 - 0km / 0 miles
15/04 - 5.38km / 3.34 miles Treadmill
16/04 - 7.68km / 4.77 miles Treadmill
17/04 - 8.64km / 5.37 miles Outside
18/04 - 5.38km / 3.34 miles Treadmill
19/04 - 15.27km / 9.49 miles Outside
20/04 & 21/04 & 22/04 - 0km / 0 miles
23/04 - 13.31km / 8.27 miles Outside
24/04 - 13.13km / 8.16 miles Outside
25/04 - 0km / 0 miles Rest day

Total = 137.16km / 85.22 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Planned rest day today, but had a bunch of errands to 'run' including picking up a race kit for my 5K charity run Sunday (colorectal cancer). Decided since I had the time, to walk home from the kit pick-up so added an ~7K walk to the day.

quilteryoyo · April 25

Glad you got a nice run in between the storms yesterday @kgirlhart ! Great run today and congrats on making your monthly goal already. I usually love interval runs too. A possum in the bed is not something I would want to find!

Beautiful walk @WarmJellyfish . Love that meme!

You continue to do great @tarun_yadavA .

Amazing @SummerSkier . I'm glad the possum didn't come back.

Way to hang in there and get it done @yirara .

Hahaha @John772016 . You can't get away from "big brother" watching you. Have fun with your race on Sunday. That's a great cause.

quilteryoyo · April 25

1 April - Walk 1.50 miles - Run 3.10 miles - Treadmill - Gym 24m56s - arm day
2 April - Walk 1.70 miles - Run 2.60 miles - Treadmill - Gym 29m17s - leg day
3 April - Walk 2.85 miles - Run 0.25 miles - Driveway - Push mow 17m44s
4 April - Walk 2.50 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 23m40s
5 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway (electrician was here all afternoon)
6 April - Walk 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
7 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 27m43s
8 April - Walk 2.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Fasting blood work later in the day
9 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m27s
10 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill
11 April - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 1.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 24m55s
12 April - Walk 0.75 miles - Ran 4.25 miles - Treadmill
13 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
14 April - Walk 0.90 miles - Ran 3.10 miles - Trail run - Gym 27m54s, Lawn 2h40m36s - 3.05 miles
15 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
16 April - Walk 0.60 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill - Gym 23m53s
17 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps - Mowed at mom's
18 April - Walk 0.65 miles - Ran 2.60 miles - Industrial Road - Gym 26m26s
19 April - Walk 0.85 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway laps - Singles tennis 1h42m53s
20 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
21 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 2.40 miles - Driveway laps - Singles tennis 48m11s
22 April - Walk 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Electrician here all day
23 April - Walk 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 26m49s
24 April - Walk 0.80 miles - Ran 2.45 miles - Driveway laps
25 April - Walk 2.70 miles - Ran 1.30 miles - Driveway laps and treadmill - Gym 32m57s

67.30/80.00 goal

I went to the gym this morning, expecting to go into work afterwards. So, I did a 0.75 miles pre workout walk and a 0.50 mile post workout walk, in case I didn't want to do anything after I got home. About the time I got done, I got a text that I wasn't needed at the daycare. Still glad I got that much done.

Gym workout was arms. I had a PR for the assisted pull ups - I used 80# assist and did 3 sets: 15 reps, 12 reps, and 10 reps. I'm slowly but surely getting there. I also did diverging seated row, dumbbell lateral raises, bar bicep curls, and the row machine.

After running some errands and stopping a mom's a few minutes, I did a driveway wun. I really wasn't feeling it and was tempted to just leave it at the walk I had done at the gym, but I thought about the motivational saying I had left for @angf0679 and thought I might as well do it. 😉

I did take it easy, but the second mile was fast enough to call it a run (14:05 min) and I decided to do the quarter mile after that (and a tenth walk up a hill) at a fast pace. I ran that at 8:56 min/mile pace, but was slowing down before I reached the end.

So, the total run was 1.30 miles at an avg pace of 13:08 min/mile. Avg HR for the entire wun was 126 with a max of 160 bpm.

Later, I traipsed through the woods and got some pictures of a few wild things. (I sure wish I could put these under a spoiler.) The first one is a wild Geranium with lots of little pollinators. Next two are my wild Flame Azaleas. I have always wanted one and found this one a few years ago on my hill. The picture isn't the best because I was hanging onto a tree to keep from tumbling down the hill. The last two are a tortoise I saw in the woods. I thought he was cute, in his own way.

tarun_yadavA · April 26

Morning all

Got in 5.5M at 10'07

@SummerSkier @kgirlhart loving the Texas flora+fauna pics!

The possum in the bed tho 😱

@quilteryoyo thank you 😊

@chris_in_cal how are you doing?

London marathon here tomorrow

I'll be out cheering them on as they go past Mile 11.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/celebrities-running-tcs-london-marathon-2025-chris-evans-kelly-brook-b1223617.html

Think actor Randall Park is the only one I can spot from your side of the pond

SummerSkier · April 26

@quilteryoyo that azalea is amazing! 😍 I wish we could use spoilers with pics also. LOL. I thought I had resized mine but that doesn't work off my ipad or phone. ONly on a computer. Hope you checked yourself and Tippy for ticks.

@kgirlhart I am impressed he was HOLDING the dang opossum. I have never thought we should put that extra o on the spelling but there it is.

@chris_in_cal hope that you recover easily and this is the last procedure you need for a while!

@John772016 those badges!!!! And of course they were watching you finish the 10K 😂

@yirara wow! I hope you can walk today. I usually try to walk after a really hard effort a couple hours later just to make sure my legs work.

@tarun_yadavA enjoy the marathon runners. They are SO fast. I am always impressed by everyone who can do that distance.

@WarmJellyfish lovely photos. Esp our little brown furry friend.

quilteryoyo · April 26

Great run @tarun_yadavA . Enjoy watching the marathon.

@SummerSkier The resizing of the photos didn't work on the computer last night either. They were small until I hit "post reply" and then they got big again. They really need to fix that spoiler thing.

angf0679 · April 26

Motivation signs printed (and laminated) to put up at home and my office. Right now the real motivation is the in the fact if I wait to the afternoon, its warmed up enough to go in shorts, where in the morning it's not warm enough for shorts.

April 2025 Running

April 2 - 5km!!!!
April 3 - 4km
April 10 - 3km
April 15 - 5km
April 16 - 6km
April 17 - 4km
April 21 - 5km
April 24 - 4km

I am loving the fact that it's starting to be nice enough to run in shorts!

Total for April: 36km

Goal for April - 140km 100km 75km 60km

APRIL 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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