APRIL 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,455 Member

    well apparently not. 🤷‍♀️😂😫😏

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,286 Member

    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.

  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,462 Member

    @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
    martaindale Posts: 2,462 Member

    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.

  • John772016
    John772016 Posts: 218 Member
    edited 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 Outside
    04/04 - 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
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,855 Member

    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
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,855 Member

    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
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,855 Member
    edited April 24

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

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,286 Member

    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.

  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,533 Member

    Lovely pics @WarmJellyfish

  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,455 Member

    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
    yirara Posts: 10,439 Member

    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.

  • John772016
    John772016 Posts: 218 Member

    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 Outside
    04/04 - 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
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,855 Member

    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.

  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,533 Member

    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
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,455 Member

    @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
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,855 Member

    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
    angf0679 Posts: 1,315 Member
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    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

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