MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

Morning all... Or afternoon even!

Got in 5.5M at 10'12

New shoes! Sticking with tried+tested Asics Gel Kayanos.

Trying out a knee sleeve too. Got a Bauerfeind Genutrain. Precautionary.

Been having non-running related knee pain of late. Mother's next door neighbour (physiotherapist)recommended it. Could be a cartilage thing or something Hoffman's impingement (??).

Hurts from squatting positions or getting up suddenly from a seated position. My wife thinks I spend too long sitting on the toilet watching reels and YouTube shorts 🤦🏽

Went for a test run (run/walk intervals) outside this morning. Trying not to overdo it coming an injury like I seem to always do. Only 2 miles, but felt good to be outside again 😁

02 May: 1.60 miles

03 May: 1.60 miles

May total to date: 3.20 miles

01/05 2.86 miles
02/05 2.86 miles
03/05 2.87 miles

Total 8.59 / 60 miles

I want to go for 70 miles but for now I’m aiming for 60 miles running plus 180 miles on bike and daily yoga. I don’t know how this month is going to go so I’m not going to add stress for not reaching my goal into everything. I’m hoping we will have answers about my son’s health by the end of the month and that it’s a simple fix.

@tarun_yadavA Wife’s are very wise 😅

May goal - 100km

May 3 -4km

Without being at home, and having breakfast at a scheduled time, I was limited to what I could do. it was so nice! I saw SIX deer! The road had just been graded and was a little muddy from the rain, but it was fine if I stayed more towards the middle of the road. One of the deer just stopped and watched me coming before running into the woods

May total: 10/100 miles

YTD: 340.1 miles

5/3: 10 miles

Sticking with a 100 mile goal this month. I barely missed it last month but had a slow start due to flu recovery. If I hadn't gotten sick, I would have made it so it seems like a good goal. Work has been very stressful and I just haven't been able to get myself out the door in the evenings. I have gone for walks with my husband and I figured that's better than nothing.

We had storms last night so it was unexpectedly cooler this morning, mid 60's!! Such a treat for May! I went out to the Greenway trail and was a little surprised at how few people were out. Overall had a really nice run. I have a HM in South Dakota in 2 weeks and I'm feeling ready for it. My goal is to finish faster than my SC race, which was the first one I used run/walk intervals. Just slowly chip away at the pace and see how far run/walk can take me.

Sunday long run today. Did just under 17k with a local run club. Perfect running conditions - cool, clear, and still. A real stunner of a day. The pace was a bit quicker than I’d like (especially on the hills, and there were a lot of those) but running with the group meant I got the distance I needed. If I was by myself I’d have probably pulled the pin at 12k.

@tarun_yadavA hahaha,, you mean @AlphaHowls usually runs one DAILY!!!!!

My cold is still colding but I think staying in my head and no fever. I hate taking Day and Nite quil but it's the only way to get any sleep. And trying to sleep lying down is hard as my sinus fill up and I get a headache. But I am grateful it is just a cold. I look back and see last I was sick was June 2023 with a cold but that one had a sore throat also and I did not try to run thru it. I think the worse part of being is sick is that when you feel that "tickle" you just know you are in for several weeks of stuff. crud etc.. Luckily I was stocked up on kleenex.

thanks for asking!

Good luck tomorrow @Laurz9191 I am sure you are going to get a PB… You have been spot on with training.

@quilteryoyo good on you for getting out there in spite of the mental thing. I believe aside from illness and injury that is the 2nd toughest part of running.

I managed a 5 miler yesterday. It was BEAUTIFUL weather and today also. Cool and crisp and it actually helped clear my head up some. I was reading on dr google that colds are actually contagious as long as you are symptomatic so I guess if I feel well enough to go to work tomorrow i will be masking up.

The weather this morning is also bright and clear and brisk which is amazing for May!! I will take it.

Hi everyone!

Thanks for all the good luck wishes! I had a really nice race and was very very happy with it, even though it wasn’t a PB. I was about 1.5 minutes off there ;).

I think what I wanted most was to have fun and run under 2 hours, which I did. The course has some hills and rolling elevation, which I really felt in my legs in the back half of the race, but mostly I felt quite good and excited that I could keep ahead of the pacer (which wasn’t the case last year). The weather was also cool and very runner friendly.

I use all the hills in the race regularly in my training, so I knew what I was getting into and that I could handle it. My kids were also along the course cheering me on, so that was a big boost.

Now on to getting in a regular training rhythm again :). In comparison to the marathon, where I could barely walk or think afterwards, I was able to go about my day pretty much as usual after finishing, which was really cool :).

29.9/270km for May!

P.S. I was still able to smile at the surprise of seeing friends right by km 20, the final mile :).