MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,512 Member

    My question for the day

    How many times and how many profiles will "robertjones" use to try to friend me. I think this goes back at least 7 or 8 years at this point. 😂😏😳🙃

  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,375 Member

    @quilteryoyo I come up with a different excuse every day. Monday I was lazy and didn't want to carry my book bag bag, running bag and laptop bad (had to bring it in as I was having work connection issues). Yesterday was because I didn't want to mess up my salon fresh hair. 😂 I didn't bring my running bag today as it was giving rain all day. Of course at the current moment it isn't. In order to run in the evening it would be after 9pm. I don't care to run that late as it takes time to unwind to get to sleep.

  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,606 Member

    @SummerSkier sounds like you've got a stalker 😉 Be safe out there!

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,893 Member

    Hahaha. It looked like a tan line. @WarmJellyfish . You'll succeed on the next try.

    @angf0679 Ok. If you still want help - "STOP MAKING EXCUSES!" LOL I have a hard time running late too, esp if I need to get up early the next day.

    @yirara I'm glad your run today was a good one.

    You're doing great @Laurz9191 . Glad you aren't requiring too much time to recover and get that PR. Haha that your daughter nudged you to sign up for the HM.

    Hahaha @John772016 . Great running.

    That's understandable after all of that yard work @ContraryMaryMary . You did great!

  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,287 Member

    Congrats on your 8 years of running @kgirlhart!! Those little possums look adorable in the helmet. Look at those eyes….

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,893 Member

    Doing great @daria0919 .

    Glad you are enjoying your runs this Spring @kgirlhart . Beautiful Iris and the possums are cute. Glad you got them out without incident. I worry when Tippy starts "tracking" something through the house. So far, I haven't found anything.

    @SummerSkier You are doing great and I hope you are back to normal in a couple of days. I looked back and I tend to get a lot of friend request from ChrisJones and anthonyjones. Why is it always Jones? 😂 BTW, it has only been a little over a year since I started at the gym. I don't feel like I am very strong, but when I read in my journal what I did last year, I think, "Hey, you are improving!" Good luck with the balance. That's important, esp as we age.

    Looking forward to reading out your lunch time run tonight @angf0679 .

    Off to work. See you on the flip side. Fingers crossed the one year olds decide to "bring their listening ears" to daycare today. 🤣

    Oh, we are having baked ziti for teacher appreciation today. Yum.

  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,551 Member

    Morning all

    Got in 5.5M at 10'15

    Lol @ the Mr Jones stalkers here.

    (Love that tune from the 90s!)

  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,469 Member

    May total: 24.3/100 miles

    YTD: 354.4 miles

    5/3: 10 miles

    5/4: 3.2 miles

    5/5: 3 miles

    5/6: 4.1 miles

    5/8: 4 miles

    I'm working from home this morning so I had a bit more time. It was nice to get my run in early. I definitely struggle with evening runs.

    The winners of the cocodona 250 finished yesterday. The male winner set a new course record, I think by something around an hour and looked a little too fresh on only 15 mins of sleep over 58ish hours. The women's winner also won last year but beat her time last year by close to 8 hrs!! Crazy! She was 4th overall and right on the heels of 3rd. So impressive.

    I probably won't watch it as closely now but the live stream continues on YouTube until the last runner finishes. I love that they stick around all week and make sure the DFL gets a good welcome. It's been super inspiring. I'm going to have to find more of these throughout the year. I've really enjoyed living vicariously through these amazing athletes.

  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,928 Member

    Good morning! I too am WFH today so I was able to get out for a 5 mile run. Didn't get home until 1:00 am and up at 6:30 but the fresh air felt good. I've been in east Texas for business the last couple of days so I know what you Texans mean about Tuesday's storms. The thunder, lightening and wind were rough! Luckily our plane had landed before it hit there but I had to get out and drive in it all afternoon for various appointments.

  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,758 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48600047#Comment_48600047

    I'm impressed with how you typed your runs here, it's good looking formatting. I'm still trying to figure out good formatting and editing on this new bulletin board software we have here.

  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,375 Member

    May Running:

    May 3 - 4km (Country run!)
    May 4 - 4km

    Total for May - 8km
    May Goal - 100km, 92km to go

    I wrote a song on my run to a familiar tune. Feel free to adjust it to where you live

    Old HRM had some roads E-I-E-I-O
    And on these roads they had some repairs E-I-E-I-O
    With some roads work here, and some road work there, here some road work, there some road work EVERYWHERE some road work,
    Old HRM had some roads E-I-E-I-O

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    I did find some pretty tulips

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    And like these geese, I am ready for nap time. I had no energy on that run so it was a struggle to keep going or do any faster pace

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  • WarmJellyfish
    WarmJellyfish Posts: 287 Member
    edited May 8

    Well yesterday's "run" was all wobbly kneed thanks to the day's before all out attempt. Cut it short. Well I tried. Developing my time on feet readiness 🙄😜 Tonight will be a "slower" trail hike.

    @ContraryMaryMary and so I've discovered. Never really attempted a VO2 max run before. Back in the day there were no HR monitors so it was all time based brackets and one could slack then…😏

    @John772016 you might be on to something with the dirt cover….. maybe I should roll in that stuff before running 🤣

    @daria0919 nice distances! You're back at it

    @kgirlhart the possums are cute! I have a thing for small mammals. They would have become trapped with me…..😜 We don't have those here. Not even racoons. More likely to have skunks hiding somewhere.

    @SummerSkier maybe you should respond and tell a story of a nigerian prince and ask for their bank account info…..

    @quilteryoyo good luck with 1 year olds…..

    @angf0679 What gets me out the door and running is a goal. I have 2. One is to drop about 30lbs. The other is a stupid damn trail race I can't get out of my head, if I finish it it will be DFL but I don't care.

    @martaindale It's so fascinating and motivating to see these ultra folks complete their races, especially races that cheer on DFL.

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,302 Member

    May Goal: 140 miles

    5/1: 7.15 miles
    5/2: 6.25 miles
    5/4: 13.21 miles
    5/5: 5.20 miles
    5/6: 6.25 miles
    5/7: 7.25 miles
    5/8: 4.55 miles

    49.86/140 miles completed for May

    I got out early for a 4.5-mile tempo run. It was perfect running weather again this morning. It as a good run, but I have been waiting on a phone call all day, and I am feeling very stressed out. On a positive note, I haven't seen any more signs of the possums. I do have everything sealed up tight now, and I put out the animal trap and haven't caught them, so I am hoping they have moved on. No signs of the mama.

    Maybe if I go run the vacuum the phone will finally ring.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,893 Member

    Nice running @tarun_yadavA .

    @martaindale Great running. I can't even imagine being in good enough shape to attempt 250 miles! They are all amazing in my book! I'm glad they stick around and give every finisher the same experience. They deserve it!

    I'm glad you got to TX before those storms hit @Teresa502 . Great job getting out for an early morning run when you got home so late last night.

    You got out there and did it @angf0679 ! Congratulations! Love the tulips and geese pictures. As for road construction - I've been having to navigate detours in my head for the last week to get to work. The main road is closed and the detour they are sending people to is a nightmare. LOL

    You're doing great @WarmJellyfish . Thanks for the well wishes. Turns out, I was in the 2 year old class today and they were a bit more chilled. LOL

    Hahaha @kgirlhart . I hope vacuuming made the phone ring and I hope it was good news! You're doing great with your running. Glad the critters are gone.

    Thanks @John772016 . Nice run this morning. Good luck with your 10K on Sunday. That sounds like a great race for a great cause!

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