MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

1 May - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 58m07s - Doubles tennis 2h23m22s
2 May - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.75 miles - Treadmill
3 May - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - Treadmill
4 May - Walked 1.54 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
5 May - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - Treadmill - Tennis singles 43m35s
6 May - Walked 0.76 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill
7 May - Walked 3.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill and driveway - Gym 54m33s
8 May - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Short Driveway laps
9 May - Walked 1.40 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
10 May - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps

26.30/80.00 mile goal

No running today.

Mom and I went to a wonderful Mother's Day luncheon at a friend's church. The men of the church cooked and served the women a 7 course meal that would have made Gordon Ramsey proud or maybe jealous.

After the meal, mom and I bought garden supplies because our neighbor was getting mom's garden ready to plant when we left this morning. And, when we got home, we found that another neighbor had come and mowed mom's lawn while we were gone. We have the best neighbors!

I was home for an hour, during which I walked the 1.1 miles to keep the streak going and found/practiced piano music for church tomorrow. I then went to mom's and we planted garden for 3 hours… 100 sweet potato plants, tomatoes, bell pepper, zucchini, cabbage, and 4 rows of corn. She still has to set out green and October beans and more tomatoes and some okra when she gets them.

It was a great day, but we are both beat. LOL

(Really wish I could have put the pictures in a spoiler.)

Morning all

Got in 5.0M at 10'19.

Not hungover really... Did eat a lot though.

@quilteryoyo oh my! That looks dee-lish.

Torn on the dessert option lol. I do like almond-y tastes hmm.

01.05 strength
03.05 walking, strolling 19km
04.05 walking, strolling 13km
06.05 1.7km 12min 7:08/km - benchmark run & strength
07.05 5.0km 37min 7:26/km
08.05 strength
09.05 7.0km 53min 7:34/km - slow
11.05 3.5km 26min 7:31/km - 15min fast

17.19/81km - 11.6km behind

Was sick yesterday and still went out to do something. Today I tried to run, and while I feel good again running didn't work. My leg muscles got tight immediately and never recovered. Oh well… obviously, I started running fast too quickly as well, thus that played a role here.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms on the thread💐!

Great run @kgirlhart!
Nice to see you getting out again @chris_in_cal, hope you're feeling well?
It was a bit chilly to start @quilteryoyo but I was well layered. Debated on the running gloves as I was going out the door, glad I grabbed them as I kept them on for the first 5km. That Mother's day lunch looks absolutely wonderful!
I thought I was looking at a painting @ContraryMaryMary, what a beautiful picture!
Nice run @tarun_yadavA, not too worry, other hangover opportunities are always coming 😀
Nice run @Mari33a! Protect the nose!
Some days just don't work @yirara, give yourself the grace to feel better.
Nice runs @martaindale & enjoy dinner!

My 10K race was today, details in the spoiler for those who may be interested.

May:

01/05 - 0km
02/05 - 11.31km / 7.03 miles
03/05 - 0km
04/05 - 11.67km / 7.25 miles
05/05 - 0km
06/05 - 6.47km / 4.02 miles Treadmill
07/05 - 13.29km / 8.26 miles
08/05 - 5.09km / 3.16 miles Treadmill
09/05 - 0km - Stationary bike ride for 25kms
10/05 - 7.52km / 4.67 miles
11/05 - 10.28km / 6.39 miles

Total = 55.63km / 41.08 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Yesterday did a proper trail run, first one in months. Was super stiff today. Gorgeous day out. Had a local greeter. Still ice/snow in spots.

Beautiful place for a run @ContraryMaryMary .

@tarun_yadavA Nice run. Glad you overate more than you over indulged. 😉 The food was really delicious. I thought of you when I was eating it. I don't recall the desert tasting like almonds, but then again, I really like almonds so just might not have noticed. That strawberry lemon sauce was to die for though.

Nice running @Mari33a . I hate it when I forget to put sunscreen on my nose. It turns bright red too.

@yirara Sorry it was so hard for you. You did great to get it done.

@martaindale I'm glad your dad got through his surgery well. Nice running.

Thanks @John772016 . Sounds like you had an amazing race!

Nice running tribute to your mom @angf0679 . Hugs to you.

@WarmJellyfish That looks like a great trail for a run. What kind of bird is that?

Sounds like a great Mother's Day @daria0919 .

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers.

I did my normal rest day walk today (1.25 miles on the driveway), even though the last two days have basically been rest days too. I'm working 4 days next week, so I'm trying to figure out how to get my runs in, esp since two of those days are 8 hours. I haven't done that in a long time. If it isn't raining, I'll try to run during my break, so they will be shorter runs than "normal." I'll just do my best and do what I can and NOT stress about it.

I am cutting myself off from posting myself anymore on this thread. I am trying to cut down on my social media usage and have replaced it with this as I keep checking for new posts on here way to much.

Sounds like a plan. A suggestion, as you were writing about motivation, perhaps you can trying making checking here on this thread a treat, you only come on here to check once you have a run you did that you are going to post here. Once you have posted your run, then you can read and comment on the rest. Just a suggestion. Whatever you end up trying I hope it serves you well. Good luck.

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
5/9: 6.20 miles
5/10: 11.11 miles
5/12: 7.25 miles

74.42/140 miles completed for May

I hope all of you moms had a great Mother's Day. Mine was really good. My four sisters and I took our mom out for dinner on Saturday. We had a great time. The restaurant we went to was having live music. I was afraid it would be too loud to hear each other talking, but it was fine, and Mom really enjoyed it. My husband had told me earlier in the week that he was taking me to lunch on Sunday, and I should probably do my long run on Saturday. I asked if the kids were meeting us and he said no. I was hoping they might be going to surprise me, but they called me on Saturday evening. My son had gone to my daughter's house, so they did a video call. I was really glad that they did, and I didn't spend Sunday morning hoping they would show up only to be disappointed. So, when we got to the restaurant on Sunday, I was really surprised when they showed up. It was a great day. I took it as a complete rest day too. I didn't go for a run, or a walk or even do yoga.

Today I was back to running. I ran a 7-mile tempo run. I didn't have it set up as a workout, I just ran the first mile as a warm-up and the last mile as a cool-down and ran the five miles in the middle at a faster pace. I ran the first 10K of the run in 1:00:46. That is a pretty speedy 10K for me especially since it wasn't a race.

Congrats on your race @John772016 . I can't imagine running a race with that many people.

That menu looks awesome @quilteryoyo .

I love the pictures @ContraryMaryMary and @WarmJellyfish . I love seeing all of the beautiful places everyone runs.

I'm glad your dad is doing well @martaindale.