MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

quilteryoyo · May 11

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.)

ContraryMaryMary · May 11

into the hills first thing this morning for a Mother’s Day trail run with a couple of friends. Beautiful day out. Then home and out for brunch with the in-laws.

tarun_yadavA · May 11

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.

daria0919 · May 11

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@daria0919 - A couple of friends and I signed up for the Richmond HM in November! I hope you will be around and we can have a meet-up.

That’s great @Teresa502!! I’m planning on doing the 8K and would enjoy a meetup with you and your friends!

Hubby and I have been insanely busy these last few days. I’m behind a bit on my miles for the month, but things should slow down after today.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

chris_in_cal · May 11

@daria0919 - A couple of friends and I signed up for the Richmond HM in November! I hope you will be around and we can have a meet-up.
That’s great @Teresa502!! I’m planning on doing the 8K and would enjoy a meetup with you and your friends!

Great, that is a nice area. I visited my Uncle and Aunt in Williamsburg, VA a couple of years ago and really liked all the woods and scenery.

Mari33a · May 11

01/05 2.86 miles
02/05 2.86 miles
03/05 2.87 miles
06/05 2.43 miles
08/05 3.13 miles
09/05 3.37 miles
10/05 3.21 miles
11/05 3.21 miles

Total 23.94 / 60 miles

Had a nice relaxed run with Dakota this afternoon. I didn’t put enough sunscreen on my nose yesterday so I was sporting the Rudolf look today 😀

yirara · May 11

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.

martaindale · May 11

May total: 38.1/100 miles

YTD: 368.2 miles

5/3: 10 miles

5/4: 3.2 miles

5/5: 3 miles

5/6: 4.1 miles

5/8: 4 miles

5/9: 7 miles

5/10: 2.7 miles

5/11: 4.1 miles

I headed home from my dad's yesterday. He did well following the surgery and didn't have much pain the next day. I decided not to deal with the muddy wet trail and stopped by daingerfield State Park to do my run. There are 2 main trails, 1 with some decent elevation to a pretty overlook spot and 1 around a small lake. Ended up being shorter than planned but my legs were tired so I just took 1 loop.

Today I did my neighborhood trail for recovery miles. Tacked on 1 extra because I cut yesterday's short, and why not? It was a beautiful day, low humidity with some breeze.

We are heading out for an early dinner for mother's day later today.

John772016 · May 11

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)

Problem getting to the race this morning as my bus was 40 minutes late!! So, started the race with a corral an hour later than I was scheduled. Not a big deal, but my first 2kms were a bit slower than planned. Wasn't expecting to hit a new PR today, so I just relaxed & enjoyed the run.

Weather was pretty good (about 4 C and not a cloud in the sky), & the wind was at my back for a long portion of the run (also that part was mostly downhill, so double bonus 👍️).

Finished just over 53 mins - in the top 25% of the overall 20,000+ participants, top 19% in my age category(that being - old guy category); definitely not my best, but not my worst either!

Three of the best parts:
1) Raising money to send kids with cancer to camp; it's why I originally signed up few years ago, not even knowing the 1st time I did, if I'd be able to run a 10K.
2) Waving at (& making faces at) the kids in the jogging strollers as their Mom's (and some Dad's) were running with them through the race. Only one kid started crying at me, which I'm pretty sure is my lowest count yet (a new PR?). Normally I have to go to church to make faces at kids I don't know😀
3) Hitting one of the top of the crests in the race & looking down Yonge street at several thousand runners stretching off as far as the eye can see. It is so inspiring.

angf0679 · May 11

May Running:

May 3 - 4km (Country run!)
May 4 - 4km
May 10 - 7km

Total for May - 15km
May Goal - 100km, 85km to go

I walked 7.2km today for my mom. My mom passed away 3 and 2 months ago. I miss her so much. Happy Mothers Day in heaven mom.

WarmJellyfish · May 11

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.

daria0919 · May 12

02 May: 1.60 miles
03 May: 1.60 miles
05 May: 1.80 miles
07 May: 2.00 miles
11 May: 2.50 miles
May total to date: 9.50 miles

Hubby and I met up with my youngest son for a couple of rounds of miniature golf and a late lunch at a Thai restaurant. I had Pad Thai Jae (a delicious vegetarian dish). Was a really fun Mother’s Day outing! Lots of phone calls, texts and FaceTime with my other kids and grandkids. Love my big, wonderful family!

quilteryoyo · May 12

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.

steviebee888 · May 12

I hope you who are mothers had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Performed speed work on the treadmill today. Felt strong as I increased the speed. Conquered 6 miles this week

quilteryoyo · May 12

You're doing great @steviebee888 !

angf0679 · May 12

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.

chris_in_cal · May 12

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.

daria0919 · May 12

02 May: 1.60 miles
03 May: 1.60 miles
05 May: 1.80 miles
07 May: 2.00 miles
11 May: 2.50 miles
12 May: 1.50 miles
May total to date: 11.00 miles

WarmJellyfish · May 12

74/175km so far.

@quilteryoyo its a mountain grouse

@daria0919 that looks so yummmm

@John772016 thats cool where you are now after that first 10k race

martaindale · May 12

May total: 41.1/100 miles

YTD: 371.2 miles

5/3: 10 miles

5/4: 3.2 miles

5/5: 3 miles

5/6: 4.1 miles

5/8: 4 miles

5/9: 7 miles

5/10: 2.7 miles

5/11: 4.1 miles

5/12: 3 miles

Didy usual 3 miles before work today. I also used this run to do some faster intervals as it is probably the last nice morning we will have. It was 60ish this morning! So out of season but temps are climbing this week so I doubt we'll see temps like that until fall.

kgirlhart · May 12

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.

ContraryMaryMary · May 12

8k today around the estuary, with a quick stop at the garden centre on the drive here to get some more plants!

quilteryoyo · May 13

We are going to miss you @angf0679 . I do understand about spending too much time on line. I think it happens to all of us sometimes. Wishing you well with your running goals and life in general.

You're doing great @daria0919 . How is your ankle feeling? (It is your ankle that's giving you issues, isn't it?)

Thanks for the info @WarmJellyfish . Pretty cool looking bird.

Nice run @martaindale . I hope the temps don't heat up too fast.

What a great Mother's Day surprise @martaindale . They did it up right. Nice looking family. Great run today.

@ContraryMaryMary Nice running. Your yard really is going to be the envy of your neighborhood.

quilteryoyo · May 13

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
11 May - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
12 May - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 1.75 miles - Treadmill

29.80/80.00 mile goal

I worked from 7:30-4:30 today in the two year old class. Considering it's a full moon, it was pretty easy. It didn't hurt that there were only 5 kids there for two teachers today. There are 9 on the role.

I took clothes to exercise during my break, but wound up making phone calls and trying to nap while waiting for return calls….which never came, of course.

When I got home, it was raining, so I did a short treadmill session. The run was a run walk for 2/1 min at 4.5-5.0/4.0 mph and then ended with about 5 min at 5.1 mph. Avg pace was 12:59 min/mile. Avg HR was 126 with a max of 154 bpm.

chris_in_cal · May 13

A nice slow run 2.0M at 15'10

The big news is super sore from yesterday's "Leg Day" at my gym, wow.

tarun_yadavA · May 13

Morning all

Got in 5.0M at 09'44.

Was having MFP issues yesterday so couldn't post. Still having issues, so now working off mobile browser!

Loving everyone's mother's day pics

Teresa502 · May 13

I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day weekend. I ran 5.26 miles this morning. Rain was in the forecast and I heard it pouring down at some point during the night. I had a few drops come down on my way to the meet-up point, but it held off for our run.

Beautiful family pictures @kgirlhart

Congratulations on your race @John772016 even though it got off to a rough start.

So excited we will get to meet @daria0919!

My, my that was a fancy church dinner @quilteryoyo – everything sounds and looked so good! Glad you and your mom were able to go and enjoy it.

Mari33a · May 13

01/05 2.86 miles
02/05 2.86 miles
03/05 2.87 miles
06/05 2.43 miles
08/05 3.13 miles
09/05 3.37 miles
10/05 3.21 miles
11/05 3.21 miles
12/05 3.15 miles

Total 27.09 / 60 miles

My foot ached a lot on yesterday's run so cut back a little today.

yirara · May 13

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
12.03 strength
13.03 7.0km 54min 7:46/km - slow

24.19/81km - 9.8km behind

After the total fail with the last run I tried to stay really slow this time, and it worked well enough. Not as good as in the past, but good enough. Nice, slow run at over 20C. I wonder whether I'll still manage to get to 81km this month despite being away for a night this week, and then away for another 5 days. Lets see.

kgirlhart · May 13

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
5/13: 6.05 miles

80.47/140 miles completed for May

I had an interesting run today. I decided to do an interval run. I set out about 8:45 and it was already 71F, so I was kind of thinking maybe I shouldn't have done speed work but decided to go for it anyway. I had just almost finished the warm-up when my phone rang. I wasn't able to catch it before it went to voicemail, but I paused to listen. It was the CFO from a job I had applied to. I debated whether I should head home and call her back when I was done, or go ahead and call now. I didn't want to wait, and I was pretty close to my sister's mother-in-law's house, so I stopped there to make the call. We talked for about 20 minutes. The job sounds really promising and I thought the call went well. She is going to be setting up peer interviews next week. I am feeling both anxious and optimistic. After the call I headed back home and did the intervals. I was feeling excited so the run was good and I ran 6 miles. It was definitely warm though, so even if I am not working soon, I am going to have to start getting out earlier to beat the heat. We've been kind of spoiled with the lovely spring weather we have been having.

MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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That’s great @Teresa502!! I’m planning on doing the 8K and would enjoy a meetup with you and your friends!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

02 May: 1.60 miles
03 May: 1.60 miles
05 May: 1.80 miles
07 May: 2.00 miles
11 May: 2.50 miles
May total to date: 9.50 miles

02 May: 1.60 miles
03 May: 1.60 miles
05 May: 1.80 miles
07 May: 2.00 miles
11 May: 2.50 miles
12 May: 1.50 miles
May total to date: 11.00 miles

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MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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That’s great @Teresa502!! I’m planning on doing the 8K and would enjoy a meetup with you and your friends!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

02 May: 1.60 miles 03 May: 1.60 miles 05 May: 1.80 miles 07 May: 2.00 miles 11 May: 2.50 miles May total to date: 9.50 miles

02 May: 1.60 miles 03 May: 1.60 miles 05 May: 1.80 miles 07 May: 2.00 miles 11 May: 2.50 miles 12 May: 1.50 miles May total to date: 11.00 miles

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02 May: 1.60 miles
03 May: 1.60 miles
05 May: 1.80 miles
07 May: 2.00 miles
11 May: 2.50 miles
May total to date: 9.50 miles

02 May: 1.60 miles
03 May: 1.60 miles
05 May: 1.80 miles
07 May: 2.00 miles
11 May: 2.50 miles
12 May: 1.50 miles
May total to date: 11.00 miles