MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

Here's mine from this morning. She seems nice. I wonder if she run?

In Miami, I specialize in the medical device industry and own a high-end private health club. I have always believed that health is the most valuable asset in life and fitness is one of the best ways to stay healthy.

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
5/14: 7.02 miles
5/15: 7.05 miles
5/16: 7.04 miles

101.58/140 miles completed for May

Thanks @Laurz9191 , @John772016, and @Teresa502 !

I ran 7 miles this morning. I saw a skunk at the cemetery, but other than that it was an uneventful run.

Wow. Great parkrun @ContraryMaryMary ! Great improvement too! Love the story about the gentleman. Almost sounds like a "date run." 🤣

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
13 May - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Treadmill
14 May - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Treadmill
15 May - Walked 2.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Town during work break - tennis 1h29m32s - 1.24 miles
16 May - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 1.75 miles - Driveway laps - Gym 56m48s

40.10/80.00 mile goal

On Wednesday, I did an early morning wun on the treadmill. Avg pace for the running portion was 12:23 min/mile. I ran a little over a mile before taking a minute walk break. After work, I was home for about 45 min and then picked up mom for a funeral of a neighbor/friend who passed away Saturday. I feel for her daughter, who has been living with her and caring for her for years. I can't imagine how hard it would be to lose my mother the day before Mother's Day.

Yesterday, I worked from 7:30 - 4:30. You all know enough about me by now to know that I did NOT get up early enough to run before going to work. 😉 I did go out for a fast walk around town during my break. I didn't run any because I knew I was playing tennis later and didn't really want to sweat much. Unfortunately, it was pretty warm and humid so I was soaked with sweat. I had taken other clothes, so was able to change before heading back to work. The walk was at an avg pace of 14:29 min/mile or 4.1 mph.

After work, I ran an errand and then met a friend for some singles tennis. Did I mention that it was hot and humid? We were a bit sluggish, but it was still fun. We played two sets. I won the first one 6-1 and lost the second one 2-6. We just called it a tie and quit for the night.

I went to the gym this morning. I woke up something during the night with my back hurting and it was tight this morning, so we opted to not do dead lift today. I did do bench press and while I didn't get a PR, what I did felt a bit easier - 2 sets of 10 at 45 pounds and one set of 4 at 55 pounds. My assisted pull ups were better - with 80 pounds assist, I did 3 sets of 20, 12, and 8 reps. I'll try 70 pound assist next time. There were lots of other arm exercises and some legs thrown in for good measure. I also did back extensions which seemed to help my back some.

Afterwards, mom and I got haircuts and ran a couple of errands. I was home long enough for a quick lunch and then got stuff together to help mom finish planting her garden. We wanted to finish since it's supposed to storm tonight. That took about 1.5 hours.

After I got home, I went out for a driveway wun…my intention. When I saw my pace for the first mile, I realized I could call it a run, so did a bit more running for the next 0.75 miles . Splits were 14:16 and 13:33. So, nice and easy…but again hot and humid and sweaty. (Not 100°F though.)

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I had a really hard interval run at the gym. 15x 1 min, 1 minute easy pace in between. That workout always tests my resolve. It is definitely a workout I would NOT recommend for a run date :). I ran 11km.

The afternoon was filled with lots of 10 year old boys on bikes, with various types of balls, sporting equipment and cake. There were a total of 3 flat tires (oops). Needless to say, I was really exhausted at the end of the day.

@Teresa502 Good luck at your new/old job!

@martaindale I think you will enjoy the change of temp for the race. Colder is always easier than hotter in my opinion (as long as the colder is above freezing).

I have the half my daughter “made” me sign up for next weekend. I am a little worried it will be on the “hotter” side. I always train early in the morning and it’s always nice and cool, so I am not prepared for anything warm-ish.

106.4/270km for May

I had to jump on here to share this morning. I had a 5km race this morning. I lined up at the 40 minute mark and hoped to finished just under that time. My time was 33:08!!!!!!!!!!!! I took NO walk breaks! I was NOT anticipating it going that well! I looked through my running journals, and the last time I went that fast was sometime before 2020!