MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

tarun_yadavA · May 24

Morning all

Got in 6.0M at 09'41.

Off for lunch with mum, sis, B-i-L et al.

Last of the unhealthiness now… have 2 back-to-backs mid-June (prior to flying out on hols), so have a solid 3 weeks to detox and get back into peak fitness

Teresa502 · May 24

Good morning! It was a little chilly when I headed out for my run this morning - 41F! But, the sun was shining and it was a glorious morning! I ran 6.25 miles. Heading to a graduation luncheon shortly. Hope everyone has a great Saturday!

@tarun_yadavA - Enjoy the lunch celebration. I have no doubt your will reach your peak fitness goals!

Hope the rain stops for a few days for you @John772016. I admire your treadmill dedication.

Running at the lake sounds lovely @chris_in_cal !

Mari33a · May 24

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
13/05 2.66 miles
14/05 3.14 miles
15/05 3.15 miles
17/05 3.22 miles
18/05 3.36 miles
19/05 3.26 miles
20/05 3.36 miles
21/05 2.80 miles
22/05 3.16 miles
23/05 3.36 miles
24/05 3.51 miles

Total 62.17 / 60 miles

The heavy rain hasn’t arrived yet, just light misty drizzle which was very relaxing to run in without any wind. I hit goal today. My expectations for the month were very low so pleased with this. 70 miles next and maybe grasp for 80 miles

SummerSkier · May 24

dang the spammers are following us right to the message boards now! 🧐😏

I woke up this morning and SWEAR to god, I could not put any weight on my left ankle without angry pain (like a sprain). When my eyes got open enough to accept light and I looked down I would have expected to see an angry swollen sight. Nope. Since this is the 2nd time in a couple months this happened to me I decided that my lower back was more a suspect than the ankle itself and moving around more would help. 4 miles at a slightly less than boyfriend pace but by the time I finished ankle completely normal again. I am starting to suspect that once you get past a certain age, it takes a lot bravery to just "push thru".

hey maybe that is a keyword we used which brought out the spammer?

ANyway 134 miles month to date and 1018 year to date. I feel my mileage will start lagging a little with the higher dew point morning because I don't have enough SWEAT in my body to go further and I always forget to take the saltabs with me.

martaindale · May 24

Congratulations @kgirlhart!! I'm so happy for you! I'm sure that's a huge stress relief.

@SummerSkier That's weird about your ankle. Hope that doesn't become a regular thing. I love that bf/gf pace is working it's way into the vernacular here! And, yes, it's fully salt tab season. It got hot fast!

Great running over the last few days everyone. I liked and hugged my way through a few pages.

martaindale · May 24

May total: 73.8/100 miles

YTD: 403.9 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

5/14: 4 miles

5/16: 5 miles

5/17: 3 miles

5/18: 13.1 miles

5/22: 3 miles

5/24: 4.6 miles

I'm camping this long weekend; probably the last time until fall. It's pretty warm this weekend but still nice enough to hang around outside a bit. Because it was last minute, the state parks and national forests were all booked up but I remembered a Houston city park that has camping! The Lake Houston Wilderness Park is a 4800 acre former State Park now operated by the city of Houston. I ran a trail race here a few years ago but only recently learned they have a small campground. It seems to be a well kept secret because less than 2 weeks before memorial Day only a couple of spots were reserved.

I planned a trail run this morning but only a couple minutes into the trail I was swarmed by these biting flies that have only recently become an issue. I have been chased and bitten a few times in the wooded areas near my house too. They aren't horse flies. They kind of look like smaller dirt daubers (not sure those are called the same thing everywhere) and they are persistent! They hurt and leave a large bruising welt if they manage to bite you. They will run with me and latch on if I slow down at all. I really hate these things and predict they will keep me out of the woods for a while. It's just not worth the stress of fighting them off.

Luckily the roads at this park are dirt/gravel and pretty nice to run on because I only packed trail shoes. The flies seem to prefer the woods and aren't an issue in more open areas. Because I hadn't mapped out a road run, I winged it and ended up at 4.6 miles. Figured that was good enough and I'll probably just do the same tomorrow. I want these things to die off and never return. They are ruining trails for me right now. I was covered in bug spray and not even sweating when they got me this morning.

Any of you know what these might be?

John772016 · May 24

Nice runs @kgirlhart, @chris_in_cal, @tarun_yadavA, @Teresa502, @Mari33a, @SummerSkier, & @martaindale!

On other threads spammer guy basically described what he's looking for in a partner (I think?) &/or how his job is so risky, as below…., "….we are always on the high battle field ground defense! But am down for the challenge of being able to archive what I never relented on!"

Huh?

John772016 · May 24

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
12/05 - 0km
13/05 - 0km - Stationary bike ride for 22kms
14/05 - 0km
15/05 - 13.49km / 8.38 miles
16/05 - 13.08km / 8.13 miles
17/05 - 0km
18/05 - 0km
19/05 - 13.15km / 8.17 miles
20/05 - 8.56km / 5.32 miles
21/05 - 0km
22/05 - 6.68km/ 4.15 miles Treadmill
23/05 - 7.13km / 4.43 miles Treadmill
24/05 - 0km / 0 miles - Stationary bike ride for 40kms

Total = 117.72km / 79.66 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Raining again this morning when I hopped on the stationary bike for a 40K ride. Sun finally broke through for a few hours, so I popped out to get some walking around/grocery shopping done, but man, those wind gusts! The clouds moved back in and feels like we're in the beginning of March with the weather!

yirara · May 24

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
14.03 3.5km 25min 7:14/km - fast
15.05 dancing like crazy
19.05 15km walking
20.05 25km walking
21.05 19km walking
24.05 3.0km 23min 7:41/km - slow

30.69/81km -32.0km behind

I ran again today after a rather bad uti (main symptom was crippling tiredness) and a 5 days trip abroad where I walked a bit. Winner was walking through 4 towns in a day, first another walk through the town where I'd spent the night, then on by bus and explored the terminal bus station town when a thunderstorm and torrential rains came by, moved to a different town with just a mild drizzle by train, and then to the town where I'd spent the next two nights. :D Anyway, back to running I guess even if I won't reach my running goal for this month.

ContraryMaryMary · May 25

Sunday long run today - just the local 11.5km loop but it felt longer today, mainly because my hips/back were talking to me. Good to get it done, and now for a lazy afternoon with my book (and probably some yoga too!).

chris_in_cal · May 25

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48617688#Comment_48617688

I have one non-MFP Strava friend...a dude. I've never met him but he seems to live in my neighborhood and he runs a lot around here.

This morning the dude just woke up, laced'em up, and ran a 50km loop around San Diego. Wow. I am so impressed. That's seems superhuman. At an 8:30/mi pace too.

tarun_yadavA · May 25

Morning all

Got in 9.36M at 10'08

Mari33a · May 25

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
13/05 2.66 miles
14/05 3.14 miles
15/05 3.15 miles
17/05 3.22 miles
18/05 3.36 miles
19/05 3.26 miles
20/05 3.36 miles
21/05 2.80 miles
22/05 3.16 miles
23/05 3.36 miles
24/05 3.51 miles
25/0;5 3.24 miles

Total 65.41 / 60 miles

Another good run. Dakota was really sluggish on yesterday’s run and I was worried about him but he was back on form today.

daria0919 · May 25

Congrats on your new job @kgirlhart! So happy for you!

SummerSkier · May 25

@martaindale google black flies. They are near water. May=June. Nasty suckers. Wear lighter clothes but not sure anything helps. Used to see them at the barn. When I was trail riding with friends you always tried to be first as the flies tended to go to the 2nd in line. LOL.

WoW! @tarun_yadavA great running this weekend! thanks for giving us a new fun term to describe our runs.

My ankle was completely well by the end of my run. I know it's my back because I was pretty "active" playing tennis but not much to do except keep on keepin on.

@John772016 the spammer posted here and I flagged it so it's gone now but yeah wtf is that just a computer compilation of buzx words? 😏

@quilteryoyo hope you are having a good weekend! I am trying to get myself motivated to do some chores around the house. Usually if I make a "list" I will get it done.

Got in a 4 miler yesterday after a 1 mile on Friday just to streak. Still over 7 avg per day for the year but dropping pretty fast. I AM going to remember to take some tabs with me today.

@AlphaHowls you will need to add the "boyfriend run" to next months opener. I like it. Using it on Strava as well.

Laurz9191 · May 25

Hi everyone!

@tarun_yadavA Happy belated birthday!!

@kgirlhart Congrats on the new job! I am really happy for you! I hope you really enjoy the rest of your off-time before you start!

Today I had my 2x half marathon of the month. I was able to arrange for my 5 year old to sleep at a friend’s house to make it possible. It was quite a dramatic morning though, as my older kids, who were set to race a 2km right before my race didn’t tell me that they were given their racing bibs at school along with school running shirts. To make the story short, we got to the racing venue (a 15 minute bike ride from my house) 15 minutes before the gun. Oops. Luckily there were 2x 2km races, as the primary schools were spit into 2 groups due to there being so many kids. I was able to get the numbers bring them to the kids, watch them race, then jump on the line right after. How’s that for adrenaline:)!

I didn’t mention before, but all this time it was raining and windy! I really wanted to call it in and not even start, but I did start and I finished the race with very wet feet! It rained for about the first hour. It was very tiring and it wasn’t my best time but I am definitely satisfied with my performance. The best part was the sprint. I had asked the guy behind me which direction to go in the last 200 meters, as there were 2 possibilities. He told me and then proceeded to coach me into sprinting faster. I really did and only because he was making it fun and telling me I needed to finish before him, so I should hurry :).

The course was ca. 250 meters short!!! So I ran a few laps around the field afterwards to make it an “official” HM day.

171.5/270km for May.

quilteryoyo · May 26

@Mari33a I'm glad that you got some good news on your son. Hopefully they did more tests to try to figure out what is going on. The story of your neighbor not understanding running for weight and stress relief reminds me of why we have this forum - it's a place where people do understand!

Congrats on the new job @kgirlhart ! Awesome!

@SummerSkier I'm glad running helped your ankle to feel better. It's odd, but I understand because I have a knee that will sometimes hurt when I walk, but running is fine.

Glad you were able to find a camp site for the long weekend @martaindale . I have no idea about those flies, but I would avoid them too. Great running and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

@yirara Sounds like a great vacation and glad you are feeling better. Those UTI's are horrible.

Thanks @SummerSkier . You are doing great so far this year!

@Laurz9191 Great job on the wet HM! That sounds like a tough one and a tough start for the kids too! Already had your adrenaline flowing before running the first step. Love the guy pushing you to sprint harder at the end.

I was so far behind, I just liked and hugged everyone as appropriate. You are all doing great!

kgirlhart · May 26

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
5/18: 11.25 miles
5/19: 7.02 miles
5/20: 3.52 miles
5/21: 7.26 miles
5/22: 7.26 miles
5/23: 7.27 miles
5/25: 11.26 miles

156.42/140 completed for May

Thanks @martaindale , @daria0919, @quilteryoyo and @Laurz9191 . And great job on the HM!

I ran 11.25 miles today. It was hot and it was windy, but I enjoyed it.

quilteryoyo · May 26

Great long run today @kgirlhart !

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
17 May - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.50 miles - Treadmill
18 May - Walked 1.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
19 May - Walked 0.49 miles - Ran 2.11 miles - Town during break
20 May - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps
21 May - Walked 0.70 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Treadmill - Gym 51m21s
22 May - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - doubles tennis for 1h38m12s
23 May - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
24 May - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
25 May - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill

56.60/80.00 mile goal

It's been a busier than normal week, so didn't have a ton of time for walking/running and not for posting here either.

Thursday, we had to head out really early in order to get to my great niece's kindergarten graduation, which was at 9 am and an hour away. Their program was really cute and we went to eat at The Cracker Barrel afterwards. I had tennis planned for later, so just did a short driveway walk after we got home.

Tennis was fun. The friend that I play singles with an I played doubles against a couple of ladies who are normally better than us, but they are coming back from injuries. We won 6-2 and the second set was a tie, but we won the tiebreaker 8-6.

Friday, I had planned to spend the morning getting some things done at home, but I was called into work. After work, I ate a quick bite and went down and mowed mom's lawn…I did the riding part, so didn't count it as exercise. A couple of neighbor's helped and we sat around an visited a bit after we finished. I didn't get home until 6:30, so just did another short driveway walk before having dinner.

Yesterday, I did a early treadmill walk before doing some things that I had to do for church today and then heading out to my niece's for a family get together to celebrate the great niece and great nephew's kindergarten graduations. It was a fun, relaxing afternoon.

The two on the right are the kindergarten graduates. The other is the middle great niece.

My youngest great niece. She is a mama's girl for sure, so wasn't able to hold her without crying, but got this picture of her standing close to me. LOL

Then, today was my normal Sunday Rest Day walk after church and before lunch.

Looks like I probably won't be making my goal this month. We'll see. I am hoping to get in an actual run tomorrow since the daycare is closed and I know I won't be called in to work.

ContraryMaryMary · May 26

Happy Monday everyone.

Pilates today followed by a 20 minute shake out.

tarun_yadavA · May 26

Morning all

Got in 3.63 at 10'50.

@Laurz9191 thanks! And well done on a sub-2 on a hard HM course

WarmJellyfish · May 26

Happy runnings everyone,

143 of 175km so far.

Did a little trail run yesterday. Beautiful day, no clouds. Tripped 3 times. Crashed once 🙄😂, no lasting damage. Did strain the right hamstring a bit from saving one of the other tripped. One trip was being distracted by a really cute snowshoe hare, complete with mukluks . It jumped like 2feet up to clear some brush. Even though I have a pet bunny, till today, it never fascinates me they can just boing from stationary up to a couch.

@martaindale sorry about the insects. We don't have them as bad here but I tend to use 30% deet to keep everything off. The worse are the horse flies. Their bites bleed!

@quilteryoyo the cuties are adorable!

@Laurz9191 congrats on the HM!

@chris_in_cal I know what you mean. I follow one local trail racer here and his idea of a training run is sometimes 42km/3000m (26.2mi/10000ft), but when you're trainng for a 100miler….

swenson19d · May 26

(Elise4270 here) hi all. I am not back to running but am in the contemplative state to incorporate walking and maybe some biking. It’s been a long 5 years.

Hip surgeries set me back, rod in my leg. Lost youngest boy to suicide June 2020 and oldest this past January. Messy divorce is final but details aren’t.

School is going well. I have 1 year left! DNP in PMHNP. Caught up with an old crush this last year and we are living together.

ETA- where is um the raccoon gal? I could use some cuteness

chris_in_cal · May 26

It's a bank holiday in the US, our unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day.

I didn't log my run yesterday…so does it count? :)

Here it is anyway, on Sunday I ran 1.39M at 14'21

chris_in_cal · May 26

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48627188#Comment_48627188

Welcome Elise @swenson19d

Check in here everyday, get a walk or bike in, and tell us all your progress, setbacks, and goals. It works, if you show up.

yirara · May 26

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
14.03 3.5km 25min 7:14/km - fast
15.05 dancing like crazy
19.05 15km walking
20.05 25km walking
21.05 19km walking
24.05 3.0km 23min 7:41/km - slow
25.05 strength - dropped barbell, body ouchie
26.05 4.1km 32min 7:52/km - slow

34.79/81km -32.2km behind

Getting back into exercising. A small break of two weeks is enough for my muscles to stop working. Stamina and strength are still there, but they just don't function properly. Give me a week and I'm fine again. Yesterday I somehow dropped my barbell while preparing it for squats, ended up with a massive bruise on my shinbone, a pulled muscle on my upper back and minor ouchies here and there. Still managed to do a workout of sorts. Thus also got added doms on top :D Running went very well though.

SummerSkier · May 26

the raccoon gal? gosh that's a new one for me. But welcome @swenson19d sounds like the past 5 years have been friggin awful but you are now turning things around. I loved the couch to 5 k program for getting my activity a gently start.

@chris_in_cal it definitely doesn't count if you did not log it. 🙃🧐😎

Gor my run in before the rain today Very interesting. I did the first 3 miles listening to my audio book and my pace was definitey "boyfriend" but then I put on my jamming music. HR ramped from 120's to 140s and pace down to the 10's. Shows how much what we listen to can effect our activity. Interesting looks like they are changing the software for posting photos again. Can't wait until the do spoilers for them.

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Mari33a · May 26

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
13/05 2.66 miles
14/05 3.14 miles
15/05 3.15 miles
17/05 3.22 miles
18/05 3.36 miles
19/05 3.26 miles
20/05 3.36 miles
21/05 2.80 miles
22/05 3.16 miles
23/05 3.36 miles
24/05 3.51 miles
25/05 3.24 miles
26/05 3.24 miles

Total 68.65 / 60 miles

It rained during the whole run & now the sun is shining again 🙈😂

@quilteryoyo Thats a great photo of you and your Mum!

@swenson19d Welcome back. I’m sorry for ur loss. U really have been through the wringer!

John772016 · May 26

So….I gotta stop taking 'non-media' days, too many updates to read & like on this thread.
Just kidding, love the commitment of you folks!

Nice runs @yirara, @ContraryMaryMary, @tarun_yadavA, @Mari33a, @SummerSkier, @Laurz9191, @WarmJellyfish & @chris_in_cal!

Congrats on the HM (even if a wet one) @Laurz9191 & also the kid-jockeying success!

Cute kindergarten grads @quilteryoyo!

Beautiful pics @WarmJellyfish & congrats on the 'no lasting damage' with the 3 trips & crashed once!
My trail crashes always seem to end up in an ER visit…..

John772016 · May 26

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
12/05 - 0km
13/05 - 0km - Stationary bike ride for 22kms
14/05 - 0km
15/05 - 13.49km / 8.38 miles
16/05 - 13.08km / 8.13 miles
17/05 - 0km
18/05 - 0km
19/05 - 13.15km / 8.17 miles
20/05 - 8.56km / 5.32 miles
21/05 - 0km
22/05 - 6.68km/ 4.15 miles Treadmill
23/05 - 7.13km / 4.43 miles Treadmill
24/05 - 0km / 0 miles - Stationary bike ride for 40kms
25/05 - 0km / 0 miles
26/05 - 10.48km / 6.51 miles

Total = 128.20km / 86.17 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Nerve pain was pretty severe Sunday so took an unplanned rest day; as it was a bit better this morning, and the weather was an absolutely beautiful 16⁰ C, sunny with mild winds, I threw on shorts/T- & ran out the door before my brain could tell me it wasn't a good idea.

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