MAY 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

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
---sick---
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
27.05 strength
28.05 6.0km 47min 7:47 - slow
29.05 strength
30.05 3.0km 22min 7.29/km - 12.5min fast

43.79/81km -34.6km behind

Probably the last run this month. Still go somewhere despite being away twice and being sick. Run went better today, though still breathing a bit too fast.

Yep! The girls never complain (unless you arent petting 'em). [spoiler]

Zara

Nina Georgina- Queen of the Hill!

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ETA- what is the spoiler command?

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
26 May - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.00 miles - Treadmill
27 May - Walked 1.54 miles - Ran 2.46 miles - Driveway laps
28 May - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Gym 56m2s
29 May - Walked 1.40 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
30 May - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 4.00 miles - Treadmill

74.00/80.00 mile goal

I did two treadmill sessions today to try to give myself the possibility of making my 80 mile goal tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

I forgot to take my Magnesium supplement last night, so was having heart palpatations this morning. I had actually decided to do a short treadmill walk, but once I got started, it wasn't too bad. I did so a really slow, easy run though. This morning was 1 mile total walking for warm up and cool down and 4 miles of run/walk - I was trying to keep my HR between 120 and 130 bpm, but it went up easily today, so tried for under 140 and then just gave up at the end. I was running/walking for various times at 4.5 and 4.7/4.0 mph. Ended at 6.0 mph. Avg pace was 13:56 min/mile. Avg HR was 132 with a max of 156 bpm.

I decided if I wanted any chance of making 80 miles, I'd need to do more tonight. I almost talked myself out of it, but I'm glad I didn't. I walked 2 miles while watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, at 3.8 mph.

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
5/26: 5.84 miles
5/27: 7.26 miles
5/28: 7.05 miles
5/29: 6.25 miles
5/30: 7.35 miles

190.16/140 completed for May

It's after midnight, so I guess I am posting yesterday's run. It was probably my last weekday 7-miler for a while since I am starting my new job on Monday. The weather was really nice. This run puts me at 190 miles for the month which is my highest monthly mileage ever.

Your dogs are adorable @swenson19d .

Congratulations to all who made their goals and all who tried. See you all over in the June thread.

@chris_in_cal hey I knew what you meant by the boyfriend pace. I was just pulling your leg (as they say). You’ve been having a really good set of runs since recovering from your surgery. Great job on starting your 5K training for your 4th of July race.

@tarun_yadavA nice job on exceeding your May running goal!

@kgirlhart you really burned some rubber this month! Fantastic job on the mules!!

@swenson19d love the pups!

@Teresa502 hope you’re enjoying Colorado! Beautiful state!

Great month of running @Mari33a!

Great job to all of you for your awesome mileage this month! See you all in the June thread!

73.9 run/walk/step miles for me this month.

Well yesterday was most likely my last day running for a few weeks. We shall take it day by day. I started a run after the rainy morning about noon and tripped on a rock a qtr mile down the road. A group of neighbors were gathered a few feet up on the sidewalk so it probably looked spectacular! Anyway, I did the flailing arms and legs and even cut my left shin with my right foot slightly and managed to stay upright but I bruised the side/outside/top of my foot pretty darn good. I tried to run it off at first but quickly realized it was going to be something more significant and walk another qtr mile back to the house. It took quite a long while for the bruise to come up and while it was happening I thought it was my ankle and not my foot. But I must have taken a step on the outside of my foot somehow banging it pretty good. So my challenge now is walking… 😳💪 But I decided not to mope about it and use it as an opportunity to see what my maintance really is with little to no cardio. It does not hurt when I am not putting steps on it which is good and means sleep is fine and sitting around at work will be ok also. I just hate being inactive and I am sure fitbit is going to curse at me loudly for lack of any activity for a while.

Want to take bets on how many days/weeks this takes to ease up for a jog? As you can see the swelling and bruising is limited and it has grown overnight in size since I took this picture 4 hrs post injury. but my toes and foot mobility are good and I don't feel anything "crackling around" so I am going to wait this one out from drs for a few days yet.

May total: 93.9/100 miles

YTD: 424 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

5/26: 6 miles

5/27: 5.2 miles

5/29: 3 miles

5/30: 3 miles

5/31: 4.9 miles

Logging several runs to wrap up the month. I missed my goal and the handful of runs cut short were probably the difference.

I cut today's run short. My calf felt tight as I did my warmup but I thought it would work itself out. It didn't. I got to a point where continuing on would commit me to 8 miles or turning around and ending up closer to 5 miles. There is a giant knot in the muscle body and I feel a twinge of pain with every step both walking and running, but it's worse with running. It came out of nowhere. I ran yesterday and felt totally fine.

We are leaving for South Africa tonight and have 2 overnight flights with a 12hr layover in between. I'll be stopping at Heathrow @tarun_yadavA and I'll say hi from the air on the way out! I'm hoping a short rest from running will be enough for my calf to chill out. I'm taking some running clothes and hoping to squeeze in a couple runs. Our itinerary looks pretty busy so not anticipating having many options, but we'll see. Gotta get South Africa on my Strava map!!

189km of 175kms this month.

Race report:

May 31st I did a wee little trail race. Baby Ultra. 25k 456m. Death by a thousand hills. Took me 4:39. This was 30mins longer than last year. It was fine the first 10k then the heat kicked in and I just tanked. It was 30c. For the first time in a really really long time, I had to stop many times during the last 5k. Used up all my gel fuels, electolyte salt tabs, think I had enough water but likely not enough. The 2nd half of the course my HR just stayed up in zone 4 even by walking. Was feeling a bit drunky. Suspect my BP dropped. Note to self, bring a sphygmomanometer next time. This was rough, even by my standards. First hot day of the year and I had to pick a race to do it. Sigh when you live in the north and at altitude, not a lot of heat training. For hours after the race, my HR stayed elevated and had laboured breathing. Very likely I had heat exhaustion. At least I got a medal 😁

Nice thing about trail races is that the field is usually very small compared to road runs which can number in the big hundreds or thousands.

@SummerSkier hope that ankle heals soon

@martaindale going to live vicariously through you…

@quilteryoyo nice runs

everyone else, great running!

Hi everyone!

I didn’t have a chance to post my final runs yet. The kids and life have been keeping me busy!

I was hoping to run Friday, but we were gone all day visiting the VW Autostadt “museum” and shopping, so at least I did get a lot of walking in.

On Saturday, I ran while my son was at his swim lesson. It’s a bit less relaxing not being able to add on any extra kms and know I have to be back at an exact time. I was planning my route and doing run math on the go. I’ll probably start doing these runs every Saturday. I ran 5.7km.

I wanted to add on more kms, so I talked my don later to accompany me on his bike, but he wasn’t feeling it, we only ran 2.4km and had to stop maaaannnny times. Sometimes that’s the way it goes ;).

That brings my May total to 216.9/270km. I really want to run the year, so I will need to make sure to get over 270km next month. I am ok with this month though. It’s hard to keep mileage up while racing and needed a few lower mileage months to regroup after the marathon.