AUGUST 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

Mari33a · August 12

01/08 - 0 (traveling home)
02/08 - Run 3.14 miles - Bike 5.12 miles - 0 yoga
03/08 - Run 3.27 miles - Bike 8.13 miles - 20 min yoga
04/08 - Run 0 miles - Bike 10.13 miles - 23 min yoga
05/08 - Run 3.12 miles - Bike 8.21 miles - 28 min yoga
06/08 - Run 3.26 miles - Bike 8.52 miles - 26 min yoga
07/08 - Run 3.13 miles - Bike 8.62 miles - 30 min yoga
08/08 - Run 3.53 miles - Bike 10.14 miles - 30 min yoga
09/08 - Run 3.17 miles - Bike 10.21 miles - 26 min yoga
11/08 - Run 3.22 miles - Bike 8.26 miles - 30 min yoga
12/08 - Run 0 miles - Bike 10.23 miles - 27 min yoga

Total Run 29.23 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 87.57 / 200 mile

Thanks @John772016

Got another good run I thought it was too hot for Dakota cos he panted for hours after yesterday’s run

kgirlhart · August 13

August Goal: 165 miles

8/1: 6.26 miles

8/3: 11.25 miles

8/4: 5.10 miles

8/5: 6.10 miles

8/6: 6.62 miles

8/7: 6.10 miles

8/8: 6.02 miles

8/10: 10.10 miles

8/11: 6.10 miles

8/12: 6.02 miles

69.55l7/165 completed for August

I got 6 miles in today. The temperature was a little lower, 73°F, but it was very humid. I could see some lightning off in the distance, but I kept an eye on my phone and it wasn't too close. Then about 5 minutes after I got home the rain hit, so I was glad I got out when I did.

ContraryMaryMary · August 13

well my lovely daughter managed to give me whatever bug she had so I’ve been feeling subpar for the past week. Fortunately, I haven’t been too badly hit and my main symptom has been exhaustion. So lots of sleeping and no running.

I woke up feeling much better this morning, so headed off to Pilates and nearly died. I had no stamina and no strength. I then followed this with my usual 3k run, which actually wasn’t too bad although my legs felt very weird - like they didn’t belong to me.

I hope I recover fully soon as the weather here is perfect for running - nice frosty mornings blossoming into blue sky sunshiny days.

tarun_yadavA · August 13

Morning all

I got in 7.49M at 09'26.

@ContraryMaryMary oh no! Hope you feel better soon

Scott6255 · August 13

Sorry to hear you caught the ick from your daughter @ContraryMaryMary. Hope it doesn't last long.
Thanks all for the sweat mitigation suggests. After all these years, I can't believe I haven't thought to stand in front of a fan. After I toweled off outside after my 6.2 mile run this morning, I went into the treadmill room and turned on the ceiling and floor fans and stood there naked for 5 minutes. It really helped. When I got out of the shower, no sweating!!! 😁 Y'all are the best!!

WarmJellyfish · August 13

Nice running everyone.

Was supposed to do a zone 2 run, it was really zone 3 mostly. The heat probably got the hr up. Fed a few bugs. Apparently I'm very resistant to mozzie diseases. Weather station said 25c I saw 28c in my car. This week is going to suck for mileage.

@John772016 I know the hitting the shade bit. Sometimes it looks like I'm drunk, wandering across the pavement, from tree shade to tree shade 😂

yirara · August 13

01.08 strength
02.08 5.0km 38min 7:41/km - warm-up, 1000, 600, 500, 500m fast
03.08 strength
04.08 6.0km 47min 7:51/km - slow
06.08 7.2km 55min 7:38/km - long and slow
07.08 strength
08.08 4.0km 31min 7:40/km - 17x 20s/40s intervals
09.08 strength
10.08 6.6km 50min 7:38/km - 3x1000m faster, 4x200m fast
11.08 4.0km 31min 7:38/km - faster
12.08 strength
13.08 5.6km 44min 7:48/km - slow, 31C

38.50/81km - 4.5 km ahead

I prefer to run from around 17:00 so that I can watch the 18:00 news and a political programme. lol. Today it was 34C and there was no way I'd run then. Waited until sunset and went to run at 31C. For that it was pretty good.

John772016 · August 13

Nice runs folks! Just a quick pop on to post my run.

Aug:

01/08 - 13.34km / 8.29 miles
02/08 - 6.13km / 3.81 mile
03/08 - 0km
04/08 - 11.18km / 6.95 miles
05/08 - 5.02km / 3.12 miles
06/08 - 0km
07/08 - 8.69km / 5.40 miles
08/09 - 8.04km / 5.00 miles
09/08 - 0km
10/08 - 0km
11/08 - 5.55km / 3.45 miles
12/08 - 5.87km / 3.65 miles
13/08 - 7.24km / 4.50 miles

Total = 71.08km / 44.17 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Another humid run today, the scattering of downpours we had yesterday & last night didn't ease it up. Supposed to get a break in the heat tomorrow!

Mari33a · August 13

01/08 - 0 (traveling home)
02/08 - Run 3.14 miles - Bike 5.12 miles - 0 yoga
03/08 - Run 3.27 miles - Bike 8.13 miles - 20 min yoga
04/08 - Run 0 miles - Bike 10.13 miles - 23 min yoga
05/08 - Run 3.12 miles - Bike 8.21 miles - 28 min yoga
06/08 - Run 3.26 miles - Bike 8.52 miles - 26 min yoga
07/08 - Run 3.13 miles - Bike 8.62 miles - 30 min yoga
08/08 - Run 3.53 miles - Bike 10.14 miles - 30 min yoga
09/08 - Run 3.17 miles - Bike 10.21 miles - 26 min yoga
11/08 - Run 3.22 miles - Bike 8.26 miles - 30 min yoga
12/08 - Run 3.41 miles - Bike 10.23 miles - 27 min yoga
13/08 - Run 4.03 miles - Bike 8.52 miles - 24 min yoga

Total Run 33.26 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 96.09 / 200 mile

it’s still hot here but I’m enjoying it. I took Dakota out for 1,8 miles & continued on. He was content with that and didn’t overheat.

chris_in_cal · August 14

I ran 3.30M at 12'13 out at the lake. It was called a threshold run.

kgirlhart · August 14

August Goal: 165 miles

8/1: 6.26 miles

8/3: 11.25 miles

8/4: 5.10 miles

8/5: 6.10 miles

8/6: 6.62 miles

8/7: 6.10 miles

8/8: 6.02 miles

8/10: 10.10 miles

8/11: 6.10 miles

8/12: 6.02 miles

8/13: 6.08 miles

75.75/165 completed for August

I ran 6 miles today and did Fartleks. It was a lot of fun. I wasn't really feeling it when I started out, but it turned out to be a really good run. Fartlek runs are usually pretty fun. There was a dog that came barking from his yard and startled me, but his owner was outside with him and she called him back before he came into the street.

SummerSkier · August 14

Hola! today is my 3k logging streak on MFP. 😳 I have been on a few years more prior to the streak but not consistently. I have been doing my morning runs and evening walks this month but I think I should have ramped up more slowly on the runs. My foot is good but my knee (which was my original issue in the 90's) evidently got upset with ramping up so fast. My cardio appears to be recovering well (if VO2max is accurate and not just looking at the mileage) but definitely not as east to ramp up as it was 10 years ago.🙃 😏 it's all good. I will get there. I might have to go back to C25K and the alternate running walking for a few weeks to get my knee to behave again but c'est la vie.

chris_in_cal · August 14

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48725135#Comment_48725135

@SummerSkier It is good to hear you are on the mend from breaking your ankle. Congrats on the MFP logging consistency, great job.

I've had a left knee glitch ever since a age 19 motorcycle crash. It flairs up occasionally, but has never caused pain while running, it is always tenderness post-run. It's been HOT for about two weeks and my technique is to ignore it and hope it stops, like it always has in the past. Now I'm afraid that a life long knee niggle will become a good target for some arthritis to grow. I hope not. Good luck. I think the best progress comes from doing a good job of dealing with our changing needs for recovery and rehabilitation. It's an art as much as science.

chris_in_cal · August 14

I'm wildly excited that my three month old Garmin just showed my vo2 max increased by 1.

(I take this and most of those metrics tongue in cheek, though I do appreciate trends if I'm on some kind of a consistent routine.) I'm now a 41. :)

WarmJellyfish · August 14

Recovery "run" yesterday. So did a walk. Went shopping. Bought camping toilet paper like it was covid no more stock again. Stocked up on Gu gels but forgot the salt sticks. Had a cold front blow through, 27C the day before and yesterday was 17c with a brisk wind. Brrrrr in short sleeves😨. Dodged a major thunderstorm but did get some light sprinkles. Dancing in the rain 😁☔️

Mari33a · August 14

01/08 - 0 (traveling home)
02/08 - Run 3.14 miles - Bike 5.12 miles - 0 yoga
03/08 - Run 3.27 miles - Bike 8.13 miles - 20 min yoga
04/08 - Run 0 miles - Bike 10.13 miles - 23 min yoga
05/08 - Run 3.12 miles - Bike 8.21 miles - 28 min yoga
06/08 - Run 3.26 miles - Bike 8.52 miles - 26 min yoga
07/08 - Run 3.13 miles - Bike 8.62 miles - 30 min yoga
08/08 - Run 3.53 miles - Bike 10.14 miles - 30 min yoga
09/08 - Run 3.17 miles - Bike 10.21 miles - 26 min yoga
11/08 - Run 3.22 miles - Bike 8.26 miles - 30 min yoga
12/08 - Run 3.41 miles - Bike 10.23 miles - 27 min yoga
14/08 - Run 4.04 miles - Bike 10.51 miles - 25 min yoga

Total Run 37.30 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 106.60 / 200 mile

Another run much the same as yesterday, first part with Dakota second part on my own - everybody’s happy.

John772016 · August 14

Nice runs @Mari33a (& cycling! Are you stationary bike or outside cycling?), @chris_in_cal (& congrats on the V02Max increase, that can be be very hard to do!), @kgirlhart (I always thought Fartleks were fun as anytime I tell a non-runner, the look on their face is priceless), @SummerSkier (& congrats on logging streak), & @WarmJellyfish! - Is there no more TP stock again because you bought it all?

Aug:

01/08 - 13.34km / 8.29 miles
02/08 - 6.13km / 3.81 mile
03/08 - 0km
04/08 - 11.18km / 6.95 miles
05/08 - 5.02km / 3.12 miles
06/08 - 0km
07/08 - 8.69km / 5.40 miles
08/09 - 8.04km / 5.00 miles
09/08 - 0km
10/08 - 0km
11/08 - 5.55km / 3.45 miles
12/08 - 5.87km / 3.65 miles
13/08 - 7.24km / 4.50 miles
14/08 - 0km (Stationary bike today - 25km)

Total = 71.08km / 44.17 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Humidity dropped overnight, which was nice, but by the time I was able to head out for a run today, the air quality had nosedived due to the wildfires that are ~2hrs north, but today they were blowing smoke into the north end of Toronto.
It was windy today though, so air quality improved a few hours later, I've just never been patient or a good late afternoon / evening runner, as I find it too easy to find other things to distract me.
I always try for am or lunchtime runs or occasionally maybe early afternoon.

Garmin this morning told me I needed a 'Rest' day (I'm starting to think it really thinks I'm on my last legs!?! given how many rest days it suggests after a minor run, it really must think I'm dying).
I hopped on the stationary bike for a quick 25km earlier this afternoon to avoid the poor air.

After some grocery shopping, in better air quality, Garmin is now happy again, as apparently it thought my hard bike ride was similar to sitting on the couch binge watching Game of Thrones & eating snacks🤷‍♂️.

chris_in_cal · August 15

I ran 2.13M at 13'21 a slow tour of my hilly neighborhood.

kgirlhart · August 15

August Goal: 165 miles

8/1: 6.26 miles

8/3: 11.25 miles

8/4: 5.10 miles

8/5: 6.10 miles

8/6: 6.62 miles

8/7: 6.10 miles

8/8: 6.02 miles

8/10: 10.10 miles

8/11: 6.10 miles

8/12: 6.02 miles

8/13: 6.08 miles

8/14: 6.10 miles

81.85/165 completed for August

I ran 6 miles this morning. It was mostly uneventful. There was a dog by the park who came running towards me and yapping at me. His owner came out calling him and was very apologetic. I never understand why people will just open the door and let their dogs out.

@SummerSkier Congrats on the streak.

Looks like I saved the draft yesterday but never posted. I am getting ready to do some hill repeats. It is 5:00 am and it is 81°F. Ugh.

CMorning99 · August 15

Good Morning!

1 Aug - 0 Miles, 0 WOG, 0 min upper body
2-3 Aug - Rest/Sick
4 Aug - 1.5 Miles, 4 min WOG, 35 min upper body
5-10 Aug - Nadda, Zilch, Zip, I gave up
11 Aug - 1.5 Miles, 4 min WOG, 35 min upper body
12 Aug - Rest
13 Aug - Worked late
14 Aug - 1.5 Miles, 4 min WOG, 35 min lower body
15 Aug - 1.5 Miles, 4 min WOG, 35 min upper body

Goal: (6) 20 Miles / (16) 39 Min WOG'ing / (4) 13 Strength

Oof, those are some rough numbers for the middle of the month! It was a bit tough getting back into a routine after a week off, Iose the momementum so quickl. I haven't even bothered weighing myself.

Thankfully the threat of fires has passed us and we can refocus. It has been cool, nearly cold here with the fog and wind. Work has been mentally draining, but I am learning that so many things going on here are not my circus…head down and do what I need to do.

We have a busyish weekend and looking forward to sleeping past 4:30 am LOL.

Have a great one and welcome back to the school year LOL

username301 · August 15

5km, treadmill, a bit quicker again & felt pretty strong/relaxed in the final stretch. Thinking about adding the extra km to make a 10km run this weekend instead of a 9km this wkend.

Should Probably be going back outside at some point soon.

Progress/ Goals August.

Runs...……................…….....6/13

Distance Ttl..........................37km/91km

Distance Ind......................…9km/10km

Run outside................…....…Done.

Fast 5K (post pandemic)…...Done

Scott6255 · August 15

Long story short, I fell on a chunk of lifted concrete this morning and banged up my knee (not my injured knee but the other one). I am a mess.

Teresa502 · August 15

Ouch @Scott6255 I hope it’s just minor scrapes and bruising.

Mari33a · August 15

01/08 - 0 (traveling home)
02/08 - Run 3.14 miles - Bike 5.12 miles - 0 yoga
03/08 - Run 3.27 miles - Bike 8.13 miles - 20 min yoga
04/08 - Run 0 miles - Bike 10.13 miles - 23 min yoga
05/08 - Run 3.12 miles - Bike 8.21 miles - 28 min yoga
06/08 - Run 3.26 miles - Bike 8.52 miles - 26 min yoga
07/08 - Run 3.13 miles - Bike 8.62 miles - 30 min yoga
08/08 - Run 3.53 miles - Bike 10.14 miles - 30 min yoga
09/08 - Run 3.17 miles - Bike 10.21 miles - 26 min yoga
11/08 - Run 3.22 miles - Bike 8.26 miles - 30 min yoga
12/08 - Run 3.41 miles - Bike 10.23 miles - 27 min yoga
13/08 - Run 4.03 miles - Bike 8.52 miles - 24 min yoga
14/08 - Run 4.03 miles - Bike 10.51miles - 25 min yoga
15/08 - Run 4.05 miles - Bike 10.21miles - 33 min yoga

Total Run 41.35 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 116.81/ 200 mile

@Scott6255 oh no! Hope it’s not too serious.

@John772016 I have a Trek road bike on a basic Garmin Tacx turbo trainer. I used to do a little outdoor cycling but I’ve lost my nerve for it with crazy drivers. I find it great in winter when the weather is too stormy for running. It’s really good for toning arm’s & thighs too😅

On crazy drivers, I always stop & step onto the grass verge especially with Dakota as some of the road is quite narrow. Today I did the same but the lady in big jeep seem to take this as a sign to go for it & speeded up. I was sure she’d caught me with the wing mirror. I put my fist up & screamed after her.

That’s my running until Monday. We are going to Dublin for the weekend for an Oasis concert on Saturday night.

chris_in_cal · August 15

@Mari33a Sorry to hear that

the lady in big jeep seem to take this as a sign to go for it & speeded up. I was sure she’d caught me with the wing mirror. I put my fist up & screamed after her.

Pedestrians, kids on bikes, runners deserve to be safe from screen distracted inattentive drivers.

WarmJellyfish · August 15

Did a short trail wog yesterday. Was a moving buffet for the mozzies, voracious little fellas. Happy I didn't kill any. Amazing how they can keep up.

yirara · August 15

01.08 strength
02.08 5.0km 38min 7:41/km - warm-up, 1000, 600, 500, 500m fast
03.08 strength
04.08 6.0km 47min 7:51/km - slow
06.08 7.2km 55min 7:38/km - long and slow
07.08 strength
08.08 4.0km 31min 7:40/km - 17x 20s/40s intervals
09.08 strength
10.08 6.6km 50min 7:38/km - 3x1000m faster, 4x200m fast
11.08 4.0km 31min 7:38/km - faster
12.08 strength
13.08 5.6km 44min 7:48/km - slow, 31C
15.08 7.6km 60min 7:53/km - slow and long

46.11/81km - 6.9 km ahead

Not 37C anymore like yesterday but about 10C lower today. Yesterday it was just so hot that I did nothing. Good run overall, and longest run in quite a while.

angf0679 · August 15

I did a thing

Aug 13 - 5km

My first run in 2 weeks.

John772016 · August 15

Nice runs @chris_in_cal, @kgirlhart, @CMorning99, @username301, @Mari33a, @WarmJellyfish, @yirara, & @angf0679!

Crap, hope you'll be okay @Scott6255!

Sounds like a great bike set-up @Mari33a, & enjoy the Oasis concert! (also, I would have put up just a bit more than my fist for Jeep Lady).

Aug:

01/08 - 13.34km / 8.29 miles
02/08 - 6.13km / 3.81 mile
03/08 - 0km
04/08 - 11.18km / 6.95 miles
05/08 - 5.02km / 3.12 miles
06/08 - 0km
07/08 - 8.69km / 5.40 miles
08/09 - 8.04km / 5.00 miles
09/08 - 0km
10/08 - 0km
11/08 - 5.55km / 3.45 miles
12/08 - 5.87km / 3.65 miles
13/08 - 7.24km / 4.50 miles
14/08 - 0km
15/08 - 12.62km / 7.84 miles

Total = 83.70km / 52.01 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Only feeling like 30⁰+C during my run today…. it felt surprisingly comfortable after the several extended 40⁰+C days we had. I was still looking for the shady side of the streets, that sun was baking me.
I was a sweaty mess at the end of it.

ContraryMaryMary · August 15

Parkrun this morning. I’m still not 100% following my cold so took things easy, or so I thought, ended up with a half decent time which was nice.

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