AUGUST 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

John772016 · August 18

Nice runs & walks @kgirlhart, @ContraryMaryMary, @tarun_yadavA, @WarmJellyfish, @CMorning99, & @yirara!

That's good news @Scott6255. I always tell people that the skin on my knees is the youngest part of me as it gets completely replaced due to all the cuts & scraps at least once a year…..

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
16/08 - 5.92km / 3.68 miles
17/08 - 0km
18/08 - 9.00km / 5.59 miles

Total = 98.61km / 61.28 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

Easily the nicest weather day so far this summer!

Mari33a · August 18

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
16/08 - 24 min yoga
18/08 - Run 3.38 miles - Bike 8.22 miles - 30 min yoga

Total Run 44.73 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 125.03 / 200 mile

Had a fun weekend but got back or it today. My legs felt heavy and tired but felt good afterwards

quilteryoyo · August 19

@yirara Sorry about your toe. Pretty picture though.

Nice runs @John772016 and @Mari33a .

1 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
2 Aug - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
4 Aug - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 6.00 miles - Tusculum Trail
5 Aug - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Also doubles tennis 1h50m18s - 1.18 miles
7 Aug - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway
8 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Driveway
9 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
10 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
11 Aug - Walked 0.20 miles - Ran 1.10 miles - Driveway
12 Aug - Walked 0.85 miles - Ran 3.75 miles - Driveway
13 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
14 Aug - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Road and driveway
15 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
16 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
17 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
18 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill

40.15/80.00 mile goal

Posted 7 days of exercise. Getting ready for mom's party, plus other necessary things took up most of my time this past week. I did manage a couple of run, but mostly just walked to keep the streak going. I was tired at the end of the week, but so happy with the way the party turned out. I'm not sure of the total number of people who turned out to help us celebrate, but I would guess between 50 and 60.

Saturday, the day of the party, I was on my feet almost all day, from 7 am - 10 pm, getting in over 22,000 steps.

I had intended to get in a run today, but called into work and had some other things I had to get done, so another walk it was. Hopefully I'll get back in the groove sometime this week…and back to eating decently after the leftovers are eaten. I'm trying to stay close to my "Oh my gosh, you need to quit eating so much." weight.

Mom and her cake.

Half of the food table…for you @tarun_yadavA .

More of the food. There were two crock pots of meatballs and this was before we got the chips and dips and buffalo chicken dip set out. Had sandwiches, quiches, veggies and dip, fruit, pinwheels, fruit, cheese, crackers, pepperoni, nuts, trail mix, and of course cake and cookies. Maybe something else.

Mom and her kids, grandkids, and great grands.

Me and mom.

As of yesterday, she had gotten 152 cards! She got more today. Thanks to those of you here that sent her one. She was thrilled to hear from so many people.

Still hoping MFP fixes it so that we can put photos under the spoiler again!

Because @SummerSkier had posted about her MFP streak, I checked mine. I couldn't remember if I checked in last week or not. I thought I had. But, my streak is now at 48 days! Not real sure when I would have missed a day. Oh well, starting over, even though I really hate loosing my streak, whatever it was. LOL

ContraryMaryMary · August 19

What a great party @quilteryoyo, your mother looks very happy.

Pilates and the usual short run after today - freezing rain and wind when I headed out, making for a new course PB! Gotta stay warm (am not warm. Currently sitting at my computer freezing but yesterday I had the heating on which made me sleepy and I’ve got much work to do. )

kgirlhart · August 19

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

8/15: 6.02 miles

8/17: 10.12 miles

8/18: 6.22 miles

104.20/165 completed for August

Today's run was a tempo run. It was a hot and sweaty run. It was kind of tough, but I managed to hit the average paces for all the laps. I didn't see any peacocks, but I did see 2 skunks.

@WarmJellyfish I'll have to look into the garmin training that isn't with a coach. I do sleep with my watch though, and it is usually not happy with how much sleep I get.

@quilteryoyo I am so glad your mom got so many cards. Looks like y'all had a great party. Kudos to you for keeping your streak going. I bet you are exhausted.

tarun_yadavA · August 19

Morning all

Got in 8.0M at 10'41.

@John772016 @quilteryoyo as always, thank you! 😊

And birthday pics looked great

quilteryoyo · August 19

Thanks @ContraryMaryMary . Congrats on your PB for the course you ran!

Thanks @kgirlhart . I was exhausted Sat night…one of those nights where I was too tired to sleep. Feeling much better yesterday and today. You're doing great with your runs. It's a good thing skunks are mostly afraid of humans.

Thanks @tarun_yadavA . Nice longer, early morning run for you today.

Teresa502 · August 19

Good morning,

I've been traveling a lot this month but I'm home until October. Caught some kind of bug on the trip home from Florida. Tested negative twice for COVID but it was rough for a couple of days. I got out this morning for a 5 mile run albeit a slow one.

Love that interview with the 80yo @chris_in_cal - thanks for sharing.

Happy belated Birthday @SummerSkier and glad your mom had a great time at her celebration @quilteryoyo She looks very happy!

I've been reading and liking all the posts even though I haven't had time to comment on each one. Ya'll continue to keep me motivated!

WarmJellyfish · August 19

@kgirlhart it really depends on how badly you want to do a scheduled training.🤪 If crappy sleep interrupts, for eg, if I'm scheduled to do a threshold/VO2max training the next day, then my crappy sleep the night before (usually sleep scores below 55 or something) will change that to a easier base run instead, but if I am soooooo determined to go spit/choke my lungs out (sucker for pain) to do the threshold run, I just don't wear the watch to sleep 🤣 and do the training as scheduled. These custom plans are bascially the same as the pre-determined ones except they don't have a known coach name attached to it.

Edit: Garmin coach plan is so adaptive 🤨. I think it listens to my thoughts too, was wondering what I needed to do to go faster. Originally scheduled to do a base run for 60 mins, now thanks to my stellar sleep recovery, I'm going to do sprints training today. Woohoo! Eeek

@Teresa502 sorry to hear about the bug

@quilteryoyo glad your mom had an awesome birthday mmmmm food…

@ContraryMaryMary congrats on the PB. Hear you on the heat.

Great running everyone @tarun_yadavA, @CMorning99, @yirara, @John772016

I only slept 2 hours saturday night (sleep score = 1), 😐️ had a very short nap sunday pm and then slept like a rock sunday night (92 score! woot! probably won't ever see that again, well maybe, depends on how stupid I am, have a few more all nighters coming 😏). A walk yesterday helped to bring the legs back slowly. Sigh the recovery these days is so much longer…🙄

yirara · August 19

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48730080#Comment_48730080

Garmin said: wow, you're heartrate is high for a flat terrain, slow walk. What's going on???!? 😂

username301 · August 19

Now that I've been a bit more consistent with running I'm happier to do some 'easy runs'. Today was current 5km pace +.

I can feel there are still some simple gains to be made through consistency & losing some weight.

Progress/ Goals August.

Runs...……................…….....8/13

Distance Ttl..........................52km/91km

Distance Ind......................…10km Done.

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

Fast 5K (post pandemic)…...Done

John772016 · August 19

Great photos @quilteryoyo & really nice pic of you & your Mom! I hope she had great day!
(there's a way to fix your MFP streak if you think it's wrong & want to correct it; I saw it when one of my friends had an issue with theirs, if you want to fix it, let me know & I'll see if I can find what the steps are that they did or the link to)

Nice runs & walks @Mari33a (& biking! You're inspiring me to bike more often), @quilteryoyo, @ContraryMaryMary, @kgirlhart, @tarun_yadavA, @Teresa502, & @username301!

A sleep score of 1 is now my goal on my next bout of insomnia @WarmJellyfish.

Aug:

01/08 - 13.34km / 8.29 miles
02/08 - 6.13km / 3.81 mile
03/08 - 0kma
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
16/08 - 5.92km / 3.68 miles
17/08 - 0km
18/08 - 9.00km / 5.59 miles
19/08 - 0km (apparently standing is a new challenge today)

Total = 98.61km / 61.28 miles (Goal - 161Km / 100 miles)

As I was cancelling my travel plans(*spoiler) for this vacation weekend, my kneecap did a little weird 'pop' as I stood up to get changed for my morning run!

I did all my usual stretching & loosening up but my knee just ached throughout all of it.
My planned run didn't happen, as I was feeling really uncomfortable stressing the knee.

Decided I'd try a bit of walking first and see how it feels.
Got caught in a couple little rainstorms this morning while out walking. The knee is still hurting, but better & I'm pretty sure it will be okay tomorrow, just some weird kneecap issue.

*was travelling to Montreal and meeting up a couple of buddies for a boys weekend, unfortunately there was an airline strike affecting others on the trip. My travel (different airline) was fine but there was a good chance I would've ended up there by myself!
We decided to cancel this morning.
The folks affected directly by the strike had no $ penalties, myself, as I was on a different airline got charged cancellation fees.

kgirlhart · August 19

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

8/15: 6.02 miles

8/17: 10.12 miles

8/18: 6.22 miles

8/19: 6.06 miles

110.26/165 completed for August

I have decided to use a modified version of the Hal Higdon training plan. Today the plan called for a 90 minute 3/1 Run. I don't have time to run for 90 minutes on a weekday. So I ran my usual 6 miles. I did run the first 3/4 of the run at a comfortable pace and the last 1/4 of the run at almost HM pace. I felt like I got the intent of the workout even if it was shorter than prescribed. I saw another skunk today. And a couple of dogs approached me, but they didn't follow once I was past their yard. They didn't even bark. I just noticed them because I heard their toenails clicking on the street behind me.

I checked my mfp streak today and it is at 3600 days. I can't believe that I have been on here almost 10 years.

Mari33a · August 19

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
16/08 - 24 min yoga
18/08 - Run 3.38 miles - Bike 8.22 miles - 30 min yoga
19/08 - Run 3.14 miles - Bike 8.53 miles - 25 min yoga

Total Run 47.87 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 133.56 / 200 mile

@John772016 Hope your knee isn’t serious

@quilteryoyo Glad your Mum’s birthday went great!

quilteryoyo · August 20

Thanks @Teresa502 . I'm glad you are feeling better. You do so good with running when you are traveling. You inspire me to do the same.

Thanks @WarmJellyfish . I thought I got some low sleep scores, but it has never been 1! I've never had a 92 either though. LOL All nighters are tough. You did great.

You're doing great @username301 .

Thanks @John772016 . I would fix the streak if I knew for sure that I didn't miss one day. I fully expected that maybe I hadn't checked in last week, but 48 days ago seems odd to me. Sorry about your knee and having to cancel your trip….and having to pay for the privilege. I hope your knee is okay tomorrow.

Nice run and MFP streak @kgirlhart . Time passes fast these days.

Thanks @Mari33a . You're doing great.

quilteryoyo · August 20

1 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
2 Aug - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
4 Aug - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 6.00 miles - Tusculum Trail
5 Aug - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Also doubles tennis 1h50m18s - 1.18 miles
7 Aug - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway
8 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Driveway
9 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
10 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
11 Aug - Walked 0.20 miles - Ran 1.10 miles - Driveway
12 Aug - Walked 0.85 miles - Ran 3.75 miles - Driveway
13 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
14 Aug - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Road and driveway
15 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
16 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
17 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
18 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
19 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway

44.40/80.00 mile goal

I think I lost my mind today, as I went out for a run at 2 pm….feels like temp was 92F (33.3C) at the start and 94.5F (35C) when I finished. I did take it easy - walked a lot and ran slow. The avg pace for the run was 14:18 min/mile. Avg HR was 140 with a max of 158 bpm. I was trying to keep it under 140 bpm, but that didn't work. Splits were 14:18, 14:28, 14:28, and 13:15 min/mile.

tarun_yadavA · August 20

Morning all

Got in 5.0M at 10'58. Feeling a bit stiff. Rest day on Saturday as I'm flying.

@John772016 Montreal! How cool!

My flight is safe. I was getting worried there. Hopefully no backlog issues 🤞🏽🙏🏽

(I'm off to Quebec and then meeting my FL buddy in Newfoundland for our annual trip)

Good on those Flight attendants though!

Scott6255 · August 20

@tarun_yadavA have a safe flight and a fun trip!

@quilteryoyo glad mama yoyo had a good birthday. 150 cards! That's awesome 😁 Regarding your MFP streak; not sure where you look for your number, but for me, the app shows 1451 days in a row, and the website shows 2998 days in a row. So check both, as the app has many bugs.

@John772016 sorry about your knee, hope if feels better soon. Knees 😫

I got my revenge on the janky sidewalk this morning. Ran past that part and to my originally planned turn-around point, and then home. End up being 7 miles @ 9'41. And it was 84F. Icky.

WarmJellyfish · August 20

Nice running everyone.

Garmin had me doing sprint training last evening. I realized during the session, I had forgotten how to sprint 😒 too much time doing distance work..😕 but by interval #4 it started to come back! Just had to relearn a few tricks (remember to use all body parts….😋). Even managed a 3:03min/km for one of the intervals, albeit as short as it is, I'll take it. So coach plans apparently thinks I liked it a lot (I did!) and has me doing another longer sprints session this evening, woot 😁This has actually reinvigorated my interest in running. I was getting rather meh.

chris_in_cal · August 20

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48732118#Comment_48732118

I also like being coached to do these different types of workouts. I'd never proactively decide to do a sprint/tempo/interval etc. on my own.

yirara · August 20

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
17.08 waddensea walk
18.08 4.4km 34min 7:38/km - warm-up, 800, 800, 500m fast
20.08 5.3km 39min 7:22/km - fast

55.80/81km - 3.5 km ahead

Wow, such a fast run! Something odd happened here. Starting to learn something about my body: a) need masses of magnesium to prevent stiff muscles. b) need barbell training c) if I want a long or fast run then no strength training the day before though.

Mari33a · August 20

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
16/08 - 24 min yoga
18/08 - Run 3.38 miles - Bike 8.22 miles - 30 min yoga
19/08 - Run 3.14 miles - Bike 8.53 miles - 25 min yoga
20/08 - Run 3.25 miles - Bike 10.31 miles - 25 min yoga

Total Run 51.12 / 80 mile goal
Total Bike 143.87 / 200 miles

@Teresa502 Hope your bug has eased, the same is happening here with bugs, feels like Covid but then test negative.

quilteryoyo · August 21

Great run and have a fun trip @tarun_yadavA .

Interesting @Scott6255 . Both the app and the website are showing 50 day streak today. Great run today. I'm glad that your knee is okay and showed that sidewalk who is boss!

@WarmJellyfish Sounds like a great run and glad you are excited about running again.

Congrats on such a great run @yirara . It's wonderful to learn what your body needs too.

Nice running and biking @Mari33a .

quilteryoyo · August 21

1 Aug - Walked 2.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway wun
2 Aug - Walked 3.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill wun
3 Aug - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
4 Aug - Walked 0.60 miles - Ran 6.00 miles - Tusculum Trail
5 Aug - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway
6 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill - Also doubles tennis 1h50m18s - 1.18 miles
7 Aug - Walked 1.05 miles - Ran 2.25 miles - Driveway
8 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 2.30 miles - Driveway
9 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
10 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
11 Aug - Walked 0.20 miles - Ran 1.10 miles - Driveway
12 Aug - Walked 0.85 miles - Ran 3.75 miles - Driveway
13 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
14 Aug - Walked 0.50 miles - Ran 2.00 miles - Road and driveway
15 Aug - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
16 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
17 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
18 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
19 Aug - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 3.25 miles - Driveway
20 Aug - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill

45.50/80.00 mile goal

Did a treadmill walk after running errands this morning.

It looks like Wednesdays will mostly be "rest" days for the foreseeable future as my church has started a Bible study at noon and then mom and I go to the Bible Study at her old church Wed night. Unless I can run before noon, a walk will be my go-to.

chris_in_cal · August 21

I ran 3.21M at 12'11 out at the lake. The plan called it a threahold run.

kgirlhart · August 21

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

8/15: 6.02 miles

8/17: 10.12 miles

8/18: 6.22 miles

8/19: 6.06 miles

8/20: 6.02 miles

116.28/165 completed for August

I ran 6 uneventful miles today.

SummerSkier · August 21

Dang those cats. I did 1 mile to streak yesterday but was really nervous I had retweeked my knee as I was contorting in bed trying to keep from disturbing the cat and felt it ping me. Anyway appears ok and I probably needed a lighter day anyway. It is nice to get to the point of injuries where you no longer think of them constantly/ I call that progress!

As far as streaks looks like Scott is right behind me on the 3000!!!!💪👏👏👏 Have a safe trip Tarun. Glad the airlines are not interrupting your fun like they did John's.

@quilteryoyo that looks like the absolutel BEST Bday for your Mom. 90. WOW! Great photos. I really hope that when I get to 90 I can have a party like that and be so involved. I really hate when people have "parties" for folks who just appear to be not present sitting in a chair or something. Not sure it is for the birthday person.

Teresa502 · August 21

Tweaked my lower back during strength workout yesterday morning so was a bit stiff and painful to start out this morning but I ran 5.22 miles. Temp was 70F so not too bad.

@SummerSkier - the things we do not to disturb our fur babies!

Safe travels @tarun_yadavA - send us photos when you can! Sorry the now over airline strike messed up you weekend plans @John772016

angf0679 · August 21

I don't suppose any else here lives in the HRM area of Nova Scotia that can come and help drag me out the door to go for a run?

WarmJellyfish · August 21

Great running everyone!

So yesterday was the 2nd back to back sprint training sessions. Was a bit sore from using muscles long dormant. I misread the training and underestimated it! It was supposed to be 3 sets of 3x15 but I read it originally as just 3x…. thankfully the universe came to the rescue somehow and smacked me on the head. I blame it on sleep apnea and brain fog. Anyways did better this time around, was more consistent, now that I know what to expect and what a sprint actually feels like. I also changed up my gait and cadence. Training #1, I was overstriding and landing a lot on the heels. Yesterday, I shortened the stride, quickened the turnover and had a more midfoot strike. Also got more consistent intervals, woot. I found out I can shorten the rest interval by pressing the lap button on the watch, 3 min rest was way too long. Back to a base run today, going to be feeding the little mozzies.

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