OCTOBER 2025 Monthly Running Challenge

ContraryMaryMary · October 10

My local parkrun this morning and a small enough field to see me as first woman home. Always a buzz, even if I was nearly a minute off my PB for this course.

Mari33a · October 10

01/10 3.22 miles run - 8.53 miles bike - 30 mins yoga
02/10 3.36 miles run - 9.14 miles bike - 33 mins yoga
03/10 3.31 miles run - 8.61 miles bike - 31 mins yoga
06/10 3.21 miles run - 8.52 miles bike - 31 mins yoga
07/10 3.24 miles run - 32 mins yoga
08/10 17.14 miles bike - 32 mins yoga
09/10 3.25 miles run - 8.56 miles bike - 34 mins yoga
10/10 3.27 miles run - 8.61 miles bike - 29 mins yoga

TOTAL RUN - 19.59 / 70 MILES
TOTAL BIKE - 60.50 / 180 MILES
TOTAL YOGA - 8 / 31 DAYS

@kgirlhart Congratulations on ur 10 year anniversary!

@TheMrWobbly Great to see you back!

nossmf · October 10

Oct 1: .3 mi (work), 3.9 mi (incline)
Oct 2: .3 mi (work)
Oct 3: 2.5 mi (jog)
Oct 6: .3 mi (work), 1.3 mi (jog)
Oct 7: .3 mi (work), 1.3 mi (jog)
Oct 8: .3 mi (work)
Oct 9: .3 mi (work)
Oct 10: 1.3 mi (jog)

Cumulative totals: Walking 5.7 miles, Running 6.4 miles

quilteryoyo · October 11

Nice running @Teresa502 . It was a bit chilly today and may be cooler in the morning.

Now, I am trying to picture that in my head @BigDfromNJ .

Great stroll and beautiful pictures @WarmJellyfish .

Nice run @John772016 . Doesn't sound like overtraining when your physiotherapist wants you to run a HM. 😉 I wouldn't think you could cut back on total mileage AND train for a HM. Well, some could, @AlphaHowls for example, but not me!

Congratulations @ContraryMaryMary ! That's awesome!

Great running @Mari33a .

You're doing great @nossmf .

1 Oct - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 2.35 miles - Treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Doubles tennis 1h49m42s (1.28 miles)
3 Oct - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.75 miles - Treadmill
4 Oct - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
5 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
6 Oct - Walked 0.55 miles - Ran 2.55 miles - Around town during work break
7 Oct - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
8 Oct - Walked 0.40 miles - Ran 1.10 miles - Driveway
9 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 2.60 miles - Around town during work break
10 Oct - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Around town during work break

21.35/80.00 mile goal

I just wasn't in the mood to run today, but did get out and do a shorter walk during my break (14:41 min/mile pace).

Nothing exciting today, except I noticed that trying to keep up a fast walking pace for over 30 min really did tire out my leg muscles more than I expected.

kgirlhart · October 11

October Goal: 165 miles

10/1: 6.02 miles
10/2: 6.02 miles
10/3: 6.25 miles
10/5: 10.03 miles
10/6: 6.02 miles
10/7: 6.02 miles
10/8: 6.25 miles
10/9: 6.04 miles
10/10: 2.02 miles

54.67/165 miles completed for October

Thanks @WarmJellyfish , @daria0919 (Juliet is so cute!) @quilteryoyo , @John772016 , @tarun _yadava, @SummerSkier @Teresa502 , @Mari33a

Good to see you back @TheMrWobbly

@Teresa502 Oh no ! I hate it when that happens.

I am posting 2 runs today. On Thursday I ran 6 miles. I took it pretty easy after Wednesday's speedwork and it was a nice run. I didn't think I would be able to run today. I took a PTO day and we drove 4 hours to visit some friends and then 4 hours home so I didn't really think I would have time, but I woke up early enough to get out and run 2 miles. I'm glad I did. It was a nice day, but lots of sitting.

TheMrWobbly · October 11

Thank you all for the encouraging words. Amen 🙏 @daria0919

Great work on finishing first @ContraryMaryMary and good running/walking all around.

A lovely park run this morning. No walking, just some very slow jogging.

Good to be back moving 😀

daria0919 · October 11

My October goal is 35 miles.

10/1: 2.42 miles
10/4: 2.50 miles
10/6: 2:58 miles
10/7: 3.25 miles
10/9: 1.25 miles
10/10: 1.58 miles
10/11: 3.14 miles

16.72/35 miles for October thus far.

angf0679 · October 11

I wasn't planning on running 10km this morning (especially since before going for my run I only had coffee). I wasn't planning on going over to the trails by First Lake. Sometimes though to help someone out (I had to go by a family member's house) your plans need to change.

October Walking/Running

Oct. 4 - 6km run
Oct 7 - 2.37km walk
Oct 11 - 10km run

John772016 · October 11

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to my fellow Canadians on the thread🦃🇨🇦!
Hope you get a chance to give thanks & enjoy time with your families!

Nice runs & walks @ContraryMaryMary, @Mari33a, @nossmf, @quilteryoyo, @kgirlhart, @TheMrWobbly, @daria0919, & @angf0679!

Looks like a beautiful trail for a 10K run, even if unplanned @angf0679; great pics!

Another lawsuit against Garmin - The pile-on has begun: https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/garmin-hit-with-a-second-lawsuit-in-a-week/

Haven't read the detail on this new lawsuit from Suunto as yet.

The info I read on the first lawsuit from Strava against Garmin really sounds like Strava doesn't have much of a chance of being successful. Seems weird they'd launch a suit they'll likely lose & just as they're planning on going for an IPO!?

Oct:
01/10 - 6.55km / 4.07 miles
02/10 - 0km - Rest day
03/10 - 0km - Cycling - 28km
04/10 - 16.17km / 10.05 miles
05/10 - 0km - Rest day
06/10 - 6.66km / 4.14 miles
07/10 - 0km - Cycling - 25.11km
08/10 - 5.92km / 3.68 miles
09/10 - 6.21km / 3.86 miles - Treadmill
10/10 - 6.32km / 3.93 miles - Treadmill
11/10 - 0km - Cycling - 42.23km

Total = 47.85km / 29.73 miles (Goal - 125Km / 77.7 miles)

No running for me today; cool & raining this morning so decided to get my Garmin 40km cycling badge on my stationary bike.
By the time I had finished & showered off & went shopping it was partly cloudy and comfortable. Would've been a good time for a run 🤷‍♂️. Oh well, back home on my computer at the moment & nothing but cloud as far as I can see & cold winds.

nossmf · October 11

Oct 1: .3 mi (work), 3.9 mi (incline)
Oct 2: .3 mi (work)
Oct 3: 2.5 mi (jog)
Oct 6: .3 mi (work), 1.3 mi (jog)
Oct 7: .3 mi (work), 1.3 mi (jog)
Oct 8: .3 mi (work)
Oct 9: .3 mi (work)
Oct 10: 1.3 mi (jog)
Oct 11: 3.0 mi (jog)

Cumulative totals: Walking 5.7 miles, Running 9.4 miles

I am slow as molasses, lol. Took me 35 minutes to finish 3 miles even, when back in my school days I could finish 3.1 miles (a 5k) in under half that time.

Scott6255 · October 11

Very pretty scenery for your run @angf0679

It was a pleasant 66F this morning so I went out for an 8 mile run. Had to walk 3 times 🫤 so my 15K next week doesn't look promising
Oh well, I think my PR days are behind me. That's a hard pill to swallow, but it had to come sometime. Probably will just run with my niece and just enjoy the weekend with family 😁

quilteryoyo · October 12

Great job on the parkrun @TheMrWobbly .

Nice running @daria0919 .

Beautiful 10K this morning @angf0679 .

Great job on the cycling @John772016 .

@nossmf That's not slow in my book. It's all relative. You were really fast when you were in school!

@Scott6255 That sounds like a great alternative to trying for a PR.

1 Oct - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 2.35 miles - Treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Doubles tennis 1h49m42s (1.28 miles)
3 Oct - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.75 miles - Treadmill
4 Oct - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
5 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
6 Oct - Walked 0.55 miles - Ran 2.55 miles - Around town during work break
7 Oct - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
8 Oct - Walked 0.40 miles - Ran 1.10 miles - Driveway
9 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 2.60 miles - Around town during work break
10 Oct - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Around town during work break
11 Oct - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway laps

22.60/80.00 mile goal

I had a lot of things I had to do today, so I didn't really have time for much of a run. I decided to do a true wun…avg pace was 15:11 min/mile.

I have been taking care of my neighbor's animals since Wed. One of the things I did today was take their dog (Esther) on a walk around my mom's field (mom went too). She isn't really leash trained, but does pretty good with me.

tarun_yadavA · October 12

Morning all.

Recovering from Flu here. (Unfortunately not a runny nose @SummerSkier 😞 )

Skipped yesterday. Decided to go today. Got in 3.12 M at 11'45.

Also had a bit of a careless fall in my kitchen on Friday night. Lost of my footing and fell on my back. Lower back/right side a bit sore too.

Anyways…

@Scott6255 hope your flight to ATL is ok on Thursday! Hope no issues!

@John772016 Happy Canada Thanksgiving!

@quilteryoyo love the Esther pics!

SummerSkier · October 12

well wrote a long post and it crashed when I accidently clicked on a link. 😏

yesterday was my fastest 5k in a while. I was shooting for under 10 min mile pace but just could not quite get there. I think the nice crisp cool morning - ok 60's is not exactly fall - helped. And then it warmed up to 90. grrrr. Bt ayway up to a total of about 48 deliberate miles out of 120 goal for the month so looks like I am on target somewhat.

@tarun_yadavA take care of yourself. Hope you have a quick recovery from fall and flu…..

@Scott6255 sometimes just enjoying the run is better than pushing when you are not quite ready.

@quilteryoyo do you walk tippy and the neighbor dog together? Husky's can be a challenge. I would say about half the dogs I go by on leash are well behaved and half lunge and bark. Heck a lot of them bark at me from behind the fence when I am not even close in the street. I guess that is there purpose in life to warn of intruders.

Congratulations on a beautiful 10K @angf0679 sounds like your running this month is coming right along. Hope you are not too sore today!

WarmJellyfish · October 12

82 of 160km for the month.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend fellow Canadians!

Still on recovery week. Saturday was a shortish recovery run, a bit chill in the morning, then it got up to 18c / 64f in the afternoon. Overnight Mr Winter showed up. Was -2c / 28f this morning. Need to practice zone 2 runs more. Crazy how we get 1 day 20c degree swings here

username301 · October 12

Life got in the way this week, I missed a run & weights. I am now 1 run, 10km & 1 weight session short.

10km today, a bit faster (more accurately less slow). I need to find out what I used to do 10km in pre pandemic.

Runs 6/18. Distance 35km/110km. Weights 3/9

yirara · October 12

reflux from hell. Meh.
05.10 strength
06.10 4.0km 32min 8:05/km - something
07.10 4.1km 32min 7:54/km - 11x20s faster
08.10 strength
09.10 4.5km 36min 8:06/km - just shite
11.10 2.5hrs relaxed kayaking
12.10 5.6km 44min 7:51/km - just run

18.06/81km - 13.2km behind

After the last run was hit by beta blockers from hell without taking beta blockers I tried every trick I know of to get my blood pressure and heart rate up, and the run was very nice. Spent half an hour figuring out how far I actually ran because I somehow stopped my run for a while accidentally, either the cord from my running jacket or a rain droplet stopped it. Meh. Good run though. Yesterday I did a relaxed kayak trip.

AlphaHowls · October 12

1 6.63 miles
2 8 miles, Running Partner A
3 15.02 miles
4 26.48 miles, Running Partner A & E for 2 hours of that
5 13.16 miles
6 13.36 miles
7 6.22 miles, Crazy Laps! Not a fan of running in the rain
8 7.27 miles
9 7.37 miles, Running Partner A
10 13.4 miles, 2720 days on the run
11 18.4 miles, Running Partner A & E
12 3.25 miles, Crazy Laps! Not in the mood

I am hanging in there. The tooth is healing, the jaw bone will take longer and I have to deal with that. I am having difficulty as the weather changes, not only just being cold, but my mood turns more to depression. Adding grief/loss and my home being complete chaos….well, I think we all have to just tread water at times.

I took this photo and it is of A and E ahead of me.

A friend will run into the fire with you.

chris_in_cal · October 12

Hey @AlphaHowls it's good to hear from you.

I ran 5.01M at 13'23 out at the beach. It's an incredible day here, about 68°F (20°C) with a cool breeze coming in off the ocean.

kgirlhart · October 12

October Goal: 165 miles

10/1: 6.02 miles
10/2: 6.02 miles
10/3: 6.25 miles
10/5: 10.03 miles
10/6: 6.02 miles
10/7: 6.02 miles
10/8: 6.25 miles
10/9: 6.04 miles
10/10: 2.02 miles
10/12: 11.50 miles

66.18/165 miles completed for October

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians in the group!

@tarun _yadava I hope you recover quickly from the flu and the fall.

I usually run a long easy run on Sunday. But my plan today called for a race, or a 15K simulation run. I didn't have a race scheduled, so I decided to do the 15K simulation. Hal said to warm up for a mile, then run 4×100 m at 9:50-10:35 with 100 m recovery. Then run 9.3 miles at 9:50-10:35 and a .5 mile cool down. I ran the warm up, the cool down and the 4×100 meters a little faster than prescribed, but I ran the 9.3 miles with an average pace of 10:37, so I missed the pace just a little. I did have several miles under 10:35 though, and I worked hard so I felt all right about the workout.

John772016 · October 12

Nice runs & walks @nossmf, @Scott6255 (Enjoy the 15K!), @quilteryoyo (Esther looks pretty happy!), @tarun_yadavA (Thanks! & hope you feel better soon), @SummerSkier, @WarmJellyfish, @username301, @yirara, @AlphaHowls (beautiful pic of your friends), @chris_in_cal!

Oct:
01/10 - 6.55km / 4.07 miles
02/10 - 0km - Rest day
03/10 - 0km - Cycling - 28km
04/10 - 16.17km / 10.05 miles
05/10 - 0km - Rest day
06/10 - 6.66km / 4.14 miles
07/10 - 0km - Cycling - 25.11km
08/10 - 5.92km / 3.68 miles
09/10 - 6.21km / 3.86 miles - Treadmill
10/10 - 6.32km / 3.93 miles - Treadmill
11/10 - 0km - Cycling - 42.23km
12/10 - 5.87km / 3.65 miles - Treadmill

Total = 53.72km / 33.38 miles (Goal - 125Km / 77.7 miles)

Treadmill run while cooking again today (Roasted veggies & turkey breast this time). Cold wind gusts outside but otherwise a mostly beautiful day.

quilteryoyo · October 12

@tarun_yadavA I hope you recover from the flu and fall quickly and the rest of the family doesn't come down with anything before your trip.

You're doing great @SummerSkier . I do not take Tippy with us when we walk Esther for walks. I did keep Esther up here a couple of times when she was younger and we'd take a walk in the neighbor's field here, but Tippy wouldn't be on leash (Esther would, because I didn't trust her to come back). That worked okay. Tippy would run in front of us and then come back. And, yes, she pulls a lot, but that is what they are bred to do. Also, barking at intruders is also what they are supposed to do, I guess, but I don't like them barking at me from behind fences either. LOL

Wow @WarmJellyfish . First snow pictures of the season. It is pretty, but I was thinking 43F (6C) was pretty cold this morning. Great job on your running.

You are doing great @username301 .

Nice running @yirara . The kayak trip sounds like fun too.

That's a great picture @AlphaHowls . Hang in there. I know it has to be really tough. Big hugs to you. The changing weather has put me in a mood too.

Great run @chris_in_cal .

@kgirlhart That sounds like a really great run! You are awesome.

Nice running @John772016 .

quilteryoyo · October 12

1 Oct - Walked 0.90 miles - Ran 2.35 miles - Treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 1.15 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway - Doubles tennis 1h49m42s (1.28 miles)
3 Oct - Walked 0.75 miles - Ran 2.75 miles - Treadmill
4 Oct - Walked 1.10 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
5 Oct - Walked 1.00 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
6 Oct - Walked 0.55 miles - Ran 2.55 miles - Around town during work break
7 Oct - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Treadmill
8 Oct - Walked 0.40 miles - Ran 1.10 miles - Driveway
9 Oct - Walked 0.65 miles - Ran 2.60 miles - Around town during work break
10 Oct - Walked 2.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Around town during work break
11 Oct - Walked 1.25 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway
12 Oct - Walked 1.30 miles - Ran 0.00 miles - Driveway

23.90/80.00 mile goal

My normal Sunday Rest Day driveway walk after church and before lunch and a much needed long nap this afternoon.

tarun_yadavA · October 13

Morning everyone!

Thanks for all your kind words

Got in 4.36M at 11'17

BigDfromNJ · October 13

@nossmf if you're slow as molasses, I'm a sloth! As I get older, I get slower. I've gotten to the point that I'm so happy to finish, when I cross that finish line, I picture all the couch potatoes sitting around and realize how grateful I am to be moving! Just keep running/jogging/walking (crawl if you have to)! 😀

BigDfromNJ · October 13

Headed off to a hiking / biking trip. Will post my mileage when I get back!

angf0679 · October 13

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians on here.

I need to run today, but I am waiting for the temperature to climb a little higher 🤪

chris_in_cal · October 13

Summer in San Diego ends on Halloween. Last night it dipped down to 59° F (15° C), we're getting there. I dug out my hoodie this morning.

Teresa502 · October 13

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48795912#Comment_48795912

That's why I added the song Don't let the Old (Wo)Man In by Toby Keith to my playlist as a reminder!

yirara · October 13

reflux from hell. Meh.
05.10 strength
06.10 4.0km 32min 8:05/km - something
07.10 4.1km 32min 7:54/km - 11x20s faster
08.10 strength
09.10 4.5km 36min 8:06/km - just shite
11.10 2.5hrs relaxed kayaking
12.10 5.6km 44min 7:51/km - just run
13.10 5.5km 43min 7:50/km - just run

18.06/81km - 10.3km behind

Still not a good run because my heartrate is still at times 20bpm lower than it should be. Which means my legs get super heavy and hurt and I have to walk. The only way to get my heartrate up is to do a sprint interval. But as that's so difficult I have to walk after the wee interval and my heartrate drops down again and remains low. Today I finally managed to get it up and to remain up some 800m before finish.

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