Take a running jump into June!

[VeganBikeChick]

Didn't see a June running thread yet. Feel free to delete this if one exists.

I am starting a June challenge - from the i love to run website, it's the 100 miles in June challenge. My work schedule and complete lack of fitness makes it an incredibly difficult challenge - but so far I did 4 miles on Tuesday and another 4 today. Planning on getting 4 in tomorrow and hopefully 6 on Sunday. The weather's been absolutely gorgeous!

[yellow]

I like having goals like you describe. You might or might not hit it, but the important thing is keeping it in your sight. I think it teaches you a lot, and not just about running

I miss the days when we had more active running threads. I guess everyone is just burned out on it. Maybe? I know I am certainly not a consistent reporter!

I am doing an organized event as a training run tomorrow (35k trail race with a Big Climb) and then I have my A race on June 21 in Wyoming (50m). My training has been a little different this year; I am definitely running less. It will be interesting to see how the 50m goes with the different approach.

Anyone else have anything coming up in June?

[Veronica]

I'm going to the Amazon rain forest and the Galapagos. We're hoping to find some places to run outside while we're in Quito and the Amazon. We're doing the Galapagos on a boat, with a small fitness room, so that will be treadmill running. I haven't run since April when I injured my foot - I somehow rotated my talus. Apparently my bones are into moving around. This morning I had one of my lower ribs move out of place. It HURTS. My chiro is closed on Fridays. I hope it moves back on it's own.

Veronica

[Catrin]

Veronica, that is seriously cool and have fun! Share pictures :-) Hope you are feeling better - it sounds painful!

I am SO proud of my little accomplishment yesterday. Little compared to many of you, but the very first time I've run that far! It was also rather stupid since I've not been running, at all, but I couldn't resist it and I appear to have gotten away with it. Apparently all of my Kettlebell and joint mobility work is helping with other things!

I helped out at the awesome Midwest Mountain Bike Clinic yesterday, and after my morning duties, I put on my running clothes, laced on my lovely Brook Cascadias and water bottle belt and headed for Limekiln. This is the trail on which I received neck injury almost 3 years ago on the mountain bike. This trail is 2.2 miles one way, and it IS an out and back. Obviously I didn't run all 4.4 miles - I am far from ready for that amount of uninterrupted running, but from what I can figure, I ran about 3 miles of that. SO...unofficial trail 5K :-)

The only reason I didn't run the full distance was because of my right knee - it gets cranky if I've not been running regularly and I've not been, so it got breaks. When my left heel cord and hammie started talking to me a bit from my ankle inflexibility on that side I walked the remaining distance. I tried to be aware of how/when that foot pushed off the ground but just couldn't keep track of it with all of the rocks, roots, ruts, and thorny bushes along the trail. It was a LOT of fun and I ran far more of it than I dreamed I would be able to.

And I am not very sore today! My legs are a bit tight and fatigued today - but that is ok as it is a rest day and I have foam rollers and other implements at home :-) The cool part is that my breathing never becomes an issue when I hit the trails, it is other things that causes my walking breaks. I like that!

[cecilia]

Lost my running mojo, and am using June to get it back! Just aiming for 2 runs/week and 60km for the month for now - I'd rather aim for something achieveable (but not easy) until I get back into the running habit! Winter has just started here, which doesn't help, but I say it's no excuse unless it's bucketing down!

Did ~8km on Wednesday (~5km tempo) and then had the regular parkrun 5km on Saturday. 2 runs and 13km for week 1 done.

[OakLeaf]

Wow, nice job everyone!

VBC - great work so far, just beware of too much too soon, not sure what your mileage has been like up until now but last year was the first year I averaged 100-mile months throughout the year, and a lot of that was because of greatly reduced cycling mileage ...

Yellow - hope your event yesterday went well and that you're rediscovering your love of running!

V. - wow, hope you feel better, and have a wonderful trip! Some friends of mine spent two weeks in Ecuador this spring and just loved it - the first week with a group tour and then they stayed an extra week on their own.

Catrin - awesome!!!

Cecelia - very nice - good luck getting back in the swing.


Me - I've been running reasonably consistently, but also pretty aimlessly and at much reduced mileage. Feeling a little lost in a different way than after previous marathons - this time I took my training right to the limit of not being fun, so I was soooo ready to be done with it and race, and now ... ????? just don't know what to do with myself. I'm starting to think that since I'm signed up for NYC anyway I'll just do it as a fun run, which isn't really my style, but we'll see. Still have some time to decide.

[VeganBikeChick]

Thanks all. I ran 12 miles this week, which is more than my total for all of last month. It's a run/walk combo, and I'm more than capable of wimping out when I've pushed my body too much, so I know I won't hurt myself.

Good work everyone!

[katluvr]

My running is short and inconsistent. Can't remember my last post and my last run was more than 1 week ago, 2 short miles on the way to the place we were having breakfast in the Keys. I quickly canceled the mileage out with a mimosa!
Currently having many major house projects being done that includes moving furniture from the back the house to the front and then visa-versa. Plus adopted kittens. My list could go on, but I have been a slug. Not sure how I'm even going to get bike training in for a MS 150 (actually a 180 mile) ride in Sept. I think June will be a total loss.

Hope to post here again, one day....soon!

K

[TrekDianna]

I haven't been posting and I am happy to see that the running thread is still going.... I've been running and running and running. I've been doing a bunch of 5k's and 10k's with friends for fun and we did the Portland Rock-n-Roll half marathon (not fun until it was over). This past weekend I did my first sprint tri and I had a blast. I really liked it. Now, back to running.

[VeganBikeChick]

Went for a 3.5 mi run yesterday & it was one of my worst ever. Tired, sluggish, no energy at all & walked more than half. Really made me not like running :/.

[katluvr]

So I did get out for 2 runs last week...Friday and Saturday. It's summer now in FL so its hot and humid and I just trudge along slowly. Might make it out today after tile guy comes and gets started on phase 2 of the flooring. The stress of confining the many cats to one room and cleaning, moving more furniture AND still having to go to work some days (took an extra day off this week) is killing me! Hopefully a run will help!
Keep running everyone!

K

[VeganBikeChick]

My running has come to a standstill. Got a terrible cold over the weekend & it just won't subside. I love not having an appetite right now but am super bummed about not being able to run.

[OakLeaf]

I actually ran intervals today for no other reason than to check out a new firmware update on my running watch. Slow and short - 8 x 600m at marathon pace - but the first intervals I've run in over two months.

I've been ramping up mileage a bit, but kind of dreading getting back into real training. So it was actually good to have a geeky gadgety reason to do a little speedwork. Hope everyone's feeling better.

[Crankin]

I finally bought new running shoes. Even though I only run at boot camp, my old ones were falling apart. Of course, they stopped making the ones I had. Got another style of the same brand, Mizuno, but not sure if they will work. I walked 3 miles before leaving for San Diego and my left foot just hurt. It's the foot with the bunion. I am about to get out and go for a small run-walk for another test. My brother lives on a big hill...
I hope the LRS has an exchange policy.

[Catrin]

Sounds like you had fun Oakleaf, and geeky gadgets DO help :-)

Crankin, have fun on your trip. Hope the new shoe works out, or your LRS will work with you if it doesnt! I will take your place on the "what did you eat" thread while you are gone - I need to be more consistent about that anyway. I do track, but there is something different about posting it where other people actually SEE it that does help.