Welcome to Week 2 of the June Quest... How are we 'shapin' up' and meeting our goals for the month?....
Whether you are going on holiday and hoping to do some tourist running, or just trying to fit your running in when the temperature is reasonable, it's really important to keep hydrated, wear sunscreen, hats and sunglasses....Yes, more faff...😎 but we can do it and get out there and run this month.
I do hope you will join me to chat and share your goals and challenges.
What the Quest is;
The Quest takes one calendar month . You can join any point within that time.
The aim of the Quest is to help you find a focus or goal that you would like to achieve by the end of the Quest period.
I ask that you will be a Graduate to join the Quest. The main reason I ask this is that while you are completing the programme, your plan is very structured so I wouldn't want the Quest to interfere with that.
Most popular goals are:-
To run three times a week
To slowly increase distance
To train for a specific race
To add In Stretch and Strength exercises
As you can see they are personal to yourself and it's totally your own choice. Each week, I will pin a new post where all the members of the quest can talk about how things are going.
So if you want to join, all you have to do is put;
I would like to join the Quest, or, count me in and then, I would like to. ..............
Your name will then be added to the top post and every week your name will be in the quest until the end.
At the end of the Quest, there will be a certificate that you can download to keep.
Wishing you a happy healthy month x
Realfoodieclub, Ju-Ju, Oldfloss, Millsie-J and Bluebirdrunner 😊🌞
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Week 1 done and 3 runs of 5k achieved . The week started for me with a personal best at parkrun.... good start I knocked 10 seconds off my time 😂 if I carry on like this I’ll be doing 5k in 30 mins in another 54 runs ha ha . Seriously though regardless of time i am finding the 5k doable and this month is a good opportunity to continue improving my strength and stamina .
Thank you for putting up this quest it has given me a fresh goal to my running. Just focusing on 5k and not time pace or anything else means I’m really enjoying playing with new routes and the natural world around the.
First week was a success - got my 3 runs in - a 10.6k slow run Friday, a 3 mile with stride intervals at the end resulting in a 6k run Monday, and a speed interval workout today, working out to 8.3k using Razouski 's great Shrek-inspired playlist that I put on Spotify. I had initially hoped to do the speed workout yesterday but spent the day on my son's field trip at a camp all day and was completely wiped out when I got home! But given the games we were playing and the canoeing we did, I'd call it a great cross-training kind of day👍🏻. I have a 7 mile run planned for Sunday - it's supposed to be very hot with thunderstorm risk so will try to get out early.
Ok, just realized today is Friday, so actually only ran twice last week with today's run being the start of a new week. But I'm happy anyways. I was on call all last weekend which means no running, and the runs I've done were quality runs, so Yay! If all works out as planned, next week could be 4 runs (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), but we shall see what the work week brings....
So pleased to hear this Allie, love your quality runs!...all great distances. You still had some energy for the activities at your son's camp field trip too and had some quality time with him too!
Running is great for relieving some of the stress of your job, I feel, so I'm glad you are able to fit those runs in now...
Look forward to hearing how your 7 miler and next weeks runs go!
Yes, i’m quickly learning that running is helping to keep me grounded and if I don’t run, it quickly escalates to a pretty toxic place. So will be working hard to keep running even in my busiest times!
Well have maintained my pattern of running on alternate days and highlight if the week was actually keeping up with an audiofuel 180 pyramid interval training thing which I downloaded ages ago and have always been too scared to try. It was really challenging but I really enjoyed it for that. Other two runs have been more sedate 4ks - especially today's which followed a late night and too much food and wine and ended up involving too much long grass. Still I did it. Am hoping to do a longer run on Sunday after some clean living tomorrow.
I really like Audiofuel's Pyramid 180 session. It's short and if not sweet, good for making me feel sweeter afterwards if I am in a bit of a grumpy mood.
I've loved using the C25K + speed podcast upto now and finally thought I'd give the audiofuel intervals a go. I love using them if I have to run after a long day at work - you're not out for long, feel you've achieved something and have usually pounded out the work stresses by the time you're done. 😊
Aah! Lovely pic, would love to be able to plan 3 runs a week, but am reliant on better weather, so am not going to put pressure on myself. Still with 7k done today, 8km seems doable by the end of June and have one second term of Pilates, sure it is helping.
Hi Lexi, saw you ran your 7k, when the rain eased off😊 Wintertime for you in New Zealand so quite challenging to get out...
There are no time limits or pressures, just enjoy your journey following Ju ju's plan and you will definately have that 8k run by the end of the month.
Have kept up with 3x runs this week. All 5K, no great increase in speed, still hovering around 38 -39 mins but happy with that as I try to consolidate. Have my Race for Life 5K next Sunday which will be R2 of Ju-ju's plan so on target with goals for the month. Happy running to all.
Only one run but it was a toughie - Week 2 run as intervals. You can - just - see the demarcation between staggering and a 'light jog' I did go to the gym a couple of times though and I am booked in for an introduction to leg work
I'm away next week and won't be taking my kit with me which is almost unheard of for me - and a shame as I haven't been to this place before, so no running tourism but I'm only there for 3 days and the heat and smog will be intense. My HM plan is supposed to start on the 11th but it starts with 20 min runs, so I reckon I can catch up
Hi Annie, well done on your intervals run...they are tough on the legs..and the breathing!..Well😥....
(I took my running kit to Cornwall, but didn't use it once😔...no excuse really except doing lots of walks with hubby and relaxing...Pinkaardvark went down the week after and more than made up for me though😉)
Have a good trip, rest up ready for your HM training to start😎...
Thank you - now I'm off to France directly after Shanghai so will have another case in the boot of my car with running kit in. It won't be as exciting, but it will be some running tourism, at least
Daily yoga is demonstrating that if I don't do it first thing I don't do it
Only one swim because the second got derailed (and in all honesty I needed the recovery time from other stuff) so I plan to get more swims in next week which should be possible. Or make them longer than my minimum. Or both
No especially fabulous run yet although a regular wood run was enhanced by all the new growth and flowering rhododendrons.
Fabulous run may happen next weekend... got an idea.
So pleased to hear about the bird feeder. It can take a wee while and yes, sometimes it is the location. Also the food... I've more or less settled on sunflower hearts, and some finch mix. Oddly what they are going for in this heat though is the fat blocks with insects when I had to throw them away over the winter. The real food guarantee is live mealworms though.
Thank you for setting up this quest! I ran outside for the first time in daylight and really enjoyed it. My aim is to run 8km by the end of the month using Ju-Ju’s plan. So last week I ran 6.6km for my long run. This week will be 7km. I’m not very tech savvy so I have to guess how far I’m going and how long I need to run for and then see what has happened after ... but as long as i add in a bit more from last week, it should be okay. Slow and steady!
Great work RunninginSingapore...Well done for running in daylight too😉, so pleased it went well and you enjoyed it.
Lots of folk use Strava or Mapmyrun or Runkeeper, which are free apps on a smartphone...to tell them their distances. I recently bought a second hand garmin watch on ebay which has gps tracking. You only need to be saavy if you want to upload the run results to a pc or your phone...
You are doing just fine though by judging it yourself, there is no need for any technical equipment..Just you and your legs!😊xx
Happy Questing and enjoying running in daylight👍....
Thank You! I downloaded Strava to track my total distance and then used my Fitbit for the running bit today. The combination seemed to work!
Count me in!
Well, I've only just graduated so now it's time to reflect and decide what's next. I am, of course, consolidating first and this will give me time to consider options. My quests for the rest of the month are:-
1. Keep up the 3 weekly runs. Would be too easy to slip when you're not in the programme any more.
2. Definitely want to add in strengthening to help with an old knee injury playing up.
3. Undertake my first Parkrun. I've registered already as I had rather hoped to graduate at the local Parkrun but alas it wasn't to be. No childcare.
These are my goals and motivation - fail to plan, plan to fail!
Similar to Sutsha, I graduated a couple of weeks ago and have managed 3 x either 30mins or 5k (my 5k is around 40 minutes) runs both weeks which was my main goal👍.
I joined my friend’s running club for one of my weekly runs so that’s a 5k every Thursday evening.
I was going to join Parkrun but I came across a local “circuits in the park” group which I could take my son along to (he’s 10, needs to get more active but hates running). I went last week after running my own 5k and it was so hard so I won’t be running on a Saturday for a long time.
So my next goal or quest is, apart from Thursday night running club and Saturday afternoon circuits, I intend to do two more runs, one being one of the c25k+Podcasts and the other one 5k at my own pace which I will eventually increase the distance in I think 😊.
I’d quite like to get back into some weight/strength training and swimming too but I’ll run out of rest days!
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I did go to the gym a couple of times though and I am booked in for an introduction to leg work 
but I'm only there for 3 days and the heat and smog will be intense. My HM plan is supposed to start on the 11th but it starts with 20 min runs, so I reckon I can catch up 
