but itвЂ™s more like 27.5miles or something like that! I wrote about it in What can I learn from my running injuries? A challenge for April 2021. I truly needed inspiration in April as it was recovery from injury time. April 2021 вЂ“ Learning from my running injuries This became and ultra marathon on Gower peninsula.Дiscovering Hidden Gower, hiding from a Gale вЂ“ Ultra Marathon.

Hey-hoвЂ¦ what to do instead? Distance and elevation should do the trick, which makes the monthly running challenge for March 10 000 ft elevation gain per week. It would have been Blacks to the Beacons trail marathon. The Heart of Gower March 2021 вЂ“ An Ultra Marathon on Gower PeninsulaДЄnother event has been re-postponed. Last year Paige Ballmi delivered a petition to the Home Office on ValentineвЂ™s Day. Please join in! We can collectively call the February effort вЂShapes of Solidarity on StravaвЂ™ #haveaheart. The monthly running challenge for February will be to make heart shapes on the Strava App.

We wonder when we might see and end to these tooвЂ¦.

Some of us have been separated from our loved ones through this difficult time due to the UKвЂ™s cruel family immigration policies. This year we might wonder if February will bring us to end of lockdown and the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. February 2021 вЂ“ Shapes of Solidarity on Strava #haveaheart Here where I live we have fresh air, lots of trails, beautiful coastline, woodlands, moorlands and bogs! Nevertheless, every step is taken in gratitude for the opportunity to вЂdo somethingвЂ™ in beautiful surroundings. As it happens, January has 5 weekends, ice, mud and maybe even snow! On top of that we are in lockdown and IвЂ™m finding a way through an injury. The challenge is to run a half marathon every weekend. January 2021 вЂ“ every weekend half marathon This is why I am doing monthly trail running challenges for charity in 2021. The system is UK immigration and my own experience came about by marrying a foreign national. I suffered in my own relatively small way as a result of systemic discrimination and injustice. The inequalities in our society were highlighted and the systems that perpetuate them were revealed. This meant staying at home as much as possible. We had to avoid each other as much as possible. Eventually COVID-19 caught up with every part of the planet and we humans had to respond. It is difficult to rein in a world system that is built on travel and consumption. There were reports of a new, deadly and contagious disease spreading in China as early as January. And it will definitely help keep my eye on goal races and fun races that will be here before I can lick an icicle.Monthly trail running challenges for a challenging year I have some direction and a routine to follow before I start another training schedule. IвЂ™m so glad I found this idea from Jolene and Lee.

Strength training resumes this week as I start back to CrossFit!!! Can you tell IвЂ™m excited?.

I can tell you right now, my long run this Saturday/Sunday will only be about 6-7 miles, if that much. As I get a good base going to lead into official half training, that should increase to my usual 5-6. Because I still have some soreness in my left knee, my maintenance might be 3-4 miles for a few weeks. Those can be done easily on a treadmill on those days when I canвЂ™t use the cold weather as an excuse. The quick version: Each week, do 3 different types of runs and 1 strength training/cross training workout. This 6 month running challenge will definitely help keep me on track. This year, I would love to finish the Twisted Ankle half in time to eat lunch at a decent hour. This time of year, my mileage is usually just pitiful and then I try to jump into spring races because the weather is nice and itвЂ™s just the thing runners do.race with the bugs and butterflies. She wanted to work on improving her running fitness and in doing that, improve her mental discipline to run a half-marathon. I found this idea through Jobo over at Determined to Be. So, today IвЂ™m starting the 6 Month Running Challenge. But I can do various types of running that do not include hard running. The general rule of thumb is to take 1 day off from HARD RUNNING for every mile in the race. It has been one week since I finished my first marathon and IвЂ™m ready to ease back into running.

1 month running challenge