86 Miles in the Month of July...

I ran 86 miles this month...

It's 14 miles away from my goal of 100 miles/month, but I'm getting closer. I should be able to reach that goal in August, since it's destined to be a higher mileage month because of my scheduled 20 milers...

 (yes I've scheduled more than one, but I spaced them out generously (I think) and I won't attempt the second one if I don't feel I'm ready for it)

I'm so glad it's Friday! I ran this morning to celebrate (and also because it's a scheduled running day)...

The Week So Far...

This week has gotten off to a pretty good start training-wise. I've been able to do something every day so far... it's been a while since I've pulled that off ;)

Today was an evening run for me...

I'm still not a fan of running in the evening but it's becoming somewhat of a regular thing, especially if I get overzealous with the snooze button on my alarm in the morning (like I did this morning). It was a solo run so I went out with full "in the event of an emergency" preparation...

(I had a light and an alarm... just in case)

ENDURANCE...

Every long run morning will have to start really early if I'm going to get my mileage goal completed. Today was no exception: I was up by 3am; out the door by 4am; & at the Boardwalk ready to run by 5am. This week I only did 1 mid-week run so I was eager to do a 13 mile long run...

Normally I get fixated on what the weather conditions are going to be during my run, but (even though I knew it was going to rain later in the day) the weather was pretty nice this morning. I also had great company which helped distract me from the miles...

In Less Than Eighty Days...

I ran yesterday evening for the first time since the Morgan Valley Half Marathon. I decided to count my 2.5 mile hike on Sunday as "cross training" so I'd feel less guilty about not doing anything on Monday or Tuesday. Especially when I stepped on the scale on Wednesday morning...

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Wednesday's run was 3.5 miles with Maggie and Niqui...

It was humid but great. Evening runs really suck because I can't seem to get my nutrition figured out, but the time went by quickly because we were talking and laughing the entire time :)

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The Rest of the Utah Trip...

After my half marathon on Saturday morning I was in desperate need of a long hot shower and really good food. Both Giselle and I were deliriously hungry which caused us to slack off on the important things in life, like parking properly...

And in return we got a lovely note...

(At least they said "please" right?)