Let's look at last week:
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 5.54 of the best damn miles in FOREVER. It was so nice out! (ave. pace: 10:28)
Wednesday: 5.15 miles - decent run (ave. pace: 10:42)
Thursday: rest
Friday: 12.02 miles (ave. pace: 11:17) I did my long run Friday knowing it'd be near impossible to smash it into birthday weekend. Kim ran it with me and it was hot and it sucked. I did NOT treat Thursday like the day before a long run, and my eating has been craptastic at BEST, and I suffered because of it. Why do I do this to myself?!? There were a record number of potty emergencies, and I felt like SHIT. It was so freaking humid. I sweated buckets. It was so gross out that somehow Kim talked me into running the last few miles in just a sports bra. We'd stopped to refill water bottles, and we went for it. (I actually wrung sweat out of my shirt - nasty!) I was SO self-conscious, but it felt SO FREAKING GOOD! Sometimes it's ok not to care right? Even when you aren't sure you can pull it off? In any case, I was so glad to have Kim with me (or I'd have quit on it) and I was so glad to have it DONE.
Saturday: Birthday party extravaganza! What a great day, full of friends and fun. Lots of swimming, we rented a bounce house, and everyone had a great time. PERFECT weather.
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| how James prefers to get after it :) |
Week total miles: 22.71 UGH! Not enough.
July month total was 80.88 miles. Maybe mentally I needed a slack month? I don't know. I'm finding summer running the least fun. I'd rather run in the snow, seriously. I am ready to pick it up again in August though. My training schedule is a lot more agressive than my past schedules have been, but I don't want to burn myself out either. So I'm going to commit to 4 runs per week, even if I can't necessarily hit the mileage that I've laid out.
My other goals have basically held steady, with no significant improvement. No weight loss or gain. The one exception is time spent one on one with my kids. I managed quite a bit of this in July. And that's ALWAYS a good thing.
I agree that July was rough. Be proud of those 80 miles and don't be afraid to run shirtless again. When it's this hot I don't think anyone will judge. Or at least they'd better not!
ReplyDeleteIt has been really hot back there lately, you should run shirtless. As long as you're out there running, nobody should be judging you. :)
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs a mental slack month. Jumping into a new schedule without some time off is tricky to keep motivated. You can do it!!
Craptastic weather for sure! I too will take winter running over this any day.
ReplyDeleteGood for you for getting though it--even shirtless--who cares?
Party sounds awesome!
i love running. i've been racing most of my life but time with my kids comes first.
ReplyDeletei highly recommend it. :)
When it is so hot out it is hard to want to run. I still haven't really gotten back to it yet and am just doing P90x in the air conditioned house with my kids. You and Kim are both beautiful and have nothing to be self conscious about when running in just your sports bra!
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the heat and lack of motivation. If I didn't have a friend inviting me to run with her, I'd have run about 12 miles this whole summer. As it is, my running mileage is ridiculously low. Part of that is not (financially) committing to any particular race yet, part of it is having no NEW challenge ahead of me, and part of it is that I'm loving my bike time and only have so much time. Oh, well, soon winter will be here and then running will be much more fun, right?
ReplyDeleteRight? :)
I think everyone needs a down month (or two or a year). But seriously, I don't think you had one - you still ran 80 frickin' miles. I bet you weren't runing that many miles a month last year. Don't forget to pat yourself on the back! :)
ReplyDeleteCraptastic diet and weather? July had it all. I am in NC and we played with 100's on and off with Hefty Bag humidity. I also ate like I had earned a pigfest. Funny how eating Wendy's before your proposed long run on a hot humid day can slow things down...
ReplyDeleteLuckily the only scale I have access to is at my school and the year has yet to begin.
I have now vowed to not eat until Thanksgiving.