Run Log: July 2013

Running in July has been a roller coaster.  First we had those really really humid days, were it was 78 degrees first thing in the morning with 99% humidity.  Throughout that we had 16 straight days that it rained {mostly big storms}.  Then I hurt my back {STUPID TONY HORTON} ~ which limited my miles...and sent me to the chiropractor.  Then I spent a week in Colorado ~ running at 9000 feet. { It's funny to look at the information from my Garmin ~ most of my runs take place at 700 feet.  My 12 miler into Keystone took me up to 9,300 feet.  It was a run!  I'm pretty proud of myself that I did it.}  And now we are having the greatest weather.  In the 50's and 60's to run in the morning & 70's and 80's during the day.  Beautiful!
I'm still scared of the marathon ~ but I'm trying to build my confidence.  I know my husband is trying to prepare me, but his lack of encouragement is kinda tough to take.  I'm running 14 this Saturday.  14!  That will be a new distance for me & I want to be excited about it.  I want to prove to myself I can do it...and that I can do 26.2 come October.  According to Mike, 14 are baby miles.  Well, hopefully I feel that way in October too.
Cross Country starts on Monday!  I AM SO EXCITED for the season to start.  Last year we had ONE kid run 100 miles over the summer ~ I'm hopeful that we will have a few more this year.  Lots of 50 milers

July’s Totals:

112.65 miles for the month 
650 miles for the year
14 biking miles for the month
132 biking miles for the year
424.64 miles in my black, pink & blue Asics ~  They continue to serve me well...and I'm just going to wear them at Stig...time to buy a new pair



My WEIGHT:  The scale has said the same thing the past few mornings: 131.  I'm very happy with that & know it is due to my running miles & not my eating habits.  I don't know what I'm going to do come October 14...but I'm saving my size 10's.

Some interesting facts:

Longest run this month: 12 @ Rocky Mountain High elevation
Favorite place to run this month: The trail at Hog Back Ridge North ~ just ran it for the first time today.  It's a 1.5 mile loop & it's pretty fun.  
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: One
# of books I read this month: Six ~ probably a record!
Monthly mileage record: 112.65 ~ July 2013 {after taking two months off of record breaking mileage ~ I'm back!}
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time:  13.5  Sunday, April 6, 2013

PR's:
5K: 22:45 (Rabbit Run 10/30/11~ but I think it was a short course)
10K: 52:02 (Cleveland 5/15/11)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:47:35 (Cleveland Half 5/19/2013)
marathon: 3:50:05 (Akron relay {team run} 9/24/11)