June run log

I didn't hit 100 miles this month...huh.  The last time I was under 100 was October 2014.  Wow.  What's going on there?
I'm getting lazy.
This month had 4 races ~ the first was the worst...the Hill, Yeah!  Mentally I wasn't ready for that.  And I still have some fear about killing myself running.  I guess this is a healthy thing to fear ~ but I need to figure it out so that I can run another marathon {successfully}.
Yes, some day I will run another one.  I'd been tossing the idea around my brain, "how can I train and run a marathon & not tell anyone?"  When Mike mentioned that he really wanted to run one more...but NOT Cleveland.  Tentatively we've discussed fall of 2016 ~ maybe the Marine Corp?  I'm doing a fall marathon {where the starting temp is 32 degrees!}
Running in June:
* recovery from Cleveland
* running Hill, Yeah...followed by a 5k three days later...followed by a 5k three days later...followed by a 10k 8 days later...and now a longish break from racing until the middle of July
* MMS XC summer running ~ the smallest turn out has been 12 kids...today was 18.  It's RAINED on us all but two weeks {ugh}  but they keep coming.
*started TRACK WORKOUTS {those are bad words} with Dodd ~ we've done two & now he's on vacation so we won't meet again until the middle of July.  I'm told these will make me faster.  The first week we did 4 x 400 with about 6 minutes of recovery [OMG]  The next time we did 4 x 400 & 2 x 200 with 1:30 recovery. [yes, it was 'easier' the second time]
*NERC group run is gaining people {high schoolers doing summer running, but that counts}  I'm met some fun people through NERC & Kelly & I need to find a way to keep this group run going...
*I finished June with 5 Grand Prix races & 580 points, which puts me Overall 5.  I'm happy with that {goofy as it sounds, I'd rather be #1 in my age group than #5 overall...#1 just sounds so much better}
*I turned Mike on to the Marathon Training Academy podcast...  I feel like he's made friends with my friends!
*taking a HITT class at the Y ~ which is amazingly hard & I discovered my KNEES sweat.  UGH.
*taking a yoga class at the Y ~ love the end when you LAY DOWN & it's still considered EXERCISE!  Seriously though, Yoga so helps me not get injured.

June Totals:

97.4 miles for the month ~ Missed 100 ~ 
760.01 miles for the year 

196.08 miles in my Gortex Ghosts ~ didn't think I'd be wearing this over the summer ~ Rain Rain GO AWAY!

573.62 miles in my pink Brooks Glycerin 12.  I just can't retire these...I like to race in them.

71.08 miles in my Nike Vomero ~These will be my new shoes forever at this rate!

Training for:   The Columbus Half October 18 ~ week 2 of the 20 week training.

Podcasts I'm listening to: Marathon Training Academy, Stuff You Missed in History Class, Dear Sugar, Stuff You Should Know, & This American Life.  {but I've been running so much with people, I haven't really listed to any this month.}

My WEIGHT:  Was at 136 yesterday.  Spent a week counting my calories.  Then I got hungry.

Some interesting facts:

Longest run this month:  13.1 ~ Hill, Yeah half. 

Highest  weekly mileage this month: 36.24 ~ (5/17 through 5/23) 26 of that being the marathon

Favorite place to run this month: The 9.5 I did on Friday ~ I needed a solo long run.

# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet:  eating the last one...so ZERO
# of books I read this month: FOUR  Must be summer
Monthly mileage record: 156.69 ~ March 2015 {purposely ran 8 (on a treadmill) on March 30 to beat the August 2013 record}
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time:  26.36 ~ May 17, 2015 The Cleveland Marathon

PR's:
5K: 22:30 (Run For the Grapes 9/28/14}
10K: 50:13 {Run for the Hills 6/22/14 & TIED the time Run for the Hills 6/21/15)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:44:58 (Northern Ohio Half Marathon 10/12/14)
marathon: 3:57:31 (The Cleveland Marathon 5/17/15)