Run log & life

June has been an exceptional month with lots of excitement.  Our NERC Thursday morning group run has attracted more NERCers than just me and Kelly this summer.  (and John & Mike, not because they wanted to be there, but because we dragged them)  This particular Thursday started with a bike ride...and a storm rolling in.  We sent the HS girls home & waited out the storm doing core work in the pavilion.  Then we ran.  Fun to exercise with Angela, Leslie & Brenda!  All people I've met through NERC.

But the most exciting Cleveland happening is that we FINALLY have a champion sports team.  It's been almost two weeks...and it still gives me goosebumps & feels unreal.  We fell down in the series 0-2 at Oakland, came back to Cleveland and only won 1.  Went back to Oakland down 1-3.  No team in NBA history had EVER won the series when down 1-3.  We won game 5 in Oakland.  We won game 6 in Cleveland.  And with 10 seconds to go in game 7 we were winning.  LeBron went down {like he always does} and all I'm thinking is...so this is how we lose with 10 seconds left to go.  LeBron breaks his arm.But he didn't.  He made a foul shot.  Kyrie sinks a 3.  Cleveland Wins.  WHAT?!?!  CLEVELAND WINS it's first Championship in 52 years.  Here's the USA Today story ~   Mike asked Jacob if he wanted to haul the old couch into the road and burn it.  But he was the only one thinking destruction.  The streets of Cleveland filled and people danced and partied.  We looked good to the rest of the world.  

And then 1.3 million people filled the city on the following Wednesday for the victory parade and rally.  I tagged along with the Ayala family & we stood for hours waiting & finally were witness to the party.  A day to remember & hopefully the next one isn't 52 years in the making.

Last Friday and Saturday we were in Alliance, Ohio attending Jacob's Mount Union Preview Weekend.

He had a good time & so did we.  Met some great parents & visited The Hood & spent a great deal of money getting more Raider Gear.  It still feels like home & I'm excited for Jacob to begin his adventure there.

Finally, back to running!  Run for the Hills 10k was last Sunday.  After two pretty rotten 5k's, I decided I would sit this race out.  I volunteered to work registration (and it's a good thing, as only Phil and I showed up to help)  Mike and Dodd both raced and did well.  I got in 4 miles and was able to see the winner of the 5k (former XC runner) and then both boys finish.  I'm glad I didn't run, but there were so few people who did, I would have placed & gotten some good NERC points.  However, I would not have enjoyed myself, so I still think I made the right decision.

Knowing that I had MEA negotiations this week, I tried to pack a lot into Monday...a super hot run, HIIT class, and then Kelly said she'd join me stand-up paddle boarding.  I've always wanted to do this & it was so much fun.  It was easier to stand up than I thought it would be, but we found you went faster if you sat down.  The lake was taking us out and east at a pretty quick rate of speed, so we had to work to paddle west.  The people who went out right before us had to be rescued, but Kelly and I have fantastic skills so we were able to successfully make it back to shore unaided. {I did think that it might  be a good idea to wave our paddles & just let them come and get it...but we persevered}

Negotiations...always an experience...are done, hopefully with a contract the membership will like.  Completed in two days instead of 3 ~ so today is a 'free day'.
Yesterday I went out on my run and at .38...my right calf decided not to work in a very painful way.  I tried to stretch it out & hobble on, but quickly decided it would be stupid to risk further injury.  So I made a mile total, mostly walking back and have been icing & biofreezing and stretching ever since.  Today I went on a 18 mile bike ride to Lakeshore Reservation, where I found a great amount of beach glass.  Collecting beach glass is the most addicting thing I do.  It's a think I could do it all day, but my neck gets sore from looking down so intently!

The beach a Lakeshore is very peaceful.  I only saw one other person while I was there.  I will have to do that little adventure again.

So I'm nursing my calf & hoping to try & run tomorrow so I can get in a long run on Saturday.  Marathon Training has begun!  Did I mention I GOT A BIB FOR MARINE CORP?  Yes, I did.  So excited.

June Running Log:

JuneTotals:

101.85miles for the month 
709.17 miles for the year 

242.32 miles in my Gortex Ghosts ~no Gortex runs this month

411.40 miles in my Old Brooks Glycerin 13 (the gray ones)

154.84 miles in my PINK Brooks Glycerin 13

Training for:     MARINE CORP MARATHON, October 31, 2016!

Podcasts I'm listening to: Marathon Training Academy, Dear Sugar, & Story Corp, Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder, More Perfect & Invisibilia is BACK!

My WEIGHT: I need to stop eating.  141.  but my clothes still fit...which is not good, because I won't try real hard to eat better.

Some interesting facts:

Longest run this month:   Hill, Yeah half marathon

What hurts?:  tight hamstrings all month...and now this right calf thing.  

Highest  weekly mileage this month:  35.84 ~ June 5 - Jun 12

Favorite place to run this month:Hogback Ridge.  I love that off the path trail

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:  49:40 (Greenway 10k 3/20/16)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)

20-miler: 2:45:15 (20 mile Drop 4/10/16)
half-marathon: 1:44:42 (Northern Ohio Half Marathon 10/4/15)
marathon: 3:57:31 (The Cleveland Marathon 5/17/15)