#rcjuly2017

[integrationslady]

For the last week and a half or so, I’ve been off work and taking a break from just about everything while my sister, niece, and nephew were in town. In the middle of it, my sister and I headed over to western Washington and did the Jack and Jill downhill half marathon.

The first three miles were incredible. The second three miles were OK. The rest I just wanted to get done. I walked a lot, but I never stopped moving. My plan for now is to stick to shorter “long” distances, I think 5K is really my jam, but I’m still pretty happy that I did this.

44.7/255 July/2017 miles

[gh-0-st-ly]

Run streak day: 181 Miles for the year: 725.01 3 extremely hot trail miles done!!! I probably should not have ran outside today, but I just couldn't bring myself to run on the dreadmill, so off I went into the heat and I killed it!!! Now its time to crank the a/c and try to cool off a bit lol. Happy running everyone!!!!

[runninwitbean-blog]

Trying to get back into the swing of things. Who knew a new job could throw you off so much!

[noahs-kayak]

Trying out routes where I don't know the exact distance leads to weird run lengths. Conquered the biggest hill around though 💪 July was an okay month. As usual the latter half killed me but at least it was more creative about it.

[runningwhilenotdying]

Marathon training W5D1: 19 km MY DAMN WATCH REFUSED TO RECORD THIS FOR SOME REASON! And I am irrationally anxious about it lol. Like, when my watch wasn't working before I started, I got really freaked out that my long run wouldn't "count" if the data wasn't recorded. But yeah, this was kind of a mixed bag overall. I was really intimidated by the distance going into this. 19 km was my longest run before my half, so it seemed terrifying to be doing it again so early in my plan. And while this wasn't as impossible as I built it up to be, it was HARD. The route I planned ended up being ridiculously hilly, so this absolutely destroyed my legs. Plus my lack of a working watch meant that I never had any idea how far I had left to go, which had a huge mental effect on me. I hadn't realized just how much I was relying on my watch, so this was a bit of a wake up call. Fingers crossed that I can figure out what's wrong with it, though! On the plus side, I went out for a hugely indulgent, just-because lunch date with the boyfriend after, which was an excellent idea. If you've never followed up a long run with wine, bread, and risotto I highly recommend it.

[gh-0-st-ly]

Runstreak day: 179 Miles for the year: 718.45 3 easy morning miles done!!! Today was an easy run day, which means no trail and no pushing to hard, I like to through run like this in a couple times a week, keeps the legs fresh. So yeah nothing to special here just a solid easy run. Also I just wanted to thank you guys for checking out my posts everyday you are all huge motivators for me, you guys keep me running, so thanks you rock!!! Happy running everyone!!!

[l8arrival]

Ventura Half Marathon W8D1 Couldn't have written it better myself. Starting another weekly pile of miles. Because.

[therunningphysicist]

Another month of training in the books! 121 miles in July, I’m finally starting to get my mileage back up again 😊