Last run of the month

Thank goodness this month is over.

I hope my running gets better in July. I plan on working on it, at least. I need to increase my mileage again and stay injury-free and healthy. That alone is a challenge, it seems.

So I rode the bike and managed a short run this evening. It was pretty decent. I plan on running again tomorrow and then doing Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday runs.

I really don't have much else to say tonight. So I guess I'll sign off here.

Today's stats:
Bike:
Time: 20 minutes
Distance: 5.03 miles

Run:
Distance: two miles
Time: 21:28
Pace: 10:43 minute/mile

Muddling through...

...my last lab report of the weekend.

It took me a few hours to do the first report last night. This one shouldn't take nearly as long, but now I have to get on it as it's now 10:30 p.m.

Until later...

Today's stats:
Elliptical:
Time: 30 minutes

Smoky skies

We're finally seeing smoke from all the wildfires burning in Humboldt and Trinity counties. It started wafting in this morning, and by evening the sun looked red and ominous. And the air is just icky brown. Luckily it doesn't smell too much like smoke out there, but that could change. I am still hoping for a long evening run tomorrow, but if the smoke gets worse I might just opt for an indoor workout instead.

I'll be taking the kids to the zoo tomorrow morning. We'll be meeting MooMa (grandma) there, and then she and Papa will take the kids for the night. Yeah! It won't be all party-time for me, though. I'll be finishing my two lab reports that are due Monday, as well as meeting with Kristen to study for our first test. We only have six weeks left of summer school. It will be over before I know it.

Today's stats:
Bike:
Distance: 7.3 miles
Time: 30 minutes

June has been a rotten running month

Well, for me, at least.

Between being sick, starting summer session at school and feeling like a lazy bum, June has been craptacular in terms of my running. I haven't put many miles in, and the miles I have managed haven't been spectacular (outside of the race PR I set a few weeks ago). It feels like June's just going to be a write-off for me in terms of working out.

I need to get serious again about HM training, since my next one is in October. I really want to post a faster time than I did in my first HM last month. I know it is totally possible (especially if I don't fall again), but I need to start getting some good mileage under my belt again. I think next week I will start working on this, although it will be a challenge with my current schedule. I'll just have to take things day by day.

I took the kiddos to the park today, but not before doing an elliptical workout. It was OK. This evening, I decided to go for a run. I was planning on two miles at first. Then I figured I'd do 30 minutes and stop. Well, once I got to that point, I opted to run three miles. Then I stopped. I was pretty close to home and wanted to walk a little. It was a pretty good run, but the numbers weren't outstanding or anything (oh, and I somehow got Garmin to work again. Not sure how, but I'm not going to question it). I just wanted to get some running in today. I am hoping to do a "longer" run on Saturday (like four or five miles, max.). I guess I just have to build back up to where I was before we went on vacation last month.

Things could be so much worse, though. If we lived in the Redding area (our former home), we'd be choking on the smoke coming from dozens of fires currently burning in Northern California. I remember fire season very well when I was a reporter there, and how awful it was to be near a fire and have to breathe in that smoke. Ick. My parents, in Auburn, are also dealing with tons of smoke from other fires down in their area. Speaking of Auburn, the annual Western States Endurance Run has been canceled for this weekend due to the close proximity of some of the fires and poor air quality. I feel badly for those runners who have trained all year for this 100-mile race, but it's better to call it off and keep everyone safe. Total bummer, though. Thanks, freakin' thunderstorms and dry lightning.

Today's stats:
Elliptical:
Time: 30 minutes

Run:
Distance: 3 miles
Time: 33:31
Pace: 11:10 minute/mile

Back to the blogosphere

Thanks for sticking with me!

I am back and feeling better. Thank goodness, because life is busy right now.

I just finished my second week of summer school. Now I have two lab reports to type up before Monday. I am really loving physio so far, and a lot of it is stuff we learned in anatomy, so I feel very good about it! I also got a 10 out of 10 on my first lab report, so yay! We have our first test next week.

I am aiming for an elliptical workout tonight after dinner. I haven't worked out one lick since last Thursday, but it was pretty low on my priority list since I felt like death last weekend. I hope to go out for a short run in the morning, too.

I have another...

..sinus infection.

'Nuff said.

I have been miserable for days (literally spent all day yesterday and much of today in bed), but at least I am on antibiotics now. Still waiting to start feeling human again.

Until that happens, I will be somewhere other than here.

I'm dyin' here

OMg, these allergies are killing me. Seriously, I don't think I have ever suffered during allergy season the way I am this year. Even taking meds isn't doing much. Tonight I am a mess tonight, with painful sneezing, a sore throat, runny nose (that is often stuffy, too, grrr).

At least I got a workout in tonight, before I started feeling really bad again. Of course, my time outdoors running probably contributed to my ill health tonight. I guess I need to make a little bubble to live inside during this time of the year.

Today's stats:

Bike:
Time: 30 minutes
Distance: 7.24 miles

followed by a run:
Distance: 2.05 miles
Time: 22:38
Pace: 11:02 minute/mile