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Running in Review

Jun 28-Jul 4 = 19.3 miles

  • Mon – Rest
  • Tues -3.1 mi
  • Wed – 3 mi
  • Thurs – 5 mi
  • Fri – Rest
  • Sat – 2 mi
  • Sun – 6.2 mi (10K Race!)

Jul 5-11 = 23 miles

  • Mon – Rest
  • Tues – 4 mi
  • Wed – Rest
  • Thurs – 5 mi
  • Fri – 4 mi
  • Sat – 3 mi
  • Sun – 7mi

This week I have 24 miles including an 8 miler this weekend

She runs, runs, runs, ruuuuuuns

7 miles and 1,068 burned calories later I feel pretty good. However 7 miles on a treadmill was no fun. I may try and switch up my running schedule next week so I can run 8 miles outside.Ā 

I’m looking into changing my running course, however I don’t have many options near me – damn south and lack of sidewalks. I contemplating driving more “into town” and doing my 8 miles from a point there.

A question for my outdoor “long distance runners” (well for me 8 miles is long), do you run from you house and do you mileage or do you drive somewhere as your starting point?

Dear Summer,

You are seriously effing with my running schedule. I have to run 7 miles today, but it is about 1000 degrees outside and I really don’t want to pass out and die. So I’m going to the gym to run. YUCK. I can only do about 4 miles at the gym before I bored. I’m going to have to do my 7 miles this week and 8 miles next sunday at the gym. NOT A HAPPY CAMPER. However 7 miles will be the furtherest I’ve ever run which is exciting!

P.S. peeked at the scale today and all my gained 4th of July holiday weight went bye-bye, so I’m pumped about this week’s WIW.

I love playing with my hair and hair color.

March was the first time I put blue and purple in my hair and I LOVED IT.

This time around I decided to amp up the purple a bit more.

I’m gonna be sweating purple for a month when I run!!

Boobie Report

***This post is geared towards my lady readers….fellas you’ve been warned***

Can we talk boobs for a minute.

…didn’t hear anyone oppose the notion so I will continue…

I blossomed early and quickly if you will, back in my pubescent years. My bosom was ample, but not perky. They were just so heavy and I didn’t really have muscle under my boobs. I always felt like they were weighing me down and nothing my supporting them, but skin. Boob stretch marks are the devil and that skin is so delicate to begin with.Ā I was worried about further boob sagging so I’ve always worn two sports bras and for a loooong time I was scared of runningĀ and the impact it would have on my chest.

Funny thing in the past 6 months I have found that my boobs are pretty much the same size as they were (went from 38DD to 36D), but they have gotten MUCH perkier. I do still wear two sports bras for the most part, but they aren’t “working as hard” – (I like to tell my maleĀ trainer that to make him blush).

I was curious if anyone else has noticed those kinds of changes with the perkiness of their chest?

What did you do before 7am?

I ran 5 miles in 57 minutes!

That is miraculous because I went to bed at 1am after working a 12 hour day and woke up at 6am. Now I am working an 18 hour orientation day. I am so glad I did this run, I was stressed because I didn’t do it yesterday so I switched rest and 5mi days so I am on track.

I’m very appreciative that my boss let me come in 45 minutes late so I could get my run in. He knows how hard I’ve been working along with the rest of my coworkers. It’s all very encouraging. Another colleague across campus saw on facebook that I ran a 10K and he called me a “serious runner.” I never thought of myself that way, but I am taking my running very seriously.

AM Run

I’m in the midst of working our 7th of 8 freshmen orientation sessions which are all consuming. This morning I planned on running before I had to go to work, but at 8am it was like heat-stroke hot. I thought about trying to go to the gym to run, but it’s 15 minutes across town and I didn’t think I’d have enough time to run the 5 miles I need to run. So I decided I am going to wake up insanely early tomorrow and run the 5 miles before work. So that means I’ll have a 14 hour work day today ending around midnight, wake up at 5:30am to run and then work all day until about midnight again tomorrow. It’s ugly, but I gotta do what I gotta do. Now I’m debating running at the gym, or run my usual outdoor route, or run the morning parent run with an extra 2 miles thrown to make 5 miles. Wish me luck and let’s hope I don’t exhaust myself to tears tomorrow.