Highlight of the Week(s): Riding RAGBRAI with Dad / running with friends!

Monday | July 22, 2019: 7 m run + teaching strength class
Run location: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 72°/72°, Time: 1:13:29, Pace: 10:30 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: fine
Strength: two dumbbells and sandbags, Felt: fine, beat from my run
Tuesday | July 23, 2019: 10 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes lollipop, Temp: 60°/66°, Time: 1:52:13, Pace: 11:13 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | July 24, 2019: 3.4 m run
Run location: Chicago Lakefront Trail, Temp: 75°/76°, Time: 35:12, Pace: 10:21 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but wtf with the trail being blocked
Thursday | July 25, 2019: rest
Friday | July 26, 2019: 5 m run
Run location: hood, Temp: 65°/65°, Time: 54:08, Pace: 10:49, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Saturday | July 27, 2019: 2 m run + RAGBRAI Day 7 (74.5 m w/Dad)
Run location: Burlington, Temp: 70°/70°, Time: 20:38, Pace: 10:18 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Run location: Burlington to Keokuk, Temp: 70°/88°, Time: 6:43:04, Pace: 11.1 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: mostly good
Sunday | July 28, 2019: rest
Monday | July 29, 2019: 5 m run (w/Gina & Steve)
Run location: Guttenberg, Temp: 70°/73°, Time: 49:24, Pace: 9:52 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: fine after I warmed up (and used the bathroom)
Tuesday | July 30, 2019: 4 m run (w/Gina & Steve) + 2.9 m hike (w/Steven, Gina, Steve, & Luca)
Run location: Guttenberg, Temp: 63°/64°, Time: 42:06, Pace: 10:31 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | July 31, 2019: 5.7 m run (w/Gina, Steve, & Dad on bike)
Run location: Guttenberg, Temp: 64°/66°, Time: 59:00, Pace: 10:21 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good (again, after using bathroom)
Thursday | August 1, 2019: 2.25 m walk (w/Gina, Steve, & Luca)
Friday | August 2, 2019: teaching strength class + 3.3 m run
Strength: two dumbbells and sandbags, Felt: good
Run location: hood, Temp: 77°/75°, Time: 34:29, Pace: 10:26, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Saturday | August 3, 2019: teaching fitness boxing + 3.6 m run
Strength: boxing pads, boxing, & core, Felt: good, glad to have even numbered students!
Run location: Grayslake, Temp: 78°/81°, Time: 39:02, Pace: 10:51 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good but hot – should have run earlier but wanted to sleep!
Sunday | August 4, 2019: 10 m run (incl. 3 m w/Lupe)
Run location: DPRT, Temp: 73°/79°, Time: 1:52:29, Pace: 11:15 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: good, just hot

Notes:

• Oops, Monday’s (7/22) run somehow ended up taking longer than I thought it would (ha, cause of my slower summer pace) and I was worried I was going to be rushed to get to class to teach so I picked it up a bit at the end, then felt zapped at class!
• Ugh, I ran in the rain a few Tuesdays ago in my work shoes then left them in my locker to use Wednesday (7/24)… eight days later… and they were still wet. And smelled like cat pee. Disgusting. I did one last run in them then chucked them. I’d actually had them since April 2017, so they lasted a long time! But YUCK!
• Day 7 of RAGBRAI with Dad was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to write about it. I’ve really wanted to for a few days now and haven’t made the time. Sigh.
• I’m glad I got some runs (and a hike and walk!) in with Gina and Steve (and Luca and Steven) while we were on vacation. We had some neat runs – we stayed up high on a bluff in ran in to town twice, and drove to town once to run there. We also hiked in a super neat state park with a ton of caves, and did a walk down the bluff in to town. In my mind I would have run more while there, but I enjoyed sleeping in in the mornings.
• That’s my theme so far this month – sleep! I feel like I’ve needed it to recover from vacation, and, since we’re going to be later. I’m looking forward to getting back on our normal schedule and waking up a bit earlier.
• I saw three people I knew on the trail Sunday (8/4) and ended up running three miles with one of them! It was nice to chat for three miles of my ten-miler!
• Monthly recap! In July I ran 155.6 miles (25 runs). My coldest run was 58°F and my warmest was 91°F. I cycled 195.8 miles (5 indoor rides, 3 outdoor rides). I taught 6 strength classes, and 1 fitness boxing class. I did one event – RAGBRAI Day 7.

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