July Totals

Just added them up ...

July 323.2 km
YTD 2129.4 km

Slowing it down at lunch ...

5K at a 5:30 pace ...slowing it down for Saturdays DG! Probably shouldn't even be running this week but what else would I do at lunch!

Small Trail

Just a little 8.2K trail run late this afternoon. Wanted to break in a new pair of Adidas Super Nova Riot Trail Shoes in preparation for Saturdays 24 Hours Dirty Girls Run. It was a very humid day, temps were low...24C but it had to be nearing 100% humidity. The forest was almost dead silent . I was running without music or hydration. Spent some time this afternoon getting ready for next weekend . Wont be doing much this week maybe a few lunch runs but that's about it.

Taking it to the streets

Long run done today , 31.4k done at an avg 5:54 pace. There were a few things that made today different! The biggest factor was cooler and dryer air , it was sunny with the occasional cloud and a nice dry breeze from the North...temps 18-22C. I wanted to churn out a moderate pace and NOT slow down near the end. I pretty much manged to do as planned but I cheated a little. At 12K I stopped for a few minutes and had a small carton of Chocolate Milk...this was the first I drank. Then I decided to climb the Durham Hill at Hwy 6 then loop through town back for more Chocolate Milk at around 20K. The milk went down great , I then decided to have a giant freezy ...YUM! OK this was a little more then an aide station break , spent 10 minutes eating the freezy watching the water go over the middle dam! No there were no excuses for the last 10K , had to be the same as the first and second 10K and that's more or less what I achieved! Got home and decided to jump on the Mountain Bike for a couple of hours ....looking for new trails! Is now the evening and I am beat , really beat ...mission accomplished.

Check out the Durham Hill, its the spike in the middle. More repeats to be done here!

Last luch run this week

Another 5K lunch run today , the usual 0.5K warm up and cool down with 4k at a 4:50 pace.

2nd run

Did a 2nd run today. Picked the toughest hill . muddy trail and added a swamp! Killed the legs and was walking after 4K.! Fun Fun Fun,

Lunch again

5K the usual way