August in Review
Running Miles: 132.68
Strength Training/Cross Training Days: 3
Cycling Miles: 96.34
# of Workout Days this month: 18 (58%)
Running Miles: It’s marathon training season. But I’ll admit,
this might be the highest mileage per month I’ve ever had since I
started keeping track of my miles last year. I even purposely took a
couple short runs out because I wanted to rest my legs from two high
mileage running/cycling weekends. So I’m pretty proud of how I feel
right now about my training. I feel good. My legs feel (relatively)
good. And I just did my 18 miler this past weekend. With that 18
miler, I ran about 6 of the end miles solo. I’m still trying to
utilize my “run happy” mantra I’ve worked on this year and,
even when I don’t feel quite so good, it’s helping keep my head
on straight and power me through the runs (most times). I’m only
human so a couple of shorter runs, I was pretty miserable. It
happens.
Strength Training/Cross Training Days: Well, 3 is a pretty sad
number. This includes all other activity besides running, so cycling,
yoga, etc. I know I’m running A LOT, but how hard should 15
minutes of Abs or yoga be?? Come on Amanda, get it together! My
back is pretty weak from when I hurt it last year and I want to
incorporate planks and supermans into my daily routine. However, I
will say, I have been stretching about 80% of the days. I just didn’t
include that in here. I’m trying to keep this pesky piriformis
issue at bay.
Talking about the piriformis, my chiropractor told me to have my
boyfriend jab his elbow into my piriformis (aka butt) to work it out
like she would. And I had him do it 4-5 days per week. When I finally
saw her again, she pulled down my pants (yes she did!!) and noticed I
had a bruise there. She was quite impressed with my boyfriend’s
skills of pain infliction! Moving on…
Cycling Miles: I had 96.34, which is pretty good for me. But
actually, this was only 2 cycling days. I did the Venus De Miles bike
ride (66.28 miles) and about 1 week before, got some training cycling
miles in with a 30.06 mile bike ride.
# of workout days this month: Um…only 18? I missed 13 workout
days! I’m slightly embarrassed by that. It’s my lowest amount of
workout days per month this year! But I know it’s because I took a
few extra rest days due to all the running. I was just tired. It’s
totally understandable. So I will cut myself some slack in this area.
BUT…goal is to do better in September but getting some of that core
workout in (planks, superman, etc). Hey, even 5 mins counts! Just do
it!
I can’t believe it’s September already. I’m hitting up
vacation starting tomorrow by traveling to San Antonio, Texas to
visit my boyfriend’s brother and his family. It should be a good
time. I’ve never been so I’m pretty excited! I was told that we
are going to visit the toilet seat museum…. Um… Texas Fun!
Hope you have a great weekend! We'll miss you on Sunday!
ReplyDeleteToilet seat museum?! America is weird.
ReplyDeleteAwesome mileage for the month, and way to nail that 18 miler in the terrible humidity we've been having lately.
Congrats on all the miles/possible PDR!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, almost 133 running miles!?!?!? I don't think I've ever cracked 90 miles in a month, even at the peak of my marathon training. You are a running machine! And you're a biking machine, too. Your distances are unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteSafe travels to Texas and I can't wait to hear more about the toilet seat museum!
Hope you had fun in Texas! I've been to Austin twice and still dream about the smoked sausage and moist brisket. :D
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