Week 30: Day 5 - July 28, 2017

• easy trail RUN with one dog = 3.7 miles; time = 46:49; average pace @ 12:39
• easy WALK with three dogs = 2.6 miles total

I don't think I am unmotivated or bored of running, but I really struggled with my run this morning. It didn't help that it was a little muggy and warm, but mainly because I was tired and really needed to catch up on sleep.

I had planned to run tomorrow morning, but I am going on a group hike (nine and a half miles round trip!) instead. So I'll go for a run on Sunday morning. Maybe this is a good thing. I hope I'll feel better about running on Sunday.

Week 30: Day 3 - July 26, 2017

• easy trail RUN with one dog = 4.5 miles; time = 58:01; average pace @ 12:54
• easy WALK with three dogs = 2.6 miles total

Is summer over yet? While the daytime temperature/weather seems tolerable, the morning feels humid and muggy. I am struggling with the morning weather during my run. It's going to be a long summer.

Week 30: Day 2 - July 25, 2017

• easy RUN with one dog = 5.44 miles; time = 1:09:59; average pace @ 12:41
• easy WALK with three dogs = 2.6 miles total

Is summer over yet? So humid this morning!

Week 29: Day 7 - July 23, 2017

• easy walk with dogs = 2.2 miles total

Running:
Total Weekly Mileage: 18.29
Total Monthly Mileage: 42.94
Total Yearly Mileage: 561.16
Total Shoe Mileage: 191.30

Cycling:
Total Weekly Mileage: 0
Total Monthly Mileage: 0
Total Yearly Mileage: 847.99

I had every intentions to go to the local high school football stadium to run up and down the stadium stairs...and do some jump rope. After I took my dogs for a walk this morning, I went back to sleep instead of getting ready for my work out.

Week 29: Day 6 - July 22, 2017

• easy trail RUN with one dog = 4.65 miles; time = 57:41; average pace @ 12:24
• easy WALK with three dogs = 2.6 miles total

I forgot to mention that yesterday morning was cloudy/overcast even though it burned off right after my run. This morning was the same, cloudy/overcast, so I enjoyed it a little bit during my run. It felt cooler, but didn't really help me run faster.

Even though I hadn't done a run on a Saturday morning in over a year, it didn't feel strange for some reason. If today had been Monday, that would have been a different story. I have only ran once on a Monday morning in nine years and that one time was in 2014.

Week 29: Day 5 - July 21, 2017

• easy RUN with one dog = 4.86 miles; time = 59:42; average pace @ 12:17
• easy WALK with three dogs = 2.6 miles

So, I did not go grocery/food shopping yesterday. I didn't eat anything before my run this morning, but I felt okay during the run. I am not working tomorrow, so I will plan to run in the morning instead of Sunday. Next weekend, I will do the same. Run Saturday, rest Sunday. After next weekend, I may have to go back to running on Sunday mornings again because by that time, I will start my second part time job. Although I don't really know what my work schedule there yet.

Week 29: Day 3 - July 19, 2017

• easy RUN with one dog = 3.7 miles; time = 46:45; average pace @ 12:38
• easy WALK with three dogs = 2.6 miles

I think I need to start eating before my runs more regularly now. I did once in awhile before and it was fine. I wasn't hungry, but I did seem to run better when I did eat pre-run. I have felt hungry during a run before, but I still felt okay. I really struggled this morning. For the first time, I was uncomfortably hungry during a run. It also didn't help that it felt really humid. I don't plan to run tomorrow, but I should probably plan a grocery shopping trip.