Week 28: Day 6 - 10 July 2021

• morning run = 6.12 miles; time = 1:37:20; average pace @ 15:54
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total
• yoga = 1 hour

Week 28: Day 5 - 09 July 2021

• morning ride = 12.62 miles; time = 1:06:46; average speed @ 11.2mph
• walked dogs = 2.4 miles total
• night photo walk with photo group = 1.31 miles

Week 28: Day 4 - 08 July 2021

• morning run = 5.13 miles; time = 1:22:30; average pace @ 16:04
• warmup on rollers = 1.5 miles; time = 8:08; average speed @ 11.1mph
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total

I did a very short warmup ride on rollers. I couldn't make it to two or three miles. The noise level was terrible. No one has complained about the noise level, but I worry that someone will eventually and it bothers me. It was "quiet" or silent when it was new, but the noise level was low and wouldn't bother anyone. The ride was also super bumpy. I don't know what to do with the rollers. I don't want to ride on them anymore.

Week 28: Day 3 - 07 July 2021

• morning run = 4.41 miles; time = 1:10:27; average pace @ 15:59
• warmup (ride) on rollers = 3 miles; time = 12:36; average speed @ 14.3mph
• walked dogs = 2.5 miles total

Week 28: Day 2 - 06 July 2021

• hilly trail morning run = 3.52 miles; time = 1:02:13; average pace @ 17:24
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total

So it begins. Training starts this week for the Long Beach Half Marathon in October. It will be a very long three months of training.

The last half marathon that I did was February 2018 when I had a different job and different work schedule. I would wake up and go for a run whenever the sun came up...so like 5am because it was summer and 7am because it was winter. I had my current job (that starts at 9am daily Monday to Friday) for two and a half years now. So I had been running at 4:30-5am all year round during these two and a half years. So it will also be very interesting to train for a half marathon with my current work schedule.

Week 28: Day 1 - 05 July 2021

• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total
• vinyasa yoga = 58:01 (time)

I'm not scheduled to work today as part of the long holiday weekend. I had a lot of trouble figuring out what I wanted to do for my day off...whether to do a hike, an easy recovery run or easy recovery ride. Or just take a rest day with the exception of walking the dogs and doing some yoga. I ended up doing a rest day.

Week 27: Day 7 - 04 July 2021

• easy, recovery run = 3.1 miles; time = 54:29; average speed @ 17:35
• walked dogs = 2.4 miles total
• gentle yoga = 55:37 (time)

Running: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 14.7

Total Monthly (June) Mileage: 60.4

Total Monthly (July) Mileage: 11.61

Total Yearly Mileage: 408.07

Total Shoe Mileage: 93.7

Cycling: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 64.27

Total Monthly (June) Mileage: 172.31

Total Monthly (July) Mileage: 62.27 

Total Yearly Mileage: 1740.63

Total Bike Mileage: 4396.1

Unsurprisingly, felt sore this morning with heavy legs. I'm now trying to get into yoga/stretching regularly as I'm a high intensity athlete. Also....mainly because I start training next week for a half marathon in October.