Two more build weeks and then a cut back week! I can't wait!
Tuesday: 4. I am SO glad that every week only starts out with 4. Mentally I need that easy mileage to ease into the week. We still had hot and humid weather, but it was just cool enough that the dogs could come with and be safe. We took our handhelds anyway to make sure the dogs had water just in case, and we stopped and watered them once. My right calf muscle was a little sore and complained a little bit towards the end of the run, which means I may need more padding in my right shoe than my left. Go figure.
Wednesday: Woke up to gusty winds and storms. Went back to bed to try and catch up on much needed sleep. It's amazing how just one more hour can help SO much. When it was time to run, it felt like the temperatures were nice, however the wind was super gusty from the North and West making running feel like you were standing still at times. We stopped a few times to water the dogs, since we were in full sun, but they handled everything quite well. I had some pain in my right calf again, but it went away around 3 miles.
Thursday: 6 miles in glorious 50 degree weather! This was an amazing run and I wish we could have more mornings like this. I took Boom since it's his second birthday. He did really great till we ran past a yard full of pugs coming back into town, and he lost his ever loving mind. Still won't drink while we are running, but will get into water to cool off and I feel like he would even lay down in water to cool off, unlike miss Stella.
Friday: REST DAY. Andrew's 8th birthday. I was really worried that he would be sad without a birthday party, but boy was i wrong. We had gotten him several small things, and I had wrapped everything (in Christmas paper, don't judge), so he had lots of things to open. Several of my friends also got him fun things and hand delivered, which made him SO happy! We had spaghetti at his request for dinner, and then cake, and then presents.
His big present was an electric scooter and once again, he scares me half to death on this thing. One of his good track friends had one at the track last time we were there, but the batteries were almost dead so it went pretty slow. As you can see, the batteries were fully charged in his new one, and he was zooming all over the place and giving me a million heart attacks.
Saturday: 18 miles at Clinton Lake. We made a hard decision to leave the pups at home to get some trail time in the heat. With an hour drive time and temps already in the high 60s/low 70s when we got up, it just wasn't safe to take them with us and hope they would be okay for 6ish hours on on the trail.
I am not going to lie, this was a tough run, as it should be. It took me about 6 hours plus some pit stops as we used the car as an aid station. We did a 5.5-6 ish mile loop that took us about 2 hours to complete. The heat wasn't great, but it didn't nail us like it did last long run thanks to the tree cover. Robin almost stepped on a copperhead (no pictures too freaked out), and we both almost stepped on a HUGE black snake (maybe rat snake or King snake?).
I am glad for my trail time, but wish I could run a little bit faster than 3 mph. It makes for a long day, but I am just not a gazelle and respect the rocks/roots/ruts. My hydration was on point, my snake spotting skills were on point, and while I super missed stella ella, there is no way the heat and lack of water for her to get in was safe. This was Rockin Robin's longest run to date and we celebrated with giant tea/diet dr. pepper from Quick Trip.
I should add that post run I got huge welts all over my body. They don't itch and they look horrible but honestly don't bother me at all. Not sure what they are, nothing has changed in my diet or with soap or laundry detergent so will chalk this up to maybe heat rash?
Sunday: 10 miles. Again, did not get in bed as early has i had hoped. It's so hard to go to bed at 8 pm when it's still full sunlight out and you have a million things to do. Let's just say 4 am hurt and 10 miles hurt, but we got it done. It was hot but low humidity so the doggos all got to go and they were SUPER happy. She always smiles when she runs, even when she is a little hot! Plus I was smiling in my new gypsy runner pink flower shorts. I needed some pretty color in my life.
Have a great week! We are having a BIG mileage week and then a cut back week so pray for us :)
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