Four days ago they held the Mont Blanc 23k race without me. How dare they!!!! Well, I fixed them, I watched the livestream of the Western States 100 instead.
In the meantime, my body is serving me well, my wife and dog are still loving and loyal, and my garden is growing like crazy. I suppose I can't complain. So where do I start (reviewing, not complaining)?
I've been stringing together weeks of mileage in the low 40's. This week I hope to jump to around 47-48 and next week reset the bar to upper 40's / lower 50's. For the sheer joy of it, I've sprinkled in a dash of road cycling, 3 days a week, 14-20 miles per session.
On June 30, I ran 6 miles in my neighborhood marking the end of the half year. I have often said, in this blog offering, I really have only two rules in my running: 1) if it isn't at least 3 miles, it isn't a run, and 2) 2000 miles in a year is the measurement gauging whether I've had a serious year. After logging 2508 in 2021, that year was followed by 1730, 1613, 1657. Unsatisfactory. Well after that halfway run, I was at 1036 for the year and on pace for 2000. AND, of equal note, currently sitting at 124,895 career miles, closing in on 125,000. Nice.
All in all, my knee had a pretty good month. The problem? Working in the yard. Up, down, squat, sit, OH MAN it sucks. There must be a way to robot this stuff (especially the weeding). If we can vacuum with the irobot, where is the iweeder? Maybe that's my next invention. Next..... hahahahaha, what was my first invention?
Racing? I have no real racing goals for the summer (and by racing I mean participating in an event where other people are racing). I wouldn't mind returning to the Boulderthon in the fall (it was fun), maybe a couple of trail runs in the hills, and maybe the Mt Tam Trail run in NORCAL in November. We'll see. And maybe, just maybe, a sprint triathlon in Coeur d'Alene in August (will have to go for a swim at some point, I suppose). Jury still out on that one.
So, there it is. It's summer and no matter where you might be, it's a great time to be out and about. So, have fun and be safe.
Run on.
