Me @ Central Park
Wow! Hot days and Summer are moving full steam ahead while I have been preoccupied with various non-running essentials. Sometimes life can get in the way of your plans and you literally have to fight your way out and double down on your efforts to stay on course. That has been my struggle this last month or so, but no more. I’m welcoming July with the full intent of racking up those miles and getting totally physical with my workouts. Plus, it also happens to be my birthday month, which adds a bit of extra motivation to my grand scheme of becoming the fittest version of myself.
Me and the pro’s @ nyrr mini 10K
A brief look back saw us celebrating international running day in June, people all over the world joined in and got their run on and shared about it on social media. For my part, that was one of the days I made sure to get out there and celebrate our sport with other like-minded people. It was awesome to see and be a part of a world community committed to running for every reason you could think of. Then there was the mini 10K, the only women’s race in the city, certainly the first of its kind in the world, where we show a lot of woman power and even international presence. About 8,500 of us ran this year and though that was a slightly lower number than last year, it was a totally well-executed run by NYRR. Surprisingly, I had my best 10K time in a few years. I never run particularly well in the heat so it did kick my butt in the latter miles, but somehow I was able to do it in a time in which I was satisfied, 46:31, and made me 198th overall, which means there are some really fast runners in this city.
Yep, I soul cycle.
Not much happened after that as I got bogged down with work and had to slow down, not stop, my plans. I’ve been spending most of my running time in the gym, splitting between runs on the treadmill, body pump classes, spin classes, strength training and doing core work. Therefore, it hasn’t been all bad just less running. Like I said, I plan on upping my mileage this month and hope to do a bit more running outside, either early in the mornings or late in the evenings on account of the heat. This is also the month I plan on starting cross fit training. Happy Birthday to me!
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