This summer has not been a good one for running so far. I'm really struggling in this heat and humidity. Not sure if it's age catching up with me, accumulated fatigue or something else, but I'm struggling to maintain even adjusted pacing on runs over ~8 miles when the T+D gets over 150 or so and I've seen them up to 171 so far this summer. It doesn't help that I think my back bruising issue from last month must've involved my ribs, too, because it didn't fully clear up until last week. Couple all that with the stress of a couple of outside audits at work and I've been mentally exhausted before I even get to my runs in the evening.
Ah, well, enough pity party for now. At least I'm able to be out there running. Here are the numbers for June:
June Summary
Running Miles: 159.24
Running Time: 27:59:20
Average Pace: 10:32/mi
Average HR: 150/min
YTD Running Miles: 939.74
Extras:
Walking Miles: 37.69
Rolling 12mo Running Miles: 1,964.07
As a bonus for this month, puppy pics! We lost one of our 2.5yo bulldogs suddenly and unexpectedly just before Christmas last year. Bella was DWs heart dog and she's been feeling the loss acutely. As a teacher, now is the time for her to bond with and train a new puppy, so she'd been looking and we went to meet the litter a couple of hours from home last weekend.
We went with one of the boys of the litter in mind, but it was one of the girls that kept our hearts as we drove home. We won't be able to bring her home until the 13th or so, but in the meantime I present to you Luna, in all her glory and attitude:
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