Run streak and a couple of 5Ks

I'm still streaking!

Today is my birthday!  Happy 33 to me!

Still have several days of streaking to complete because I started too late to end on my birthday.  I think I have to run through Saturday.

My thoughts on the run streak so far are this:
1) I run more often.
2) It makes me not want to run as far as when I wasn't running every day.

I think these things are "ok" but I'm having a hard time wanting to run very far.  The last time I ran 10 miles I was really sick afterward and I just hate feeling like that.  Really puts the damper on getting excited about long runs.  I haven't run one since the 10th.

Summer Sunset 5K #3
I ran two 5Ks this month.  One was the third Summer Sunset 5K.  I pushed and pushed and I finished the race with my fastest pace yet.  8:52 min/mile!!!  WOW.  I was amazed.  I don't get passed anymore.  I pass people!  It's really weird.  Before this my fastest pace for a 5K was 9:15 min/mile.  I'm under 9 minute miles for a 5K.  When I started this running venture I thought it would be pretty amazing if I could run one mile under 10 minutes.

I got my shirt!  I'm getting it soaked because it poured during the race.

The Color Run Buffalo
My graduate adviser invited me to Buffalo for the weekend to run in a color run.  He just took up running and this was his first race!  My other past labmate Jess also joined us.  It was great to see her (she lives in FL now).  It's nice to think that my dedication to running has rubbed off onto other people.  We had a great time.

Before the race.  We're all squeaky clean (and HAPPY)!

We may have gotten coated in colored powder (but we're still super HAPPY)!

I may have told Paul that I would run the Buffalo Half Marathon with him next May... Me and my big mouth. HA!

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The Season of My 33rd Birthday (#runstreak)

Some of you may get a kick out of my reference to the "season of my birthday".  Call it egoism if you need to name it, but I really get into the idea that around my birthday it's time for me (not just the day of my birthday)!  So mid-July I started thinking about what I wanted to do for my 33rd birthday, which is on the 25th of August.  

What I have come up with is to do a #runstreak of 33 days to celebrate.  I haven't been running as frequently as I should for both my fitness and mental attitude and I thought this would help me get back on track as I gear back up for fall long-distance running (Ragnar Relay in Sept. and I think a half marathon in October).  By the time I put my plan into action (I started on July 29th), it was too late to finish the streak on my birthday, so I will be running until the end of August.  Works for me. 

So far I have completed 5 of the 33 days of birthday running.  A 3, 5, 3, 1.3 and 1.5 miles.  I'm hoping to hit my 10 mile training run tomorrow for the half marathon I'm planning on running (but haven't signed up for yet) on the 31st of August.  The 18.12 Challenge half marathon.

So stay tuned for the continuation of the 33 days of running.  I've never done a run streak before.  I'm hoping I don't burn out somewhere in the middle.  Only time will tell.

Thank you for reading!  Happy Saturday everyone!

The July Recap

Seriously, time can slow down a bit.  This year is going to be over in a blink of an eye!

Lets see, my goals for the year are to run 40 miles/month and to run at least 1 race/month.

No sweat!  I ran 56.5 miles this month!  Not too shabby.  I'm feeling much better.  My IT band pain is almost nonexistent and my hamstring pain is gone.  Time to get back to it!

I participated in both a trail half marathon and the Boilermaker.  I think that is where most of my running for the month came from.  Ha!

Not a bad month at all.

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