Day 1061

An early morning run around University Lake again. Lots of people this time, and I took it easy, with tired legs.
20:00
2.07mi
http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/59874882

Day 1060

Flew early to New Orleans, ate BBQ around 1, and then managed to get to University Lake around 4. I started around from the parking lot, thinking I’d get to the Cook Hotel and turn around. Instead I was there around 10 minutes in and kept going, thinking I’d stop at 15 and turn back.
However at 15 minutes it felt like I was doing well and halfway, so I kept going.
A bit of mistake as I wasn’t halfway until around 20:00 or so and it was 101F. By the time I thought I might have done too much, I was too far to turn around and kept going, mixing in some walking.
Ended up going all the way around, nearly 4mi, but I was hurting in the sun. Definitely should have had more water around.
43:55
3.93mi
http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/59804458

Day 1059

Felt like pushing today, after a indulgent day yesterday at the water park. Struggled and needed a couple of 15sec supports from the arms on the treadmill, but pushed. Went 6.6 for the first 12 minutes and then6.3 to close it out.

24:00
2.46mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/59579306

Day 1058

Early run since I'm spending the day with the kids. Struggled to get going, and pushed a little, but knocked off at 20 min since I knew the body was tired.

20:00
2.05mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/59355954

Day 1057

Nice, cool run outside today with the cloudy day. No rain, which was threatening, but it held off. I zoned out, going down the road thinking about things and missing large sections of scenery. Those are the best days.

24:37
2.39mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/59197022

Day 1056

A little tired, had to slow a bit while running, but also distracted. A busy time at work and a little worried about that. Stopped because I was struggling to focus.

20:00
2.04mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/58989010

The July Totals

I closed out July strong. I made an effort to avg better than 2 mi/day and did that, ending the month with 67.18 miles run, the longest ever. For the year, that means that I'm at 422, which puts me on a 722mi pace for the year.Almost at the 730 distance I'd like to get to and average 2mi/day.

I definitely need to keep up the running across the next few months, and even increase to a good 2.2mi/day or so to up the average.

However the body feels good, legs feel fine, and I think I might be able to get there.