6/29: 3.11 mi; 23'21"; 7'30" avg. pace
7/6: 2.60 mi; 19'30"; 7'30" avg. pace
7/8: 2.24 mi; 17'11"; 7'39" avg. pace
7/12: 2.27 mi; 16'32"; 7'17" avg. pace
7/20: 3.00 mi; 30'01"; 9'53" avg. pace
Apologies for the astronomy pun title. As you can see from the short distances above, the heat is conspiring in its annual fury to drain running energy from good folk far and wide. And if the sticky hot doesn't keep my mileage down, the thunderstorms have kept me indoors. The Run for Your Life was a great run to kick off the summer, but I have not quite followed it up with the same intensity of previous years. I keep having to remember that 27 is not that old and I shouldn't be running out of steam/complaining about too many aches and pains. A few good weeks of 3 or more runs should break me out of that funk.
There isn't a lot to write about on my July runs. They show a consistent and good pace. Of course, that 7'30" pace is easier to maintain over distances less than 5 kilometers. The run on 7/20 was my first run at Snowshoe this year. Ashley kept me company and got some good hill training for herself. We had to wait until 11 am for the fog to lift off the mountain top. Once it did, we enjoyed some comfortable 70 degree air and a slight breeze. We paced by the village and headed up towards the Camp 4 area. That was the turn around point, as we had no ambition at climbing the hill back from the Silver Creek entrance. Jogging back across the parking lot at Soaring Eagle put us right at 3 miles for the workout. After that we kicked back and enjoyed the festivities of the chili cook-off weekend. Mike made a daring and long bike ride through the rain earlier that morning. Hopefully we can make it back to the cabin for more training before the winter.
On the 10k planning front, we are in talks concerning the Shore Medical Center Atlantic City 10k in October. However, travel arrangements are proving difficult. Who knew getting a flight to Atlantic City would be so difficult? A state other than New Jersey might have to be crossed out this fall.
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| Mountain air feels good |