Well July seems to have rushed in, and that's both a good and a bad thing. Actually, I can't think of any good things about time accelerating. What July does signify to me is that I have a race on Thursday, which I'm not really looking forward to, and that I have to start my next round of Triathalon training this month, which I'm also not looking forward to. It's really not fair to say all that because it's a monday, and it's early, and I'm tired. I do have a training plan, so if my knees and hip hold up I'll be ok. Beyond coming into July feeling a little tired June was a pretty good month.
What did we plan to do in June?
- Maintain weight
- Ride 450 miles - Weather permitting I want to ride outdoors every Sunday.
- Weekly run and walk exercise.
- One open-water swim, preferrably two. Minimum of 1/2 mile distance.
- Weekly Yoga
- Weekly row
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Apple June exercise goal
- Gold in my June challenges
- All the bonuses in #mc41
Weight Results:
- Starting Weight: 218.9
- Ending Weight: 221.4
Exercise info:
- Number of rides: 73
- Time on exercise: 34:12:45
- Distance on rides: 460.20
- Number of runs: 4
- Distance running: 9.73mi
- Number of walks: 6
- Time walking: 3:27:03
- Distance walking: 10.15mi
- Number of rows: 6
- Time rowing: 26:14:22
- Number of swims: 0
- Distance swimming: 0
Results:
Well, this month was a lot better than I remembered. I did think it was goign to be a close call for the montly mileage, which it was, and to be honest, I knew I hadn't swum, but I'd forgotten that it was a goal, so I don't know if I want to talk about it, but let's finish all the misses. I did pretty much run/walk every week. I took last week off from the run, partly due to weather, and partly due to my hip. Regardless, I finished all my virtual runs and feel pretty ready for this Thursday. I'll probably go for a walk or light run tonight but that will be it until Thursday. I already mentioned the swimming, and I also didn't do as much Yoga as I wanted. As it turns out, I did three yoga workouts, but I've been successful at doing stretching classes and those are helping my flexibility, so three yoga's and over twenty stretches? I'll take that. Other things of note? My weight ticked up a bit, but I'm also doing more weight workouts so we'll keep an eye on that, but I'm still under 225 so nothing to worry about.
There was a lot of good in June so let's talk about that. As I stated above, I'm doing a lot of stretching and more weight workouts, which is what I need to do in order to lean out. I need some muscle mass so hopefully that's going in the right direction. Plenty of rowing, mostly bootcamps now, and I hit all the challenge goals etc... So overall, an excellent month.
I'm feeling a little flat today, so let's just get on to July goals:
- Maintain weight
- Ride 500 miles - Outdoor rides when possible.
- Weekly run and walk exercise.
- One open-water swim, preferrably two. Minimum of 1/2 mile distance.
- After workout stretch.
- Row workouts until the triathalon training kicks in.
- Continue bootcamp workouts
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Apple July exercise goal
- Gold in my July challenges
- All the bonuses in #mc42
- Finish St. Pete pier run
This is going to be a transitional month. We're going to spend some time up in Virginia, which might make my mileage goal a challenge so if need be I'll ramp it down to 450, but eight weeks from September 21 means I start my training plan this month. I think I should be ok to hit all these goals, I don't think any are particularly hard. The Apple challenge for July is a walk/run distance and the only other gotcha is when we drive to/from VA.
I also signed up for a 100km bike event in November. Once the triathalon is out of the way I'll be training up for that. Fun times!
Final Thoughts:
Not much else. I'm just drained. Happy 4th, and I'll post about the race.
Talk soon!
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