RECAP: It remains mother loving hot out there, but I shall preserve. This week was a big step up in the mileage from recent weeks. I got in a fair number of miles, admittedly much slower than I was hoping, but still, plenty of running took place and I am happy with the 56 miles I posted for the week. I could have made sixty if I had carried on the death march of Sunday’s long run for another half hour, but that just seemed pointless. I was feeling like crap and with sixteen miles in three hours, it was definitely time to call it a day. Still, not a bad week.

The biggest news of the week wasn’t the heat or the fact that I didn’t quite make sixty miles, it was that I had to reschedule my fall marathon. Being an idiot, I forgot that E had scheduled a trip out of town for us for the same weekend as the Hartford Marathon. Whoops, looks like I am running Philadelphia instead.

This is a blessing of sorts. Hartford is in mid-October and I just won’t be ready by then. Philly isn’t until the end of November which give some time to turn this ship around and run a strong fall marathon.

Alright, that was long, here are the numbers:

Summary:

Run Streak: 14 days

Average Weight –182.7

Running Miles: 56 in 9:05:32

Bike Miles: 0

Body Weight Work: 0

Total exercise time: ~9 hours

Daily Breakdown:

Monday – 10 in 1:34:16

Tuesday – 4.5 in 38:33

Wednesday – 8 in 1:15:00

Thursday – 8 in 1:16:31

Friday – 4.5 in 42:13

Saturday – 4.5 in 38:59

Sunday – 16.5 in 3:00:00

Goals for Last Week:

1. Run at least sixty miles (a new one week record) – FAILED

2. Body weight work at least three times. – FAILED

Goals for Next Week:

1. Complete first speed class, try not to look like idiot
2. Run at least 55 miles
3. Three days of body weight work
4. Ten hours of exercise
5. Lose a pound

Looking ahead:

I am a man of big dreams. I signed up for the speed workout sessions with Prospect Park Track Club, which should be interesting. I think I am on the slow side of the night I signed up for which should keep it challenging. I’m also dead set on finally getting in the push-ups and stretching. If it doesn’t happen now, it isn’t going to happen.

Another goal is to finally, after years of thinking about it, hit ten hours of exercise for the week. Someday I’ll do ten hours of running, but for this week I’ll be happy with ten hours of exercise generally. Should be doable.