June 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

June Goal: 105 Miles

6/1: 6.25 miles
6/3: 10.25 miles
6/6: 7.05 miles
6/7: 6.55 miles
6/8: 3.11 miles

33.21/105 miles completed for June

I had to cut my run short this morning. My daughter called and had to have her appendix out this morning. I did get 3 miles done, but then I went up to my office to get things organized and drove to Austin. We are at her house now and she seems to be feeling good.

Morning all.

Got in 4. Bit annoyed. 2M back caused a bit of discomfort
Day off tomorrow. Second in a week! (Who am I?! Lol). All-day drinking at the Cricket tomorrow [translated into American: think- Baseball, out in the sun, all-day drinking beer and eating cr-p! ]. Going with my 2 boys, as well as 5 buddies... So in light of 8 year old, may have to dial it down by 10-20% lol

Sunday will do Elliptical at the gym.
Monday - will try to do a small run.

Have a nice weekend all

@chelsea121991 - welcome! 😊
@kgirlhart - hope your daughter recovers soon! 🙏
@SummerSkier - hope sniffles (not flu?) gone now! Whiskey with a dash of hot water and squeeze of lemon?? Lol

I ran 6.5 miles on my local trail this morning. I love that it is getting daylight so much earlier and am taking advantage of it. It was a cool 45F.

@quilteryoyo - I have never been to Lake Junaluska but it looks so beautiful. Based on the location, I would think a race would be pretty hilly but we're used to that.

@kgirlhart - I hope your daughter continues to heal and feel good. I'm sure having mom there is the best!

Well, I disappeared again and life continues to be interesting to say the least. I had at least gotten back to running about 3 miles at a time on weekends. Not yet back to more consistent running during the week, mainly due to the mental/motivation struggle. I did start back with strength training at the gym, doing private sessions with my trainer, so I was feeling good about at least getting back to something.

But of course, there was another curveball. I got a call a little over a week ago that they wanted to move my next surgery (part of reconstruction process) up from July 26 to the following Tuesday June 6! I had to hustle to arrange things to get to Boston and have someone be able to go with me. I had the surgery and it went very well. This was a much easier surgery, but I had some fat grafting done which involved liposuctioning some fat from my outer thighs and hips and using that to smooth things out. And now I am pretty bruised all up and down my thighs and it is sore and I have to wear compression 24/7 for a while.

So now I'm in recovery mode again, and probably have another 4 weeks off from running. It's ok, and I'm actually really happy that it got moved up and I can get the recovery over with now and hopefully enjoy more of the summer. Back to lots of walking and hopefully some easier hiking. I won't set a specific goal, but trying to walk everyday, which is pretty easy to do with a demanding dog reminding me of my duties.

Hope you all are well. I've only glanced through a bit but will try to catch up some.

6/1 - 4 miles
6/3 - 4.5 mile
6/5 - 3 miles
6/6- 4.5 miles
6/8 - 4 miles

June Total: 20 / 75 miles

I'm happy with the progress so far this month, but the next week or two may through me off a bit. My feet arches have been hurting with the last couple of runs and shins are starting to get a bit achy. And I am throwing in a hiking trip next week (going up to the Grand Canyon for a couple of nights).

So I feel it would be best to pull back on the runs this week to make sure I'm in good shape for the hike. I might do a couple of 2 mile runs, but I'm not going to push the mileage this coming week. Im hoping to make up for it the rest of the month, but I don't want to push too hard so I'll just have to see how it goes.

I live in a hilly serpentine neighbor. I took it easy and just hiked all over.

June Running Goal: 17 runs, 45 miles

• June 2 - 3.0 miles
• June 4 - 4.0 miles
• June 6 - 2.5 miles
• June 7 - 4.0 miles
• June 9 - 2.5 miles

Current: 5 runs, 16.0 miles