July Round-Up

July ... was ... okay.

Swimming: 14000m (8.7 mi)
% to goal: 26.7%
Cycling: 160.78 mi
% to goal: 19.5%
Running: 21.23 mi
% to goal: 27.6%
Lifting: four sessions (1:28)
Other: five yoga sessions (1:10), one race volunteering/cheering day (3:00), one hike (1:40), two walks (1:30), one stretch session (:10)

The best thing about July was my swimming. This was my highest swim month to date, so woooo for that. I really wanted to hit 200 miles on the bike and was on track, but I fell apart at the end of the month. I'm still feeling a little off three days into August, but at this point, I'm going to try to power through whatever this crap is.

Running ... ugh. I hate the hot days of summer. I may have "embrace the heat" as a goal next year like "embrace the hill" was last year. *gack*

The worst part of this month is the crushing weight of looming failure. I'm nowhere close to being on track with the goals I had set for myself this year. The one, main, overarching goal - embrace my inner awesome - feels so far away, I feel so far from awesome that it's not even funny. Nothing to be done but to persevere and I know that, but it's always so much harder in practice.