July Round Up

I'm still not where I'd like to be - on the year, for the month, leading up to a race - but all in all, I think it's getting better.

Swimming: 10013.06m
Cycling: 188.5 mi
Running: 51.32 mi
Lifting: 14 sessions (4:18)
Other: one hike (2:40)

Swimming ticked back up to the 10K minimum I like to get in a month ... partially because I was finally a grown-up about things and found a different pool to swim at. I had to make lane reservations (which, yay lane to myself, but boo the obvious), but I made it work. My regular pool finally opened up by the end of the month as well, so that was nice. B thought it might never reopen since the five days it was originally shut down for turned into well over a month.

Bike got upped a tiny bit from June, but my rides were probably more efficient. I got in some nice climbing up in Boulder as well as a bit of course recon. I haven't gotten nearly the distance I'd like - gotta do that before Memphis for sure - but I'm feeling okay there.

The run ... is. Skipped a few, but it's seriously the one thing I'm not really worried about right now.

I may be getting a little bored with the daily workout - that's clearly gone by the wayside - and I may need to seriously reconsider that moving forward. The format has changed a little which might help ... or I might just need to go to a few specific lifting days again. Who knows.

Not much extra, unfortunately, but the one hike I did get in was really freaking awesome up in Crested Butte. I really do need to take the time to hike more.

We'll see what August has in store - a 70.3, for one, the recovery that will be inevitable, a trip for B's birthday - and hopefully I can just maintain where I'm at right now.

... oh, and I may have signed up for IM Lake Placid next July. Maybe not the wisest decision given how things are going for me currently, but what's done is done ...