This week’s Tuesday Topic:  What are your Summer running plans and/or race schedule?  You can write about this topic or post any running-related blog post.  Remember to link up with Kim and Zenaida!  Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier!  Remember to come back for later linkers! 

Tomorrow is officially the first day of Summer.  While it isn’t my favorite season, I do what I can when it comes to running.  So far I am signed up for one race but hopefully, there will be more.  This is what I have planned for this Summer – running and nonrunning.

☀️ Run the Elmhurst 4 on the 4th.  It is one of my favorite races and I cannot wait. This year will be the 9th year running this race.

☀️ Continue walking.  I’ve been incorporating a short walk after each run; longer if it is a longer run.  I would like to do a few walks in the evening to unwind.  

☀️ Continue to relax.  Everyone has a different way to relax.  I like to read and watch TV.  I just finished reading my 12th book this year.  I have already met my goal of reading 12 books by December.  Thanks to Wendy for her list of recommendations!   I get together a lot with family, but I hope that I can get together with friends.

☀️ Stretch and foam roll.  I am not getting younger so my body isn’t the same as before.  While foam rolling sometimes hurts, in the end, I do feel much better.  I’ve been using my “free” Tiger Tail Roadster 11″ Foam Roller from Brooks everyday and that little thing is wonderful.

☀️ Be consistent with running.  I would like to have a base before I train for a 50k.  I still have my eye on the Chicago Lakefront 50/50, which will take place on Saturday, October 28.  This will be the third time training for it, so the third time is a charm, right?  Part of me wonders why I “insist” on doing a 50k.  Why not just forget about it and focus on something else?

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