Tuesday Topics: July 2023 Review

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No!  July cannot be almost over.  I have a few weeks left of Summer Break before I go back to work.  I think I have said it before but a teeny tiny part of me is excited about the new school year.  So far I have 22 students and already have in place a welcome letter to send them in the next couple of weeks.  Do remind me of this excitement when complaining about the school year.

Let me tell you about how July went for me:

Mileage: A good month.  As of yesterday, I’ve run 64.92 and walked 19.80 miles this month.  My walking miles are the highest it’s ever been.

I began training for a 50k.  Who knows if I will do it?  The beginning of the school will be here soon and every year I am swamped for the first couple of weeks/months.  How is it that I am already being negative and thinking that I won’t succeed?

Current Book:  I am currently reading “God Spare The Girls.  I am not liking it too much.  I always have a difficult time with God, church, and priests.  Throw in here an extramarital affair, and it isn’t going well.

I finished reading “The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team”, “A Slow Fire Burning”, and “Intimacies”.  I loved, loved Kara’s book.  I was disgusted by what she went through.  I had to stop reading when she mentioned what her coach did during the sports massage.  I am glad he was banned from anymore coaching and he should have been sent to prison for what he did to her.  I did not like “Intimacies” but kept reading it hoping that I would like it.

2023 Running Goal:  Total mileage to date is 380.38.  It is 47 percent of my goal leaving me with 419.62 miles to go. 

Injuries:  It is the same song—some discomfort with the hip and the same with plantar fasciitis.  

Races:  No races in July.

School:  Summer Break!  This week I and taking some PD classes.  They’re interesting but tiring too.  So much thinking!

Health:  I’ve had a few hot flashes this month but they didn’t feel awful.  Hopefully, I won’t have to suffer anymore.  I haven’t had a period since January and I am glad because I hated it.

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