This week’s Tuesday Topic:  Your 2023 mid-year review.  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! 

In December I wrote my goals for this year.  Since we are halfway through the year, let me update you on how it is going.

Complete 500 Peloton rides.  I had to pause my membership because I wasn’t taking full advantage of it.  However, I do know I have completed 360 rides.

Run 800 miles.  I might have to adjust this goal.  I am at 38% of my goal.

Run at least 5 races.  Today’s race will be #5.

Do one Peloton activity each day.  See above regarding 500 Peloton rides.

Read 12 books.  Done.

So let’s review how 2023 is going so far.  

January-February

✳️ Picked my word for 2023 – Balance.

✳️ Ran 59.66 miles in January.

✳️ Signed up for the Bank of American Shamrock Shuffle. 

✳️ I got Covid.  It was very mild with a lot of coughing.

✳️ Ran 18.78 miles in February.

March-April

✳️ Ran the NYC Half Marathon.

✳️ Ran the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8k.

✳️ Ran 67.24 miles in March.

✳️ Ran the CARA Lakefront 10 Miler.

✳️ Ran 95.88 miles in April.  It is the highest mileage to date.

May-June

✳️ Ran the CARA Spring Trail Chase 10k.

✳️ Ran 27.68 miles in May.

✳️ The 2022-2023 school year ended.  I had 5 days off and began teaching Summer School.  

✳️ Ran 46.21 miles in June.

✳️ Finished reading 12 books.

✳️ Summer School ended.

I just read all of this again and laughed a little.  My life is not exciting.  🤣

The topic for next week:  Tomorrow is National Simplicity Day. How do you simplify your life?  Feel free to write about this or any running-related topic.  We hope you’ll link up with us!

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?

Next week is a FREE topic.  Feel free to write about any running-related topic.  We hope you’ll link up with us!

This week’s Tuesday Topic:  You’ve won an all-expenses paid trip to run a race anywhere in the world.  What race would it be?  You can write about this topic or post any running-related blog post.  Remember to link up with Kim and me!  Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier!  Remember to come back for later linkers! 

Oh my!  I have written about the World Major Marathon I would run if I had a free entry.  The marathon I picked is Boston.  Let’s change it up a bit.  What if it is an all-expenses paid trip?  In that case, let’s go international!  

I couldn’t narrow it down to one race so here is a list of a couple half marathons:

✈️ Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon

✈️ Guayaquil Half Marathon

✈️ Media Maraton de Bogota

✈️ Kilimanjaro Trail Run

✈️ The Marakez Pyramids Half Marathon

✈️ Dead Sea Half Marathon Israel

✈️ New Balance Media Maratón Cali

✈️ Berlin Half Marathon

✈️ Athens Half Marathon

✈️ Dublin Half Marathon

✈️ Nice Half Marathon

The topic for next:  What are your Summer running plans and/or race schedule?  We hope you’ll link up with us!

This week’s Tuesday Topic:  How will you celebrate Global Running Day?  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! 

I’ve written several posts about things I like or that are my favorites.  I will deviate from today’s topic to write about things I dislike.  

Shakira (I think her voice is very annoying)

Fish

Pee for like the 100th time before going to bed

Waking up to pee in the middle of the night

Summer and humidity

Leaving trash on the floor instead of the trash can

Mustard (but I do like honey mustard pretzels)

Whiskey

Sunday

Soda with ice

Too many gloomy and rainy days

Friends making dinner plans for 8 pm

Drivers blasting their music while driving

Watermelon with seeds

When your password requires a capital letter, numbers, and special characters

People taking over the tables at the laundromat and their clothes are still in the washer/dryer

Not responding to emails

Replying all to emails

People with their music speaker on while running

People being vague on social media just to get attention

Anyone who uses shortened words (vacay, vaca, obvi)

I know there are more things to add to this list.  But for now, I will stop because then you will not like me anymore. 😀

The topic for next week: You’ve won an all-expenses paid trip to run a race anywhere in the world.  What race would it be?  Feel free to write about this or any running-related topic.  We hope you’ll link up with us!