August Tally

Numbers

• 22.5 miles running
• 39.7 miles walking
• 61.9 miles cycling
• 1400 yards swimming
• 1 5K race with surprise 1st place AG finish
• 1 sprint triathlon
• 7 Isotopes games attended
• 3 bridal salons visited
• 1 dress ordered (yay!  the bridal dress search is over)
• 4 days in Colorado visiting family
• 3 pumpkin & 3 cantaloupe vines killed/pulled up due to squash bugs.  Ugh.
• 4 varieties tomatoes ripening
• Yet another new saddle to try
• 1 bike fit
• 1 shoulder feeling better (not fully healed)

Thoughts

• Seems like I didn't do much training, just sort of showed up at a few races and competed.  While not ideal, it worked well enough for me given the current situation with my shoulder. I don't really have a good excuse for not running other than I really wasn't feeling it; I guess that's good enough reason. Maybe I'll just focus on cycling this month.
• My bike feels completely different after the bike fit.  Hopefully that's a good thing.
• I've become a huge fan of minor league baseball and am sad that the season has ended. I do not like football, basketball, or hockey, so the next 5 months are going to be rough!
• Frustrated that squash bugs killed my pumpkin and cantaloupe plants.  I probably won't plant those again next year.

Plans

• 50K bike "tour" next weekend
• Try to find my motivation for running
• Cancel my gym membership since I don't seem to be using it to swim.