Busy June, and running plans

 I'm pretty sure I mentioned that my April miles were fantastic, and then my May miles went down again because I was dealing with a bad backache.  Well, so far in June I've been pretty lackluster again.  The first week in June I went to the Lake because I had a virtual conference and decided that it would be nice to do it at the Lake.  It was only a 3 day conference, but I decided to go for the whole week.  I ran 1.25 miles 5 days in a row, on hills, which I felt was very helpful, but that still only equals 6.25 miles for the week. Then last week I ran only 2x.  I went to Leavenworth with my sisters on Friday afternoon for the weekend, and I had planned to run Friday morning, but then didn't. 

I did print out a calendar with the thought of doing a half marathon in Sept, even decided on which one.  The training is supposed to start June 29th, but we shall see. . .I really would like to get back into half marathon shape, but that means I have to actually run regularly.

My June miles are not terrible.  I have one week left and I plan to run another 3-4 times, that will put me in the 30 mile range for the month.  And honestly, that might have been where I screwed up in April, I jumped from 23ish miles in March to 45 miles in April, which is probably why my body started falling apart in May.  

I am still struggling with my motivation to go run, but so far I'm averaging 3 miles, 3x a week, which is better than some of my weeks in the last 2 years or so.  Weekends used to be my favorite days to run because I could do it earlier in the day.  Back when I was running a lot of miles, my sweet time was about 10am, but right now, I'm lucky to even run one day on the weekends.  I haven't run any Sundays in June . . . but I was gone 3 of the 4 Sundays so far, so that is probably one reason why.

I am really struggling to get up and do pilates 4 days a week with my sister.  Last week I didn't do it at all because I flaked out 2 days and then neither one of us did it on the other two days.  I planned to flake out again today, but I pulled myself out of bed and did it.  Honestly, I think the weighted pilates is more important than the running, I just hate waking up to do it.  Running I am either doing during my lunch break (I bought wipes so I can do a "ho bath" afterwards) or in the evening after work.  

If I'm serious about doing a half marathon this fall, official training starts next week.  If I do it, my monthly mileage is going to jump from 35(ish) this month to 62 next month, and that's a bigger jump than my March to April, so that worries me a little.  But I would like to work on increasing my miles, and this seems the easiest/best way.  I'll (try) to keep you updated.  😊

Maddox was promoted from 8th grade to 9th grade, and then had his 14th birthday this month.  I can't believe he's already that old! Oh, and he got a hair cut. 

Here are some of my photos from going to the Lake and then Leavenworth.  I will try to keep them brief.

I gave Maddox his "big" birthday
gift early so he could use it at the Lake.
He loved it.

Me doing a work conference, and 
Maddox doing school.