41 miles this week

I ran the most this week than I ever have before: 41 miles. The most I ran in preparation last year for the Richmond Marathon was 37 miles.

Today I did 17. I haven't run 17 miles since last year's training. And, I have to say, the 17 today was no where near as bad as I remember it. In fact, I feel pretty good. On top of that, I ran 8 miles yesterday. So over the past two days I've run 25 miles. How cool is that?

Steph did 6 today as well. She is at her sister's place, so she ran around Cincy. So, as a family, we did 23 miles today :)

After my run, I plopped down in front of the TV and watched the Olympics. Between events, I sat outside and enjoyed the wonderful weather today in North Central West Virginia. We had a high about 75 degrees with nothing but clear blue skies. My run this morning was great!!! Nice and cool.

Oh, I checked around with some TRI friends of mine and apparently there are only like 100 Modern Pentathletes in the country. And, you kind of have to have a horse, and a gun, and a sword, etc. So, they suggested I check out a Summer Biathlon instead.

A Summer Biathlon is running followed by shooting followed by running and then shooting again and then a little more running. The number of targets you miss determines how much you run :)

There is a club just north of here in Pennsylvania that held an event today. Since I was running, I couldn't go. But, I can say that next summer a biathlon is on my plate :) The PA club even provides a beginner's seminar and a gun for the event.

If you're interested in doing one these, let me know. I'd love to do one with you.

Next week is 5-5-5-8-13 for a total of 36. I'm also going to get some more swimming and cycling in for the tri in two weeks.

HTFU!

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