Trail Running vs. the Clutz

As a part of my marathon training, Wednesdays are supposed to be hilly runs. Conveniently I live a half mile from a state forest so I decided to start running my hill runs on the trails! So for the past three Wednesdays I ventured into the woods! They were all going along well until this past week I tripped and fell over a tree root and scrapped my leg, knee and hands. I also have a few random bruises all over my limbs. Not fun! Here is a lovely picture of my leg:

After seeing the damage over the holiday weekend, my family got really worried about me running alone in the woods and just alone in general. While I appreciate their concern, I refuse to sit inside or run on the treadmill everyday out of fear. So to ease their minds, I invested in the Jogger Pepper Spray. At first I wasn't sure if I would go back to the trails, but I think I may keep adding just a bit to my weekly mileage. It's a fun way to mix it up a bit and just because I'm a clutz, doesn't mean I can't conquer the trails! :o)

Hello There Again! June In Review!

Well, I was away for far too long! My last post was May in Review and here we are with another month over! This is what my June totals looked like:

Ran 80.53 miles
Biked 79.5 miles
Swam 3.5625 miles
4 BodyPump classes
Total of 1514 minutes exercise!
6 full rest days

I increased in everything from last month! Interesting that I biked almost as much as I ran, definitely didn't try to do that!

Here are my totals for the first half of 2010!
Ran 450 miles
Biked 187.14 miles (starting on March 27th)
Swam 14.5 miles (starting on March 29th)
Total of 7929.5 minutes! - This also includes BodyPump, Spinning, Yoga, Weights, etc

I'm very happy that I started crosstraining so much more! Last year I mostly just ran, but now I feel so much stronger and more fit! Love it!

Looking ahead to July, I should have a new running monthly mileage PR as I plow full steam ahead into marathon training! I'm currently in week three of my 17 week training program. It is going well, although I am still at mileage where I am comfortable. This week's long run is 10 miles, which I have run many times. The next long run is 14, which is a PR for me and it just keeps on going up from there! I'm excited for this!!!

I am also hoping to be better about blogging this month!