Upcoming races:

Marathon #2 for 2019 – September 21, 2019

Monthly totals:

Miles run: 260.2 miles (that’s 22.1 more than May)

Days run: 29 out of 30

Calories burned during run: 34,500 kcal (that’s 9.9 lb if 3500 kcal = 1 lb)

Run time: 53 hr 58 min

Monthly averages and superlatives:

Average speed per mile: 12:26 per mile (5 seconds slower than May)

Average stride rate: 160 steps per minute (1 more step per min than May)

Average heart rate during run: 141 beats per minute (same as May)

Longest run: June 10 – 19 miles, 12:25/mile

Shortest run: June 6, 14, and 18 – 5 miles

Fastest run: June 21 – 7.3 miles, 10:54/mile (tempo run)

Slowest run (not counting hill runs): June 28, 2019 – 6.2 miles, 13:08/mile

Fastest mile: June 26 – Mile 3 at 10:17 of a total 6.9miles, 10:59/mile

Fastest strides: June 26 – strides 169 per min, 6.9  miles, 10:59/mile

Slowest strides (not counting hill runs): June 11 – 155 per minute, 8 miles, 12:53/mile

Non-run monthly stats:

Total distance (running + walking): 303.6 miles (down 10.7 miles from May)

Average distance per day: 10.1 miles (same as May)

Total steps: 607,840 steps

Average steps per day: 20,261 (up 179 from May)

Average resting heart rate: 57 bpm (up 1 bpm from May)

Lowest resting heart rate: June 13 and 27 – 51 bpm

Highest resting heart rate:  June 1 – 65 bpm

June monthly thoughts:

1.) I’ve upped my mileage in June.  I feel great when I get in 60 miles a week, better than when I do 50 or fewer.  I feel like the one week I did 67.5 miles I was more tired, but I like 60 miles per week or more. I don’t plan on doing more then 70 mpw, and will probably alternate 55-60 with around 65 mpw as I build up towards September marathon.   Long runs are a lot harder now that it is hot, but if I can get in several 16 mile or longer runs before the September marathon, the more comfortable I will be when I get to 16 miles and beyond.  I used to get really anxious before long runs when they were this long – now I just take them one mile at a time and if I have to bail and cut it shorter during hot summer training, that is ok.

2.)  I am trying to work on my speed, but with the heat in June I have skipped a few weeks of any speed work and settled for more slow paced, base building runs.  I am going to try for 1 or 2 speedwork runs a week and hope that my base speed starts to increase.  I may never be a fast runner, but I think I can be a little faster than what I am doing now.

3.)  My weight seems to not be moving.  I have been keeping track of calories and undereating for months, but I have a feeling my metabolism is slow from still being hypo.  Slow and patient wins the race though, so I am going to keep at it.  There is a very good chance my weight will be closer to 150 pounds by the time the marathon comes, but who knows.  I am eating healthy foods and have enough energy to do 19 mile runs, so that is good. (It is very difficult to lose weight without losing muscle, so I am only undereating by a little bit, and training or the marathon is more important than weight loss. Eventually I would like to weigh a little less to help out my joints on these long runs since an extra 5 pounds times 30,000 steps adds up, especially when I do that once a week for several weeks in a row. I know I am at a healthy weight, but as a distance runner losing a little weight would help).

4.)  I’ve been neglecting any sort of strength training.  I am going to try to do a little bit every night rather than forcing myself to lift weights in a full session a couple times a week, because apparently I will find excuses for skipping that.

Current thyroid medication: 187.5 mcg levothyroxine, started on 1/13/18 – (175+25mcg every other day). 

Current weight:  154.4 lb (down 0.1 from end of May)

Weight January 1, 2019: 158.3 lb

Weight change since Jan 1, 2019: – 3.9 lb

Weight, weight fluctuate – June 2019

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