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The month is out. What happened?
- 50 hours logged. Made it 49. Hot weather at the start of the month didn't help, with 1:30 rollerskis leaving me parched.
- 200 miles of running. Only 180. So, not great, but reasonable.
√ 60 minutes around the lake, from top of the camp road. 58:25!
- 12km D+. Missed this by about 100m, so, fine. Way ahead of past years on the way to 100km.
- Three proper bounding sessions. One, and not that proper
√ 2000 push up and sit ups. Once it got cooler this became much easier. Added in crunches.
√ A long trail run with mountains. Pemi Loop!
√ Fix my bike. Got fixed at the shop. One nice 40 miler.
- 250 pull ups. Forgot about this one, only got the bar up late.
√ 100 miles of rollerskiing. 109, thanks to Chesterville!
August was okay. The start of the month was quite warm, and with nothing to train for, I was trying to keep my get up and go from having got up and went. It finally cooled off the last week and was easier.
So the month upcoming …
* 50 hours logged. This should be easier with cooler weather. Have to shift more to mornings given daylight
* 200 miles of running. I'll try for this again, thinking about 2000 by year's end. I'm at 1380, and my chart tops out at 1400 from past years.
* 60 minutes around the lake. Do it again, shoot for a new PR.
* 12km D+. Seems about right.
* Three proper bounding sessions. Need to do better.
* 2250 push up and sit ups. That's 75/day.
* A long trail run with mountains.†
* Ride bikes. Not a specific goal.
* 250 pull ups. Now the bar is up. These are hard!
* 100 miles of rollerskiing. Should be attainable again.
* DIYgoat
† … so … I have gotten the idea of thru-running the 100 Mile Wilderness. Maybe going for the unsupported FKT, which is 1d9h, which seems attainable (it's a 21 minute mile). I felt quite good after the Pemi Loop, and would just have to keep it up for another day, but with a lot less elevation. It's also been quite dry, and for that trail, not having huge mud holes would be a great benefit. Plus I have some more downtime from work so can take a few days. I'd wait for good weather, charge up my headlamp batteries, and just go, and figure out a ride home.
Originally, the end of this month was going to be the 100k at the Birkie Trail, which I guess I could still do but I'd have to drive out and, that sounds not so great. (I mean, it sounds great, but a lot of driving.) Everything else is canceled. Pisgah is canceled, and it's a pretty socially distanced race. I'll try to get down to Boston at some point to then go to Connecticut to run the Billygoat DIY, too.