Hi Wild,

100.33 for July.

My first 100 mile month in a couple years so I am very happy.  No races or PRs last month but maybe August. We shall see.

Larry

219.5 mi for July

1484.4 YTD

One race -- Afton Trail Run 25K, hoping to defend my title from last year ... showed up 4+ minutes late to the starting line (gun time only, no timing mat at starting line).

Not nearly enough - Stumpy I have you beat

37.6 running miles

131.3 biking

1.9 swim

Thanks wild!  I did a 4 mile race and a 2 mile race...one stinkin' 2 mile race too many!

July: 57 miles

2016: 1887 miles

That's it.

super kudos to that kid, robin.

do I see some RW in your future

I wonder what jay thinks of that style.

Looks Olympic to me.

Will you watch the Oly 50K RW?

ps coach robin - nice reunion photo with great accompanying story

One race -- Afton Trail Run 25K, hoping to defend my title from last year ... showed up 4+ minutes late to the starting line (gun time only, no timing mat at starting line).

. . . . . . . . . . a.  but I still won

. . . . . . . . . . b.  so I lost by four minutes

. . . . . . . . . . c.  but set a PR

. . . . . . . . . . d.  told my wife to drive faster next year

. . . . . . . . . . e.  ____________________________

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Thanks wild.
June 2015
tetsujin - 124.5 miles
. . . . . a.  races (4) -     35.5 miles
. . . . . b.  training -        89.0 miles
YTD - 331.1 miles

July racing provided three euphorias I never thought would happen again in my running.

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Sorry to bog down the monthly with them but I don’t otherwise keep much of a running log).
<sup>1.  Seafair Sprint Triathlon - after from one-to-five triathlons a year since 1978 but only one swim-a-year in an annual super-sprint tri with their short, quarter-mile swim since quitting IM’s in 2006, there was no surprise in either being a pedestrian 396/453 OA, a pathetic 448/453 in the swim or even the 2/453 super-fast shoeless/wetsuitless transitions.  However, it’s still euphoric just being able to swim the half mile distance cold turkey for the first time in eleven years.
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2.  Frank Maier Marathon - starting in 1978 and until his passing got it named after him in 1992, I used to run the FMM with Frank, the only other purist non-trainer I’ve run with as he could run an annual marathon at the drop of a hat with no training except for being in shape from living in Alaska) We did it in four +/- hours in those days but after beating 2014's 6:38 by one minute in 2015, I’m still euphoric about this year’s 6:20 with a 20-minute negative split.
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3. Training - as an off-and-on skier-turned-runner mostly enjoying annual marathons and opportunistically convenient fun runs to keep in shape throughout the year, July featured a seven day running streak for the first time since 1985 followed by PR 15 days of mostly 5-mile commuting in honor of the DL’ers made me feel like a real runner, and definitely helped the 17-minute gain in the FMM.</sup>
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ps - in the semi-euphoria department, with all of July’s training,

it only took seven months for this year’s YTD to exceed amy and others’ average monthly mileages.
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pps heylenie - how did the Jack-and-Jill Marathon compare to your CA mary’s?  Was it your first trail marathon?  It’s nice that it’s mostly on a descending 2% old RR grade but, except for hard-soled trail shoes, it’s too bad the so-called trail “improvements” of sharp, crushed gravel that cut into shoes and tear them up can make for painful running.
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Didn’t Cecil and others do one of the Tunnel versions too
along with the 2013 reunion I missed, Paul two times, etc.?. .

Yes Tetsujin, that was my first trail marathon.  I definitely like running on dirt better than running on gravel!!