Summer Running Had Me A Blast….

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While the Gym has been reopen I still don’t feel fully comfortable going back and so I’ve had to dodge the Florida Heat and Rain still in order to get my runs in.

With the 863 Strong challenge back in May challenging me to run 26.2 miles over the span of a month and me making that my goal for Miles for Scholarships I have decided to try to boost my moral by trying to do a marathon a month between May 2020 & April 2021


For Miles for Scholarships my final total was 103.43 miles over the span of three months (just over halfway of the 200 mile virtual loop) Obviously I ran more then my goal of a marathon a month however my Marathon ‘splits’ were 7:18:39 for June 7:25:22 for July and 7:28:47 for August … none of these beating my PR set back in May….

As of now all of my 2020 races aside from Aching Quad have ‘Gone Virtual’ and honestly most days I’m at what is the point of shelling $$$ just to run around the neighborhood when I’ve been doing that 2-3 days a week for free…

That said Wine & Dine you could choose virtual or a refund I was planning on just running the 10K since it was an anniversary year and then getting refunded for the 5K but then I saw the themes and couldn’t say no




Right now I’m leaning on dressing up and running the 10K on Halloween and then running the 5K either at the resort if we don’t cancel our hotel stay or the following weekend

Mayfair you could also choose refund or to run and since I loved the medal reveal (Shown just days before things shut down back in April) I’m going to run it though IDK if I’ll do so in the AM or PM that day

Rock and Roll which I only ran because I’ve heard such good things about the atmosphere you could either run virtual or defer to another event for 2021...since thinking of out of state travel is the furthest thing on my mind and really would I want to travel cross country in June 2021 just to run a 5K? I decided to do the virtual though considering I never received the training tank I was supposed to get I have no confidence I’ll get anything for it

Then just days before all the races became virtual I signed up for the Women's Virtual Marathon Weekend 10K so I’ll be doing that in October as well

Aching Quad like I said is still on the books for being live though if it goes virtual I most likely will opt for a refund if applicable as will I more then likely do so for Marathon Weekend’s 10K unless the medal design is OMG I HAVE to HAVE IT

Gaspirilla I will do the Virtual option if it comes to be as unlike most of the others it does require you to actually send in a proof of time (or at least that was my understanding when I signed up) so I feel as if I’m actually pushing myself to work for it instead of basically just running for ‘the miles’ and not ‘actual time’

Much like what I did to earn my virtual short medals which I FINALLY received however due to the photo on my phone being in panoramic format I can't post over on here (but I'll try and add pictures to my next update!!!)

Tea Cup 5K 50:46
Space Mountain 5K 48:46
Haunted Mansion 5K 50:06

And that’s it…. I most likely will either do another update in October/November


LAST Run the Year Milestone 1,200 Miles (341.35 running) as of 8/10
Race Count: 51
PRS—5K {42.46} 8K {1:13:59} 10K {1:42:52} 15K {2:19:09} HALF {3:48:35*} FULL {7:08:15*} *virtual half/full run in increments
UPCOMING RACES (NEXT 3 MONTHS)--Virtual Mayfair 5K (September) Virtual Womans 10K (October) Virtual Rock and Roll 5K (October) Aching Quad? (October) Virtual Wine and Dine 5K/10K (October/November)

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