With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

45 min elliptical- even indoors it's still a sweat inducing activity.  

Morning wake up message, "Mom- we've got a MAJOR ant problem in the kitchen!"   

I am so tired of fighting ants.  Just when I find one of their sneaky entry points and cut them off, they move to another.  They were doing a re-enactment of the Allied forces storming Normandy, or in this case, the corn cobs waiting to feed the chickens.  Today the chickens had a little extra protein with their corn cobs.

Ran in the hood to stay close to home in case it got too hot. I had to stop twice to answer the phone, but finished it without having to stop for heat.  It is hot and humid, but a little breeze helps.

Went for a bike ride today and tried to make it interesting by going on some hills and taking a new road.  It was a good route, but the wind was pretty strong and made it an interesting ride.  

I rode for over an hour, missed out on keeping track of miles & time because when I pushed stop at the red light stop, I forgot to push start when the light turned green.  Twice.  Oh bother.

Got home and tried to run a little.  Noticed that my piriformis wasn't thrilled with the change.  After half a mile it was okay, but it took some convincing.  Tried keeping the pace slow, but ended up running faster than I'd felt like I was.  Not always a bad thing.

Got "lucky" and got to do housework for most of the afternoon.  Hooray.  Even with the a/c on, I was sweaty by the end of mopping the floors.  Guess doing housework made me "hot."

I'm counting it as cross-training :-)

felt like it was time for some stretching, so I did the first hour of yoga x.  As soon as Tony said "crane" I shut the video off.  

Followed up with a 6 mile run and tried to keep in the shade as much as  possible.  Took a 1.2 mile walk to cool down after & drink some gatorade.

I realized today that it's time for new shoes.  Where did the miles go?

My body is a little sore from that yoga yesterday.  A good sore though.  Tony makes it hurt so good.

Went on a early run with MR on the trail.  He's going easy on his calf muscle while it heals, so we kept it short.  Running on the sandy trails was a good workout.

Then grocery shopping, clothes shopping, more shopping, buying new tires for the car, and one more trip to walmart for a few more things I didn't get the other 3 times I'd already been shopping.  I'm done shopping for the summer.  If I run out of food, we'll eat dandilion greens and water with eggs.

Got out and ran before it was 100^o outside.  Ran 2, then took a little detour to check out some new homes being built, then ran another one + home.  Good speed for me, just over 9 avg pace.

Followed up with 45 min elliptical while I watched a little more of a documentary- forks over knives.  Gave me lots to think about.  Would suggest it as "food for thought."  Most of it makes sense, just not sure I'm 100% in.

no running today

got up  early to pick blueberries with my neighbor.  Got a lot in 3 hours.  Most will be frozen for later.

Then we headed for the beach. 105 degrees plus humidity means it's time for this pirate to head to open waters.  

Can you see the tan line I have from mid-thigh to mid calf from my knee brace?  I look like a zebra :-) ...with a brown knee cap.

Played in the ocean and swam a little- I'll consider it my "tri" training for the week :-)

Took the ferry boat home.  Guess which one is ours?

Great day just hanging out with the family & trying to stay cool.