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Image by crossn81<\/a> via Flickr<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Steadily running! I got 3 runs in this week for almost 10 miles! \u00a0This was my first week of not working in between my summer job and the school year starting back up. I return to work on the 23rd. \u00a0It is amazing how undisciplined I can become when there isn’t a time line or schedule to follow!<\/p>\n

I got a half-mile swim in on Tuesday at the YWCA. \u00a0All of my open-water friends were out of town. \u00a0Without having to commute I didn’t really rack up that many bike miles either. \u00a0For my 2 evening meetings I was able to use Christy’s car. We bought an older Burley <\/a>off Craigslist which takes us one step closer to being able to function with only one car!! \u00a0Actually my VW has become a place to store all of my bike gear and accessories on. \u00a0I was able to put all the canning supplies I bought at the Seward Coop<\/a> into the Burley and bring them home to can 25 lbs of peaches!! \u00a0It was a lot of hot but fun work to can them!<\/p>\n

On Friday I finally got to meet the Ragnar team that I’m leading and running with in a few short weeks. \u00a0We went for an easy run around Lake Calhoun<\/a> before enjoying an excellent dinner at Punch Pizza<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Saturday morning I picked up my friend Tim who is \u00a0slowly becoming a runner! We ran together last weekend while camping too. \u00a0We ran Pike Island on a muggy morning with sprinkles at the end! We saw 3 deer and at least 4 turkeys on the island. \u00a0Last week I introduced him to trail running and this week expanded that horizon. \u00a0With 3 kids he isn’t able to travel to run much, but we have so many great places around.<\/p>\n

Sunday morning a friend invited me to ride 20 miles with him at 6am. \u00a0I balked and we rode at 6:30, I invited another friend and the 3 of us had a great ride that totaled 25 miles for me. \u00a0It was in the mid 70’s with 90% humidity but it didn’t feel too bad on the bike. \u00a0It was nice to have them push and pull me along for a relatively fast pace. \u00a0It was a great way to start an otherwise HOT & HUMID day. \u00a0This was art fair weekend and we are looking for some to finish decorating our house. \u00a0We decided to hit up the Powderhorn Art Fair<\/a> because the 111 heat index didn’t make going to Uptown sound exciting. \u00a0We sweated a ton in the short time we where out. \u00a0We didn’t buy any art but check out this guy<\/a>, he prints some of his pictures on metal!<\/p>\n

Here is the overall stats:<\/p>\n

Bike: 44.6 Miles<\/p>\n

Run: 9.8 Miles<\/p>\n

Swim: 0.5 Miles<\/p>\n

This week’s ONE POST is 3 Types of Rest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some links to checkout:<\/p>\n

Run to Win<\/a> posted a video which tried to figure out if cyclists or runners were tougher.<\/p>\n

Running Times<\/a> posted 10 Tips for Distance Relay events, which I hope will make the upcoming Ragnar<\/a> a success!<\/p>\n

I was sent a link to the Top 50 Twitter Feeds for Runners<\/a>. \u00a0 Another place to go to find tweeting runners is Tim Wilson’s post<\/a> from the fall of 2008. \u00a0It now has 154 people listed. \u00a0 One last place to find tweeting runners is my Twitter List<\/a> which has 243 people on it. \u00a0That’s a lot of people!! There are some duplicates and maybe even some triplicates. \u00a0WHY TWITTER?<\/a><\/p>\n

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