{"id":2312,"date":"2010-08-30T10:42:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2010-08-29T21:10:48","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T02:10:48","slug":"as-august-ends-so-does-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/as-august-ends-so-does-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"As August Ends, So Does Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marks the first day back to work with kids at school. \u00a0As school begins, that means that summer is pretty much over. \u00a0It has gone by fairly fast. \u00a0August was a great month though of relaxing and transitioning back to work. We took an extended vacation, celebrating our anniversary in Rhode Island, seeing family and having baby showers!! \u00a0It was a great month! \u00a0It also meant that the big race of 2010 – the Ragnar Relay is over!! That was quite an accomplishment, especially given the amount of training I’d done. \u00a0Ragnar was great motivation to keep trying to run and August was my highest month of mileage since last September!! A total of 42 running miles!<\/p>\n

It feels sad that 42 miles is my highest month, but I’m glad to be running virtually pain free. \u00a0August was about 50% lower biking mileage than July, but we were travelling for almost half the month and since I wasn’t bike commuting that really cut down on my mileage. \u00a0The same with swimming. \u00a0Though the group is getting going again until the water get too cold.<\/p>\n

Last year at this time I’d run the Rochester Half-Marathon<\/a> and set a PR.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at the goals I set at the beginning of the year:<\/p>\n

Run Around All Named Bodies of Water in Minneapolis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being gone didn’t add any new lakes. My Ragnar group run was at Lake Calhoun so I did it again, though most of my running has been from home still.<\/p>\n

Read the Entire Bible in a Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got really far behind, my bag for Rhode Island didn’t have room for my Bible, the whole paying to check luggage thing made us pack very carefully. \u00a0But I was able to finish up, using the “extra” days that are built into the schedule.<\/p>\n

Read a Book a Month<\/strong><\/p>\n

I finally finished\u00a0In A Sunburned Country<\/em><\/a> and wouldn’t recommend it. \u00a0I didn’t look forward to picking it up, but vacation was a great time to finish it off. \u00a0It is more or less a travel diary with random factoids that may or may not be interesting. \u00a0At the Cleveland Airport I picked up John Grisham’s\u00a0 The Associate<\/em><\/a> and had it finished by the end of the week. I find Grisham very captivating and easy to read. \u00a0I also started\u00a0The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-Be<\/a> <\/em>so I can find out how to be the best father ever, or something…
\nBlog Regularly<\/strong><\/p>\n

I continue to do well here and on my Project 365<\/a> blog. \u00a0My personal blog has fallen way behind and I’m not please with my hyperlocal<\/a> blog. \u00a0Such is life though.<\/p>\n

There is still time visit my fundraising page for\u00a0Team World Vision<\/a> providing clean water to a village in Kenya.<\/p>\n

I got $100 from Google AdWords so I promoted my\u00a0\u00a0Curing Plantar Fasciitis<\/a> post, so it was no surprise to see it the most viewed one in August. \u00a0Treatments for Plantar Fasciitis<\/a> was in second and\u00a0my review of the Strassburg Sock<\/a> was right behind.<\/p>\n

How was your August? Are your kids starting back to school?<\/p>\n

\"Enhanced<\/a>