{"id":326,"date":"2008-08-03T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=326"},"modified":"2008-08-03T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T20:36:58","slug":"best-of-team-cross-for-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/best-of-team-cross-for-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Team Cross for July"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a month! Summer months seem to go by so fast! It seems that we were gone pretty much every weekend this month.\u00a0 2 of the weekends were at weddings, we should have gone to 2 more weddings and then celebrating my birthday!<\/p>\n

Training continues to go well for Twin Cities Marathon.\u00a0 Weeks 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>, 7<\/a>, 8<\/a>. Part of my marathon training is raising support for Team World Vision and their great work in developing countries, but specifically in Africa.\u00a0 I continue to share about my experiences sharing the beauty of Africa<\/a>, sharing a slideshow of pictures from my 8 weeks in Ghana<\/a>, the importance of education<\/a>, the hope and joy<\/a> found in Africa, and talked about Ryan and Sara Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I reviewed a couple of different things this month, including Blaine Moore’s book <\/a>on Marathon Preperation and Recovery, running on the Midtown Greenway<\/a>, Pearl Izumi’s Go Running Shorts<\/a>, and the Hundred <\/a>Push-Up Challenge.\u00a0 Not really a review but I talked about recent research showing that wearing flip-flops<\/a> can be bad for your legs and feet. And mentioning research, there is a lot of research being conducted on runners right now, find out if you are eligible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last Year<\/strong> was a good month of racing for me. I raced a 5K <\/a>– which turned out much shorter – and a 10K<\/a>.\u00a0 I wrote about the infamous and fun to say fartlek run<\/a> and runners obessions with keeping detailed running logs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monthly Mileage: <\/strong>(2008\/2007)<\/p>\n

Running – 152 miles\/143.4 miles<\/p>\n

Biking – 85.5 miles\/20.4 miles<\/p>\n

Swimming – 300 yds<\/p>\n

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What a month! Summer months seem to go by so fast! It seems that we were gone pretty much every weekend this month.\u00a0 2 of the weekends were at weddings, we should have gone to 2 more weddings and then celebrating my birthday! 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