Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Back to Reality

What a fantastic long weekend in Ontario! We had perfect weather for camping... warm and sunny during the day for swimming and lounging with a book, but nice and cool at night for sitting around a campfire then snuggling up in the tent. We had a really good time with plenty of good eats, laughs, music, Scrabble and time in/on the water.

Hubs and I made it out for a short run on Saturday morning along the winding dirt road through the woods leading to our campsite.



That wraps up July's mileage at about 279 KM (173 miles).

After three days of indulgence and (mostly) laziness, this morning's alarm and subsequent 10K run were somewhat painful. I was definitely glad that I had decided to bump my tempo run to later this week. Time to get back into the groove!

I hope everyone had a great weekend; I'll be catching up soon!

35 comments:

ajh said...

Your getaway sounds great!

Johann said...

Sounds like a great time away. I love camping in a tent. It really gets my mind off things. Good luck getting back to reality!

TNTcoach Ken said...

173 MILES??????? Oh, that's right you're crazy.

Jocelyn said...

Holy moley! 173! You are my hero :) Great job

Running Librarian said...

Great job on all the running!

Indi said...

Sounds like a great weekend!! Congrats on the great mileage as well!!

Jill said...

Glad you had great weather for your camping trip. Welcome back to reality ;).

Unknown said...

Your mileage is incredible!

Sounds like a nice weekend getaway too. :-)

Kristina @goodnweird.com said...

awesome mileage for July! Sounds like you had a well deserved get away.

RunningLaur said...

I'm totally jealous of your weekend!
great work on the super high mileage for the month too!

Katie A. said...

Nice vacay it sounds like! And...a great running month :)

Q said...

I echo everyone's else comments, 173!!!

Glad you enjoyed your weekend. :-)

J said...

Sounds so relaxing! I want to go camping! Great job on the July mileage!

Jen Feeny said...

More pictures!!! :) Glad you had a fantastic weekend missy!

Jamie said...

Sounds like a fabulous weekend! Great July mileage!!!

Tricia said...

great miles!

Runners Fuel said...

I need to get out and go camping.

Unknown said...

Getting back into the groove is so challenging but not when you've had so much fun! That camping trip sounded like a blast!

Stephanie Estridge said...

oooh camping... as in on the ground... with bugs... and cold. Yeahhh not my thang!!

Better you than me lady!

-Steph

Amy said...

Camping and indulging sounds great! Sounds like you deserved a little indulgence after that July mileage - Incredible!!

Bethany + Ryan said...

sounds like a GREAT weekend! i love the running pic!

Nicole said...

way to go! july was a great month for you! :) so exciting!!!

Emz said...

AWESOME JULY!!

What will AUGUST BRING????? ;)

Great picture!!

Jess said...

Great pic! And what awesome mileage for July!

Anonymous said...

thats a lot of miles marlene! but congrats. that is awesome!!!

sounds like u had a great weekend also. and yes, back to reality! ugh! thank god its only a 4 day week.

Unknown said...

Awesome mileage. Glad you had a great weekend.

Shellyrm ~ just a country runner said...

Great job getting out there - beautiful trail to run on!

Awesome mileage in July.

Char said...

A painful 10k is worth it to have such a nice get-away.

Anne said...

You are so amazing!! 279Km...Wow!

So glad you had fun camping...we leave this coming Saturday to go camping by the ocean in Maine :)

Mark said...

Awesome miles, Marlene!!! I feel like a slacker!:) Nice pic!!!

Christine said...

Sounds like a perfect getaway! Love the running picture, looks so calm and beautiful there :)

279km - WOW!!!!!!! Congratulations :)

MCM Mama said...

Sounds like a fabulous weekend. I'm so impressed with the 173 miles!!!

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Badgergirl said...

173 miles? Crazy! Great month!

Lindsay said...

ok, read something wrong. thought that said "hubs and i made out on a short run" and i was thinking, sheesh marlene, get a room. but i got it now. :)

laziness is deserved sometimes, but hope you bounce back to your dedicated self!