Confession: I hate summer. OK, let me be more specific – I hate Virginia summers. They are hot and they are humid. I swear I get reverse SAD and get depressed and never want to leave my house. Seriously, I’ve had a few summer months when I’ve barely run at all. With Ragnar and Marine Corps Marathon coming up in early fall, I need to get my act together this summer.
- I’m going to “Run This Town”. One of my fellow Skirt Sports ambassadors decided she wanted to run all of the streets in her town and a few others of us have jumped on the bandwagon. Beer Geek has biked many of the streets in our “town” and thinks I’m crazy, but I’m going to do it anyways. I doubt I’ll ever finish (and there are roads that can’t be run on), but I’m going to do my best. Bonus: there are some seriously hilly parts of this area.
- I’m going to actually train for Marine Corps Marathon this year. I’ve been relying heavily on my base and my body’s ability to somehow run farther than I’m really trained for. It’s time to actually get serious about distances again. This does not mean I have 20 milers in my future – I’m still planning to stick with my Hansons style training. Thankfully, I have an awesome friend who wants to train with me, so she’ll be motivating me to get out there and run.
- I’m going to catch up on some of this past year’s good movies. What??? Yes, I will run some of my runs on my treadmill with the AC unit going full blast right next to it. Sorry, but when it’s triple digits with matching humidity, I don’t run outside.
- I’m going to cross train. Remember all of the cool equipment I got from Kohl’s? I’ve used it sporadically, but with a basically snow free winter and a lovely spring so far, I’ve been out running a lot. But when the temps are high and I’m not in a treadmill mood, I’ll be hitting up my other options.
- I’m sure I’ll sneak in a race (or 5). I have no races on the calendar until September. There is something very wrong with that picture. While I doubt I’ll run many half marathons, I do think I might jump in on some of the local low key 5Ks this summer.
What are your summer fitness plans? Are you a summer runner or a cold weather fan? I’d love some ideas for how to stay motivated this summer and not be the slug I was last summer.
I’m linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for Friday 2.0. The topic this week is “getting in your workout on vacation“, so stop by the link up and get some ideas!
Search out those sunrises, lady. It is the best way to get ahead of the heat and find some motivation. At least, for me. Also, brunch after.
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I am so not a morning person…
I’m right there with you. I hate summer, especially summer running! I’m more of a cold weather runner. The treadmill ends up being a good friend to me in the summer.
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You got a nice little gym set up for when the temps rise. I am complete opposite. I’d take hot and humid rather than cold and breezy any day.
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I love having a treadmill. It totally saves me in the summer.
That’s a fun idea to try to run all the streets in town. There are some super hilly streets here!
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I live in Florida so I totally sympathize! Sometimes I think runners are the only people who dread summer…most of my friends are like “yay, summer!” and I’m like “crap, heat!” Lol.
I have a gym membership so I’ll be doing some treadmill runs and I do OrangeTheory classes, so that’s another summer option for me. I also run with local run clubs and there are summer beach runs so that keeps me running during the week. For me, the hard part is weekend long runs- I’m one of the only people I know training for a fall marathon down here so it’ll be hard to run this summer.
Having a running partner is a great way to have accountability with training. I’m so glad that my friend Kathleen and I will be training alongside each other for Chicago, even if it’ll be mostly virtual.
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I have not been a summer runner, but I started running after moving to Texas. I know I’ll still be using the treadmill a bit, but I do need to see what the summers are like in Boulder. We’re getting our first heat wave this weekend.
I’ve never been a summer runner, but I started running after moving to Texas. I know I’ll be using the treadmill a bit, but summer should be better in Boulder than in Dallas.
We’ll see how well I stick to my summer fitness plans after we hit 98 this weekend….
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YAY MCM! 🙂 Can we make a plan to meet up this year?
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