Well I am three weeks out from my next half marathon, the Santa Fe Thunder Half Marathon in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Check out this race elevation profile!

Monday (8/22):  No workout

Tuesday (8/23):  At lunch I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the gym.  Since I am doing the Santa Fe Thunder Half in New Mexico next month, and it is a mostly all downhill half, I ran at a decline of -3 to start getting my legs adjusted to this difference.  I ran at a 8:30 pace.

Wednesday (8/24): I met my MUSC running group at the Wellness Center at 5:30a and ran 4 miles around downtown at a 9:47 pace.

Thursday (8/25): No workout

Friday (8/26): No workout

Saturday (8/27): On Saturday I met up with Bundy, Nick, Emack, & Renee at the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park at 6am for an 11 mile run.  Renee ran with us for the first mile on her way to a 16-miler.  She is training for the Marine Corp Marathon in October.  It was a much better morning weather than we have experienced the last few months.  This at least made it tolerable, but still not ideal conditions.  We ran it in a little under 2 hours at a 10:20 pace.

Here is a beautiful pano from the Pitt Street Bridge/Pier.

We got a great shot of the sun rising over the Ben Sawyer Connector Bridge.

Before we ended, we made a 3 mile trek around Patriot’s Point & The Yorktown.

Finally, I want to give a shout out to my buddy Chris Darling.  He has had an incredible journey of less than 2 years of weight loss and running.  Well this morning, he ran his first half marathon, in the Patrick Henry Half Marathon in VA!  Congrats buddy, I am so proud of you and your journey!  Welcome to the Half Marathon Club!  Check out his blog, The Journey of Ascent, of his journey.

Don’t forget to register in the sweepstakes by Fit2Run (Disney Springs) for an entry into the 2017 Walt Disney World Marathon.  Click on the image below to sign up.

2016 Yearly Running Goal: 1000 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 20.12 Miles
2017 Total Miles:  559.00 Miles

If you haven’t done so, please consider supporting me in my 50 By 50 Challenge with a donation in my GoFundMe account.  Simply click on the logo below.

Monday (8/8):  At lunch I went to the gym and swam 800m in 30 minutes.  This just confirmed that I am NOT and Olympic Swimmer! 🙂 In the evening I went to Summerville and ran 3 miles with the Fleet Feet Summerville Monday Runday Crew.  I managed an 8:55 pace in 90+ degree temperatures.

Tuesday (8/9):  At lunch I ran 4 miles on the treadmill at the gym.  Since I am doing the Santa Fe Thunder Half in New Mexico next month, and it is a mostly all downhill half, I ran at a decline of -3 to start getting my legs adjusted to this difference.  I ran at a 8:30 pace.

Wednesday (8/10): I met my MUSC running group at the Wellness Center at 5:30a and ran 4.2 miles around downtown at a 9:36 pace.  It poured down rain for the first mile then dried up for the remainder.

Thursday (8/11): No workout

Friday (8/12): No workout

Saturday (8/13): On Saturday I met up with Luke & Nick at the MUSC Wellness Center at 6:30a with a plan to run 11 miles.  As I said, the plan was for 11 miles, but we only made 9 miles.  I know I have run in the summer for the last 6 years, but for some reason, this summer has just been brutal and draining.  As for our run, we got in some work on the Arthur Ravenel Bridge to help with my half marathon next month.  We did manage to keep our pace under 11 minute miles, at a 10:52/mile.  At 6:30a it was already 82 with a heat index of 89 so it was a bear, but we got through it.

Finally, I have two promotions going on here at Doombuggy Runner.  One is an offer to try out a new line of Neon Running Socks.  Click on the sock below if you would like to participate.

The other offer is pretty spectacular, it is a sweepstakes by Fit2Run (there is a store at Disney Springs) for an entry into the 2017 Walt Disney World Marathon.  Click on the image below to sign up.

2016 Yearly Running Goal: 1000 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 20.24 Miles
2017 Total Miles:  534.00 Miles

If you haven’t done so, please consider supporting me in my 50 By 50 Challenge with a donation in my GoFundMe account.  Simply click on the logo below.

Well as has been the case for the past month’s Training B-Log’s, it is hot here!  I am having a hard time right now with motivation to get out and run.  My next half marathon is on September 18th in New Mexico, the Santa Fe Thunder Half Marathon, so I will have to start building up the mileage again soon.

Monday (8/1):  No workout

Tuesday (8/2):  At lunch I ran 4.5 miles on the treadmill at the gym.  Since I am doing the Santa Fe Thunder Half in New Mexico next month, and it is a mostly all downhill half, I ran at a decline of -3 to start getting my legs adjusted to this difference.  I ran at a 8:34 pace.

Wednesday (8/3): I did not get to run with my morning group as I had to travel to Orangeburg for work.  After all the travels I was not up for the evening run.

Thursday (8/4): No workout

Friday (8/5): No workout

Saturday (8/6): On Saturday, I met up with Luke to run 8 miles.  We had to run the Summerville Saw Mill Branch Trail since I had to teach a class at church at 9am.  Because of this we started at 6am.  This did not help with the heat & humidity.  It was still a very hot run.  We got in our 8 miles at a 9:55 pace.

As you can tell from our selfie, it was hot – in fact, the cool rag was no match…

Finally, I have two promotions going on here at Doombuggy Runner.  One is an offer to try out a new line of Neon Running Socks.  Click on the sock below if you would like to participate.

The other offer is pretty spectacular, it is a sweepstakes by Fit2Run (there is a store at Disney Springs) for an entry into the 2017 Walt Disney World Marathon.  Click on the image below to sign up.

2016 Yearly Running Goal: 1000 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 12.52 Miles
2017 Total Miles:  513.00 Miles

If you haven’t done so, please consider supporting me in my 50 By 50 Challenge with a donation in my GoFundMe account.  Simply click on the logo below.