Taking stock of Julys past

Lots of anniversaries for me this month....

1. Noah was born at the end of the month in 2007
2. I met Noah's mother on the first day of this month in 2006
3. My divorce was final sometime during this month in 2005.
4. And.... drumroll.... I first started keeping a log of my runs during this month in 2004.
The first time I ran three miles in my entire life without stopping: July 16, 2004. Three miles in 31 minutes.
My first four mile run: Aug 20, 2004 in 47:00
My first five mile run: Aug. 31, 2004 in 58:53

SHOE UPDATE: Thanks to an idea from Nat, I laced my Adidas Supernova Sequences up differently and did not have any blisters on a four-mile run Monday. No foot rub. No burn. Nothing. And something else: New Balance sent me an email to let me know that my free shoes are, "in the mail," or, to be precise: On a UPS truck.