July 2009 mileage

I ran 24 of 31 days in July averaging more than 10 miles a run. The good thing is I felt stronger as the month went on.

Here are my July running totals...

Miles; 242.54 (personal best up from 241.66 in June)
Time: 33 hours, 44 minutes, 4 seconds (also a personal best up from June)
Pace: 8:20 min/mile

I see black people: None on Saturday as I ran a 14-miler through Northwest Austin (Shoal Creek, Mesa, etc) ... But when I ran Friday, I saw 7 people that looked like me running on the trails at Town Lake. Most notable was this 30-something black woman. She wore hoop earrings, but don't let the jewelry fool you. This woman was an athlete. Strong. Her stride was strong, and more impressively, she had chiseled arms that would win her many an arm wrestling contest.

My July running totals

Miles run in July: 135.54

Time: 19 hours, 23 minutes on the dot

Pace: 8:34

Average heart rate: 80 percent maximum

Weight: 160

Year to date totals: 793.34 miles run

total time: 4 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes, 47 seconds

pace: 8:45

heart rate: 80.5 percent maximum