Ice Ice, Baby (just not in my coffee)

So, yeah. Here we are again...ready to gather over coffee, or any beverage of choice.

Most know I am not a coffee connoisseur (though I find the fragrance quite heavenly, LOL). I am a foo-foo cappuccino gal, though. Even in the heavy heat and humidity of summer, I want my "traditional" hot beverage to be - you guessed it - steaming hot. There's something about the warmth from the drink that I find quite soothing and relaxing...no matter what the mercury is showing outdoors. 

That probably comes as no surprise since I'm a heat-loving gal anyways. I guess you could say I'm the polar-opposite of Elsa: the heat never bothered me anyways, LOL... with beverages or in terms of outdoor fitness fun. 

Anyways...shall we grab our cups, mugs, steins, and/or water bottles and get the chatter underway?

I'll start by sharing my June numbers with you. Over coffee, I'd tell you my June stats are kind of crazy. It's pretty obvious my running miles tanked following The Crash on June 17th. Walking held its own. And biking? Well, it's a good thing I wasn't afraid to get back on the horse (so to speak), because the miles on the wheels were pretty epic. In fact, I'd  have to do some digging to confirm this, but the 328 miles of biking may be the most ever in a single month's time. 

Next I'd bring up the topic of my most recent rally-back. Over coffee, I express the abundance of gratitude I'm feeling with my return to running. In fact I didn't just do a few random miles...I was able to toe the start line of the Sully Freedom Fun Run 5K, on the 4th of July! My 27:41 finish time was a far cry from a PR, but it secured me a 3rd place AG medal to bring home. More importantly, it reassured me that my recovering body is (almost) back to normal. I was totally good with that!

Care for a laugh (or several)? Over coffee, I'd share the antics from the latest full moon run. Talk about your search and destroy missions! About an hour prior to our planned 9:00 full moon meet-up, Momma N unleashed some rain upon our city. Thankfully, it didn't last long, but we were wary about the lingering cloud cover. I noticed the sky was clearing, in the east, as I made my way to meet Barb and Allison. About one mile in, we noticed the super moon, the Buck Moon, rising low in the sky. It was so low, though, we couldn't find a place to take the requisite selfie that would showcase its grandeur. Every time we propped my phone for a pic, we couldn't decipher which glowing "light" was the actual moon itself or street lights, etc. Finally, we found a spot to pose for the pic, but nothing to use as a makeshift tripod...so I took one for the team, and used one of my shoes (and got my sock all wet from the rain-soaked grass). Things that make you go Hmmm.

Here's an update on the orchid. Over coffee, I'd express my (temporary) sadness over the fading blossoms of this bionic botanical wonder. My sadness is very short-term, because I noticed a new leaf forming a few weeks ago. And, how can I be sad? This orchid was gifted to me, from my son, a couple years ago for my birthday. This has been the third "re-bloom" it has gone through, and these fading blossoms have been in full bloom since early February. And, I suspect with the new leaf forming, there will be a new stem(s) sprouting, and probably more buds appearing in a few months.  

Finally, I gotta keep it real with my confusion. Over coffee, I confess that this week has had my brain so confused as to what day it actually is. All day Monday, I kept thinking it was Tuesday (don't ask me how or why, LOL). We all know Tuesday was Independence Day, so I spent the day doing fun fitness stuff with friends and family (I'll share more deets on the WRD this weekend). Wednesday, I was back to work...you know, my "usual" routine," but it felt like it was Monday (I blame the holiday). All day Thursday, I had it in my my mind it was Wednesday (again, no explanation). Typically, Wednesdays have me getting up early for a #5at5 run with Barb, and then I do the hilly bike path after work with Amy. Only this week, I didn't run in the wee hours. Instead I walked (virtually with Deb). Nonetheless, for the duration of the 15-mile ride (against a nasty 9mph NW wind), I was reminiscing on previous Double Workout Wednesdays...yadda yadda yadda...it wasn't until I got home, and was posting my post-ride pic on Insta, that I realized it was actually THURSDAY (#FacePalm). I guess that 4:30a.m. wake-up did a number on me. If I can make it to Saturday, and start all over, I think I'll be fine.

Anyways, that's what I'd be bringing to the table, if we were gathered and gabbing. 

Enough about me...what would care to discuss? Any fun stuff on the Fourth of July? Did the week throw you off kilter as well? Catch the full moon?

 Since it's the first weekend of the month, I'm linking this with Deborah and Coco for the Ultimate Coffee Date.

I'm also linking this with Michelle, Renee, Darlene, Jenn and Zenaida for the Fit Five Friday Link-up.

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