New Month
The Reuillard Wedding this past weekend was a blast. We had great weather, gorgeous venue, and an all around great time. Taylor will be back in action at GAIN on Friday the 5th for some limited hours coaching.
For me, June was a crazy month. I did 3 races, we travelled to visit friends in Maryland and went away for the wedding as well. It was fun, but this week I’m planning on emphasizing some simple habits to get my body feeling the best.
Here’s what I’ll be paying close attention to this month, I urge you to find a few areas to focus on as well.
Breakfast: My baked eggs, cottage cheese and turkey bacon concoction is so good, and over the past couple weeks I haven’t made it ahead like I usually do. When left to my own devices to make breakfast, I usually don’t eat as much, or feel hungry too soon after. Something about the macros in the baked eggs are just the perfect way for me to start my day and I’ll be back to it this week.
Running: I’ve intentionally pumped brakes on running the past two weeks. I had an aggressive ramp up to Mount Washington, and I wanted to give my body time off following the hard effort. I’m hoping to kick off a summer of track sessions this week. It’s been a couple years since I’ve made my way to the track consistently and it always enhances my running skill.
Electrolytes: On hot days I’ll be sure to get electrolytes in with my water to better absorb the water and replace all the important stuff I lose when sweating.
Morning Movement: Recently Hannah has been getting her workout in the garage early in the morning to avoid the heat. I’ve been joining her, and while I usually don’t do a full on workout, this time has been awesome for me to move my hips around, roll my feet, and get some rotation work in. It’s kind of like warming up for the day and I’ll continue to do it this month.
Barefoot: It’s peak barefoot season right now, I’ll be ditching the shoes any chance I can get to log more time barefoot.
Alright, Happy July first. Take a minute today to reflect on what you’re going to work on this month. Refine some old habits, build some new ones and always audit your routine to see if you can make anything work better. I’ll be in the gym early this week covering for Coach T, see you in the gym!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
