May and June Running Wrap-Up: Many miles in May and a marathon in June

Posted on by Vanessa Junkin (She Runs by the Seashore)
Photo of legs/feet in running shoes on a thin trail with plants and flowers on both sides with the text "May 142.7."
A photo of Lake Superior with the text "June 68.05" overlaid.

Now that we’re nearing the end of July, May seems like so long ago. But in keeping with my monthly wrap-ups, I’ll be recapping both May and June!

  1. I ran 142.7 miles in May and 68.05 miles in June. I ran a lot in May as I trained for Grandma’s Marathon — my highest monthly mileage this year so far — and then I took off 13 days after running the marathon in June to try to jump start healing of plantar fasciitis, so that’s why my June mileage was lower.
  2. I ran my monthly fast 1600s in 8:57 in May and 9:09 in June. I’ve been continuing to run 1600 meters at the track at the beginning of each month to test my speed. Although my June time was a little slower than May’s, I was happy to bring the times down from 9:25 in April.
  3. I did two races in May and one in June. I participated in the Run for the Animals 10K, the Ben Layton 5K and Grandma’s Marathon. The 10K was a little over an hour away and the 5K was right down the street, but I traveled to two new states (Minnesota and Wisconsin) during my trip to Duluth, Minn., for Grandma’s Marathon. This was the 10th state in which I’ve run a marathon.
  4. I started the Tour de Salisbury. Although most of my running for my third Tour de Salisbury has been in July, I started this journey of 12 Delmarva courses in June and ran the Chincoteague and Schumaker legs and started a few others.
  5. I made it under 19:00 for two miles. Before the heat really kicked in this summer, in May, the 11:30 Club helped me run two miles in under 19:00, with a time of 18:56. This was my fastest two-miler since April 2021.
  6. I ran in some cool places with cool people. In addition to the Tour de Salisbury runs and my trip to Duluth, I also ran at the NCR Trail and the Gunpowder North Trail. For my NCR Trail run, I met up with the NCR Trail Snails/Baltimore Road Runners Club and ran about four miles with them as part of a long run. I also ran with the Eastern Shore Running Club, the 11:30 Club and local friends.
  7. I continued doing yoga. I took three yoga classes in May and five in June.
  8. I started doing more strength training. I got a DribbleUp six-pound medicine ball to use for at-home strength training in April, but I started using it more during my time off from running am trying to keep that up. I can feel the workouts, even with what seems like a relatively small weight. I did one workout with the ball in May and two in June during my time off from running.

July has been busy with plenty of Tour de Salisbury runs — and more. Stay tuned!