The End of June

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The top searches leading to my blog are largely the same as last month. Here are some of the less frequent, yet funnier searches:

• bicycle bald tire picture
• boys wrestling camel clutch
• female camel clutch hold
• sexy camel clutch
• “farmer blow”
• eighties instrument keyboard worn over the shoulder
• maple syrup drinking contest

Running

I only ran one time at the beginning of the month, and it was enough to injure my right knee (my good knee). I’ve been struggling with knee pain all month, and that means no running. I swam farther than I ran in June.

I find it very frustrating that every time I work my way into great shape (typically when my 3-mile time drops close to 17:00) I injure myself and wind up losing months worth of training. Grrr.

Month	Distance	# Workouts	Avg per Workout
January	109.34 Mile	10	10.934 Mile
February	55.83 Mile	7	7.97571 Mile
March	108.792 Mile	10	10.8792 Mile
April	74.85 Mile	8	9.35625 Mile
May	64.5669 Mile	9	7.1741 Mile
June	7. Mile	1	7. Mile
Total	420.378 Mile	45	9.34174 Mile

Cycling

Despite my knee pain I haven’t given up on cycling. Yet. I still commute to work and I’ve been averaging one or so training rides per week, but my fitness is fading. Fast. My total distance for the month was a pathetic 209 miles, less than a typical week last summer.

Fortunately, I was able to get in a couple good rides while we were in San Francisco. Cycling in California is always one of the highlights of my year.

June 2009

Bike	Distance	# Rides	Avg per Ride
Bianchi	61.1 Mile	15	4.07333 Mile
Big Red	4.9 Mile	1	4.9 Mile
Pocket Rocket	80.24 Mile	4	20.06 Mile
Thundercougarfalconbird	62.97 Mile	3	20.99 Mile
Total	209.21 Mile	23	9.09609 Mile

January – June 2009

Bike	Distance	# Rides	Avg per Ride
Bianchi	354.6 Mile	78	4.54615 Mile
Big Red	12.07 Mile	4	3.0175 Mile
El Fuego	54.42 Mile	7	7.77429 Mile
Pocket Rocket	201.17 Mile	29	6.9369 Mile
Thundercougarfalconbird	1090.62 Mile	27	40.3933 Mile
Total	1712.88 Mile	145	11.813 Mile

Swimming

I was swimming pretty well before the knee problem. Then I took a few weeks off. Now I’m getting back into the swing of it. If I can somehow manage to salvage most of my fitness through swimming until this knee thing goes away… it will be a miracle.

Month	Distance	# Workouts	Avg per Workout
January	1.87452 Kilo Meter	3	0.62484 Kilo Meter
February	14.9504 Kilo Meter	6	2.49174 Kilo Meter
March	19.5224 Kilo Meter	7	2.78892 Kilo Meter
April	13.3502 Kilo Meter	6	2.22504 Kilo Meter
May	12.7806 Kilo Meter	7	1.82579 Kilo Meter
June	17.15 Kilo Meter	8	2.14375 Kilo Meter
Total	79.6282 Kilo Meter	37	2.15211 Kilo Meter