I had a good last week. I am proud of myself for balancing short and easy runs with speedwork (one of my goals). I swam 4x (goal had been 3). I biked twice (goal had been 3). I did 12.25 hours of dissertation work, plus I was at a conference for one day. My goal had been 15 hours, so a B on that... I did take a day off from running. :-)

The best part of the week was a tie between hiking in Acadia National Park with a friend, or mile repeats on the track with the same friend.

The worst part was about three days of irritability from PMS. Grrrr. I just couldn't make it go away!

Goals this week:
15 hrs of dissertation work (did 3 yesterday)
run faster than last year at a 5k this Saturday
bike 4x (2 done)
swim 2-3x
install speedometer on bike!

Edit - forgot to answer own question. My favourite part of summer is swimming in the ocean, working at summer camp - particularly lifeguarding in the afternoon on hot days - and those popsicles that come in little plastic tubes (freezer pops or Otter Pops or PopIce or whatever). I LOVE THOSE POPSICLES and in fact eat them year round...

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD