Saturday, July 30, 2016

Illinois Beach State Park Weekend

As I mentioned in last week's wrap-up post, last weekend, a group of friends went camping at Illinois Beach State Park. We have wanted to do a group bike ride for the past year or so...originally we wanted to ride from Chicago to Milwaukee (~90 miles). The problem with this was we knew we wouldn't be able to ride both ways, and it would take so much time that people who didn't want to bike wouldn't really be involved in the weekend. In the end, we decided to ride to Illinois Beach State Park, which is a campground near the Illinois-Wisconsin border. This allowed several of us to ride, but the rest of the group to meet us there to hang out for the evening/following morning.

The route for our ride

The plan was to leave from our friend's house at 8 am on Saturday morning. This meant we had to wake up super early, drive our dog to my parents' house, and then head to the city. We got there around 7:20, which was perfect because we still had to pack up the SUV that was going to be driven by a friend with all our stuff in it. Around 8:10, we were ready to push off.

Our bike gang of misfits :)

The route started by going through the city. This part of the ride was exciting because there were so many people around, and the energy was really high. The pace was on the slower side because of all the stoplights, but we were having lots of fun. :)

Waiting at a stoplight

When we got up to Northwestern (which, omg! That campus is amazingly gorgeous. I am dumb and didn't take any pictures, but it was awesome), we hit our first issue...a flat tire! Dustin still rides an old Schwinn, which has softer tires than new road bikes. Luckily, we were all prepared in the case of a flat, and we got it changed pretty quickly. We set off again, and about two miles later.....another flat! UGH! We talked about whether we should try to find a bike shop, but D said he'd change it one more time and search the tire wall for any sharp things that could be causing the issue. While D was checking out the tube, Ben searched the tire and found a tiny piece of glass wedged into the tire wall! We were glad to find it, and hoped for no more issues along the way.

Fixing the 2nd flat of the day

The rest of the ride went by with no problems. :) We hopped onto a trail, which has advantages and disadvantages. You don't have to worry about vehicle traffic, so the trip is safer, but you also have to go slower (there were lots of other people around: pedestrians, joggers, other bikers, etc), and usually trails aren't the most direct route. We stopped briefly at mile 20 for a snack, and then again at 30, but other than that, we kept moving. Overall, the trip ended up being about 45 miles, and took us almost 4 hours. This is a rather slow pace, but it makes sense when you think about how often we had to slow down/speed up as we were passing intersections, and our slower pace on the trail.

Probably the longest workout I've ever logged

When we got to the campground, I was surprised that my legs felt pretty good. I guess all of that running has been preparing me for this. :) However, I either didn't drink or eat enough (I ate a Clif bar and a small granola ball on the route and drank 2 bottles of water...I think I needed more calories, but Clif bars didn't sound good and that was all I had. I will plan better in the future), because all of a sudden I felt really weird. I immediately made a giant sandwich and drank a beer (ahh, camping), and began to feel better. Once we all had eaten, we caught up with the people who had met us at the campground. We hung around talking for awhile, while also putting our tents together and getting things ready for the evening. We decided to walk to the lake (it was only about a quarter mile from our campsite). I was uncharacteristically adventurous, and was the first to jump into the cold lake. It was very cold, but felt sooo good on my tired muscles. :) Only 4 of us ended up getting in, but we all hung out by the lake and even got a good selfie with the whole group.

Dustin and I look naked, but really we were just cold haha 
Unfortunately, the skies were getting dark, and we had to rush back to the campground. It almost immediately started pouring, so we all scattered to our tents (thank goodness we had set them up right when we got there!). We decided (via text...what did people do before cellphones?) to make a dash for the cars, and go to a pizza place for dinner. We had some cheap beer and delicious pizza while hanging out for awhile. We watched the radar and thought there might be a break without rain for about an hour, so we headed back to the campground and bought some firewood. BUT, mother nature had different plans for us because it did not stop raining all night. :-| We all crowded in the largest tent and played games for awhile, but eventually gave up and went to sleep around 9 pm. Boo!

When we woke up in the morning, it had finally stopped raining, so we started building our campfire. We ate brats and hot dogs for breakfast since we had planned to eat them the night before, and we refused to miss out on any camping fun. :) One of the people who had ridden to the campground with us decided to put his bike on the rack and drive back to Chicago. The 4 of us left to ride decided we wanted to save time, so we planned to take a train for the majority of the trip home. 

Moving a little faster than when on bikes

This resulted in us biking about 7 miles to the station, riding the train for 30 miles, then biking the short distance back to our friend's apartment.

Two shorts rides compared to the monster ride the day before

We still had to drive all the way back to Indiana, and pick up our dog on the way, but it was a very fun weekend! :) I definitely recommend doing a long bike ride with a group of friends. I think having a one-way route was more fun than a big loop or out-and-back, because it gave us something to look forward to while we were riding. The only thing I would change if I was doing it again would be to camp for two nights instead of one...the way it was just made for a very short trip!

Do you like camping?
Have you ever done a group biking trip?

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Marathon Update: Week 7

Wow, another week has already passed! I can't believe how fast this marathon training cycle is going. Week 7 was a pretty good one, although it was the first one where I haven't hit all of the prescribed mileage. I'll get to that in a second. :)

Monday, as always, was designated for cross training. I biked on a spin bike for a half hour (supposedly 8 miles, but I never know if you can trust that number), and then played racquetball for about 50 minutes. I wore my heart rate monitor, and it was interesting to see heart rate trends both on the bike and while playing racquetball. I was surprised that while cycling, even when I was feeling exhausted, my heart rate wasn't anywhere close to when I'm running. On the other hand, I saw peaks of 173 bpm while playing racquetball, which surprised me quite a bit! Neat to get some extra info. :)

HR graph for my 30 minute cycle, then each of the 3 games of racquetball that I played

Tuesday was a 4 mile run, which I did around campus. It felt rather hot, but overall I felt consistent and strong. I averaged exactly 10:00 minutes/mile, which I was happy with.

Wednesday is usually a 5 or 6 mile run, but this week it got bumped up to 7 miles. I went in the morning, so it was a little cooler, but very humid.


I was dragging a little bit at the beginning of the run, but I felt better as it progressed. I was able to speed up a little for the last two miles, and finished feeling very strong. I averaged 10:05 minutes/mile over 7.1 miles. Great way to start the day. :)

Thursday was another 4 mile run. It was raining in the morning, so I worked from home for the first half of the day and ran at lunch. It was very hot, especially in the sun, and my legs felt dead. I ended up taking several walking breaks, bleh. Overall I did exactly 4 miles at a 10:37 pace.

Friday is usually a rest day, but over the weekend I was going on a biking/camping trip, so I wanted to get my long run out of the way. Usually the long run follows a pace run, so I figured doing it on tired legs after my mid-week runs wouldn't be a bad idea. This long run was set to be 14 miles--the furthest that I have ever run! It went really great! I stopped a few times for water, and to wait for cross-walk lights, but other than that, I was cruising the entire time. I kept it slow and steady, and around mile 10, I actually had to keep reminding myself to slow down. I finished with a 10:27 pace, and a new Garmin record for longest run recorded. :)

New "Farthest Run" on Garmin :)

Saturday we met some friends in Chicago to go camping. We had decided to bike to the campground which was about 40 miles away. This worked out well because not everyone wanted to bike, so we were able to load our camping gear into a car and someone drove it to the campsite. :) We ended up biking 45 miles, although it ended up being a rather slow ride (averaged around 11.5 mph, not including stops for water). My legs felt fine, which I was extremely happy about considering I had no idea how a long bike ride the day after a long run would turn out.

The bikers before we started the ride--wish I had an after!

On Sunday we intended to ride our bikes back to Chicago, but we decided instead to take the train the majority of the way. We rode to the train stop, took the train almost 30 miles, then hopped off and rode to our friends house to get our stuff. We ended up riding 10 miles total for the day. When we got home, it was starting to get dark, and I had a 7 mile pace run that I didn't complete for the week. I wasn't sure I was even going to attempt to run (I figured all the biking made up for that 7 miles), but I decided to at least run a little bit. I ended up running 4 miles before it was too dark to see, which I was happy with. I had a 9:52 average pace, with splits of 10:04, 10:05, 9:55, and 9:25. I was very happy to still be able to bust out a fast mile after a very active weekend. :)

Happy with our decision to ride the train!

Overall, I ran 33.2 miles this week (was supposed to be 36, so about 3 short), and biked just under 63. Combined, I had almost 11 hours of activity this week, which is probably a record for me! I am happy with how Week 7 went, and excited to ramp it up even more in Week 8.

If you do extensive cross training, do you cut back on your runs?
What is your favorite form of cross training?

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Pun'kin Vine 5k

As I have mentioned a few times, The county I grew up in (and my parents still live in) puts on a 4-part series of 5k races throughout the summer. If you complete at least 3 of the 4 races, you get a t-shirt that says, "I Run This County". I am not sure why, but I really want that shirt this year! The first 5k was in my hometown of Morocco, IN during the annual Homecoming Event. Dustin and I both ran this race, and despite the heat/humidity, finished in a decent time: 26:00.

Running into the finish
The second 5k that I did was in a small town called Goodland, IN. You can read the race report here. I ended up finishing that race in 25:08. It felt sooo close to my sub-25 goal, but I knew that I had pushed as hard as I was able to.

Happy with a PR, even if I didn't break 25
This past Saturday, I completed my 3rd race of the series, the Pun'kin Vine 5k. This is a race held during our county fair, which has the same name. I ran this race two years ago in a time of 26:58, and I distinctly remember walking when we got out into the county--the wind was too much for me. I was trying to not put too much pressure on myself to break 25 at this race, and right before the race I even told my parents that I was going to take it easy (yes, my parents came to watch me run a 5k, ha!). :) The race ended up starting about 6 minutes early, so before I knew it, we were off!

Mile 1: In this race, mile 1 is rather strange because it includes 3 small laps of the main part of the fairgrounds. This is slightly inconvenient because many people walk this event, so you end up facing large groups of walkers in your 2nd and 3rd laps. It is a small race though (maybe 100 people), so it didn't end up being a very big deal. I did like doing 3 laps of the same area though because it meant I got cheered on by my mom 3 times as I went past her. :) Overall this mile felt very easy, and although I knew it was too fast to maintain, I was happy to see the time of 7:40. Once I saw this, and knew that I was feeling strong, I decided that I had a legitimate shot at sub-25.

I'm back there in the blue tank top

Mile 2: I knew that I had run a similar first mile in the Goodland 5k (I just looked and saw it was 7:39), so I knew how important it was to keep these next two miles no slower than 8:10 each. That would put me around an 8:00 pace, and I knew that would be good enough to come in under 25. Mile 2 goes out onto country roads, and there is a stretch that goes straight into the wind. This is where I walked two years ago. This year, the wind didn't feel too bad, and I was maintaining about an 8:05 pace without feeling like I was dying. I was certainly tired, but I was surprised when my watch beeped that mile 2 was over: 8:06.

Mile 3: We were still on country roads at this point, but quickly turned so we didn't have the wind blowing right against us. I was definitely getting tired at this point, but kept telling myself to just keep going. I noted that I felt much better than at the Goodland 5k, which was a good sign. I looked at my watch quite frequently just to make sure that I was maintaining a good pace. As we got back into the fairgrounds, mile 3 was over with a time of 8:06. Very consistent with mile 2. :)

Last 0.1: I surged as hard as I could coming into the finish. My watch says it was actually 0.15 miles, but I most likely wasn't running tangents very well. The pace here (again, based on 0.15 miles) was 7:14. This was good enough to bring me to the finish line with a time of 24:57! I was so pumped to break 25! Dustin even got it on video. 

My splits for the race

Note: You'll hear them announce a time of 24:44...they forgot to start the timer immediately when they blew the whistle. :-| Other runners with watches said the clock was about 12 seconds behind, which matched what I saw as well. Also, I will receive my "I Run This County" t-shirt soon. They were out of many sizes, including small, so they were putting in another order soon. You know that you guys will see this shirt in all it's glory as soon as I get it. :)




After the race, we ate breakfast at the fair, and then walked around to see the animals. First up, the barn with the chickens and the rabbits.

I'm not a huge chicken fan...


 


Next, the cattle barn.



We also saw goats and sheep, but for some reason I didn't take any pictures. I was very involved in both 4H and FFA when I was in school, and the County Fair was one of the highlights of my summer. It's fun to go back and visit the fair, especially when I can bring Dustin and tell him all about my fun summers at the fair. :)

Any recent PRs that you want to share?
Were any of you in 4H or FFA? 

Monday, July 18, 2016

Marathon Monday: Week 6 Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks

Week 6 in my marathon training went alright. If you want to follow my progress from the beginning, you can find previous weeks here: Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4, Week 5. The way this plan is scheduled is to have 2 hard weeks, and then a cutback week. This week was a cutback week, so I thought it would feel easier than the past couple weeks, but that didn't really turn out to be true.

Monday is always a cross training day, and this week I chose to swim. I meant to go in the morning before I headed off to campus, but I didn't wake up early enough, so I ended up having to go at 5 pm. This was a disaster! The pool is only open from 5-7 in the evenings, and it was insanely crowded. There were 7 people in my lane!! I am very comfortable in the water, and consider myself a good swimmer, but I was so anxious during this entire swim because of the amount of people. I intended to swim at least a mile (~1650 meters), but I ended up calling it quits after 1500 meters. I'm totally ok with that, and it still was a full half hour of swimming. Plus, I often play racquetball on Mondays, and while I don't think I play hard enough to consider it cross training, it does complement my other cross training well. :)

Tuesday had a 3 mile run on the schedule. I ran this with a heart rate monitor, and tried to stay under 155 bpm. I did well until the end, which makes sense because it was rather warm/humid outside. I went a little slower than a normal 3 mile run, 10:35 pace, but this reminded me that I need to keep easy runs easy even if they are short.

Wednesday I was scheduled to run 5 miles. This was a pretty rough run only because I felt like I had to use the bathroom the entire time. Ugh! I was able to stop at a Walmart around 3.25 miles, and then I felt much better. Feeling like you 'gotta go' is one of the worst feelings ever during a run! Also, the weather during this run including 100% humidity and was followed by a huge storm.

One of three huge branches that broke in our neighborhood due to the storm


Thursday was another 3 miler, and I decided to bring Nova along with me. This was a rather uneventful run that ended up being around 9:52 minutes/mile.

Nova on the hunt for rabbits

Friday was schedule to be  rest day, but I did go to the co-rec and go rock climbing for a bit. I have been wanting to get back into rock climbing (we used to go about weekly), but just haven't made it a priority recently. Because the co-rec is relatively empty in the summer, I figured I should try to go at least once a week before it is insanely crowded again in the fall. I haven't been climbing in so long that my hands and forearms were completely dead after 15 minutes. :-/

On Saturday, I was supposed to do 6 pace miles. As I have mentioned before, my county is running a 5k race series throughout the summer. If you complete 3 races, you get a t-shirt that says "I Run This County". Pretty silly, but I was majorly excited about it. :) I had missed the race on the 4th of July, so my last chance to complete a 3rd race was on Saturday at the Pun'kin Vine Fair 5k. The Pun'kin Vine Fair is our county fair (a great county fair, if I do say so myself), and this race has been held during the fair for the last few years. I am going to do a race recap in the next couple days, so I don't want to spoil too much, but I was able to break 25 minutes! :) So happy. :) I then ran another mile around the fairgrounds to try to rack up some more mileage for the day. We went kayaking afterwards, but when I got back to my parents, I ran the two extra miles that I needed to do to reach my 6 mile total for the day.

Sunday had 9 miles on the schedule. This was a cutback in terms of long runs (I ran 12 miles last Sunday), so I was hoping it would be a nice, easy run with no issues. I woke up later than I wanted, and had a yummy breakfast of whole wheat pancakes with peanut butter. I was working on a paper for my advisor while letting my food digest, when I saw it was going to rain soon. I didn't have time to fit my run in before the rain, so I decided to mow the lawn. While I was mowing, a migraine developed (I get an aura, it looks like multicolored light in the middle of my vision).

This is similar to what my migraine auras look like

I have had about 10 migraines in my life, and they are awful. :( I finished mowing the front lawn (this was a somewhat insane thing to do, since I couldn't really even see where the mowed/non-mowed line was, but I kept hoping it would go away), and came inside to try to sleep away the rest of the migraine. After laying in bed with my head throbbing and feeling nauseous for about a half hour, I was finally able to fall asleep...and I slept for about 2.5 hours! I still had a slight headache when I woke up, but at least the nausea and weird vision problems were gone. I drank some water, had a snack, then prepared to go on my long run.

I felt alright for the first 2 miles of the run, but then I just felt very run down and hot. It wasn't super hot out, but it was rather humid, which was definitely affecting me. I guess between running hard the day before and being sick in the morning, my body just wasn't in prime shape for running. I got through the run though, with several walk breaks and a stop at my favorite place along my run.

This water fountain saves my life frequently (as do the bathrooms!)
Logically, I know that bad runs are going to happen from time to time, but they are just so mentally defeating! Bleh!

Overall, the week wasn't bad. Since it was a cutback week, I had slightly lower mileage than the past couple weeks: 26.2 miles. Basically I took a week to run a marathon. :-| Ha, that is a scary thought for now...hopefully over the next 12 weeks I can make running a marathon in one go seem more feasible. :) Stay tuned for my race report!

Do any of you train with HR? Are you strict about keeping your HR under certain values?
Have you ever had a migraine? Can we just agree that they are the worst things ever?

Monday, July 11, 2016

Marathon Monday: Week 5 and I'm Still Alive

Week 5 in my marathon training went really well! If you want to follow my progress from the beginning, you can find previous weeks here: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4

Monday was Fourth of July, and also a cross training day. We had spent the night at my friend's house in Chicago, so we went to breakfast when we woke up. Afterwards, we made the drive to my parents house to pick up the dog, and then drove home. Because of the drive, stopping at my parents, and the time change (Chicago is on Central Time, we are on Eastern Time), we didn't get home until about 4 pm. We were going to dinner with Dustin's good friend in Indianapolis for his birthday, which meant we had to leave our house by 5:30. I was going to skip cross training since we had gone kayaking the day before in Chicago, but I decided to at least fit a little bit in before we left. I ended up biking for 20 minutes which gave me 5.5 miles. It wasn't as long as I like to cross train, but I was happy that I at least biked for a bit.

Kayaking on July 3rd on the Chicago River

Tuesday included a 3 mile run, which I completed in the evening. It felt warm outside, but I was moving pretty quickly (even when I was on the trails!), and felt really great during the run. I ended up completing 3.1 miles at a 9:33 pace.

The Wednesday run is a mid-distance run throughout the plan. This week it was set at 6 miles. I left the house around 4:15 when I got home from campus, and it felt really hot. I knew about 2 miles in that it was not going to be a fun run. I ended up stopping multiple times to drink water or to walk for a minute. I ended up with a pace of 10:13, but that doesn't count the times I stopped, so it was certainly slower than that. Bleh.

On Thursday I decided to run in the morning with Nova. It was a 3 mile run, so we ran to the bog near our house, she swam in the middle of the run, and then we ran home. Sometimes I worry about taking a break in the middle of these runs to let her swim, but I figure they are supposed to be easy effort anyway, and I only do it once in awhile. We ran 3 miles at 10:12 pace.

Nova after we got home from swimming in the bog

Friday: Rest Day

Saturday was another 6 mile run, and I was determined to make it a good one to make up for Wednesday's suckfest 6 miler. I chose a course that was net downhill to help me. :) Overall though, the run did feel really great, and I felt strong throughout the run. I finished with 6.15 miles at 9:52 pace.

Sunday's long run was 12 miles. We decided to go hiking with our dog in the morning, so I decided to move my run to the evening. In retrospect (when my legs were dying on my run), this wasn't a great idea, but it ended up working out!

Hiking at Prophetstown State Park

I chose a different route than I normally run, which helped to make the run interesting. I also decided at the last minute to listen to podcasts while I was running. I had brought my phone and headphones in case I wanted to listen to anything at any point during the run, but I ended up putting my headphones in about a half mile into the run. I was tired from hiking and it was warm/sunny outside, so I needed the distraction. It worked, and the run went quite well. I finished with 12.1 miles at 10:45 pace.

Surprise trail closure--detoured!

As a bonus, Dustin picked me up afterwards (I had chosen a point to point route) with Chipotle in hand and we went to a local bar to eat/drink on the patio. Wonderful end to a long run. :)

Overall, this was another good week! I hit all my mileage, and the only thing I slacked on was cross training on Monday, which I don't feel too bad about. My weekly running mileage was 30.36 miles--my first time over 30 miles in a week! :) I was very excited to hit this milestone, and I am ready to continue increasing mileage.

How long is a normal cross training for you?
Favorite post long run routine?

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Marathon Wednesday? Week 4

With the long weekend and then a busy Tuesday catching up from said weekend, my training update is coming out a little late. This week I hit my highest weekly mileage ever, and I felt good for all of my runs! :) I hope training keeps going this well!

On Monday I swam with Dustin again, and ended up doing 1700 meters. This is approximately a mile, which takes me a little over a half hour. I love swimming, and have enjoyed getting back in the pool and building my endurance.

Tuesday was a 3 mile run. As I was getting ready to go, Dustin popped out of bed and asked if he could come with. Of course I am always happy to get a running partner, so I said yes, and we took off together. We ended up doing 3.2 miles at a 9:32 pace, which was a great way to start off the morning. :) The only downside was that we forgot to take a picture. :-|

Typically, Wednesdays have prescribed 5 mile runs, but this week it jumped up to 6 miles. I again went in the morning, and it was only 61 degrees--the cool temperature felt amazing! About 2.5 of these miles were on trails, and were very enjoyable. I continued to speed up throughout the run, and finished with a  9:26 mile. Overall I hit exactly 6 miles at a 10:01 pace.


On Thursday, I ran a 5k route near my house to complete the 3 miles on the schedule. This run was done at lunchtime, so a little warmer than Wednesday, but it still has been much cooler here for the past week than the rest of summer. I am enjoying a break from the humidity! My pace for this 5k ended up being 9:47. Afterwards I was sitting on this bench we have in our backyard, and Nova decided that she wanted to sit next to me. Hilarious.

Awkwardly getting onto the bench
Guarding the yard

Friday was a rest day, and I took full advantage of that by doing absolutely nothing.

Saturday involved 6 pace miles. I haven't decided what pace I want to run 'pace' miles at, so for now I am just trying to push myself throughout the entire run. I think different coaches suggest different paces (e.g., half marathon pace or 10k pace), and for now I think I am benefiting enough just from trying to run as quickly as I can maintain for the run. Also, on my previous training plan, if there were pace miles or tempo runs, they suggested doing half of the miles as pace, with the rest as warm up and cool down miles. I did something similar to this on Saturday with a warm-up mile in 9:39, followed by 3 pace miles (9:21, 9:11, 9:11), and then 2 cool down miles (9:54, 9:52). It felt like a good effort workout.

Splits for the pace run
Sunday's long run was 11 miles, which is the furthest I've gone since my half marathon at the beginning of May. I wasn't sure how it would go, but I did know that I had to get it out of the way ASAP because we were driving to Chicago immediately afterwards. I woke up early (for a Sunday), and set off. I brought half of a banana with me, which I had never done before, and ate part of it around mile 4.5 and another part around mile 7. I think this worked really well for me, except it is difficult to bring a banana with you without it getting mushy! :-o Overall, this run felt really great. I forced myself to slow down at the beginning, and because of that, I was feeling good the whole time. I was even able to speed up for the last mile to practice fast finishes. The average pace for the run was 10:17.



Overall, this was a great week! I ran 29.3 miles--the most I've ever accumulated, and still felt good at the end. This upcoming week I have 30 on the schedule, so wish me luck! :)

How is your training going?
How do you typically structure pace runs?

Friday, July 1, 2016

June in Review

Wow! Can anyone believe that June is already over? I don't have too many updates, since I have been doing updates once a week, but I did have an exciting accomplishment in June:

June running in review
In the month of June I ran 102.39 miles. This is my first time ever running more than 100 miles in a month! :) I have come close a few times before (I think I had a 94 and a 95 mile month when training for my last half marathon), but this is the first time I actually did it. As long as everything keeps going well, I think July, August, and September will also be 100+ running months. :)

The end of June also means we are halfway through the year. In 2014, I ran almost exactly 600 miles. Last year, I ran about 630. My goal at the beginning of the year was just to have more miles than last year. Currently, I have run 406 miles in 2016. This morning, I added up all of the miles on my marathon schedule, and found I have 500 more miles before (and including) my marathon in October. This means that as long as I can run 100 miles between October 10 and the end of the year, I can get 1000 miles for the year! That seemed totally out of reach at the beginning of the year, but now I'm thinking it's totally possible. :)

That's all for today. I have lots of work to do so I feel like I can relax over the weekend. :)

What are you doing for the long weekend?
Did you have a good June?