Moving into a new apartment + busy work week + weekend trip out of town for a bridal shower = lamest blogger ever. But I’ve got a week full of posts coming at you, so I’ll skip the apologies and just get to it.

• Monday: Three-day weekends are the best. A quick three-miler after reading on the beach by my new apartment (and avoiding unpacking) was the perfect ending to the day.
  
• Tuesday: I don’t know how to properly convey through feeble words how much I utterly detest running on a treadmill. I would rather run 500 miles barefoot while being chased by rabid raccoons through lava and spider webs than run 50 yards on a treadmill. Even in the dead of winter, I will wake up in the pitch dark and freezing cold and go for a run outside to avoid that piece of machinery. The two conditions I can’t avoid it: torrential downpours and blizzards. Today I was dealt the former and forced to run inside during my lunch break. Hated. It.
• Wednesday: Pushed today’s scheduled run to Thursday because I’m a G and I do what I want.
• Thursday: Moving into a new place combined with a busy week at work really started taking its toll on me. And I was absolutely exhausted during this run. But, on the bright side, I got to witness one of the prettiest sunrises I’d seen in a long time.
  
• Friday: Thursday was Fashion’s Night Out, and while Boston is no Manhattan when it comes to style, I still was excited to experience FNO on Newbury Street. A fun night meant a great excuse to blow off today’s run…oops.
• Saturday: My 7-mile run times have been slowly improving, but enough is enough. The next time I have to run 7 miles, I’m going to finish in under an hour, damnit.
• Sunday: Rest.

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I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to stay on track with my running schedule while moving out of one apartment and into another across the city. I’m actually surprised that despite the madness I only missed a 4-miler and a 6-miler. Definitely not the end of the world.

• Monday: Just incase I didn’t thoroughly gross you out last week with my non-stop blister talk, I decided to take things to the next level and pop those bad boys with a needle. It was a good excuse to not run. That, and the fact that I hadn’t started packing up my apartment yet.
• Tuesday: When I run on my lunch break, I usually do a loop around a graveyard across the river. That in itself is always a little morose, but today there was an actual burial going on and it was just an all-around depressing run.
• Wednesday: Instead of packing and cleaning before work, I went on this run. It was both a responsible and irresponsible decision. It was also sad. This marked my last run as a North End resident.
  
• Thursday: Went into moving panic mode. Packed in a blind furry of stress. Ate a pint of Ben & Jerry’s. Felt better about life.
• Friday: Moved out of the old apartment. Contemplated another pint of Ben & Jerry’s. Refrained.
• Saturday: Moved into my new apartment. Movers didn’t show up until 5PM, then they locked their keys in the truck and couldn’t get to the necessary paperwork. Wanted another pint of Ben & Jerry’s but hadn’t figured out where to get that in my new ‘hood yet.
• Sunday: This long, nine-mile run was a great excuse to explore my new neighborhood. I ran around in circles getting lost and loved every second of it.

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Better late than never? Here’s last week’s running wrap-up, I’ll post this week’s on Sunday (maybe…never know with me, I try to keep things unpredictable).

• Monday: Halfway through this run, I knew it was going to be a long week. My entire left toe turned into one big blister and I sprouted not one, but three blood blisters on my right foot. I blame the lethal combination of running more weekly mileage than normal and wearing completely impractical heels during the rest of my non-running day.
• Tuesday: My blisters started growing blisters. I didn’t even know that was possible. On my lunch break I did the Quick-hit Countdown Workout I posted back in June. Such a good one!
• Wednesday: What’s that you say? You want to hear more about my blisters? Well, ok fine. A couple of the blood blisters turned into blood scabs which actually made running a whole lot more pain-free. Oh joy.
• Thursday: I did the Plank Workout I posted back in May to start off the morning then spent the rest of the day (trying to) let my decrepit feet heal.
• Friday: Blah blah blisters blah blah.
• Saturday: I always try to be responsible about being irresponsible, so I woke up extra early to get this long run in before heading out to Gillette Stadium to tailgate for the all-day booze bash that is Country Fest. Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw were awesome in concert (I think), and just like last year, the day ended with me swearing to never drink again and never attend Country Fest again.
  
• Sunday: Recovery day. Not from running. From Country Fest.

As always with my half marathon training posts, most pictures can be found on Instagram @nicoleperr.

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Sorry, guys. I have been the lamest blogger ever. I strive for five posts a week, but sometimes it’s hard to find time when you have a full-time job (that isn’t blogging). That being said, if there are any millionaires out there who want to pay me to prepare posts, I will happily update the hell out of pumps & iron.

On the bright side, I have a week full of uh-mazing blog posts planned, so the hiatus is over.

And now for my weekly wrap-up of half marathon training. After two weeks of cheating on the weekend, I finally locked it up and went to bed early on Friday night so I could tackle a long Saturday run. Go me. Go maturity.

• Monday: I ended up running pretty late in the evening and got major anxiety when I realized the sun is setting earlier and earlier each night…don’t leave me, Summer!
  
• Tuesday: Witnessed a gorgeous sunrise on my run along the Harbor Walk. Obviously Instagrammed it. Obviously posting it here as well. On my lunch break I did a 600-rep med ball workout, which I’ll post on the blog…eventually.
  
• Wednesday: I don’t have anything witty or interesting to say about this run.
• Thursday: I did an easy elliptical & ab workout on my lunch break.
• Friday: Thursday’s happy hour(s) involved tequila shots and therefore this run involved a lot of pain.
• Saturday: I can’t even remember the last time I went for an 8-mile run. It felt great to remind myself of the distances my body is capable of covering.
• Sunday: I did an animal-themed interval workout because, you know what, I’m a loser. But it was awesome and I will post it on pumps & iron with photo-shopped images of animals next to each move and You. Will. Like. It.

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