Since last week and this week are following a modified training schedule (Oktoberfest Saturday!), I'm going to forgo a weekly summary and instead make a note about passing some year-to-date milestones: I broke the century mark for hours run in 2011, and I passed the 700-mile mark.You can tell by the peaks and valleys in the monthly summary below where I ended half-marathon training (March), entered speedwork and 5k season (April-May), and hit marathon mode (June).
The miles and minutes include my warm up and cool down, so that adds about .8 mile (~8 min) total per training day, throwing off the annual pace. Omitting those two slow jogging periods, annual pace is just under 8:00/mile for the year, even with my long-slow-distance (LSD) runs.
Year-to-Date Summary | |
| Jan | 30 miles (283 minutes) |
| Feb | 72 miles (661 minutes) |
| Mar | 93 miles (838 minutes) |
| Apr | 52 miles (443 minutes) |
| May | 67 miles (557 minutes) |
| June | 74 miles (632 minutes) |
| July | 158 miles (1,374 minutes) |
| Aug | 163 miles (1,414 minutes) |
Total Year to Date: 708 miles (103 hours, 12 minutes) | |
