12/02/2007
What the hell!
With a little luck from the weather and if I stay healthy, it's doable.
So, how did we get here?
Jan 82.4 (Houston Marathon)
Feb 83.8 (Cowtown Half)
Mar 116.2 (back to back Half's at Seabrook)
Apr 62.1 (First of the month Hogs Hunt 25K, the rest of the month I was tired!)
May 88.3
Jun 87.1
Jul 90.3
Aug 61.9 (Three weeks)
Sep 49.9 (Two Weeks)
Oct 97.2 (Decided to push it)
Nov 81.5 (Three weeks)
Total 901
Yesterday was the 1st and I got in 6.12 miles so the log says 907 or 93 miles to go with 30 days left. I'll be resting most Sundays this month.
Wednesday is normally a rest day but for the next couple of weeks at least, I'll be doing a couple of miles just in case. I've got two trips to Dallas and several holiday parties this month. I'm going to bank miles when I can.
I'm going to keep this all in one post for now.
12/03/2007
6.12 today and the log says 913 (surpasses last yrs total) with 28 days to go.
12/05/2007
5.3 Yesterday and the log says 918. Seems like a long way still to go right now...
12/06/2007
Took yesterday off to rest. Really felt like the right thing to do.
Did 5.3 today so the log says 924 with 25 days to go.
12/07/2007
5.4 today and the log says 929.
I finished up the run with a one mile 2/1 and it clocked out at 11:31... I believe thats my fastest ever timed mile!
12/08/2007
6.89 today. Mostly easy miles and it really felt good to drop it down a bit. The log says 936.
12/10/2007
5.3 today and the log rolled over to 941. It was a good run, too! I like those types of days!
12/13/2007
6.12 Tuesday and 6.12 today, Thursday, so the logs reads 953 with 17 days to go.
12/15/2007
Getting to today I felt was the first big hurdle. After today, I'll have 5 travel days so I really wanted to push it in order to put myself in a good position. Yesterday was 6.88 and today was another 6.88 so the log reads 967 with 15 days to go. Which will really be more like 9 or 10.
I'm happy.... the last three weeks have been big mileage weeks for me, 29, 29, and 31 and I've squeezed about as much as I could out of these old bones.
12/20/2007
4.59 Tuesday, 5.36 Wednesday, and 3.83 today, so we are up to 981 now with 10 days to go. It's actually closer to 6 or 7 with travel figured in.
12/22/2007
6.12 yesterday and the log now says 987.
I'm skipping today as we've decided to leave early for Dallas, plus, the body once again let me know this morning that it just doesn't like 5 days in a row. If I don't get any miles in Dallas, I've got 6 days to work out 13 miles. Fingers are crossed!
Happy Holidays everybody!
12/28/2007
Well, I wasn't in Dallas long before I was knocked on my ass with a 103 degree temperature. Seems I picked up the flu bug somewhere. The only good news was it did solve the Christmas meal dilemma for me. I slept through that and all the present opening, etc. It really sucked. I don't do sick well. And, I haven't been sick since the heart attack so it's been awhile.
Anyway, I managed to get out there yesterday and today and at least walk some miles. I got 3.08 and 5.35 so I'm at 996. I really hope to be done with this tomorrow. Hopefully I'll feel better in general and about all this tomorrow!
12/29/2007
4.59 today and the log reads 1000!
Done! WooHoo!
OK, I'm glad thats over. lol
Not sure I'll ever fall prey to an annual mileage goal like this one again. At least not until I'm more than comfortably where I want to be base and pace wise. Lot's of pluses and minuses to trying to keep it in reach... in the end, maybe a tad more minuses.
Still, I won't lie... I am proud that I did it. It was an accomplishment when I got 398 miles the first year as well. It's all very relative. Many runners do 1000 or more miles per quarter. That will never be me and I'm more than OK with that. We are all an experiment of one.
And now, there is a very large beer and a nice cigar waiting to spend the rest of afternoon with me!
