A most-ever moment
One of the biggest lessons I learned from last year was to not get too caught up in the “most ever” or “best ever” moments. While they’re great and worth celebrating, it’s very easy to lose focus if I dwell on them too much.
Today is one of those moments to celebrate, but I also need to quickly move on. I’ll talk about it now and drink a Magic Hat or two to celebrate, but tomorrow is September and there are still 45 days until the Baltimore Marathon. FOCUS.
So … what’s the big deal?
Today’s tired feeling 3.3-mile run puts me at 134.5 miles for August. It’s the most miles in a month ever, edging out 133 miles in October 2007. I actually fell about 6 miles shy of my goal, as well as not getting to 40 miles last week, but I knew ahead of time those were big miles for me. The 40 will come soon enough though.
Similar to how I felt a month ago, how I got to that number is what is important.
- 7 runs out of 22 were under a 9-minute pace. That’s not quite as good as July, but this month I had a few more shorter and slower (and very important) recovery runs.
- A solid effort in the Lynchburg Half Marathon.
- Breaking 22 minutes in the Fab 5k.
- I ran a mountain.
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I hope that most people who use "best ever" a lot, use it for fun, and are not completely serious. I say it a lot, but it's usually a caught up in the moment of excitement and I know it's really not the best ever.
How come you get to drink a Magic Hat & I have to drink water? This hardly seems fair.
Great month you had, I hope you can share some of that good training month juju with the rest of us.
That's why I didn't label July as the best ever. I like hindsight to set in. I can determine all that at the end of the year. As far as my Magic Hat goes, I deserve it. And I drink a lot of water all the time.
David…solid training. I know how incredibly tough it can be to make a comeback from an injury, and hitting these kinds of miles is a great feeling. Enjoy it!
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Awesome work, David!! Very inspiring.
Thanks! I appreciate the continued support with your comments here, onFacebook and dailymile!
That is a solid month of running. good luck with the rest of your training!
Sounds like you had a great month of training in August. I can't believe the race is getting so close! Here's to a good September.
Thanks Jeremy. It's weird that it's so close, yet I'm in some extremely crucial works for this to happen. I'm nervous and excited all at the same time.