Quiet milestones
Tonight’s run puts me at 134.6 miles for the month - a whole tenth of a mile more than August. With inaccuracies with a Garmin, let’s just call it even.
September was a great month — I maintained speed, no run besides untimed recovery runs were slower than 9:30-minute miles. My two 20-milers were more than 15 minutes faster than a year ago, and even then the pace felt fairly easy. My new easy and slow paces continue to get faster.
Also this week, I passed 800 miles for the year, just a little more than a week after I hit that mark last year. With the low mileage at the beginning of the year, I would have never imagined even thinking about 1,000 running miles again. It’s not a goal right now because it’s not important to me. Not yet anyway.
Just like a month ago at the end of the month, I have a choppy post at an attempt to reflect. Actually, all I want to do is look ahead. I have a marathon to run on Oct. 15 …
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Another strong month of training, David. You've really put together some great miles this year - both in quantity and quality. It's really going to pay off in a couple weeks.
#AMAZING
You should shout your milestones from the top of that mountain.
Although I know that you have run a lot, I am amazed that it has been 800. Way to GO!!