March 28th, 2011
I hit some strong mileage this last week, 66 of the little buggers that went like this:
Mon: Off
Tues: 12@8:17
Wed: 8@8:14
Thur: 9@8:29
Fri: 14@8:08
Sat: 12@8:20
Sun: 11@8:00
Total: 66 miles (avg pace 8:14)
The weather was cold again, not horrible but windchill in the 30s. Friday, I felt so cold in the Blue Hovel that I kept putting off getting into my running gear but once I finally got out there, it ended up being a fantastic run, my planned 10-11 morphing into a 14.
Yesterday was funny because I was going up the small hill to Fall’s Bridge when I felt someone lock into step right beside me. I look to my left and there’s a girl with a big smile on her face who said something like “I knew if I could catch you, I was doing pretty good” which got a laugh from me. We didn’t last long together as our paths diverged but it was cute and left me so cheery that I tacked on an extra mile.
That’s all I got today. Though I did have a weird dream last night where my friend Jeff bought me a new tire for my unicycle. He only wanted $1 for it. I don’t have a unicycle but I woke up grateful anyway. I love a good deal.
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That is a lot of miles with no long run. Very consistent, I’m impressed. My week included a 33 mile run and still I ended up with only three more miles than you.
Thanks Robert. Funny you mention that, I actually wrote a thick paragraph on long runs and my lack of them but deleted it. I’ll probably write about it in the next post when I’m not so bored with myself as I was today.
Well, since you don’t like long runs and you’re no longer training for a marathon, it makes sense to me that you’re not doing them. I think you have to do the runs that you enjoy and that will allow to keep being happy with running. But that’s just me, and I’m sure lots of people out there would disagree with that…
I was reading a lot of old LetsRun posts this week about LRs and it seems that if your mileage is good and you’re not marathon training, there really isn’t a need for them. It’s interesting how we can get locked into things that don’t necessarily win any extra points, just because it’s a common structure.
Ah, very good to hear that long runs are not compulsory for good mileage totals! I am considering a return to half-marathons in the spring (here in Australia) and want decent mileage without having to do 20 milers – they wipe me out too much.
Nice running!
Nice job on the mileage! I love it when I meet random runners when out and about. Apparently it has worked well for you!