I finished the month of March with a 6 mile run yesterday evening and had my highest mileage month ever! My previous high mileage month was October of last year as I was gearing up for the Route 66 half marathon in November. I ran 68.5 miles that month. After yesterday's run my March total was 75.6 miles. I know many really serious runners will do that much (or even more) in a week, but it was pretty significant for me.
I don't generally run more than 5 miles on my weekday runs, but I hadn't run at all this week since my long run Sunday, so I really wanted to get 5 or 6 miles in. I was feeling good so I went ahead and ran 6. Worked on speed some too and ran miles 2 and 3 in 8:16 and 7:56. Of course I had to stop after that and catch my breath for two or three minutes before continuing at a somewhat slower pace between 8:30 and 9:00 for the last three miles.
I should get April off to a good start too as I'm planning on a short, easy run this evening and doing my weekend long run tomorrow. I don't figure I'll end up with a 70 mile month though as I'll cut back the mileage significantly the two weeks leading up to the OKC Memorial.
One month from today everyone!
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