August Recap

Good month, probably a soild "B" overall.  I came into the month thinking I was going to come out knowing exactly where I stood for distance and speed for the upcoming marathon.  While I didn't get the two very long runs in, I did get a good idea of how my body would react after the 1 16+ miler.  I'm planning on 20 tomorrow and a 23+ in a week or two which should solidify my training for mid-October. 

Mileage-wise, I ended up with 124.65 running and added 45.2 on the bike.  Not a bad month considering I had a week long work trip and vacation in the World for an additional week. :-) I've kept my weight down as well, hovering around 189-190, which is down 5 lbs from where I have been the past 2-3 years.  With that, I'll be right at the weight I'd like to be for mid-October if not a couple of lbs lighter....just need to watch that evening snack-fest that I love. 

I was pleasantly surprised at my annual running total and where it positions me for my annual total in comparison to the past 3 years.  I'm at 990.75 for this year (added on 5.1 yesterday) with 4 months left.  I haven't had a month under 100 miles this year, so I'm looking at 1400+ miles running for 2011.  The past 3 years looked like this:
2010 - 982.46 (348.21 cross training miles)
2009 - 719.04 (1085 cross training miles...more due to injury and surgery)
2008 - 703.69 (*started running in February of 2008)

Feel like I've come a long way with my running since I decided I would start running for the 2009 Disney Half-Marathon....  You could say about my running.... "remember, this was all started by a mouse..."  I sometimes joke about writing a book titled "How Disney Saved My Life".  Honestly, it may not be far from the truth as I haven't been in this good of health and fitness since my first year of college...in certain aspects, I'm in better shape now than I was even then!  Had it not been for the challenge of running a half marathon in Disney, I may have never picked up running and who knows what would have happened.