I haven’t hit 100 miles in one month since January. I had planned to hit in November, but having a week where I ran a grand total of 7 miles, thanks to the flu, meant I was happy to break 80 miles. In order to accomplish 100 miles in December, I just have to average 20 miles a week, which is totally doable, but will take some planning to hit the first week and the last week just right.
To start off, I went for a nice 10 mile run yesterday. Hey, down to only 90 more miles to go. I could just do 9 more 10 mile runs and be done with it. ;o) That’s not my plan, but it was a lovely run. It was about 45 degrees and sunny and I tried something new: running slowly. I aimed for 10-10:15 miles and hit that goal right on for the first 5 miles. Mile 6 was a surprising 9:48, miles 7 and 8 were back in range and then I picked up the pace and did 9:41 and 9:35 for the last two miles. Can I just tell you how much I love finishing strong and not feeling completely dead? And I did it with only nuun. I had a gel with me, but I never really felt like I needed it! If only every “long” run could go so well.
HBBC
11/30
Running – 3.3
Toning (upper) – .5
7 F/V – 1
Total – 4.8
12/1
Walking – 2.5
Running – 10
7 F/V – 1
Total – 13.5
12/2
Walking – 1.5
Toning (upper) – .5
Total – 2
Total for the week – 20.3
Yay for the awesome run! Only 90 more to go! 🙂
Good luck getting those 100 miles in this month! It's a tough month to get a lot of running done.
Great goal for December!!! With the holidays and all! Good luck! 🙂
Nice run!! You can do 90 more this month. The mental reward of finishing the year with a month at 100 will be worth it!!! Still never tried Nuun….
100 miles….oy..no where near that yet and feel like all I do is run and workout. You are amazing.
You're going to get your 100 mile goal in this month EASILY if you keep running like that!E-mail me your pic at joyrun609 [at] gmail [dot] com 🙂
great job on the 10! I agree that you can reach your goal if you keep up the momentum!
great job!
Congrats — You are GONNA do it!!! Go for it!!
Nice job on the run and that's a great goal to round out the year with a 100 mile month.
Nice job on the 10 miler! Go get those 90 — and have a nice weekend while you're at it 😉