It’s been quite a long time since I’ve written a running recap (March to be exact), and with some milestones being met and coming up, along with some additional news pending, I thought it’s time for an update. I won’t bother going back and providing a full month-by-month recap since March, but I will sprinkle in any pertinent information.
Since the March recap, I ran one race, in April—the America’s Run 5K, where I set a new PR with a time of 23:34. Also, as you all know, Julie and I had a baby, Sam, who was born in late April. Since then I have been in maintenance mode, doing my best to get in some miles, along with one or two quality runs per week. However, I’ve not concerned myself with getting in any specific type of workout, and the long run (at least the double-digit variety) has almost completely disappeared from my running log. Onto some stats—first with a quick hit on previous months, and then the full stats for July:
In the month of July I ran 24 out of 31 days. As you can see above, I ran 4 more miles in the month, compared to June. However, due to a decreased pace, I spent an additional 68 minutes on my feet in July. Roughly 10 minutes of that additional time is due to putting in a few miles with Julie, as she makes her post-baby running comeback. The rest is due to slowing down for the hotter, more humid weather of July. I’m sure that August will slow down even more.
July was the 12th consecutive month of 100+ miles, and in those 12 months I’ve run 1567.2 miles—averaging 30 miles per week and 130 miles per month. Since my return to running in March 2009, following knee surgery in early February 2009, I’ve run 1984.6 miles. I’ve also run 967.5 miles in 2010. I should cross 1000 miles for the year sometime in the next week.
Here’s a breakdown of miles by the type of runs I did in July:
What’s next? That’s a good question. I really want to do another half marathon this year, and I’ve even contemplated doing a marathon late in the year. To that end, I’m thinking about signing up for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver 1/2 Marathon, which is October 17. Along the way, I’d schedule a 5K or two, as well as a 10K, if possible. I might even use the half marathon training as a springboard to doing a marathon in late November or December (I’ll take a wait and see approach on that). In the meantime, does anyone have any words of wisdom for preparing for and running a race that is held at an elevation 4500 feet higher than where I live and train?