A quick review of my monthly mileage in Buckeye confirmed my suspicion that my mileage has been decreasing since my marathon training began. My program began early September and these are my monthly run totals and mileage through the end of November:
September runs/miles: 19/121
October runs/miles: 13/83
November runs/miles: 12/77
The trend has continued with my December mileage at zero as of today. What started as a lack of motivation turned into an injury then turned into a cold that has really cut into my training. In the entire month of November I did not run twice the distance of what I'm going to run on the 9th and 10th of January. If there is good news, it is that I am better prepared at this point than I was for my first marathon 10 years ago. I also have a month to get in some quality training. I'll be running a 1/2 marathon in Jackson, Mississippi this Saturday and then no more races until the marathon weekend. Hopefully December numbers will look more like September than October or November.
The good news is that my legs are feeling fresh and injury free. Now I just need to get some miles in them.
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I love looking at the bright side!
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