My mileage as of Saturday was 1,791.59. I forgot how close I was when I ran yesterday. After I got home, I realized I was just 1.11 miles shy of 1,800! I couldn't let that happen. I could have taken a walk yesterday afternoon or sometime today, but decided to put an exclamation point at the end of 2013. I ran 3.11 miles (5K) in 29:28, 9:29 pace! I think it's easier to run a fast pace on a longer run because you can warm up in your first mile then make up time as you go, but 5K is short for that kind of pace.
Favorite running locations:
Diamond Head
Tantalus Mountain
Ala Moana Park
Monthly Distances:
January - 105.96
February - 132.66
March - 111.02
April - 171.31
May - 169.69
June - 164.13
July - 156.13
August - 180.92
September - 167.45
October - 147.49
November - 148.67
December -146.57
Total - 1,802
I have several ideas that I want to implement in 2014. It's a big year for me - I'll be turning 50! I'm still trying to lose some of the weight I gained this year - 2 pounds up, 1 pound down, 1 pound up, 2 pounds down. But I won't give up! We will be "moving" back to California for good on February 7th. Once we are home, I plan to start mountain biking again, too.
I'm also going to start following my marathon training plan again starting next week. Since my marathon isn't until next December (unless I find a Spring one!) I'm going to try a new way. I will repeat a week until I hit my pace goals. In other words, if I'm suppose to run 4 miles at 10:05 and run it at 10:45, I'll repeat that week until I can hit 10:05. I don't want to add speed and distance at the same time - that's a recipe for injury, so I won't go to week two until I can nail the times for week one. I'll still run hills and not worry about pace on those days. I'm thinking 2-3 days of pace work is plenty.
Goodbye 2013, it's been quite a year!
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