For the week of 12/19-12/25: 59 miles
For the week of 12/26-1/1: 80.5 miles on 12 runs
Highlights for the week
- On 12/27 for the PM run I did 7.75 miles - 2.5 mile warmup, 3.5 mile tempo in 21:15 (6:04/pace), 1.75 mile cooldown. I was in Houston for the holiday...running at sea level is so much easier! The tempo run was easily 10 seconds per mile faster than I could have done in Denver at an equivalent effort level.
- On 12/31 for my evening run, I did 13k (8.07 miles) on the track - 3k warmup, 5 x 1200m @ 4:13 with 3 minute recovery jogs (400m), 2.4k cooldown. Again, I was in Houston and this was a comfortably hard interval workout, only my 2nd interval workout during this base building period.
- On 12/31 I completed a long run of 11.9 miles in 1:30 flat (7:34/mile). This was done back in Denver after traveling home in the morning. I could tell the last 15 minutes or so that I was worn out and ready to be done. My endurance is weak at this point.
Overall for December, I ran 47 times for 267 miles with 3 days off. I was stoked to get in 80 miles for the week! And, I felt good doing it. I mean, don't get me wrong, I had some aches and pains, but overall my body seemed to cooperate. I could tell I was tired because the pace of my easy runs gradually slowed down naturally.
Enough looking back for now...it's time to look ahead. Little by little, I'm starting to believe I can "run" again. That is a great way to finish out 2011, it was a tough year. I enter 2012 as hopeful as I can remember being in a long time!
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