Run Log: September 2012

And I almost doubled August's totals.  That's working {slowly} in the right direction.  The EXCELLENT news is that I ran 11 miles this past week (not at one time) ~ on pavement (and treadmill)~ and with Alleve, my foot is FINE.  AMEN, HALLELUJAH!  I will continue to take it easy.  My plan is to run 3 days a week, keeping it at 3's & 4's until my calves aren't the big knots that they are at this moment.  I will be a runner again.  I will.  I will.

September's totals:
34.5 miles for the month 
482 miles for the year
24.5 biking miles for the month
347.5 biking miles for the year
284.5 miles in my soon-to-be-retired-worn-at-Camp-Stigwandish red & blue Asics
24 miles in my still shiny VERY WHITE turquoise Asics ~ now 3 months old :)  But, I hope to report they are not as shiny white next month.
Some interesting facts:
Longest run this month: 4 miles {working in the right direction!}
Favorite place to run this month: "Hey, Coach, is there any place we haven't run here at Camp Stig?"  "Sure, let's go on an adventure."  And so began the finding of the BLUE TRAIL at Camp Stigwandish.  Not even on the MAP trail.  Nothing like leading 34 middle school cross country runners into the unknown!  We ran it until we could run it no more.  I'm pretty sure the rest of the trail was washed away.  We could find it no more down by the creek after climbing over lots of debris (and the skeletal remains of a deer ~ yuck).  It would eventually meet the White Trail below the rope, but we didn't press on, (as I wasn't completely sure where we were, and it was only 10 minutes until practice was over.)  Craziest run of the month!
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: ZERO and they are not in the stores, yet {I'm sure it won't be long}  But I do have a bag of Babe Ruth candy bars, chocolate truffles, Peanut M&M's & a bag of macaroons.  Gotta love birthday treats!
# of books I read this month: Four!  {and now I can read them on my Kindle...I'm still deciding if I like it better than books ~ don't think I'll like it better than books, but there are some pluses to the Kindle}

Monthly mileage record: 80.5 miles March 2012
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time:  13.1 miles ~ May 16, 2010 (Cleveland 1/2) 


PR's:
5K: 22:45 (Rabbit Run 10/30/11~ but I think it was a short course)
10K: 52:02 (Cleveland 5/15/11)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:55:04 (Cleveland 5/16/10)
marathon: 3:50:05 (Akron relay {team run} 9/24/11)