Run Log: October 2012

Running.  With XC ending & my motivation lacking, it's been hard to get into a routine.  A routine that is not RUSHED to be more!  The goal of running 3 times a week has been hard to do.  I get out there and want to see if I can do 4...4.5...I've had to stop myself from doing more than that.  My foot is NOT 100% {in fact, it now hurts on the arch...since playing in the student/teacher volleyball game?!?} But it doesn't hurt to run {but I can feel it} Run club has met twice {hurricane Sandy'ed out yesterday} and that has been good.  We've had a good turn out for our newly named ARC {average run club ~ or BARK if you want to be below average}We've even had a dog.
Ran a race & placed first in the old lady group :)
And did run more than September...so I'm still moving in the right direction.  Trying to see if maybe I might just run the Cleveland Half in May...possibly.

October's totals:
45 miles for the month 
572 miles for the year
0 biking miles for the month
347.5 biking miles for the year
291.5 miles in my now retired {but still worn around the yard} red & blue Asics
62 miles in my not as shiny blue Asics...

Some interesting facts:
Longest run this month: 4.5 miles 
Favorite place to run this month: ?  Bike path in Geneva?  Run Club around Chimney Ridge?  NOT the treadmill @ the Y ~ but I have run there this month.
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: ZERO But I bet I buy some before November is over!
# of books I read this month: Three ~ and I love my Kindle ~ and, to sound like a grandma, I totally don't understand HOW this works...but I can check books out of the library digitally.  I don't know what happens on the due date.  Do they just disappear or do I get charged if I don't return them?  I returned my first book before the due date, but I have three checked out right now, and there is NO way I'm going to get them all read before they are due.  I'll keep you posted.
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)