Runner's Log: March 2013

A great running month.  I ran pain free.  I ran long.  I set a mileage record.  I ran in new shoes.  I ran in a new skirt when it was 70 degrees.  I ran with run club.  I ran with Mike.  I ran out of state.  But I must state again: I ran pain free.  Finally.

March's totals:
98.5 miles for the month 
240 miles for the year
112 biking miles for the month
112 biking miles for the year
362 miles in my now retired white & blue Asics ~ wore them walking around DC this past week & am hoping they have a few more miles in them for Camp Stigwandish come fall XC season.
24 miles in my NEW black, pink & blue Asics ~ which will never be shiny, being black.

My WEIGHT:  137 pounds officially. {officially meaning that is the weight entered in my iPhone app}  I weigh myself on Friday mornings...but this Friday morning that scale said 138.  Being that I will not enter a weight GAIN into the app...it's not official.  The whole Becky Barton-mind-game-saga is this:  Since it said 138 on Friday, I got back on the scale after my 12 mile run on Saturday.  At that time the scale said 135.  This morning it said 136.8 ~ which is so close to 137 ~ that's what I'm sticking with.  So I'm down 4 pounds over the month.  That's right what I should be doing.  Only 8 more pounds to go!
Some interesting facts:
Longest run this month: 12! Miles!!
Favorite place to run this month: Our '9' mile loop down Middle Ridge to 528 to 307 to County Line & home.  I can add 1 mile loops here and there to extend the run to 12, but it's just a great loop.  The only  stretch that seems long is the first 2 miles down Middle Ridge.  When you turn onto County Line from 307 and run to the crest over I90, you can pretty much see the 2 miles down the road to home...it's all downhill!
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: I still haven't looked so I still think it's three.  And now there is Easter Candy all over...so I probably won't open one this month.
# of books I read this month: THREE!
Monthly mileage record: 98.5 miles March 2013 ~ this is the third March in a row in which I've set my mileage record...
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)