Run Log: November 2013

Debating.  Do I do the Toledo Marathon in April ~ or don't I?  The training schedule is already on the fridge, supposed to start 12/9.  I'm keeping up with a semi-regular routine now...and I've done 8's and 9's on Saturdays all month.  I'm fit enough to start the training & run the thing...but do I want to?  I want to be able to eat anything I want.  I want to qualify for Boston.  I want to run #2 & have it not be quite as bad as #1.  I want to train with my husband.  I don't want running to be a job.  I don't want the post-marathon let down.  I don't want to hate running.  I don't want to be at mile 18.
But November was a better running month.  Run Club met twice {just me and Cheryl despite all the promises from the other members}  I did a few long runs outside.  I enjoyed running on the treadmill {I'm not lying either} My body feels good & my pants are just a little tight...And Mike & I starting a holiday running streak.  I saw it on Runner's World fb page.  We will run at least a mile every day between Thanksgiving and New Years.  I'm three days in & so far so good.  It took me longer to get dressed & locate a satellite than it did to run the mile yesterday...but I did it.
I really would like a running partner ~ I know it's me, because, deep down, I really do like to run alone.  But I got used to running with Dodd over the summer & just yacking the miles by & it's really good motivation to get out there...you can't let your partner down.
And I have to add...I've won awards in the last three races I've run.  I'm more proud of that than I really should be.

November’s Totals:

95.65 miles for the month 
1129.35 miles for the year
0 biking miles for the month
132 biking miles for the year
423.06 miles for my orange mizunos ~ I bought a new pair of shoes two weeks ago because I was at Second Sole & had $70 in gift certificates...but they are still in the box.  These Orange Mizunos are award winning shoes... I can feel that they are getting close to retirement, but I'm pretty attached to them.  Every race I've run in them has netted me a prize ~ two firsts and a second {in my new old lady age group}  I love those shoes.

My WEIGHT:  Because it just can't be a number:  Yesterday morning the scale said 133.  This morning it said 135 {I KNEW I should have just taken yesterday's number} And, because I wasn't happy with the 135, I weighed myself after my 9 mile run, 132.  That's the story of my weight.

Some interesting facts:

Longest run this month: 9.4 ~ Kept those Saturday runs right around 9 all month.
Favorite place to run this month: ? I'm struggling to answer this one.  I guess I'll have to say Painesville & the Turkey Day 5K route ~ even though there were icy spots, it's always fun to race {especially when you win a pie}
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: there's a brand new bag sitting on the table in my bedroom.
# of books I read this month: two
Monthly mileage record: 155.46 ~ August 2013!  WOW
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time:  26.2 ~ October 13, 2013 ~ Northern Ohio Marathon

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: 1:47:35 (Cleveland Half 5/19/2013)
marathon: 4:01:04 (Northern Ohio Marathon 10/13/2013)