After a bit of a slow start to my training yesterday - 2.6 miles in a sub-par 20 minutes and change - I needed to put in a bit of extra effort today to keep myself on track. By my calculations, I 'll need to complete about 4.8 miles each day, 5 days a week to achieve 100 training miles before the Boulder Bolder. Unfortunately, I've never been big on training for races so I recognize that keeping on schedule will be difficult and I really don't want to fall behind so early in the month. So, to make up for yesterday I decided to put in some extra distance today. The weather didn't cooperate so well early on to get a outdoor run in (I don't love running in cool, windy weather) so I journeyed to the gym to put in my miles and do some light weightlifting. After being reminded early on why I don't enjoy running on treadmills, I elected to get my miles in by running intervals of sorts. I bookended two 2+ mile runs with time on the stationary bike and the stair-climber - allowing for a workout that was more speed focused than it would otherwise have been and for some cross-training as well. It was a bit painful, especially since I am not in great shape, but I managed 7.7 total miles. The rest of this week I anticipate gradually increasing my run distances to 4-5 miles each and mixing in some weight-training and swimming to make sure that I'm getting a full-body workout. Thanks for reading!
Today's miles: 7.7
Month-t0-date miles: 10.3
Miles remaining: 89.7
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