Week in Review

Time: 694:25
Distance: 102.34 miles

I ended up cracking the triple digits barrier for the 8th week in a row. It should be a little higher for both time and distance if you were to include the jog from the award ceremony back to Caitlin's and all the gimping around at McAlpine during the cross-country races.

The performance this week was a step in the right direction if I ever want to take a crack at running 2:18:59. That's still a long ways off (can't be too long though) and will require much more focused training. I have also come to realize that in order to run a fast time you must be on a flatter, faster course. I was forced to a crawl during sections of the Thunder Road Marathon late in the race whenever the course gained elevation. Maintaining pace on the flats or slight downhills wasn't a problem, it was just finding the power to push off on the uphills.

I probably won't hit 100 miles in the week for the rest of the year, but will be able to get back to those figures early 2011.