OK. I admit it. I’m pretty bad when it comes to posting running info on a daily basis.
That said, I’ll offer two days worth of running updates — I took Monday off from the road and have run the last two days.
Tuesday: Another treadmill run, I knocked off four miles in a little less than 36 minutes, for better than a nine-minute mile pace. Felt good both before and after the run, so that’s a plus.
Wednesday: Treadmill again. I went in planning to do four miles, hoping to beat yesterday’s pace. I eaked out five miles in less than 45 minutes — I think it was about 44:35, for an 8:55-per-mile pace.
If I can do three miles each of the next two days, I’ll hit my 15-mile goal. If that occurs, I’ll shoot for 18 miles next week and then 20 miles a week for the month of February, 22 miles in March and then 25 miles a week after — which was my regular mileage about two years ago.
Knee pain and then a car accident slowed it and a variety of ailments — and a whole lot of excuses — have kept me from regaining my form. But I’m committed now.
The longterm goals are to run in the LBI run in early October with my friend Mike (an 18-mile trek from the nature conservancy to the lighthouse) and to accumulate a total of 850 miles for the year, which would be 250 more than I logged this year (my personal best was more than 1,200 a few years ago).
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