1400 miles?

I was looking at my total mileage for the year and there is a slight possibility that I can cover 1400 miles for the year. As of right now, 28 weeks into the year, I have run 746.25 miles. Last year at week 28 I had 612.75 and ended up totaling 1,145.5 miles. Looking back at my high school training logs I was covering over 2,000 miles a year. I was also running the mile in 4:40 and dueling Nate for Prairieland Conference titles in the 1600 and 4x800. Look how far we've come in the last 11 years. Brokedown and slower but we married some hotties!!!

I closed out my week with a five mile run in 42:28 hitting my splits in 8:48, 8:41, 8:23, 8:30 and 8:07. I wasn't feeling it Saturday morning so I just zoned out and made myself slow down when I sped up, except for the last mile when I was getting hungry and wanted some coffee.

I volunteered at the Women's Distance Festival Two mile run at Washington Park. I helped with the finish line. My pal, the Bionic Woman, got beat by the defending champion: 11:12 to 11:55. The champ is pretty tough, she ran Abe's Amble last year in 38:20 and Abe's isn't easy.

The Bionic Woman informed me that we are in the same heat at the Sizzling Mile in about ten days. I'm gunning for 5:25 and I think she's going to try to hold on and see if she can't beat me. She ran 5:45 or 5:43 last year. I guess we'll see how it shakes down next week.

I covered 31.75 miles and am looking at hitting in that neighborhood again this week. Tomorrow morning I am going to rise early and hit the track for another session of 3x1200 in 4:36. We'll see how the practice feels when I haven't run a ten second best in a 5k two days prior. Tuesday will be an easy five or six, Wednesday will be either 3x1 mile cruise intervals (at 6:44 pace) or a two mile run followed by a one mile run after two minutes rest also at 6:44 pace. I haven't decided yet. Thursday will be a goose egg like always. Friday and Saturday will be and easy five and ten or eleven.