Mileage || 2011

How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it. ~Robert Brault

01/29/2011 – 6 miles – 6 total
02/05/2011 – 6 miles – 12 total
02/08/2011 – 5 miles – 17 total
02/10/2011 – 5.5 miles – 22.5 total
02/14/2011 – 6.5 miles – 29 total (Felt stronger than ever. My best run so far.)
02/16/2011 – 5 miles – 34 total
02/19/2011 – 7 miles – 41 total (My longest post surgery run!)
02/21/2011 – 5 miles – 46 total
02/22/2011 – 5 miles – 51 total
02/24/2011 – 5 miles – 56 total
02/25/2011 – 5 miles – 61 total
02/27/2011 – 6.3 miles – 67.3 total (New Saucony and my first run outside. A beautiful day!)
03/03/2011 – 6 miles – 73 total (some weeks fitting in time to run is pretty much impossible)
03/12/2011 – 6 miles – 79 total
03/13/2011 – 5 miles – 84 total (beautiful day for a run in Orlando)
03/16/2011 – 6 miles – 90 total
03/19/2011 – 6.2 miles – 96.2 total (a beautiful morning. a pleasant run.)
03/22/2011 – 5 miles – 101.2 total

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. Christian Larson

03/26/2011 – 5.4 miles – 106.6 total (even with the cold I wanted to keep running. go further. delight.)
03/27/2011 – 5.6 miles – 112.2 total (even colder today.)
03/30/2011 – 5.3 miles – 117.2 total
04/02/2011 – 7.1 miles – 124.3 total
04/21/2011 – 5 miles – 129.3 total (my first run 2 weeks after surgery. feels good to be back.)
04/23/2011 – 6 miles – 135.3 total
04/26/2011 – 5 miles – 140.3 total
04/30/2011 – 7 miles – 147.3 total
05/05/2011 – 5 miles – 152.3 total

I’ve often been asked, ‘why do you run?’ and until now couldn’t really put it into words. I run because it empowers me. It makes me feel like I can do anything. Jill Fickling-Conyers 

05/07/2011 – 8 miles – 160.3 total
05/09/2011 – 5 miles – 165.3 total
05/12/2011 – 6 miles – 171.3 total
05/14/2011 – 8 miles – 179.3 total
05/15/2011 – 10.6 miles – 189.9 total
05/21/2011 – 8 miles – 197.9 total (some weeks it’s impossible to get a run in)
05/24/2011 – 5 miles – 202.9 total (so not a pretty run)
05/27/2011 – 8 miles – 210.9 total (a perfect run)
06/02/2011 –  6 miles – 216.9 total (Happy National Running Day!)
06/04/2011 – 8.5 miles – 225.4 total
06/06/2011 – 6 miles – 231.4 total (the heat will not defeat me this summer)
06/07/2011 – 5 miles – 236.4 total
06/09/2011 – 5 miles – 241.4 total (Note to self: take water even on the short runs when it’s in the 90s)
06/11/2011 – 8.3 miles – 249.7 total (exactly what I needed to end the week)
06/12/2011 – 3.4 miles – 253.1 total (Dirt Days Trail Race Series – French Park)
06/16/2011 – 5 miles – 258.1 total (not a great run)
06/19/2011 – 10 miles – 268.1 total (needed a push in the beginning but ended up being a strong run!)
06/21/2011 – 6 miles – 274.1 total
06/22/2011 – 5.5 miles – 279.6 total (so not a great run!)
06/23/2011 – 6 miles – 285.6 total
06/25/2011 – 12 miles – 287.6 total (a strong run. sometimes you just get into a rhythm and go.)
06/28/2011 – 4.3 miles – 291.9 total
06/29/2011 – 7 miles – 298.9 total
06/30/2011 – 6 miles – 304.9 total
07/02/2011 – 14.25 miles – 319.15 total
07/04/2011 – 3.25 miles – 322.45 total( Run 4 Liberty 5k+. A 5k PR at 29.29!)
07/06/2011 – 7 miles – 329.45 total (hot! hot! hot!)
07/07/2011 – 5 miles – 334.45 total
07/09/2011 – 18.25 miles – 352.70 total (Dawg Gone Long Run trail race)
07/12/2011 – 7 miles – 359.70 total (waiting until 8:00 PM was perfect)
07/14/2011 – 7 miles – 366.70 total
07/16/2011 – 13.1 miles – 379.80 total (Hotter Than Hades Virtual Half Marathon)
07/17/2011 – 10.6 miles – 390.40 total (Dirt Days Series)

You’re running on guts. On fumes. Your muscles twitch. You throw up. You’re delirious. But you keep running because there’s no way out of this hell you’re in, because there’s no way you’re not crossing the finish line. It’s a misery that non-runners don’t understand. Martine Costello

07/21/2011 – 7 miles – 397.40 total (early morning so the heat wasn’t too bad)
07/23/2011 – 15.4 miles – 412.80 total felt stronger than ever (BRING IT!) Hotter Than Hades 2
07/25/2011 – 6 miles – 418.80 total
07/27/2011 – 6 miles – 424.80 total (not even gonna comment on how freakin’ hot it is)
07/31/2011 – 13.4 miles – 438.20 total (Hotter Than Hades 3)
08/02/2011 – 6 miles – 444.20 total (New Saucony Progrid Omni 10)
08/07/2011 – 6.5 miles – 450.70 total (long run post poned. pain in foot?)
08/10/2011 – 6.2 miles – 456.90 total
08/12/2011 – 6 miles – 462.90 total (no pain and beautiful weather)
08/13/2011 – 18.75 miles – 481.65 total (the best run of the year! begin strong. finish stronger.)
08/16/2011 – 7.3 miles – 488.95 total (ugh. hot. bad attitude.)
08/20/2011 – 15.5 miles – 504.45 total (AWESOME morning run)
08/21/2011 – 3.7 miles – 508.15 total (Dirt Days. first trail relay race. 5k trail PR! beat Chad’s time!)
08/27/2011 – 13.8 miles – 521.95 total (10.3 miles long run and Poweder Keg 5K actually 3.5 miles)
08/30/2011 – 8 miles – 529.95 total
09/01/2011 – 4 miles – 533.95 total (reached my tolerance for the heat. So done!)
09/03/2011 – 10.2 miles – 544.15 total
09/05/2011 – 20 miles – 564.15 total
09/08/2011 – 8.31 miles – 572.46 total (15 weeks of training for Chicago and new socks!)
09/10/2011 – 13.3 miles – 585.76 total (training burnout)

I believe in redefining my impossible. ~Nike

09/14/2011 – 6 miles – 591.76 total (reduced mileage and # of run days is working. great run!)
09/17/2011 – 13.1 miles – 604.86 total (Air Force Half Marathon)
09/17/2011 – 3.62 miles – 608.48 total (Glenwood Gardens 5K+ trail race. First run with a headlamp)
09/20/2011 – 6 miles – 614.48 total (the races last weekend were the boost my training needed.)

This was the day I decided to stop beating myself up and taking away the glory that is finishing. ~Christie O.

09/22/2011 – 5 miles – 619.48 total
09/25/2011 – 18 miles – 637.48 total (that doesn’t look like a taper LOL)
09/27/2011 – 6 miles – 643.48 total (you were supposed to run 5. taper!)
09/29/2011 – 3 miles – 646.48 total (5 miles cut short due to storm.)
10/01/2011 – 10 miles – 656.48 total (That’s it! The last long run before Chicago. Feeling strong!)
10/04/2011 – 5 miles – 661.48 total
10/06/2011 – 4 miles – 665.48 total
10/09/2011 – 26.2 miles – 671.68 total (Chicgao Marathon 2011)
10/16/2011 – 5 miles – 676.68 total
10/20/2011 – 5 miles – 681.68 total
10/22/2011 – 6.2 miles – 687.88 total (Run the Hood Virtual 10K)
10/23/2011 – 6 miles – 693.88 total
10/27/2011 – 5 miles – 698.88 total
10/30/2011 – 5 miles – 703.88 total
11/01/2011 – 6 miles – 709.88 total
11/03/2011 – 5 miles – 714.88 total
11/23/2011 – 5 miles – 719.88 total (first run after surgery. Stronger than ever!)
11/24/2011 – 5 miles – 724.88 total
11/26/2011 – 6 miles – 730.88 total (first run with Buckeye Running group)
11/27/2011 – 6 miles – 736.88 total
11/30/2011 – 6 miles – 742.88 total
12/01/2011 – 5 miles – 747.88 total
12/03/2011 – 6 miles – 753.88 total
12/04/2011 – 5 miles – 758.88 total
12/07/2011 – 6 miles – 764.88 total
12/08/2011 – 5 miles – 769.88 total
12/10/2011 – 10 miles – 779.88 total
12/12/2011 – 6 miles – 785.88 total
12/14/2011 – 7 miles – 792.88 total
12/17/2011 – 9 miles – 801.88 total
12/18/2011 – 4 miles – 805.88 total
12/22/2011 – 4 miles – 809.88 total
12/23/2011 – 6 miles – 815.88 total
12/25/2011 – 6 miles – 821.88 total
12/26/2011 – 4 miles – 825.88 total
12/27/2011 – 4 miles – 829.88 total
12/29/2011 – 4 miles – 833.88 total