The benefits of running inside for me are that I can get my breathing under control and keep track of my speedwork when I get ready to start. Normally this time of year I haven't even started back running. This is another reason I registered for the Oak Barrel half in April. I wanted to stay motivated throughout the year and I knew I would be doing at least one in the fall. Also, this one is a little closer to where I live and there would be no reason to stay in an overly expensive/cheap hotel. What I mean by this is the hotel I stayed at for the Women's half didn't even have a fridge or microwave and I paid over $200 to stay there. Talk about ridiculous. So I am really looking forward to this one.
The hopes of making this resolution was to run at least a mile everyday was to keep me motivated in those months that I am not training for a half or any other race. I have, however, notice a big difference in my monthly mileage for this month versus other months where I just ran 3-4 times a week. I am sitting at my monthly mileage being a little over 24 miles!!! I am beyond excited but mostly shocked. Mainly because I started having knee problems when I was training for my first half marathon in 2012 and then last year I developed plantar fasciitis. Both of which were very painful and limited how often I could run plus the number of mileage I could run.
So to be able to run 24 miles in 9 days is a big deal to me. I plan to go for the full year and who knows maybe I will go further than that. I just had to share with yall how my progress is going with the run streak. Grant it my pace isn't the best but I have fun running and I am faster than what I use to be so there is no reason not to be happy.
Below is a screenshot of my monthly totals. Thanks for taking the time to see how my progress is going. How are your fitness goals going? So until next time.
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