Well today was the day. I finally crossed the 4,000 mile mark for 2007. It's kind of cool because last year I ran pretty strong and only hit 2,663. This year was very good to me and my running. I was able to stay healthy for the most part, and that helped me stay on track to see some big improvements. Next year I'm not going to strive to hit 5,000 miles for the year. I'm just going to try and run at least one more mile than I end up with in 2007. If I can train at lest that well I'll have a good year. I'd like to replace my 100 mile weeks with 120's and bring a lot more tempo work in. I may catch a run on Monday but after that I'm hitting my scheduled "time off" for the year. I figure I'll take next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off completely from running and the do something short on Saturday. This should give me the time to prepare mentally and physically for what lies ahead. Todays run was good. I was going to meet the club at 7 a.m but couldn't do the cold and early morning so I slept in until 10:30 (it felt so good) and then went out on my old "big loop" up Mill Creek, over the powerline, down through industrial, and back home the long way through Middleton. Took it easy and then ran the last 4.5 at just under 6:30 min/mile pace. Nothing fancy just enough to get the blood flowing. | 