mid-morning - 5 Treadmill. 4 on the Treadmill today. Took it easy for a couple miles - including some stretching breaks; then worked it up to 6:31 and 6:00 for the last two 1/2's respectively, just to test the leg out (since there was no pain) to see if could hold a little speed with no pain. Felt great again. Just the slightest little tightness at the end of Molly's Mile out in the very cold (kind of glad that I wasn't out for a long one today, except the trails would actually been great today). (Stratus grey 645.85)
4030.3 - that is the end of the year mileage. Not too shabby, but as usual the numbers are just numbers - it is much more of a journey than that. A lot of ups and downs. Really enjoyed my time training with The Circle again (and it was great to have Steven and James join into it). Running up Pine Valley with the boys was fun as with many of the other runs with the team (up at Pine Lake, to the Y, and many others). Of course the biggest highs were others' runs most notably the XC team (girls at Region and boys at State). My marathons were kind of bummers, but not too bad looking back on them. A pretty good year all-in-all. Glad the calve is feeling better as I finish it off and get ready for the next set of adventures!
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