I may have redefined "slow miles" this morning. It was my first run with my running partner in a couple of weeks and we were both pretty leery of all the little sparkly spots in the road that we feared were lurking sheets of ice. But hey, we got in three miles and we didn't break any bones. I think that will have to satisfy me for the next couple of months.
And now a few words on 2015 (the obligatory New Year's post). Even though miles dropped off sharply the last couple of weeks, I ended 2014 much better than I started it. I'd like to make lots of ambitious plans for mileage and marathons this year, but reality says that as long as I'm going to school, that's not going to happen. I do have to say that setting new goals for this year is much easier because I can look back at weekly and monthly averages from last year. Thank you fastrunningblog! I've always logged my miles on a paper calendar before and this is really so much better (unpaid endorsement :) Having said all that, I've decided that I'd like to shoot for 15 miles a week, 50 miles a month and 600 for the year. I realize that 15 miles a week adds up to more than 50 miles a month, but 15 is a nice easy number to keep track of, and if I fall short occassionally there is still hope for attaining my monthly and yearly goals. The yearly goal isn't much higher than what I did this year, and I know I can do more than 50 a month in the summer, so I guess what I'm really trying to focus on is being more consistent the other nine months of the year and getting that monthly mileage up a bit. If I can do that, 600 miles for the year will be easily attainable and I'll set my sights even higher in 2016.
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