Scrapped the VO2 max run tonight in favor of more miles, with strides thrown in at the end so my legs don't forget how to move fast. :) Ran the 11 miles in almost the exact time Saturday's 12.4 took me, including strides and recovery jogs at the end.
September ends up with a training PR of 232 miles. I figure October will be closer to 300 before I start the prerace back-off. Intuitively, I know I need more miles; what I have to do is spice up the extra mileage to prevent complete boredom. I figure I'll leave in some of the speedwork in October just to add variety, although I have to be careful that the variety doesn't put me on the DL. To work this hard, this long, and get a stress fracture in late October would REALLY suck. Thus, I'll really have to be aware of what my legs are trying to tell me about the load I put on them in the next seven pre-taper weeks. | 