Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Q1 Stats, year over year

Month - 2008 - 2009

January - 151- 332

February - 103 - 255

March - 41 - 280

1st Quarter Totals - 295 - 867


(In late february, and all of March of 2008, I was pretty much sidelined due to a bad IT Band injury because I was running erratic distances.)

In 2008, I was in the dumps mentally after two horrible fall marathons where I chased a 3:15. I was seriously thinking I should maybe quit this stupid sport. I then read a book (Running Within), my coach planted an idea in my head, I ran for fun for 3 months, and things turned around dramatically.

Quite the difference with 2009, where I've run 572 more miles than in the 1st quarter of 2008!!
I did have a little knee frustration, but it's at 95%, which to me means... ALL SYSTEMS GO!

Before I get to Boston, I'll have 1000+ miles under me.
In 2008, I reached 1,000 miles in the middle of June.

I also thought it was interesting to look at the 3 months leading up to CIM, vs. these last 3 months leading up to Boston:
  • Month - 2008 - 2009
  • Month 3 - 287 - 332
  • Month 2 - 301 - 255
  • Month 1 - 275 - 280
  • Totals: 863 - 867 Doesn't get much closer than that!
What does all this mean? Absolutely nothing, really. It just means, I've done what I can to get ready, and soon it'll be time to put it all to good use on one perfect day in Boston.

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