Personal Running Log - October 2008

October was my first ever 100 mile month. I guess the increased mileage is the result of training for the PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon. I know it’s been a while since I mentioned I’m running a marathon, so I hope you didn’t forget. You may now continue to be in awe of me. My mileage hasn’t yet topped out, but I’m already looking forward to tapering. How long is the standard taper for a marathon anyway? 5 weeks? 6 weeks? When can I start running less? And, is it a bad sign that in the midst of marathon training I want to run less?

I can safely say however, that I won’t be skipping any of my long runs. Those of you who read RazZDoodle’s blog (both of you) will already have heard about our little wager. Since we’re both running the RNR AZ marathon and his sister is running the half, we’ve decided that for every long run you skip you owe the other participants a beer. We will prove that we’ve completed our long runs by taking a picture of our Garmins and e-mailing them to Raz who will then post them on his blog (see last week’s here). If you are going to be running the RNR AZ marathon and want in on a piece of this action then let me or Raz know, and then head on over to his blog and leave discouraging comments that will cause him to miss his long runs. He’ll be happy to buy you a beer too.

October was also the first time that I received 10,000 plus hits in a single month, I wonder if the two are connected? Do the hits increase as the miles increase? I guess we’ll find out in January when I stop running completely.

Now, without further ado, I’ll get to the part of this post that you’ve all been waiting for; the raw data. If you’re like me, you get a boner just looking at all these running stats. Forget Nicollette Sheridan, give me some more of those sexy, naked numbers!

Date	Route	Type	Distance	Time	Pace
10/30/2008	6 Mile Loop Long Hill	Tempo	6 Mi	52:08	8:42
10/28/2008	5 Miles Out & Back	Intervals (3 x 1600)	5 Mi	42:25	8:29
10/26/2008	6 Mile Loop (x 2)	Long	12 Mi	1:55:27	9:38
10/25/2008	Denver Gorilla Run	Race	3.75 Mi	36:22	9:42
10/23/2008	Track	Tempo	6 Mi	51:43	8:38
10/21/2008	Treadmill	Intervals (5 x 1000)	5 Mi	41:29	8:18
10/19/2008	Denver Half Marathon	Race	13.1 Mi	2:17:14	10:29
10/17/2008	7 Miles Out & Back	Tempo	7 Mi	1:01:44	8:50
10/14/2008	Track	Intervals (ladder)	5 Mi	42:43	8:33
10/11/2008	6 Mile Loop (x 2.5)	Long	15 Mi	2:21:56	9:28
10/9/2008	7 Miles Out & Back	Tempo	7 Mi	1:04:03	9:09
10/7/2008	Track	Intervals (4 x 800)	4.5 Mi	38:38	8:36
10/4/2008	Misc	Long	13 Mi	2:17:20	10:34
10/3/2008	6 Mile Loop Long Hill	Tempo	6 Mi	53:47	8:58
Totals: Distance: 108.4 miles Total Time: 16:56:59

SCHWING!!

You’ll notice that I’ve changed the Denver Gorilla Run from 3.6 miles to 3.75 miles and that’s because that is what they are reporting it as on their website, and also because it makes my pace look a little more respectable.