I’m late for this, but November happened.

I intended to run 93.4 miles, I ran 97.4 miles.  That’s a little bit of a mis-interpretation of the month, though, because a large part of the 4 mile difference was caused by tempo runs where my planned distance was a guess… a very low guess.  I was up to 995 miles for the year at the end of November.

One major race during the month: the Honor Run Half Marathon.

The rest of the month was without anything notable.  I took two days off after the half, and slowly worked back into a normal routine.

Planned For December

Running.  The plan is running.

I broke a thousand miles on the year on December 2, and I plan on running around 104 miles (23 miles per week) through the month.

Upcoming

The next planned race is Bockfest 5k.  I’m using one of Hal Higdon’s plans for this, something I’ve never done for a 5k.  His 5k Advanced plan is very interesting – it has short intervals (200m and 400m), tempo runs, and a good long run each week.  I start on the plan on the second week of January.

Looking forward to next year, I only have three events on the calendar: the Bockfest 5k, Little King’s Mile, and the Hudepohl 14k.  I haven’t decided what else I’m doing.  Beyond next year, I figure I’m a year-and-a-season from my first full marathon (which might be the 20th Flying Pig).  That means that at this time next year I’ll be preparing to get onto a marathon training plan.