33 day checkup

I am now 1/3rd of the way through the 100/100, and my body is responding well to this running every day deal. I started with some associated pain in my PF, claves tight, slight IT band twinges, and now I am feeling good. I am at 25/33, which if I keep pace puts me squarely in the "Bronze" range. However, that count includes 8 days off while I was in Maine, and that isn't happening again (well, a three day weekend at the beginning of Feb), and I plan to reel some of those days in with some doubles in mid to late Feb, so my new plan is to go for Silver. Or Gold. My mantra is "just keep running...."

100/100 update #1 (quarterly report)

I am now 1/4th of the way through the 100/100 ST challenge. I must so, thus far I have faired pretty well with my stretegy to go easy and try to get consistency before mileage. Aside from the break while we were in Maine, I have been running every day for at least 30 minutes, with my average being about 3.2-3.5 miles. Right now, I am at 17/25, and if I keep this pace I will easily get to the "bronze" level. However, I do not plan on losing 9 days in the next quarter, so I hope to get up to the "silver" level (80/100) by the end of the challenge. I am combining this with my new swim routine, which will be more aggressive than last year as we are now training with a masters coach who is pretty driven towards nationals in the spring. Cycling will have to wait until I have completed the ST challenge, and the weather gets better. Thats it for now!

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Back from Maine, and MD, and gearing up for school/classes/the January slog. Had a blast in Maine this xmas, skiing with the kids. They did a great job for their second time on skiis. By the end of the 2nd day, Duncan was off skiing intermediate trails by himself. The girls were sticking to the green dots, but they were throwing down some hell-acious power wedge action as they hummed down the slopes. All in all, the were great troopers and really progressed alot. I was able to get my legs back under me, and by the end of the 2nd day, I was banging some strong arcs, but not pushing it too much so as to blow out a knee- not like last year's hernia debacle. I am progressing on the 100/100, and am currently at 12/20 (I took basically a week off while in Maine, so I am behind). You could say I need to htfu since that is 8 days of sloth, but the weather, snow, wind, and temp were all working against me up there. I'll check back in a few with updates!