August 2012

Running

August was consumed by tapering for Howl at the Moon, running Howl at the Moon, and recovering from Howl at the Moon. Over half of my miles in August came in that one day. The rest of my runs were very short, but the average distance per run was heavily skewed by Howl. My knees took a real beating during the last 10 miles of that race, so I've been super cautious with my recovery to ensure I don't have any long-lasting injuries as a result.

Month	Distance	# Workouts	Avg per Workout
January	78.06 Mile	9	8.67333 Mile
February	75.2586 Mile	9	8.36206 Mile
March	126.15 Mile	14	9.01071 Mile
April	146.28 Mile	16	9.1425 Mile
May	166.75 Mile	18	9.26389 Mile
June	54.83 Mile	7	7.83286 Mile
July	115.76 Mile	9	12.8622 Mile
August	91.81 Mile	9	10.2011 Mile
Total	854.899 Mile	91	9.39449 Mile

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Cycling

The weird thing about my knee pains is that while I have recovered reasonably well with respect to running, I can't say the same about cycling. 10 days after Howl I went to my regular Tuesday night practice race and by the end my knee was killing me. I took another week off of cycling. The next week I intended to go back but I didn't make it 2 miles from home before my knee started to hurt. I took 2 more weeks off of cycling. At this point I've only done one serious ride in the past 6 weeks, and that one didn't go well at all. Now that road racing season is over I can just wait this thing out and make sure it's gone before starting up in earnest again. I'd like to do some cyclocross racing this fall, so hopefully I'm back to 100% soon.

Bike	Distance	# Rides	Avg per Ride
Pocket Rocket	18.7 Mile	5	3.74 Mile
Thundercougarfalconbird	63.17 Mile	3	21.0567 Mile
Total	81.87 Mile	8	10.2338 Mile

Month	Distance	# Workouts	Avg per Workout
January	25.33 Mile	2	12.665 Mile
February	40.08 Mile	3	13.36 Mile
March	213.43 Mile	20	10.6715 Mile
April	253.27 Mile	23	11.0117 Mile
May	322.147 Mile	24	13.4228 Mile
June	282.57 Mile	13	21.7362 Mile
July	260.12 Mile	16	16.2575 Mile
August	81.87 Mile	8	10.2338 Mile
Total	1478.82 Mile	109	13.5671 Mile

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Walking/Hiking

I made up for the lack of cycling with a bunch of walking and hiking. This doesn't hurt my knee at all, and I'm more convinced than ever that walking/hiking is actually remarkable effective training for long/ultra distance running. It allows you to put in a lot of time on your feet, working your legs, without the impact of running.

Month	Distance	# Workouts	Avg per Workout
January	51.53 Mile	16	3.22063 Mile
February	42.92 Mile	18	2.38444 Mile
March	41.15 Mile	14	2.93929 Mile
April	31.89 Mile	12	2.6575 Mile
May	37.5107 Mile	13	2.88544 Mile
June	39.4 Mile	18	2.18889 Mile
July	2 Mile	2	Mile
August	64.99 Mile	25	2.5996 Mile
Total	311.391 Mile	118	2.6389 Mile

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Swimming

It's both fortunate and unfortunate that I don't have to swim much to maintain my fitness for swimming. I just have little motivation to spend time in the pool, when I could be doing any number of things that are even more enjoyable. There's a chance I might to one more triathlon this year, but that depends on whether my knee feels well enough to bike.

Month	Distance	# Workouts	Avg per Workout
January	0	0	0
February	0	0	0
March	0	0	0
April	1750. Yard	2	875. Yard
May	8050. Yard	7	1150. Yard
June	4100. Yard	3	1366.67 Yard
July	2993.61 Yard	3	997.871 Yard
August	2150. Yard	3	716.667 Yard
Total	19043.6 Yard	18	1057.98 Yard