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guest — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:05:39 GMT

I've been running around 70 miles a week in an effort to qualify for Boston. I've never specifically trained to run a marathon that fast, but have run marathons in the past without getting closer than 11 minutes of my qualifying time.

With times that far off, I knew going into this training cycle I'd have to train harder than in the past, hence the increase in miles. My goal marathon is just over 3 weeks away, so my high mileage is finally winding down.

And I think it's neat D.H. has raised his own bar just a bit, it's what makes us better runners.

Lateral Meniscus?

guest — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:19:55 GMT

Wow, thanks for reminding of the days I did 70+ per week. Now days, 20 to 30 miles per week is very rewarding and more than enough to quench my passion for running.

Lateral Meniscus?

guest — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:28:27 GMT

xc,

I bet you could start back today if you ran real slow on a nice level track, as I do.

I am doing a lot more mileage these days than I thought I could, thanks to inspiration from Rich in NH and the others here.

A couple weeks ago, I did a total of 7 miles and Rich did 70 miles--ten times my mileage. Last week he only ran two and a half times my mileage.

Dark Horse

Lateral Meniscus?

guest — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:04:11 GMT

Hi - Just a short update. Well, looks like I acquired a sore knee from a difficult trek/trail run. Its only been a few days and my knee feels pretty good! Good enough where in my younger running days I would have been out there running already. Nowadays, I wait. I'll take another week off and rest it, ice it, and do some stretches. I'll get back with it next week. I'll stay on flat courses for a while too. I'm just happy this was not a serious injury. It is truly amazing that I still get so much out of running.