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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

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.