Hey, I turned 32 (0x20, 25). Melissa was kind enough to build me a cake, which William promptly devoured. Okay, I helped devour it too.
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Running
Well, I’ve been feeling better and better about my running for several months now and I finally took the leap from running 2-3 times per week and started running 3-4 times a week. Now, you may ask how could I run four times per week if there are seven days in a week and my cardinal rule is to not run on two consecutive days? There’s no funny math here, I’m simply breaking my cardinal rule for the first time since my knee surgery in 2004. So far it’s been great. It’s possible I could come to both rue and lament that decision, but I’ve been feeling good enough lately that I probably won’t.
The net affect of this change is that my mileage shot way, way up. 144 miles in one month doesn’t seem like much to me for some reason, particularly considering I regularly ran 75 miles per week when I was 18. But back then I ran every day. It’s kind of remarkable (even to me) that (on average) I ran 8.5 miles on 17 separate occasions.
I had a couple of decent races, both times finishing behind the same person. Perhaps I need to start training with that guy.
| Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout |
| January | 109.05 Mile | 10 | 10.905 Mile |
| February | 76.18 Mile | 8 | 9.5225 Mile |
| March | 84.86 Mile | 10 | 8.486 Mile |
| April | 83.15 Mile | 9 | 9.23889 Mile |
| May | 57.95 Mile | 7 | 8.27857 Mile |
| June | 17.98 Mile | 3 | 5.99333 Mile |
| July | 54.62 Mile | 8 | 6.8275 Mile |
| August | 65.78 Mile | 9 | 7.30889 Mile |
| September | 107.4 Mile | 13 | 8.26154 Mile |
| October | 144.087 Mile | 17 | 8.47573 Mile |
| Total | 801.057 Mile | 94 | 8.52189 Mile |
Cycling
It’s pretty rare that my cycling mileage would go up in October. I got in a few good long hard rides with my friends Nick and Mike and I also did a couple of the Big Shark rides. So despite the stupid traffic I’m managing to get some riding in… perhaps not as much as in Champaign-Urbana, but the rides I am doing are on more difficult terrain.
I did one cyclocross race that was okay, but not great. I hope to do a few more before the season ends.
| Bike | Distance | # Rides | Avg per Ride |
| Bianchi | 59.13 Mile | 9 | 6.57 Mile |
| Pocket Rocket | 24.4 Mile | 5 | 4.88 Mile |
| Thundercougarfalconbird | 219.76 Mile | 5 | 43.952 Mile |
| Total | 303.29 Mile | 19 | 15.9626 Mile |
| Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout |
| January | 166.25 Mile | 20 | 8.3125 Mile |
| February | 140.67 Mile | 12 | 11.7225 Mile |
| March | 508.83 Mile | 18 | 28.2683 Mile |
| April | 318.98 Mile | 13 | 24.5369 Mile |
| May | 365.89 Mile | 20 | 18.2945 Mile |
| June | 447.97 Mile | 22 | 20.3623 Mile |
| July | 390.59 Mile | 19 | 20.5574 Mile |
| August | 223. Mile | 15 | 14.8667 Mile |
| September | 146.5 Mile | 17 | 8.61765 Mile |
| October | 303.29 Mile | 19 | 15.9626 Mile |
| Total | 3011.97 Mile | 175 | 17.2113 Mile |
Walking
It’s not too cold yet, and the boy still loves going for walks.
| Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout |
| January | 28.66 Mile | 9 | 3.18444 Mile |
| February | 51.45 Mile | 16 | 3.21563 Mile |
| March | 34.7 Mile | 10 | 3.47 Mile |
| April | 44.35 Mile | 11 | 4.03182 Mile |
| May | 48.75 Mile | 14 | 3.48214 Mile |
| June | 64.2 Mile | 16 | 4.0125 Mile |
| July | 56.3 Mile | 15 | 3.75333 Mile |
| August | 56.75 Mile | 16 | 3.54688 Mile |
| September | 28.84 Mile | 7 | 4.12 Mile |
| October | 32.1 Mile | 12 | 2.675 Mile |
| Total | 446.1 Mile | 126 | 3.54048 Mile |
Scooter
That’s right, I broke the scooter back out. Mostly this is simply due to logistics of getting William to and from daycare. Sometimes I run him there in the morning and leave the stroller there while I finish my run. Then when I pick him up in the evening I can’t take the bike because I need to bring the jogging stroller home. So a few times I’ve ridden the scooter to daycare (it’s almost entirely downhill or flat) then walk back with Will in the stroller and the scooter in the stroller’s storage area.
| Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout |
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 1.8 Mile | 1 | 1.8 Mile |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 10.1 Mile | 5 | 2.02 Mile |
| Total | 11.9 Mile | 6 | 1.98333 Mile |
Inline skating
That’s right, I got a pair of inline skates for my birthday. Why not try something new to mix things up? Well, after numerous laps back and forth on my street I finally got up the nerve to venture out of the neighborhood and across the WUSTL campus. I didn’t fall down, and I didn’t hurt myself… at least one of which I half expected.
| Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout |
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 2 Mile | 1 | 2 Mile |
| Total | 2 Mile | 1 | 2 Mile |