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

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

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

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