| So what do those of us who are Monday-Sunday running loggers do with New Year's Day this year? It obviously shouldn't count towards 2005 mileage, but it is the last day of the last week of the year. And it can't count as part of my mileage for the first week of 2006, since I've started to count this week's mileage as of today. Poor orphan miles.
I guess I'll just have to take a stand and say that since the miles were part of the NYRR Midnight New Year's run, that really, for all practical purposes, fell on Saturday night (12/31/05) as opposed to what any sane person would categorize as Sunday morning (1/1/06). There. That makes everything much simpler. I guess it's like taxes. There are some things you can claim on either the past year's taxes or on the next year's...the important thing is simply that you don't try and claim it on both! |  |
So, the final count for 2005 is officially 1,832 miles. It's a far piece from the big 2,000 I had aspirations of reaching, but before I could start beating myself up about it too much, I thought to compare it to my 2004 mileage of 1,122 and even more starkly, my 2003 mileage of 472! And I was wondering where all these PR's were coming from?? I'm really wishing now that I had an accurate count for the years preceding those. I barely even kept track of my mileage during the months (or more often weeks) of my marathon training. In hindsight, it's quite shocking that I've run as well as I have over the years. I think I must have run that 3:09 at Boston 2002 on less than 500 miles for the year! It's tempting to shake my head and lament the waste of talent, but since I've finally started to catch on to the value of training, there's really nothing to be done but keep it up and see where it can take me in the here and now. It really is exciting. I just need to stay focused through the winter and not let fatigue get the best of me.
I've got another brief winter getaway coming up this week, which is nice in terms of escaping from the cold winds and freezing rain, but experience has shown that it can be challenging to fit in the miles while on vacation. I'm really hoping to finally get back over 30 miles for the week, which should be eminantly doable. Now, I just have to actually do it.
