100 mile December

So I gave myself a 100 mile running goal for December as a means to get some miles under my feet before I start adding distance to my long runs in January and February. 100 miles in a month breaks down to about 25 miles a week or 3.2 miles or so per day. Not too bad at all really, but when you mix holiday parties, Christmas shopping, and a very wet and rainy month of December - it became somewhat challenging to get those mile in.

Here was my mileage for the first two weeks:

Week1
12/3 - 3 miles
12/4 - 6 miles
12/7-  6 miles

Week 1=15 miles

Week 2
12/9 - 13.5 miles
12/11- 4 miles
12/15- 3.5 miles

Week 2=21 miles
Running Total=36 miles

Not too bad for the first two weeks, but I was already behind on my daily mileage to meet my goal. Then week 3 happened and I got even farther behind.....

Week 3
12/16- 10 miles
12/20- 5.1 miles

Week 3= 15.1
Running Total= 51.1 miles

So on December 23rd, with 9 days left in December I had 49 miles to go. I vowed to still meet my goal and here is what the rest of the month looked like.

Week 4
12/24- 6.7 miles
12/25- 4 miles
12/27- 3 miles
12/28- 12 miles

Week 4= 31.2 miles
Running Total=82.3 miles

Week 5
12/30- 8.1 miles
12/31- 9.75

Week 5= 17.85
Running Total=100.15

WHEW! Barely made it! Jason and I went out for a run on New Year's Eve and I just squeezed in the last few miles to meet my goal. But I made it!!!!