No Afton (for me) in 2009

I was planning to run Grandma's marathon on June 20th and then the Afton 25K on July 4th(?). My plans just changed and I'll be out of town during early July so Afton is out. Fortunately, I'll be able to catch a 10K at the Keweenaw Trail Running Festival on July 11th. I'll get some nice hill runs in while I'm up in copper country. I'll miss the Keweenaw hill race and the 25K of the triple series so I'll give the 10K my all.

--Mark

adding more miles again

I increased my weekly miles up over 45 this week. Next week I'll get close to 50 and I hope by January to be in the 60 to 70 range weekly. Looking back, I didn't quite average 40 miles per week leading up to the Twin Cities Marathon. If my body can handle it, I plan to have an average around 70 miles or so per week. With the extra miles in training, I hope I don't start fading at mile 16 in my next marathon, like I did in the TCM.

--Mark