November, done.

2014 miles:1,671
Trailing 365-day miles: 1,779

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The two 16 week training periods (Boston & Philly) are color coded to correspond with one another.

Notes: 1) Aug 13-Oct 13, I injured my hamstring and was spending some time at the gym on the elliptical. 2) after the Brooklyn 1/2 in late May, I began doing speed work, and I had to manage myself through greater soreness over the summer months as my body adjusted, which meant replacing many easy runs with gym work.

I'm always keeping an eye on how many miles I've run over the trailing 12 months.  My gut (and I think I've read this somewhere, but I can't specifically remember) tells me that monthly increases in the 5%-10% range are healthy, and anything higher than 10% might be pushing too hard.  So, I graphed it. 

Mile increases have been comfortable and steady.  Jul-Sep shows growth that is certainly pushing my above the 10% tolerance, but then when I look above at the limited miles I was running in Q3 2013, I'm not very surprised that the % growth for the trailing 12 is a bit higher than I would like.  I have been able to navigate those waters fine, so far, but I've already begun charting this for the Spring training cycle and because I'll be comping decent sized months during the Boston training, the growth should be very close/under the manageable 5% threshold.

Next update from me likely won't come until the end of December.  The plan for the next few weeks is to maintain a base of just 30-40 miles per week, but since I won't really be doing intense long runs on the weekend, I'll look to add a speed day early in the week, as well as participate in additional FHR runs: Tempo Tuesday, Hill/Speed Thursdays, and some medium runs at sub-8 min pace on the weekend.  I would also like to get out for Blue Hill repeats and hopefully some trail running on 1 or 2 occasions this month, conditions permitting.  Basically, less miles per week, but more speed and hill work, and mixing it up a bit with trails, more hills, and possibly some elliptical sessions as well.