{"id":949,"date":"2016-05-01T11:52:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2016-05-01T11:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:52:08","slug":"just-a-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"Just a recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright, I ran yesterday<\/a>, but really didn’t feel like posting still. Still don’t really, but it’s International Labor Day. So let’s just run down the stats:<\/p>\n

It was 120+ miles for the month of April. I’m at 588.49 mi (947.08 km) for the year so far. That’s a pace to hit over 1700 mi (2735 km) for the year, but that won’t happen. I am slowing down starting in May. I said I wanted to get faster this year and putting in tons of miles (relative to what I’m used to) is not the way to do it! So far I’m averaging 147 mi (236.6 km) per month, which is over 20 miles more than usual, which seems insignificant, but not so much when you realize I’m not driving that, I’m running it. There are people out there who run a lot more than I do, but they’re mostly professionals, faster than I will ever hope to be and make lots of money off endorsements and stuff. I’ve only made money off of one race and that was due to fortunate coincidences of free entry, plus a medical study. Most of the time this stuff costs me lots of money! But I appreciate every step I can take, even the really painful ones. So we’ll see where we end up for the year, remember there are no mileage goals this year, just going to try for a sub 20 5k, even if it’s just a training run. But I’m not going to hurt myself doing that either.<\/p>\n

Ok, it’s Labor Day (for the rest of the world, the US doesn’t support this “Commie” holiday) so I’m taking off to enjoy the rest of my day. I have some push ups to do too. Here’s a union guy, and an awesome band from PA, check out Wisdom in Chains, they’re on tour now around the East Coast.
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