Lately I've been reading a bunch of different training plans, etc. I can't imagine all those people who run like 70 miles a week - I've heard about the Pfitzinger 55 mpw plan, and even that seems crazy to me. It's interesting though, I can't help but wonder how that could improve my running.

I feel a bit silly about it to some extent, like maybe I'm trying too hard or something. I mentioned it to Andy, and he said he just runs, doesn't worry about all that. I almost feel like maybe I'm making too big a deal out of all this, but at the same time, I want to push my limits, see what all I can do.
This week was a bad running week for me, I just didn't have much motivation or energy. I wasn't particularly sore after Sunday (I had a few twinges on Tuesday, but not too bad), but I don't know if I just needed a mental break. I'm running alot more than I did last year, maybe it's catching up on me. How funny is it that 30 miles a week is alot more than summer, but it is. My average was 24 miles or something leading up to the marathon. Again, with all the reading I've been doing, most people wouldn't have even said I was ready to run it. So maybe I do have to just ignore what I read..

Because supposedly Meredith and I train too hard, too. When we run on the weekends, we're pushing close to marathon pace. I like it, because I feel like I'm getting used to it. I do understand what the literature says about not pushing too hard, though. Maybe I managed it over the summer because I was taking so many days off for recovery, who knows....