Here's a run chart depicting total miles over each week as I built up to the Yakima Marathon. The blue represents running miles, red cycling miles. I try to combine the two to reduce impact. I fell short of averaging 40 miles a week. Looking back, sickness, injury, work and family life had their impact. Being consistent was and is super tough. I could improve my consistency by becoming a monk or winning the lottery. Not likely. A less stressful option is to make 80% of my runs a quality, purposeful run. A run that will move me to the next level.
Measuring that's tough. The watch has been the time honored way to predict out comes. I can see that in the shorter distances like the mile, 5k or 10k. But so far, predictions to hit my marathon time haven't come true. Frustrating and thought provoking.
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