November may very well have been my successful running month ever, but not because of a race or certain mileage. The fact that I could run injury-free the month after doing a marathon means more to me than any PR or mileage mark ever well.
After two previous marathons that left me questioning everything about running, my post-Baltimore Marathon experience has me more excited than ever before about what’s ahead.
November was a great month to run just to run, something I haven’t done in a while. It was fun to run however far I felt like going, how fast or slow I felt like going and to do a couple of races with no major pressure.
I ended November with 67.7 miles and now stand at 957 miles for the year. After today’s run I now have less than 40 to go before hitting 1,000 miles.
This month will be somewhat of a transition from running for the fun of it to getting back into training mode for the Shamrock Half Marathon. It’s nice to not be as concerned about building my mileage again — I have a great base that I can just feed off of to quickly get to double digit runs in January. I feel like I can put my focus on quality runs rather than certain miles. That said, I fully expect more mileage for the upcoming training period than I have before for a half.
I also need to get my diet under control this month. December is ridiculously hard to do that, but my biggest focus will be not going overboard. With the Holiday Run Streak in tact, running won’t be an issue — it’s the cross training things I still need to do, as well as putting down seconds of the great holiday meals.
Real David H. 
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