Real David H.

February was, in one simple word, successful. 

I ran more than in January and I continued lifting weights 2-3 times a week. My weight pretty much maintained – I could’ve and should’ve eaten better, but it certainly wasn’t a disaster as I still have a net loss for the year of 5 pounds. 

A few highlights … 

4 miles is the biggest milestone l'll have for a while in this renewed journey. It's now time to focus on getting a little faster and to stop avoiding hills. After a little more than 2 months of gradual mileage increases, I can't continue this slow, one-pace running.

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Run-weights-run is my new favorite workout. It's such a great feeling to be injury free and combine workouts I learned while injured. #RunChat #crosstraining

— David (@realDavidHylton) February 21, 2018

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120 pounds on this machine. 20 more than 3 weeks ago. Feels like I could do more, but I'm focused on the slow, steady increases … and making sure there is ZERO pain.

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I’m now really looking forward to March.

In the past two-plus years, I have not had four straight months of increase in mileage, and after maintaining my patience and running pain-free since Dec. 1, continuing my streak into March will be a major milestone. 

My running miles since starting over on Dec. 1 have been: 

• December: 14.9 
• January: 31.5
• February: 43.7

In February, I got much more comfortable with runs of 2-3 miles and hit 4 miles a couple of times. In March, I’d like to focus on having 3-4 miles feel “normal” again, and get to 5 miles by the end of the month. 

Let’s do this!