March 2010 Recap

Marathon recovery is going great, but you wouldn't know I just ran a marathon with the level of exercise I've been doing this past month. I started swimming 3 times a week and biking to work 2 times a week (soon to be 3), and that is on top of running 3-4 times a week, including long runs of 6-14 miles every Saturday. I've been neglecting yoga, core, and upper body strength though, so I need to juggle things around in April to fit those in.

March Stats

• run / walk = 86 miles = 17 walk + 69 run; longest run 11 miles
• bike = 135 miles; longest ride 14.5 miles
• swim = 5 miles / 8100 yards
• total = 225 miles in 40h 25m (avg 1.3 hrs / day)

2010 Goals Progress

The year is 25% over, so anything around that percentage means I'm on track to meet that yearly goal. In some cases (e.g. swimming and biking), I know the totals are low during winter months but they will increase drastically during spring and summer and I'll make up the difference then. Full stats in miles and percentage of goal accomplished are below, followed by a chart for those who prefer visuals :)

• run/walk = 269 / 700 miles (avg 89/mo; 21/wk; 38%)
• cycling = 163 / 1750 miles (avg 54/mo; 9%)
• swimming = 5 / 60 miles (8%)
• tri 2010 challenge = 436 / 2010 (22%)
• total exercise hours = 110 / 365 hours (avg 1.2 hrs / day; 30%)
• 101 things = 7/30 done (23%); 11 in progress (details in separate post later)
• maintain weight around 125 lbs = spiked above 125 the last 2 weeks, but still mostly within "maintenance" range of give or take 2-3 lbs and I'm back to 124 lbs today.

March Accomplishments

• Winter Park Road Race - 8.2 miles Distance Dare - New 10K and 2 miler PR!
• Recruited 33 people for our Corporate 5K team at work (including a few friends and family)
• Began swimming again
• Began biking to work again

Goals for April

• run/walk 58 miles (14/week)
• bike 2-3 times per week, at least 146 miles (34/week)
  
• swim 3x a week and finish 0 to 1650 program (swimmer's mile)
• exercise 30 hours (1 hr/day)
• blog at least 3x per week
• eat vegetarian (or at least pescatarian) for the entire month 
• swim lessons every Saturday for next 4 weeks -- hope to learn breast stroke and bilateral breathing
• planned fitness events:
• 04/15 - Corporate 5K
• 04/11 - World Record Bicycle Parade
• 04/17 - Earth Day 12k or 5K (maybe - if I don't do the 6K)
• 04/18 - Dow Live Earth / Run for Water 6K
• 04/24 -  Run for the Trees 5K (PR?)