Q3; way overdue.

This should have been done a while ago. Ideally the day Q3 ended! Anyway, here are the stats:

Days 183-273: 993 miles (10.91mi/day)

Not bad, but I didn't meet my goal of 1,040 miles. Just missed some miles here and there. It all adds up you know. That said, the training and racing was steady and consistent. Race rundown:

Sep 24 - Codfish Bowl "8k" XC race at Franklin Park, Boston, MA 27:00 results
Sep 3 - First NH 10 miler road race, Auburn, NH 57:03 results
Aug 27 - Thomas Chamberas XC race at Great Brook Farm, Carlisle, MA 18:15 results
Aug 20 - Puma 5 miler road race in Westford, MA 26:23 results
Aug 13 - Bridge of Flowers 10k road race in Shelburne Falls, MA 34:04 results
Aug 2 - Yankee Homecoming 10 mile road race in Newburyport, MA 57:24 results
Jul 30 - Carver 5 mile road race in Carver, MA 26:31 results
Jul 17 - Stowe 8 miler in Stowe, VT 44:19 results

That's a lot of races. I don't think I've ever run this many summer races in all of my years running. Fortunately, they all went pretty well. In full disclosure, the two 10 mile races were not "race efforts," but tempo runs in disguise. I went to Newburyport so the club would have a full team, but it was only a few days after Carver. As for the NH one, I was already going up to Conway for the weekend, so we did this instead of a traditional tempo run. As for the rest, I definitely gave honest efforts to run my best. The highlight was Bridge of Flowers. This was my sixth time at this race, and it was my best. The result was a 13 second PR. I'll take it!

The year is almost over now, but I still have some races left on the schedule. As for mileage, I don't think I'll meet the goal of 10 miles a day. Here's why:

Three quarter total: 2,698 miles
First 57 days of Q4: 525 miles
What I need to run for the remaining 35 days of Q4: 395

11.29 miles a day for the rest of the year? No chance. For now, I'll be content with 350 miles. We'll see!

Race schedule for Q4:

Dec 31 - BU Mini Meet #3 at BU indoor track in Boston, MA
Dec 24 - BU Mini Meet #2 at BU indoor track in Boston, MA
Dec 10 - Club Nationals XC in Seattle, WA
Nov 26 - Talking Turkey 6mi XC race in Holyoke, MA
Nov 6 - New England Championship "10k" XC at Franklin Park in Boston, MA 33:33 results
Oct 29 - Johnny Lawson Tamalpa Challenge 4.25mi XC race in Mill Valley, CA 22:51 results
Oct 1 - GBTC Invitational 8k XC race at Bradley Palmer Park in Topsfield, MA 27:17 results