Running With Hart: 100 Miles in November

At the beginning over November I mapped out my month, and saw that I would be running a lot of miles (for me) by default because of the 5 half marathons I had planned. The math translates 65.5 miles of just racing. I figured it would be a good month to give one of those running challenges a try. So I poked around on Facebook and found one that a few other friends were also doing. There was a 50 or 100 mile option. So I took the 100. Because why not?

Turns out for me, running 100 miles in a month *is* a real challenge. Its not that I can't do it, but I normally don't. I run a few times a week at the gym and long on Saturdays. The rest of my time is spent on CrossFit, Jazzercise, or sometimes Boot Camp. I ended up really having to push myself to get in the miles at the gym.

So on November 30 at around 6pm, I finally logged the last 3 miles on the treadmill that I needed to finish the month out, and end at 100 miles.

My month looked like this...

100 miles
>65.5 from half marathons
>3.1 from a 5k with my son on Thanksgiving
>the rest at the gym on the treadmill or track

11 CrossFit classes

6 Jazzercise classes (I feel like I slacked on this activity this past month. Opps!)

2 75+ minute Boot Camp classes

1 Yoga flex class

11.6 miles of walking at the gym on the treadmill or track

Overall, a great month. I think I did really well. For December, I'm aiming for 50 miles. I'll let you know how I do.