This was my 4th highest mileage week. Coming in behind only my 100k race, 100 miler, and the week of my 31 mile birthday run.

The coolest thing about it was that I was able to do it all M-F and take the weekend off. I’m still getting up early and using that extra time to get longer runs in at lunch, then my back-to-back 20 mile commute was icing on the cake. I only impacted one evening with the family, pretty sweet to be able to pull that off. I’m optimistic that I can keep finding creative ways to get in a high volume of training.

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Yesterday I did something I had been thinking about for the past several weeks. I ran home from work.

The shortest route I could find was just a hair over 20 miles. Not a bad way to get home. The tough part was getting up at 04:00 and heading out the door to run back the next morning!

Except for some icy conditions in some areas, the running wasn’t too bad. I took it nice and slow, and enjoyed running in the dark. I saw one shooting star.

I’ll probably try to incorporate this routine into my training on a more regular basis. I’m just blown away that I pulled this off in the beginning of January!

This was about 6 miles into my run home. Still smiling…