May In Review

(Wildflowers on Kohler Mesa.)

First, got a new post up over at Running Times, for those interested.

Now, for the wrap-up:

May Totals
-Miles: 522
-Hours: 73h 18min
-Vertical: 76,100'
-Green: 21
-Bear: 1
-SoBo: 1
-Days Off: 0

2010 Totals (Day 151)
-Miles: 2731
-Hours: 403h 08min
-Vertical: 483,000'
-Green: 154
-Bear: 8
-SoBo: 3
-Days Off: 0

Hmmm...May.  In a way, this was my "worst" month of running of 2010 so far.  The first two weeks were consumed by recovering from Miwok and getting my knee back to a place where it was comfortable with doing a bunch of running again.  Surprisingly, thanks mostly to a lot of acupuncture work with Allison Suddard in Erie, CO, it made a very solid recovery in the second half of the month, to the point where it now feels as good or even better than it did going into Miwok.  I was doing a lot of acupuncture with Allison back in February and March, too, so maybe it's something that I just need to remain consistent with if I want to keep running healthy.

Leading into Western States, less than four weeks from now, I'll be looking to hit two more key long runs interspersed among a whole bunch more 2hr-ish trips up and down Green Mountain.  So, basically, just more of the same stuff that I've been doing all year.  But, this stuff A) is motivating and inspiring for me, and B) seems to work, I think.  At its heart, running is pretty simple, so I try to keep it that way.