So the first thing to remember is that I actually ran two marathons last October, so the number there is a bit inflated. I really, really should not have such a precipitous drop in running days between July and August. Nor should I have thought that cross-training in spin class was a good substitute for runs when I was, you know, training for a marathon.
"Active" is just the total percentage of days in a given month where I was either running or cross-training. Is it any wonder that I felt a little burnt out by the end of last July? Sheesh.
The real test this year will come over the next two months. My goal is to still have somewhere between 13-15 runs each month (roughly 3 days a week, times four weeks, plus a couple extra to make up the difference between 28 days and 30-31 days).
But it's felt much more balanced this year. And I don't know if it's getting more rest days, or starting ice baths sooner,or the foam roller punishing my IT band a few nights a week, but I really do feel much, much better heading into the home stretch than I did in 2010.
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