This past Saturday I ran my 2nd Hayes Hustle 5k in Muscatine. My running this year has been at a much reduced level compared to last year. I had 27 miles in since the first of the year compared to 50 miles in 2009. In late January I hurt my right knee and I reduced my cycling and running miles to let it heal.
I didn't think having half the training miles in would have a large impact on my time, but I ended up running a 22:52 compared to a 21:59 last year. It was still good enough for first place in my age group.
Most of the serious runners put in 25-35 miles per week of training, so my measly 27 miles for the first 15 months of the year seems rather insignificant. I guess the moral is; if I want to give up cycling and become a serious runner I might be a serious contender in all the area races.
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