March Stats

March has been a really great month for me. At this point last year, I was recovering from surgery and now I am in the middle of training for a marathon. I went outside for the longest ride since July of last year and by far the most difficult ride I have taken since the fall of 2011 (19.9 miles on the last day of the month). There are moments when I am doing a 13 miler (yes, I completed my first 13.1 mile run in March since last Jan 1, 2012) or doing speed work or doing sets in the pool (I completed my longest swim since Jan 2012 of 1800 yards this month as well) where I can't even believe what I am doing 7 months post chemo and, more importantly, while going through cancer treatment still! That is amazing to me. I love that my body was capable of doing this. I look back though and realize that I didn't give it an option. I wanted to be back here so badly that I made it happen. Mental toughness is truly most of my success and I knew I had it in me prior to cancer but cancer just made me even more tough. I love when people I haven't seen in a while ask me how running is going and I tell them that I train for the marathon and a 70.3 between 8 and 9 hrs a week and their faces can't register this craziness! I'm extremely satisfied with how things are going and I am excited to see how April goes! So, here are my stats for the month of March - I am extremely pleased!!! Total time training: 32 hrs 22 min with 272.7 miles. Swim miles:5.97 in 4 hrs. Bike miles: 186.9 miles in 13 hrs 30 min. Run miles: 79.83 miles in 14 hrs 53 min.