Review of my Running in March 2010

March . One of my favourite months of the year. The first greenshoots and buds appearing the daffodils and snowdrops in the hedgerows.  It is that sense of new life, renewal , the dawn chorus and the longer days everything feels better and there is a sense of anticipation of whats to come in the rest of Spring and Summer.

How did I do with my running in March? My  stats show

•  a total of 144 miles for the month which is up from 129 in 2009.
• I ran on 19 days 
• My biggest mileage week was 41.5 miles for this week beginning the 1st of March
• My longest run was 13.1 miles on the 21st and 28th of March
• Fastest paced run was my tempo run on the 24th of March 4 miles in 32 mins 03  for 8.01 pace
• Slowest run was an easy run on the 20th of March  5 miles in 45 55 for a 9.11 pace
• My average weekly rate is currently 32.3 miles
• My target for the year is 1400 miles and I am currently up on this by about 68 miles
• Quality sessions - I  ran 2 tempo run, 2 interval run  and 6 long runs in March
• My weight is down from 86.5 to 83 kilos in this month
• No hill sessions recorded which is a weakness for me at the moment
• Races - 1 on the 28th March at Stowmarket Suffolk - Joe Cox Half Marathon
• My tempo run pace improved to 8.05 average mile pace from 8.11 in February
• My easy run pace was slightly quicker at 8.46 miles compared to 8.49 in February
• My interval pace was 7.48 a mile compared to 8.02 miles in February
• My long run pace was 8.47 in March compared to 8.58 in February

Highlight and success of the month must be the Joe Cox Half Marathon. This was my first race since June 2009 and helped to restore my confidence to do road races.