the week (and the month) in running

I was just rereading my last post, in which I said that the next (this past) week would be a cutback, and I'd aim for upper 50s anyway, and AHAHAHA not really, apparently, because I hit a new mileage high for this cycle of 64.2 miles:

( Day by day details )

( In which I fail to keep the rubber side down on Sunday's long run, ow. )

Then today I ran an easy 8.3 (11:25 pace) on the trails, and everything ached a little but nothing hurt too badly. I decided not to do hill sprints because I still feel sore when I breathe hard, and when I was almost back home my knees and thighs started feeling sore and tired. I am probably going to defer my tempo planned for tomorrow until Wednesday. I don't want to put it off too long, though, because I want to run a 5K on Saturday.

Today's run put me at 254.3 miles for the month of September, which is an all-time high for me! (Not by much; last October I ran 252.8.)