I’ve logged 5555.5 running [and run-walking] miles since I started In April 2007.
I also completed my second 70-mile week ever this week, roughly 8 weeks after my first.
Tons of mileage volume, but how to turn it into marathon-distance speed is the question I’m struggling with now.
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