Monthly Mileage Total Since Age 14

Year	January	Febraury	March	April	May	June
2005						42.5
2006	126.15	155.81	199.04	83.41	94.42	253.16
2007	156.04	173.27	207.91	112.63	131.71	229.81
2008	197.28	208.53	194.04	135.52	111.66	126.61
2009	172.42	181.54	236.22	215.62	192.06	288.06
2010	308.36	297.69	387.33	354.61	217.61	393.5
2011	335.72	330.39	388.63	379.79	252.47	341.13
2012	345.59	329.53	370.29	257.02	269.9	442.25
2013	391.4	362.49	366.28	391.21	401.95	372.38
2014	326.51	299.23	374.94	280.51	274.93	290.34

July	August	September	October	November	December	Total
40	134.33	113.34	113.33	133	75	347.5
265.24	155.83	137.32	143.9	172.97	219.27	2012.77
230.82	184.07	100	134.5	116.49	174.42	1951.67
207.65	206.91	232.65	198.78	138.89	201.11	2159.63
318.47	336.41	312.99	293.39	175.58	252.14	2974.9
393.5	404.94	382.72	389.07	228.03	271.59	3955.69
370.79	402.91	383.55	243.31	102.45	276.45	3771.04
487.99	351.32	316.19	351.24	431.21	405.86	4358.39
391.62	359.03	365.12	353.61	378.24	276.04	4409.37
295.99	287.61	312.09	330.58	218.45	283.28	3574.46

Districts near Fremont Ohio 2005

I started running in March of 2005 on the Tiffin Calvert track team. I am assuming I ran roughly 400 miles during the season but did not start documenting until June. I really began increasing the mileage around my sophomore year in college; which is when I ran most of my personal bests in distances ranging from 3000 meters to the marathon. 

Monks Parakeet in Austin; February 2014

My mileage continued to rise post collegiately when I began training for the Leadville 100. During the summer of 2012 I was running 100+ miles per week consistently while working twelve hour days at Molyet's Greenhouse in Tiffin, Ohio. In July, I moved to Leadville temporarily and lived out of the Mountain Peaks motel. July 2014 remains to be my highest mileage week all time with 487.99 miles.

Districts at Bucyrus Ohio; May 2006

Most of my highest mileage during the mid to late winter and early spring months are in 2013 when I was working in the Rocky Mountain National Park Greenhouse. Whereas my highest mileage in the autumn months occurred in both 2010 and 2011 when I was running cross country for Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. My highest mileage late fall and  early winter months occurred after my first Leadville 100 when I moved back to Tiffin, Ohio for a short time.

NWOCSA meet near Sandusky Ohio; August 2007

The two years that I competed in the Leadville 100 (2012 & 2013) remain to be the highest mileage years of my life. These years are followed closely by my sophomore, junior and senior years in college. Most recently, 2014 was a bit of a down year for me mileage wise, due in large part to the time commitment of Physical Therapy school.

State meet in Columbus Ohio; June 2008

However, I view 2014 as my best racing year since 2011. I attribute this to the quality of the mileage as opposed the quantity of mileage. I started the year by running a 9:17 100K race in Smithville, Texas. After taking a long hiatus from racing, a couple of friends from PT school and I coordinated a track race in Austin. The event was a 3200 meter race in which I would compete against a relay of four people. I ended up losing by three seconds but was happy with my time of 10:36 considering that I had not done a workout pace faster than 6:30 since 2012.

XC meet in Oberlin; September 2010

After a trip to Washington state at the end of the summer I returned to Texas and ran a 50K in 3:52 at Rock Hill Ranch. Upon toeing the line at JFK I was undefeated in ultra-marathon trail running for the year. However, the races were very small and did not hold near the prestige of the JFK 50. Therefore, I was unsure how I would perform on more of a grand stage. I was very pleased with a top ten finish and a personal best lowered by two hours in the 50 mile distance.

10000m in Conway, South Carolina; March 2011

I look to keep the pace fast for 2015 and bump up the mileage a bit more. However, because I will not graduate Physical Therapy school until December, I am not expecting anything extensive. I would like to compete in some races during the year, but time and funds may not permit. At the very least I will try to implement some track workouts and test my legs at the marathon distance. After running a 2:39 for my first marathon in Cleveland I would like to break 2:30 at some point in my life; perhaps 2015 will be that year. 

Hocking Hills 60K with Goose; September 2012

I expect to turn over 30,000 miles for my life time in mid February this year. This is a milestone that I have been looking forward to for quite some time. I foresee this being the shining moment of 2015 in the running realm for me.