Brendan Runs Marathons

I just ran 66.20 miles this week (the highest mileage week in my life by 6 miles), and I feel great. I have run 13 days consecutively without break. My body feels fresh. There really is no pain or mobility issues. Now it’s time to reflect on what’s been done on this cycle and look forward to the future. Reflections There are less than 7 weeks left until the Illinois Marathon. I haven’t written a blog posts in the last 3 weeks since I’ve been busy with school and research. Surely these three weeks have been crucial for my training. I have been thinking a lot about my future as a runner, the goals I want to accomplish, and the races I want to run. One resolution that I made for myself for the New Year was to run more easy mileage and try to reduce my volume. I have in fact met the first resolution but definitely not the second. This is pretty conclusive based on some data that I have. As a graduate researcher, you basically design experiments