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[[File:Dailymile mileage.jpg|none|thumb|500px|Dailymile.com mileage chart.]]
==Yearly Totals==
{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Miles'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Hours'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Avg Pace'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Num Runs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Longest'''
|-
| 2012||4,091||567||8:19||235||120
|-
| 2011||4,659||623||8:02||251||146
|-
| 2010||4,594||635||8:18||217||133
|-
| 2009||3,937||615||9:22||234||130
|-
| 2008||2,945||465||9:25||276||100
|-
| 2007||2,278||335||8:50||271||51
|-
| 2006||2,937||427||8:44||337||84
|-
| 2005||3,565||459||7:43||363||83
|}
==December 2012==
December had two races ([[2012 Table Rock Ultra|Table Rock]] and [[2012 Freedom Park 24 Hour|Freedom Park]]) so the rest of the month was recovery and/or tapering.
{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Miles'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Hours'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Avg Pace'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Num Runs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Longest'''
|-
| December 2012||334||49||8:48||23||69
|-
| November 2012||298||37||7:31||19||35
|-
| December 2011||507||72||8:29||26||70
|}
==November 2012==
I continued my low mileage approach into November, doing quite a bit of speed work, including [[Medium Intensity High Volume Intervals]], [[Downhill Intervals]] and experimenting with running the [[Tabata High Intensity Interval Training| Tabatas]].
==August 2011==
August continued my experiment with running every day rather than four days per week, which pushed my mileage to a new high. My peak week was 186 miles, running 27 miles for 6 consecutive days. I found that nutrition and recovery becomes critical with this amount of exercise. I'm in the process of writing a page for [[GOMAD grazingGrazing]], the technique I've found helped me with the higher mileage and I believe would be effective for other runners.
I'm not sure if this high mileage approach to training is more effective than training four days per week or not. I'm a lot fitter and faster now than I was when I started, but I've also lost 13 pounds and been doing quite a bit of altitude training with the [[AltoLab]]. I'd like to think that this type of high mileage would change fast twitch muscle fibers into slow twitch, but there seems to be little evidence for that. Running 180+ miles per week and holding down a full time job puts huge logistical and psychological pressures in addition to the obvious physical strain. In many ways, my body handled the high mileage far better than my mind did.
