1200?

I know it has been a long time since my last post, but I spent the majority of that time recovering from some foot issue (which may or may not have been a bruised bone). To cut a long, long story short, it seems that the effort of running the marathon was too much for my left foot and it took over 6 weeks for my foot to recover completely. I waited for three weeks after the marathon before I finally went to a specialist to make sure I didn't have a stress fracture (which I didn't) and was told that it isn't uncommon for first time marathoners (especially when most of the miles are on pavement/concrete) to have some kind of stress related reaction in one or both feet and that it typically takes 6 weeks to heal completely. The doctor even said that I could immediately return to running on softer surfaces as short runs wouldn't extend the recovery time. I found it painful to walk, so running didn't interest me until week 6 when the pain had nearly completely gone away. It is now 8 weeks since the marathon, and I am completely pain free and aiming to get to 1200 miles for 2011 and an average of 100 per month.

Currently I need 22 more miles in the next 7 days to reach my target!