I've been much better about running every day than I've been about updating my blog regularly.  I've kept good track of my miles, though, and here's the rundown:

Remainder of Week 1
Day (and August) 4: 4.5 miles
Day 5: 1 mile
Day 6: 5.63 miles
Day 7: 1 mile
Day 8: 1 mile

Week 2
Day 9: 1 mile
Day 10: 1 mile
Day 11: 4.5 miles
Day 12: 2 miles
Day 13: 3 miles (intervals)
Day 14: 1 mile
Day 15: 1 mile

Week 3
Day 16: 7 miles
Day 17: 1.75 miles
Day 18: 3.45 miles
Day 19: 1.5 miles
Day 20: 4.75 miles (hills)
Day 21: 1.5 miles
Day 22: 1 mile

Week 4
Day 23: 9 miles
Day 24: 1 mile
Day 25: 5 miles
Day 26: 1 mile
Day 27: 5 miles (hills)
Day 28: 1 mile
Day 29: 1 mile

My goal for this month was to get myself in the habit of running regularly.  When work gets busy or when I have other things going on, it's all too easy for me to tell myself I'll run later in the week.  Which would be fine if I actually meant it, but unfortunately what happens is that if I push off running until later, I don't get around to it.  By forcing myself to run every day, I make myself find time even when I'm busy.  For example, Mondays are busy for me because I go straight to my knitting group from work, and stay there until 10.  If I'm going to run on Monday, I have to do it before work.  And I'm not a morning person, so if I'm not committed to running every day, then I'm likely going to hit snooze at 6:30 a.m. rather than get up to go running.  But having made the decision to run every day, I dutifully get out of bed on Mondays in time for a mile or two before work. 

The way it's working out, I do a long run on Sunday mornings with friends from work.  We're all training for the Philly Distance Run on September 20, but my friends are also training for the Philadelphia Marathon in November, so usually they go a little further than I do on Sundays.  Monday is a 1-2 mile recovery run, just to loosen my muscles.  Tuesday is a morning run, when I trick myself into running more miles than I feel like doing so early.  Wednesday is another recovery run, and Thursday is either intervals or a tough workout including some killer hills.  Friday is a recovery run, and Saturday is an oh-my-goodness-I-can't-believe-how-far-I'm-running-tomorrow run - which usually translates into 1 mile.  My 31 miles of August ends on Monday.  I plan to keep my Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday workouts, but I'll be a little more lax about the other days, and probably give up running on Mondays - it's probably better for me to give my muscles a break. 

Oddly, the biggest challenge this past month hasn't been the running - it's the waking up early several days a week.  I'm used to going to sleep around midnight, but I just can't get by on 6 hours of sleep.  Close behind that in difficulty is the inherent challenge of running hard workouts in August in Delaware.  These past few weeks it's been horrifically hot and humid, and I'm hoping that after training in this weather I'll be in better shape once the weather gets better. 

Now, it's time to get ready for my 11-mile run tomorrow morning!