2015 Mileage Goals

     I realized in the last few days that I've passed 1.5 years of training. One of the most important progressions that I've worked on in the last 19 months is mileage building. My absolute main focus for the long term is the full marathon distance and running good times over 26.2 takes hefty, consistent mileage. The track workouts, tempo runs and shorter distance prs are important too, but mileage is king for me. When I was googling about how high I needed to build my mileage, I found this article and liked the perspective: http://www.runningfreeonline.com/Gear/Details/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/175/Mileage-Matters
 The above article is a lot different than this interview with the legendary Coach Joe Vigil: http://www.coachr.org/gospel_according_to_joe.htm
 Very technical approach to marathon training for Deena Kastor, the American record holder in the marathon. I like crunching these types of numbers for myself but don't have access to anything other than the usual running gear and a Garmin 110. I already spend too much time analyzing my running, so that is just fine. I just started coaching high school and like his observation that he coached high school for 12 years and was just getting started in coaching at that point. 
     Starting in December of 2013 I started a slow build (10-15 percent a week) with the goal in mind to reach a consistent block of 100 mile weeks by summer of 2015. I've found that I have to stay at a certain mileage level for a number of months before I can build to the next level. Right now I'm ranging from 70-80 pretty consistently and have recently decided to stay there throughout the rest of Cleveland Marathon training. I'm running through a persistent state of tiredness on this mileage and I know pushing it to 90 or higher would have a negative effect on training. I will aim to build to 90 per week for the month of June, after recovering from Cleveland and then build to 100 for Akron Marathon training. Akron is my goal race for 2015! Below is a breakdown of mileage from March 2014 through March 2015:

March 17:       40
March 24:       41
March 31:       50
April 7:           46
April 14:         48
April 21:         33 (taper week for two 5ks: 20:03 and 20:09)
April 29:         50 (no taper for 19:45 5k)
May 5:            50
May 12:          54
May 19:          43
May 26:          40 (taper for 1:32:37 half)
June 2:            49
June 9:            49
June 16:          54
June 23:          52
June 30:          38 (taper week for 19:02 5k)
July 7:             35 (taper week for 32:36 5 mile)
July 14:           52
July 21:           55.5
July 27:           55.5
August 5:        55
August 11:      54
August 19:      64.5
August 26:      48
September 1:   45.5
September 8:   50 (including 3:07:26 marathon)
September 15: 35
September 22: 60
September 29: 55
October 6:       53 (including 1:24:42 half)
October 13:     63
October 20:     50 (including 18:44 5k and 39:00 10k)
October 27:     68
November 3:   70.3
November 10: 73
November 17: 60.9
November 24: 78
December 1:    49.5 (taper for 5:22 mile)
December 8:    70.4
December 15:  80
December 22:  74.4
December 29:  60.1
January 5:        66.2
January 12:      61
January 19:      56 (taper for 5:26 mile)
January 26:      74.7
February 2:      70.8
February 9:      77.5
February 16:    65.8 (taper for 19:01 5k)
February 23:    75.8
March 2:          66
March 9:          71
March 16:        80.5
March 23:        72.3