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January 2007 whisked by in what seemed like record time. I swear the months are getting shorter; the clocks are spinning faster, the nights are being clipped off early, and some mysterious plot has been set in motion to lead us all to believe that it is just our imagination.

Thankfully, January for me was a record month in more ways than its fleetiness. With a return of my cross-training at the same time that I stepped up my running again, the number of hours I've trained for the month is more than two and a half times my previous monthly record. All this with almost a week off due to a nasty case of sunburn.

I've decided, belatedly, to start writing a training review on a semi-regular basis to hold myself a little more accountable to the month's successes and failures.

While these may not happen every month, they should be regular enough to be useful to me in helping to attain new goals. Failures and the lessons learned, problem areas that need work, general attitude - and most importantly, successes - whatever stands out for the month will find itself in one of these review posts. In theory, that should motivate me to work harder toward more positive aspects to report.

So, here we are, at the end of December.

(Mac users, PLEASE let me know whether or not you can see the above graph)