3000k total!

Added up the mileage from all of my blog posts and also from my training plans for the HM in Tsukuba and Tokyo Marathon and got about 2800k. That was from August, and I started to get somewhat serious from April before that, so I think a 3000K estimate total is fair and possibly conservative.
Anyway, a decent number for a year and a half of running. Had a lot of weeks with very little and even no running because of injuries and recovery, but hopefully that will subside.
What have I learned after my miles so far? Well, I do feel like my body recovers faster now from long runs, and when I have gotten hurt, my body tends to heal faster than I think, but that is probably at least because I tend to be pretty fatalistic every time I get hurt.
Rest is important, having weeks with less mileage is important. Speed workouts are tough, but important. My core muscle/back exercises are important, and I really wish I could do more resistance work in a gym, but the time just doesn't allow. Mixing in biking is good, although I've really only been doing that with commuting.
I'm faster than I imagined I might be, but know it would take a lot of time and hard work to be much faster, not that that has been my goal, but it is fun to be able to run fast. Running 100k when I am 40 is not impossible, but would take a ton of training time, which probably would not fit well into the family balance.
I wish I could run more in the hills and in nature, but now is not the time, hopefully sooner than later.