2020 Running Goal - Update #24

The halfway point of 2020 is finally here. The first six months are in the rearview mirror. Officially, I have 181 days completed. I have 184 days remaining in the last six months.

I do know this: I am fatigued. That is for certain. However, with no real injuries to speak of, I consider that a big win by itself and will keep pushing to run, run, run.

With my current total at 794.44 miles, I am 52.34 miles ahead of my pace. (181 days x 4.10 miles = 742.10 miles).

I hope to run all 31 days in July with a tough goal of getting more than 200 miles in one month. I'll need to average about 6.5 miles each day and get lucky with zero bad weather days.

My June 2020 running total of 172.90 miles is my third highest month ever with my top two being 190.31 miles in July 2017 and 200.26 miles in July 2018.

Current yearly stats:

Runs: 153
Distance: 794.44 miles
Total Time: 130h 09m 51s
Avg Distance Per Run: 5.15 miles
Total Calories: 94,991
Avg Speed: 6.1 mph
Avg Pace: 9:49 min/mile

Days Left in Year: 184
Miles Left in Year: 705.57 miles (from 1,500)
Daily Average Needed: 3.835 miles

FINISHED TOTALS:

MONTH	MILES	AVERAGE RUN	TIME (h:m:s)	CALORIES
January	118.66	4.39 mi	19:35:19	15,342 C
February	89.63	4.07 mi	15:17:04	11,385 C
March	119.12	4.96 mi	20:15:33	14,746 C
April	128.97	5.37 mi	22:24:57	15,694 C
May	165.16	5.90 mi	25:53:30	18,613 C
June	172.90	6.18 mi	26:43:28	19,211 C
July
August
September
October
November
December
SUMMARY	794.44	5.15 mi	130:09:51	94,991 C

2020 Running Goal - Update #23

So, the big news is I just passed the halfway mileage mark to my 1,500-mile goal yesterday. I hit 750.02 miles at the end of my run and didn't even realize it until today. It feels good to be 50% done slightly ahead of schedule with about a week left in the month to keep adding to the buffer.

Current yearly stats:

Runs: 146
Distance: 754.13 miles
Total Time: 123h 36m 36s
Avg Distance Per Run: 5.17 miles
Total Calories: 90,471
Avg Speed: 6.1 mph
Avg Pace: 9:50 min/mile

Days Left in Year: 192
Miles Left in Year: 745.88 miles (from 1,500)
Daily Average Needed: 3.884 miles

FINISHED TOTALS:

MONTH	MILES	AVERAGE RUN	TIME (h:m:s)	CALORIES
January	118.66	4.39 mi	19:35:19	15,342 C
February	89.63	4.07 mi	15:17:04	11,385 C
March	119.12	4.96 mi	20:15:33	14,746 C
April	128.97	5.37 mi	22:24:57	15,694 C
May	165.16	5.90 mi	25:53:30	18,613 C
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
SUMMARY	621.54	4.94 mi	103:26:23	75,780 C

2020 Running Goal - Update #22

I've been running hard in June so far. I started the month off deciding to run for one hour every day. I was averaging around 6 to 6.5 miles per day, which was mostly fine with me. My son, without really knowing it, challenged me to run faster at the beginning of the hour to see what I could accomplish.

So, yesterday I took that to heart and started out running faster than I normally want to. It was tough, of course, but I was able to finish with my highest mileage total ever in one hour. I ended up with 7.49 miles and 8:01 min/mi pace. I was oh, so close, to 7.5 miles...maybe another time.

And then to follow that up, this morning I completed what I like to call a 7-mile Negative Train run. Choo-choo. Meaning, every single mile was a negative split, and purposely ran to be about 10 seconds faster than the previous mile. In order, I ran 8:40, 8:35, 8:25, 8:15, 8:03, 7:52, and 7:44, then had a pace of 7:31 when I stopped at the one hour mark. I finished at 7.32 miles.

I'm feeling pretty good with myself. I am about 60 miles from the halfway point of my goal to finish with 1,500 miles in one year.

Current yearly stats:

Runs: 136
Distance: 690.46 miles
Total Time: 113h 42m 23s
Avg Distance Per Run: 5.16 miles
Total Calories: 83,472
Avg Speed: 6.1 mph
Avg Pace: 9:53 min/mile

Days Left in Year: 203
Miles Left in Year: 809.55 miles (from 1,500)
Daily Average Needed: 3.988 miles

FINISHED TOTALS:

MONTH	MILES	AVERAGE RUN	TIME (h:m:s)	CALORIES
January	118.66	4.39 mi	19:35:19	15,342 C
February	89.63	4.07 mi	15:17:04	11,385 C
March	119.12	4.96 mi	20:15:33	14,746 C
April	128.97	5.37 mi	22:24:57	15,694 C
May	165.16	5.90 mil	25:53:30	18,613 C
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
SUMMARY	621.54	4.94 mi	103:26:23	75,780 C