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