Four miles this morning put me just over 300 miles for 86 runs [right about 3.5 per] at avg pace of 8:38/mile

November & December were spotty, but January & February were solid, including a nearly month-long streak [currently on 18 days]

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Ugh....broken ribs suck!

the oddest thing happened to me. When I broke my ribs I set most my all time 10k PR's (open/tri). Probably cause I could intake more air as an asthmatic? Would I do it again? no way! that does hurt

Rainy here also.

Not gonna lie. I'm looking forward to NOT running tomorrow.

That's the funny thing - when you get to the end you ask 'Well ... What are we going to do now?'

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I'm going to totally rest for 2 days, and then begin an actual run training plan. I've reached a limit for the utility of "xx" 2 mile runs---yes, I know I'm not limited to 2 miles, by rule...but, I'm limited by current physical ability in the context of 3x runs per day.

Congrats to all; I think my next streak will be 30 bricks in 30 days. For this year's challenge I did have to run inside about four times and never had to run in the rain (but did run in snow and ice).

Done…two dreadmill runs. This completes my 2nd ST 100/100. Congrats to all who completed.
I like the idea mentioned by 3TiPaul, 30 bricks in 30 days🤔.

and its a wrap! actually, i plan to just keep going. i finished number 100 today with a 10miler on the dreadmill, clicking up the speed every mile so i negative split every mile. i managed one run every day, not skipping a single day for the duration. fun challenge, and i don’t know why i never tried this before. congrats to everyone else. great job!

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I hoped for an epic last day and the weather did not disappoint; coldest run of the 100 (3 degrees F with windchill (-16 Celsius), also the windiest. Fresh snow, icy streets, watery gray sunlight, just a misery. And yet, a happy victory.

Congrats to everyone.

Can’t remember how many years I’ve been doing this challenge, but I’ll remember that this was the first time I hit 100!

And... Thats a wrap for me. In 4 years of participation, I think this is my second making it to the end in one piece since 2019.

In October and November I'd averaged 15 mpw of run-walk. In the last 4 weeks I averaged 39 mpw for 155 total... All running. I lost 13 lbs, and my weekly average resting hr is down 12 bpm (to 58).

I'm calling that a success. Its good to be back!

As always... I love this challenge, it brings out the best in what ST is. I always love the virtual cameraderie, the mistressk photos, RandMart humor, the occasional dtoce sightings.... Where was slowman and Monty this year? Hmm.....

Time for a Bourbon! Cheers everyone.

I'm taking the next two days completely off. Let my calves rest, and everything else. Today was a bit of a slog. The weather was nice (warm, but nice).

After that, it's back into a 5k focused plan to try and improve a bit further before it gets too hot here for fast running. By mid-April fast race times are likely on hold until October.

Hopefully, I'll make a solid run (ha!) at a good 10k or three in the fall before we start this crazy cycle all over again. Heck, maybe I'll even do a sprint tri or something? Hmmm... I'd probably have to get wet for that.

Anyway, I hope everyone got what you wanted from this challenge...learned something about what you can truly accomplish, or met a new goal... Or something!

Congrats to Bluestacks for a perfect score, and madmike for what looks like just one short.

Congrats to everyone. Too lazy to sync up in the challenge, but was following along analog.

106/100 for 829 miles.

Keep on going everyone!

The 100/100 lined up nicely with my spring marathon build and was what I would have done anyway. I've stayed mostly healthy which has been a challenge over the past couple of years. Just had one 4 day period of no running in late December due to a hamstring strain. I've never been one to chase mileage or doubles and have almost always done my mileage in singles. There was one true double when I had to drop off a car for repairs and a few warm ups/cool downs for races. Ended at 97/100 which is just fine by me.

Plan is to continue to build to 85-90+ in singles before the Eugene Marathon.

Hope everyone feels fitter and faster than before and continues to enjoy the runs. Consistency is the single most important aspect of running fitness.

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Same, I don't know why I never tried this before. I thought I needed a rest day. But now a short run is a recovery run and feels good. I feel stronger and more resilient for doing this.
I started this for the commitment, and it felt so good I'm going to keep going.
I'm not a triathlete any more, so easier to do, and very helpful in training for a 50 miler.

Congratulations everyone! and thank you!

This was my first time joining the challenge -- finished with 46 -- not great, but it's what I was able to do. I had a great streak going at the beginning, but once that broke I never found the consistency again.

I stayed true to my intention at the beginning though, which was to see how many runs I could get during the 100 day period without artificially inflating my total by doing unnecessary doubles and triples to "catch up". I think I had two or three days of double runs, where I ran a race in the morning and then jogged with the dogs later. So those 46 runs represent probably 43 or 44 days of running.

Already looking forward to trying again next year.

Congrats to everyone. This was my first year and had a great time forcing myself to run in the dark and cold (gave up my gym pass so no treadmill after December). I had a streak of over 30 days going at the start which includes IM Arizona, but then the baby came. Finished with 81 runs for over 5km average. I only did 3 doubles and no triples (double on last day only because I didn't count my runs correctly). I have a 5k race Saturday so looking forward to a couple days off before and after.

Looking forward to next year!

well it's done and documented-congrats to all who participated!!

getting out there and moving is good for the soul as well as the body and mind-and this challenge is a perfect way to execute a little time for yourself and your own health. The cardiology world pushes all people to achieve a total of 150 minutes weekly of aerobic exercise for the greater good and lower cardiac risk, so keep on moving

I was personally happy to achieve a silver medal-a first for me, after no medal in 2022 or 2020 with a bronze in 2021. Only the second time I've gotten that beautiful virtual award which only slowtwitchers can appreciate...maybe next year gold?!?

I love it when people chime in and make a comment or two here. It's so much better for those of us who ramble on in this thread to hear more virtual voices. Please keep letting us know you are there.

Props to Tom and kudos to the king-bluestacks, so glad you decided to join (and dominate!)
And wanted to congratulate anyone that was a first timer--this could be the start of something really good



see you all next year......................................................................................................

Congrats to everyone! This was my first time - someone from my tri group told us about it. Several of us signed up which was extra motivating. I definitely got faster and learned I could run every day or almost every day and that a 20 min run is better than nothing. Thanks again for getting me out of the house when it was weeks of below freezing temps in MN!

I signed up, couldn't be arsed to really go for it (weather being a great excuse), but ended up with 47 runs in 100 days, as per the training plan. I haven't had such good compliance in a long time. Finished well into the top 20% of participants in terms of distance run and time (even though I'm training for short course), but it's amazing that 110 people or so, out of the 600 who signed up, managed to tick off the 100. Chapeau bas! and thanks to Slowtwitch for the opportunity.

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Didn't really go for it this year, but finished with my original goal of 101 - all runs outside, usually 1 double per week (to make up for Fridays off), all 5km+ and with a few snowshoe runs thrown in, though the one actual snowshoe race for which I'd registered turned into just a trail run due to lack of snow. Total was about 725km/450mi for the 100 days, which included 13 Fridays off (I did run one Friday around Christmas).

The final run was pretty nasty: a thick layer of sandy snow on the ground, and gusting winds blowing ice pellets and freezing rain in my face. I could have bailed on it since I already had 100 in the bank, but I've never been known for my good sense.

Speaking of which, I've managed all this while also trying to get back into playing hockey regularly again. There's a Sunday night stick & puck at a local rink (no scrimmages; it's basically to work on skills) that I've managed to hit up a couple of times, even after running 3 times from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon.


(That's me on the right, trying not to tear an adductor)

Stick & puck as a goalie is basically a series of penalty shots/breakaways, with multiple pucks on the ice - my husband did some filming and in a 1min clip I faced 13 shots, so multiply by 50mins and it's a LOT of work. Kona in July has nothing on goalie sweat levels, but it's been good for building resilience - similar to the 100 in 100!

Congrats to all who achieved their goals, or just tried something new!

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I was off ST kind of due to biz travel and internet connectivity issues (when I could get on net, I had to prioritize company stuff) and not entirely sure when this was ending so I just kept going on 23 and 24 ! I ended something like 6 runs short of 100/100 but got to over 500km of jogging which was my original goal...early in the challenge I felt that I was straying from my original plan and veering towards the full 100/100 rather than just focusing on getting 500km in, but eventually I settled down and took the odd rest day (typically 1x per week due to swim focus, XC ski, or travel for work).

Sorry for not contributing much on the thread. I was largely a lurker in the thing, and as opposed as I was and still am to straying from the 30 minute minimum, I saw many days when it was valuable given my current state of running rehab.

A day before 100 ended a slight tear in my mcl , test leg out next day and severe loss of power. Looks like 4-6 weeks out

Oh man. That sucks! Hope it's closer to 4!

Hope you're feeling better soon.

Finished my 300 runs in 100 days one day late (on the 23rd). (Only 1 run on the first day of the challenge due to logistical problems.)

How well did it go?

Get back in shape after a long time out and put in my base miles: Great (pulse from low 60s to about 50, comfortable running about 30-60 s/mile faster than before, callouses where needed to avoid most blisters; the problems from starting again after a long time out got fixed after 20-25 days.)

Lose weight: somewhat (trying to get from low 160s down to 145 or less; only got into the low 150s). (And staying in zone 1 (to burn mainly fat) at my age is a little brain-numbing.)

Studying: Treadmill was a great way for me to avoid falling asleep while trying to study some fairly intense material.

Overall: My experiment to see how my body would respond was a qualified success. The first 60 days were quite effective, where I averaged about a half marathon over that time and 15 miles/day for days 31-60. But when I tried to add in biking after that I would always break down and have to back way off the mileage, so that wasn't as good. On the other hand, I found that I could recover and continue training if I allowed my pace to be dictated by whatever I was working through. (Caveat: n=1 here.)

As far as the "brick" idea I saw earlier in the thread:

I think it would be great if there was a monthly thread (think "fishies") where posters could put up their goals for overall training for the month and follow up on it like the fishies threads. (I'm thinking of dev's "Olympic distance per day" thread in June 2021.) I could see types of goals such as average per day or completing a particular tri distance a certain number of days, whatever each person wants to do. For those of us who have neither a training group nor a coach this would be awesome. (Since most of my posts are not replied to, I don't feel I should be the one starting the thread.)

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Tri or tri not; this is no du. (--- with apologies to Yoda.) Slow triathlete who survived Huntsville, Lelystadt, Colmar, Fontanil, and
Szekesfehervar/Lake Velence. Arbor hydration specialist in a kid's park in Monterrey 4 times in the 1990s (and in the pits in 1994).