Just finished my final run of 2009. This is the first time in years that I’ve kept track of my training for an entire year. I ended up just short of the 365/365 challenge getting in 359 “official” runs and 2 runs that were under the 30 minute cutoff for a total of 4408.7km in 2009.
Happy New Year Slowtwitchers!
Just finished my final run of 2009. This is the first time in years that I’ve kept track of my training for an entire year. I ended up just short of the 365/365 challenge getting in 359 “official” runs and 2 runs that were under the 30 minute cutoff for a total of 4408.7km in 2009.
Happy New Year Slowtwitchers!
dam Allan, that’s some inspiration right there and good job! Happy New Years to yourself as well.
Just finished my final run of 2009. This is the first time in years that I’ve kept track of my training for an entire year. I ended up just short of the 365/365 challenge getting in 359 “official” runs and 2 runs that were under the 30 minute cutoff for a total of 4408.7km in 2009.
Happy New Year Slowtwitchers!
Dude you must have giant brass nuts. If I tried to run 180 days I would need IV ibu and a full time masseuse. Congrats. Scary. Please tell me you weight 140 lbs. so I feel better.
Right now I’m about 180lbs … was down to 170 for IM Lou and around 174 when I raced Boston. This year was definitely run biased since I neglected swimming and biking a lot in my build up to Boston then had to cram them in starting in late May to get ready for the IM. The past few months have been mostly easy runs without any speedwork at all.
Have you noticed a lot of improvements? Any PR’s?
I figured it out for us U.S. folks and I think if my math skills are correct that translates into 2,739.4391742 miles. I guess we can round it off to 2,739.44 miles for you. Thats alot of miles !!. I hit 2013.1 miles this year after only 3 years base. Man it’s hard to get runs in sometimes but where there is a will theres a way.
Dude, great job. I hit roughly the same mileage but did take off a few more days than you. Amazing consistency.
How are your knees, ankles, and hips? Any injuries? What’s the result? Are you able to run faster or longer? Do you feel overtrained? I’m 175 (lbs for bm!) and I don’t think my body could take it.
Man your old !
I just checked the 365/365 challenge… Finished up with 235 qualifying runs. Surprised myself.
Rank 14
Runs 235
Time 198:26
Distance: 1440.84
Aerobic Pts.: 8355.43
Actually had 260 total runs on the year but 25 must have been under 30 minutes (about 60 miles worth). So short runs, and races (5ks, sprint tri’s).
359 is up there. Congratulations. So what did you run in Boston?
I wonder how many runs I got in? I have some missing runs in my logs in the Spring, so it isn’t worth counting. What I do have logged totals 3,651 miles for the year. Holy crap, just as I typed that it hit me: that is 10 miles/day! …even with the stuff I am missing (i’m thinking 100ish miles). Comes out to 304.25 miles/month, with a high of 438.3 in August (September’s 431.75 had higher mileage per day) and a low of 179.21 in December.
Haha… Making goof y comments and checking back. I totally forgot that it was a challenge. So focused on the 100 run challenge. I was part of this one two. I know there are three or four runs not logged. I honestly cannot remember not running less then 30 minutes on a run this year unless it was a race with my kids. here are my total’s.
bmanners 4 340 259:35 1975.76 13323.95 10.3 mi
I would guess the last two weeks of the 100 run helped a bit.
So depending on where you are in the world, you still have a little bit of time to make up 6 runs. I’m sure the 100/100 rulers could be a little lenient and allow something like 5 mins between runs. So get out there and do 6x30 min with 5 min rest. That’ll be an even 365 and you’ll feel so much better about yourself 
In all honesty, very nice job!
Oops, deleting because I didn’t realize this was an actual challenge. My mileage doesn’t count.
Carry on, nothing to see here.
I forgot to check my number of runs but ran 1900 miles not bad for my 40th year of running. In my more serious days I would come close to 5000 miles a year but I am glad that after 40 years , I am still able to run with no real issues except a couple of foot surgeries one 10 years ago and the first one 17 years ago. No knee problems despite a major surgery close to 40 years ago. The old school knee surgery. I am heavier now in my mid 50’s but still under 170 lbs at 6’ 3". Fast times are long ago but i still love the joy of running. You start a sport because it is fun, then you work to acheive goals, then when you get older you stay with it for the reason you started because it is fun.
I forgot to check my number of runs but ran 1900 miles not bad for my 40th year of running. In my more serious days I would come close to 5000 miles a year but I am glad that after 40 years , I am still able to run with no real issues except a couple of foot surgeries one 10 years ago and the first one 17 years ago. No knee problems despite a major surgery close to 40 years ago. The old school knee surgery. I am heavier now in my mid 50’s but still under 170 lbs at 6’ 3". Fast times are long ago but i still love the joy of running. You start a sport because it is fun, then you work to acheive goals, then when you get older you stay with it for the reason you started because it is fun.
I’m 22 and just finished my 17th year of running. I hope in 20+ years I will be in the same boat as you – enjoying running just to run.
Allan:
Nice job. You logged a lot of miles this year.
I just finished my 365th run in 2009. I was able to run every day this year (at least 4 miles or more), but I only logged 1,811 miles. I started running every day (minimum of 4 miles) back on December 1, 2007. Today was day 762. Last year I logged just over 2,000 miles which was the most miles ever for me in a year. Some time this year I plan on taking a day off just to end this streak…just not sure when yet?
Jason,
I think you are on the right track. While I did not get to run on a top 5 team at D-1 Cross Country like, I did run at D-2 and ran low 31 and sub 2:30 marathons in my younger days. I also raced at a higher level as a triathlete in my 30’s it was a much different sport 27 years ago you would have loved it if you could run you placed high. That is still the case to some point but you need balance in the other sport. it will be fun to track your progress as you advance through the sport. I would focus on your college cross country and track programs as you only get a few years to pass through that part of the sport. At least now we can follow Northern Arizona. Good luck with your training and racing and remember these are sports for a lifetime.
did you do it the tough way or the “easy” way.
IOW - did you only miss six days of running, or did you do make-up runs?
I ran 2:45 in Boston. This is my 32nd year as a competitive runner (although Boston and a relay marathon were the only non-tri running races that I did this year). No injuries except for the odd ache and pain along the way. All those years as a youngster hammering on the track made me run pretty efficiently so as I gained weight on my legs and upper body from triathloning the past 20 years I still run pretty efficiently. I had quite a few double days of running so there were a lot of non-running days in the summer while I did crash IM training. As for PBs … I guess my 2:45 at Boston would qualify as my “over 40” pb but I ran a 2:32 in my 20s and my 3:09 in Louisville was my fastest IM marathon split.
I decided not to do the 100/100 this year since I need to get back to more swimming in 2010 and get my speed back up and I’m too competitive to ignore the spreadsheet 
I will likely keep the run totals in the 90-100km/week range through the winter though but maybe add some more quality. I think that 2010 will be a year for trying to get back run speed and swim speed since I have no IM planned and may buy some spikes and see if I can get my achilles ready to handle national xc championships in the old man’s division.