Life has been busier and busier with the two boys so while I hoped to ride a lot this year, I couldn't really expect to do. The year started out slow and I didn't really start riding until the younger child could sleep late. He started to do so and I started to do ride when he did. That sleeping late was 7AM and that started right after the summer solstice. That meant I could leave for a 25 mile ride after sunrise and still get home before the little guy woke up. I started almost all of my rides by 5, even after the sun failed me (I started riding with lights, reflector vest, and a lot of caution). I continued this pattern late into the fall and this is what my year looked like, by miles:
500 miles (590, really) before July 1
500+ miles in July
500+ miles in August
500+ miles in September and October
and 50+ miles in November and December
Everything after July 1st would not have been record breaking for me but would have been a very decent year. Still, 2200 miles was beyond an optimistic goal for me. I also ran 350+ miles, most of that in the first 4 months of the year, and had a reasonably good finish time in the Feaster Five run on Thanksgiving (8 minute miles), even though I didn't put on more than 50 miles since May. I also used our trainer in the basement for about 20 hours in the late winter and early spring. I didn't start until February this year and already started back on it for the winter. Not that I am abandoning running; I ran 6 miles this morning. I'm hoping to keep up both cycle training and running all winter and maybe, just maybe I will get some skiing in this winter. I was invited on a half marathon ski race this winter and I'd do it if I get a trip or two in before then ...
500 miles (590, really) before July 1
500+ miles in July
500+ miles in August
500+ miles in September and October
and 50+ miles in November and December
Everything after July 1st would not have been record breaking for me but would have been a very decent year. Still, 2200 miles was beyond an optimistic goal for me. I also ran 350+ miles, most of that in the first 4 months of the year, and had a reasonably good finish time in the Feaster Five run on Thanksgiving (8 minute miles), even though I didn't put on more than 50 miles since May. I also used our trainer in the basement for about 20 hours in the late winter and early spring. I didn't start until February this year and already started back on it for the winter. Not that I am abandoning running; I ran 6 miles this morning. I'm hoping to keep up both cycle training and running all winter and maybe, just maybe I will get some skiing in this winter. I was invited on a half marathon ski race this winter and I'd do it if I get a trip or two in before then ...
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