400 Days Complete

Day 400 - February 4, 2010

I am 40% of the way to 1000! Nothing special today - just 3 easy miles after work and getting the kids dinner and off to bed. I'm going to try and make the most of the next 100 days and log at least 425 miles. That will put me at 2000 miles for the first 500 days.

So, here are the totals for the first 400 days:

Total Miles: 1575
Total Time: 203:58:34
Average Pace: 7:47

Check back tomorrow and Saturday to see how the running goes with 20-28" of snow in the forecast - should be fun!

When the streak gets tough

Phew -good thing I posted about the benefits of running at night the other day.

On Wed, I started a flooring project at a friends house that turned into a much bigger job than anticipated. On Thursday, I worked until about 8:30pm and finally got home to run at 9:30. I was sore and tired and barely managed to get 2 miles in. On Friday, I worked until 10:00pm and got home and out the door at 11:15 for a run in the rain - nice. Saturday was again going to be a busy day and we had family coming into town, so I knew an evening run was out of the question. That meant a 7am run before heading out to work on the floor. I was so tired and cramped from the last two days that I could barely stand, let alone run. It was the most pathetic 1.3 miles I have ever run. Thank goodness the first 25 days of February went better than the last three.

But, I kept the streak alive and I'm ready for March. Now I just need the wife to get home and watch the kids so I can go out and run in the falling wet snow - so much for spring.

Totals for streak through February 2009:

Days run - 59
Total Miles - 216
Total Time - 27 hours, 43 min, 02 sec