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Originally Posted by cotmfk
Here is my (recent) running history in terms of distances:
2013: Goal 100 miles (FAIL)
2014: Goal 100 miles (HIT)
2015: Goal 250 miles (HIT)
2016: Goal 365 miles (HIT)
2017: Goal 500 miles (HIT)
2018: Goal 750 miles (HIT)
2019: Goal 1000 miles (HIT)
I was super excited about the 1000 miles in a year in 2019. I know there are people out there who run A LOT more than that, but as you can see - only a few years ago I couldn't make it 100 miles in a year.
2020 Goal is 1200 miles! Super excited to take this on.
Anyone else?
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I wanted to update this from a couple of years ago:
2020 was really tough for everyone. Obviously panda happened. It actually gave me more time to run, though - because for a few months (maybe 3 -4), work was really slow, so I worked on trying to get a bit ahead for the year. I used running as a distraction from what was going on in the world and personally. I peaked just under 130 miles in a month in May 2020. Unfortunately, I herniated a disc in my neck in mid-July 2020. It was a weird experience. I was just running on the treadmill, normal pace, not doing anything different or weird. Somewhere in the run, felt a SUPER SHARP pain in my neck. I almost fell off the treadmill. So, I obviously had to take some time off from running. I ended up coming back a bit too fast because I really wanted to hit my goal for 2020 - I took 3 weeks off from running. I started getting back into it, and ended up having fits/stops/starts for the rest of the year because I didn't let myself heal properly. But, I ended up hitting the 1200 for the year goal. I finished with about a week left in 2020.
Since I wasn't fully healed (and I knew it), I took that week off and didn't add to 2020 totals at all. I also took all of January off. I think I ran maybe once in Feb. I started trying to come back in March. My neck was actually better at that point. I was doing strength work - both for running and my neck - during the time away from running. Long story short, I ended up hitting 700 miles in 2021. I had no goal for the year as far as distance. My only goal was to be able to run pain free again. I am happy to say that I hit that goal.
For 2022, I'm working on running 1000 miles. For me, I think 1000 miles per year minimum goal is good. I'm on pace to hit that (a little behind, but not too far to catch up). If I do, I think my goal going forward will be to hit the minimum 1000 per year and supplement that with some speed goals. For example, I ran a 21:20 5k earlier this year. So, maybe in 2023, my goal will be to hit under 21:00 in the 5k or something like that. This is the time of year that I start trying to think of goals for the following year - and use that as motivation to help me hit the current year goals.
2013: Goal 100 miles (FAIL)
2014: Goal 100 miles (HIT)
2015: Goal 250 miles (HIT)
2016: Goal 365 miles (HIT)
2017: Goal 500 miles (HIT)
2018: Goal 750 miles (HIT)
2019: Goal 1000 miles (HIT)
2020: Goal 1200 miles (HIT)
2021: No Goal - Ran 700 miles
2022: Goal 1000 miles - We'll see...
I was super happy to hit my goal in 2020 - 100 miles per month average! That's something I thought was totally unobtanium before. Especially since I was such a FF and wasn't even able to do 100 miles for the year in 2013. Crazy change for me. I'm so much healthier now - both physically and mentally. Running has done a lot for me and my life.