Month 7 Recap - past the halfway point!

Yesterday marked the end of my 7th month in working towards my goal of running 1,000 miles by the end of this year! 

See recap below:

I completed 98 miles this month...the highest mileage month so far, compared to: 

90 in June

61 in May

64 in April

89 in March

76 in February 

80 in January

For a total of 580 miles to date. 

Hopefully I only have another month or two left for running on the treadmill. It's way too hot to run outside in Texas, and I really miss running outdoors. 

I hit my 500th mile on July 12th and it was an awesome feeling of accomplishment. 

I have 442 miles left until I reach 1000 and 153 days left to do it, which comes out to 2.9 miles a day - totally do-able! 

8/1/2013: Miles run - 558 of 1000. Miles remaining - 442 of 1000

Almost to 500

9 Days into July and I have 11 miles to go before the halfway point! I have 6 miles scheduled for tomorrow and 4 for Thursday, so it should happen by the end of this week. Yippee!

7/9/2013: Miles run - 489 of 1000. Miles remaining - 511 of 1000

Month 6 Recap - Halfway point!

Yesterday marked the end of my 6th month in working towards my goal of running 1,000 miles by the end of this year! 

See recap below:

I completed 90 miles this month compared to 61 in May, 64 in April, 89 in March, 76 in February and 80 in January, for a total of 460 miles to date. The highest mileage month so far!

I made a running calendar this month, which I think really helped me to stay on track and get my mileage numbers back up to where they need to be. My time has been a little slower than usual because I've been doing mostly all treadmill runs due to the Texas heat. I'm always so much slower on the treadmill, but it's pretty much my only option. 106 degrees...no thank you!

My goal was to get 80 miles in this month so that I could get closer to the 500 miles halfway mark. Thankfully, I was able to pull out 90 and now I am "only" 40 miles behind from being on track. I can easily make those up throughout the 2nd half of this year!

Bring on July!

6/20/2013: Miles run - 460 of 1000. Miles remaining - 540 of 1000

Mid-Month Update

Quick update - still goin' strong! Haven't missed one day of running yet this month (other than my scheduled rest days...which were planned). If I keep it up and stay on track, I'll hit 450 by the end of June! 

6/20/2013: Miles run - 419 of 1000. Miles remaining - 581 of 1000

Back At It

I'm slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things with my running schedule. After seeing my May results and being disappointed in the low mileage, I made my running schedule for June and am proud to say I've stuck with it and haven't missed a day yet! It feels good being productive and making a dent in my miles again. 

I did 9 miles yesterday, which was the first time I have done any kind of long distance since my last half marathon at the beginning of May. It was pretty rough, but I finished in under 1:30. It started off fairly overcast, but then the sun started shining and it became brutal, quick!

If I stay on track with my running schedule I made for June, I'll be around 450 miles by the end of the month. A little short of my 500 mile goal by the end of month 6, but I know I can make those up in the second half of the year!

6/10/2013: Miles run - 393 of 1000. Miles remaining - 607 of 1000

Month 5 Recap

Last week marked the end of my 5th month in working towards my goal of running 1,000 miles by the end of this year! 

See recap below:

Talk about another low mileage month! There was quite a bit of a gap between May 5th and 13th due to recovery from the Pittsburgh Half Marathon. My knee was killer after that! 

I completed 61 miles this month compared to 64 in April, 89 in March, 76 in February and 80 in January. 

My low mileage is a bit discouraging, as I wanted to do more this month than April because my knee has been feeling better. But with it starting to get hotter out and after starting Insanity mid-May, I found more excuses coming my way. 

I need to get back into making a running calendar to schedule out my runs, instead of just estimating what I need to do, or saying "Oh, I can do more tomorrow to make up for it" (which never actually ends up happening). The calendar worked for me the first 3 months, so I am going to make a schedule for June tonight. If it's too hot outside, that's why we have a treadmill (even though I'm not a big fan of it)! I'm going to suck it up!

Also, by not having a race scheduled this month, it may help me gain more mileage for June. When I do races, it does give me more miles at one time, but I end up having to take almost a week off to recover..which puts a damper on the month and those rest days add up quickly!

I was really wanting to be at 500 miles by the end of June, since that marks the halfway point, but I'm not sure that'll happen. I am going to try and get at least 80 miles this month, which would bring me up to 450 by July, 50 miles behind schedule...yikes! I feel some 2-a-days coming...

Thanks again for the support and any advice is welcomed to help me keep pushing!

6/4/2013: Miles run - 370 of 1000. Miles remaining - 630 of 1000

Florida, Here I Come!

Today is my Friday! I'm off to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida tomorrow with Jon. I'm so excited, even though the forecast is showing rain. :-/ STILL it's a vacation, and it's much needed. Plus, I haven't seen him in 2+ weeks so I'm excited about that part as well :)  We are staying in a hotel right on the beach and then renting a car on Saturday to drive down to Key West! I've never been anywhere in Florida other than Orlando for Disney World (which doesn't really count), so I'm pretty pumped. 

I was going to do my May recap of my mileage today, but Jon and I may run some on the beach this week, so I want to make sure and count those before I do my recap. I'll post it up sometime next week when I get back.

Last week, I blogged about the Reebok Spartan Race. The lucky winner of a free race entry is Nicki, at Four Paw Savings blog. Congratulations! I'll be emailing you the race code. 

Have a great rest of the week!

5/27/2013: Miles run - 363 of 1000. Miles remaining - 637of 1000