It’s been a busy year, so I’ve moved to doing quarterly wrap-ups, at least for now. I participated in a lot of unique, scenic and otherwise enjoyable running activities this quarter, so I’m picking “fun” as my second quarter word. And it’s only in quotes because I’m describing a word, not because it was not … More My running word for the second quarter of 2024: Fun
My 2022 year in review post started out with “another busy year of running,” but since I’m just now writing this in mid-February, clearly it’s been a busy start to 2024, as well. Last year, 2023, was a fun year that included 1,175.6 miles of running (as always, I do count — and love — … More Year in Review: Getting faster, running with friends and having fun
It’s been a while since I did a monthly wrap-up, and before I get to my 2023 year-in-review, I’m going to wrap up my November and December running. I ran 100 miles during both months. My total mileage during November was 100.25, during which I again participated in the 100 Miles in November challenge. In … More November and December running wrap-up: Closing out the year with two 100-mile months
It’s been a busy few months, and I’m now ready to wrap up two months of running — September and October! … More September and October Running Recap: Plenty of fun runs and more cross-training
The highlight of my August running was definitely the Brooks Hype Fest, but here’s the full roundup of how the month went! I ran 70.44 miles. This was one of my lower-mileage months, but I’m early in half marathon training and my longest run of the month was eight miles (a 4.5-mile group run followed … More August Running Wrap-Up: Running on both the East and West Coasts
Although July is always a hot and humid month of running, this July was a good one — given the weather. After a lighter-mileage month in June, I logged 101.87 miles in July. While I don’t set a monthly or annual mileage goal, it’s always nice to hit 100. (Spoiler alert — I’ll be back … More July Running Recap: Running more and running faster
June was my lowest-mileage month of the year so far, but it was also a super successful one when it came to my running. I finally ran my sub-8:00 mile. After two-and-a-half years, I finally ran my sub-8:00 1600-meter run with a time of 7:52. This was a big goal of mine, and you can … More June Running Wrap-Up: A goal achieved and plenty of fun runs
Although we’re in the second half of June, I now have some time to recap my May running. Overall, it was a good month. I ran 83 miles. This included a marathon early on, six days of rest, and then nothing longer than five miles at once after the marathon. I ran my monthly 1600-meter … More May brought a marathon, then strength work
April was a great month for me as I prepped for the Providence Marathon, which was this past weekend. I ran 117.2 miles. This was my second-highest-mileage month of the year, after January, when I was preparing for the Algonquin 50K. I ran my fast 1600 in 8:14. Because of the Salisbury Half Marathon on … More April was a successful month of running
After taking a little time off after the Algonquin 50K, March was a time for me to start rebuilding some mileage and speed. I ran 110.5 miles in March. I like to use 100 miles as kind of my baseline goal per month (even though I purposely don’t have a mileage goal so I can … More I started bringing the mileage and speed back up in March
