Sunday, December 14, 2008

Fri, 12th Dec: 1000 kms in 2008

Sometime in April, I realized that if I put my mind to it, it might be possible to do 1000 kms of running by the year end. It was especially gratifying last Friday when I went past that milestone with 2 weeks to spare. I intend now to end the year with a 20 km/week average and hit 1040 which will serve as a nice little tax reminder for me!

This was the 2nd year of serious running for me. I had not logged my runs in 2007. In April, I read an article about an Air Marshal who had logged 89,000 kms since starting his running in his late 40s over a 3+ decade period. I am not afraid of setting lofty goals, but I want to throw in a sense of realism in my goal setting.

1000 kms was the first goal.


I will switch out of metric and shoot for 1000 miles in 2009.


2008 highlights
Number of days ran: 159 days or 44% days of the year
Total Distance ran: 1050.2 kms or 656.38 miles
Longest run: 21.08 kms or 13.1 miles
Best week: Week 42, 33.25 kms or 20.67 miles

Competitions participated in: 2 [Sunfeast 10k and Silicon Valley Half Marathon]




1 comment:

Unknown said...

Suresh,

Fantastic achievement. I remember you and I talking about this at lunch one day. I wish you the very best for the future goals.
Cheers,
Pramodh