50's - Done!

 Yesterday I completed my final run as a 59 year old.  No one can tell what the future holds for me, but I guarantee it will bring slower times.  

2023 - Mileage

 2023 was my 10^th lowest mileage year over the 46 years I’ve been running.  It was my lowest since 2010.  Here are my last 25 years…

 

Graph of 1999 to present

 

Year	Distance	Average	High day	High week	High Month	Streak	Days off
1999	3,276	9.0	28	115	447	141	66
2000	4,380	12.0	62	131	480	114	16
2001	4,816	13.2	50	122	491	122	20
2002	4,154	11.4	37	122	513	108	38
2003	2,606	7.1	18	96	350	107	39
2004	2,981	8.2	33	90	340	89	59
2005	2,363	6.5	32	90	354	89	65
2006	3,506	9.6	33	101	383	247	28
2007	3,786	10.4	27	101	381	254	11
2008	3,506	9.6	20	109	419	145	60
2009	3,260	8.9	27	90	361	175	41
2010	2,830	7.8	27	86	324	157	51
2011	3,872	10.6	21	100	418	205	18
2012	4,702	12.9	22	114	452	252	7
2013	4,246	11.6	22	118	450	243	27
2014	4,067	11.1	24	106	438	159	32
2015	3,365	9.2	26	88	366	204	51
2016	3,532	9.7	27	83	356	106	39
2017	4,232	11.6	32.5	97	398	365	0
2018	3,818	10.5	35	123	401	248	20
2019	2,872	7.9	26.7	94	364	223	92
2020	4,039	11.0	20	96	409	360	2
2021	3,272	9.0	19	96	385	165	73
2022	3,658	10.0	19	94	386	174	28
2023	2,855	7.8	19	96	369	158	84

2022 total

I met my goal of 10 miles per day for the year with 3,658 for 2022.  No complaints on that, with the year starting slowly as I came back from hip surgery and then missing a month in July with the calf injury.

Although I averaged over 10 I very rarely ran over 8 miles in a single run.  I only had 28 runs of 10 or more as I doubled up almost every day.  Keeping the mileage capped seems to be the trick to staying relatively healthy.

Count

Dist  # times

13 1

11 4

10 23

9.5 1

9 2

8 13

7 32

Date Dist Time Pace Notes

17-Apr 13 1:57:33 0:09:03 Dla & Rhoades - Battle road

1-May 11 1:29:40 0:08:09 Franklin - Smith, Clark, Brake, Cox

21-Jun 11 1:57:42 0:10:42 Sunrise run D-la & Dan

26-Jun 11 1:37:04 0:08:49 BFrt D-la

2-Jul 11 1:33:53 0:08:32 BFrt D-la

19-Feb 10 1:22:31 0:08:15 Spence

26-Feb 10 1:15:24 0:07:32 Fudgcicle

5-Mar 10 1:13:53 0:07:23 Spence

13-Mar 10 1:27:55 0:08:48 Spence

3-Apr 10 1:27:25 0:08:44 D-la, Spence

24-Apr 10 1:18:51 0:07:53 BFRT

7-May 10 1:25:02 0:08:30 BFRT

8-May 10 1:16:19 0:07:38 Rockingham

15-May 10 1:29:22 0:08:56 BFrt D-la

4-Jun 10 1:27:21 0:08:44 BFrt D-la

19-Jun 10 1:23:52 0:08:23 Ghost train 

3-Jul 10 1:15:58 0:07:36 Reformatory

9-Jul 10 1:19:40 0:07:58 BFRT

29-Aug 10 1:12:20 0:07:14 Windham RT with 3x1m

4-Sep 10 1:14:29 0:07:27 Londonderry

17-Sep 10 1:19:37 0:07:58 Topsfield RT

18-Sep 10 1:26:54 0:08:41 BFRT

2-Oct 10 1:18:52 0:07:53 BFRT

16-Oct 10 1:24:13 0:08:25 BFRT

23-Oct 10 1:28:50 0:08:53 BFRT

30-Oct 10 1:25:27 0:08:33 BFRT w Spence

27-Nov 10 1:15:47 0:07:35 Rockingham

26-Dec 10 1:30:02 0:09:00 Franklin NH - Ernie/Scott

9-Apr 9.5 1:08:54 0:07:15 Rivah

12-Jun 9 1:25:25 0:09:29 Winni group run

28-Aug 9 1:19:37 0:08:51 Franklin - Clark, Brake, Cox

Half a year

 Almost to the half-year mark and just under 2,000 miles.  Pretty happy with being consistent.  Only 

6 weeks under 80.

Mileage

 I like to run twice a day (doubles) it seems to keep me from getting injured (at least less than when I do all of my mileage in one run.  I'm trying to stay within my cap of 80 miles per week but also trying to get in longer runs as I train for a spring marathon.

Runs over 10 miles

 Extremely rare for me to run longer than 10 miles in one go…
 
1              8/11/2020            17.8        2:36:56  8:49        Ossipee Mountain run
2              10/11/2020         15.9        1:52:21  7:04        Mine Falls (race)
3              7/13/2020            15.4        3:28:56  13:34     Glastenbury Mtn
4              12/25/2020         15           1:47:31  7:10        Alone on the Minuteman trail
5              11/3/2020            14           4:57:30  21:15     Owl's head
6              11/8/2020            13.1        1:23:59  6:25        Manchester 1/2 marathon (race)
7              8/7/2020              13.1        1:48:31  8:17        Gloucester trails & roads
8              3/25/2020            13           1:40:06  7:42        Z-hills
9              5/3/2020              13           1:40:32  7:44        Narrow gauge
10           5/17/2020            13           1:43:34  7:58        Bay Circuit
11           11/26/2020         13           1:47:47  8:17        Northern RT
12           10/25/2020         13           2:07:11  9:47        GSRT
13           9/16/2020            12           1:26:00  7:10        Bay Circuit
14           12/19/2020         12           1:27:24  7:17        Alone, Johnson pond workout
15           5/14/2020            12           1:28:24  7:22        Amesbury
16           12/24/2020         12           1:36:55  8:05        W Dan, new loop
17           11/29/2020         12           1:38:28  8:12        All trails in one
18           9/14/2020            12           1:40:00  8:20        Bay Circuit
19           12/27/2020         12           1:43:36  8:38        7 alone into 5 more with GSRT group
20           5/10/2020            12           1:47:12  8:56        GSRT
21           6/21/2020            11.5        1:25:06  7:24        Methuen RT
22           8/2/2020              11.4        1:43:56  9:07        ECTA reservations
23           9/7/2020              11.3        1:29:16  7:54        Danvers RT
24           9/18/2020            11           1:25:04  7:44        Bay Circuit
25           4/18/2020            11           1:26:54  7:54        Northern RT
26           12/13/2020         11           1:30:26  8:13        Clark's group run in Concord
27           11/22/2020         11           1:35:30  8:41        Topsfield group run
28           10/4/2020            11           1:39:33  9:03        Freeman RT