In 2018, I ran further than ever. It was the first year I’d run three half marathons – Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and Stroud. I got PBs at both Tewkesbury and Cheltenham.
I also kept up a regular eight mile run every week, even when I wasn’t training for a half marathon. In previous years, I’ve just done three four mile runs and a parkrun every week. Now I’m doing two four mile runs, a parkrun and an eight mile run. This is largely down to my husband, who has run with me on a Sunday throughout 2018 and encouraged me to stick with the longer run. As a result, I feel fitter and stronger, and half marathon training feels easier.
There’s really nothing that stops me running – definitely not bad weather! The only thing that would stop me is illness or injury, and I was lucky enough not to suffer with either of those in 2018.
In 2016, I managed 705 miles for the year. In 2017, I managed 736 miles.
So how far did I run in 2018?
- In January I ran 18 times and covered 64 miles
- In February I ran 14 times and covered 53 miles
- In March I ran 15 times and covered 66 miles
- In April I ran 15 times and covered 89 miles
- In May I ran 13 times and covered 88 miles
- In June I ran 18 times and covered 75 miles
- In July I ran 18 times and covered 85 miles
- In August I ran 15 times and covered 71 miles
- In September I ran 13 times and covered 98 miles
- In October I ran 13 times and covered 78 miles
- In November I ran 18 times and covered 85 miles
- In December I ran 15 times and covered 72 miles
So that’s a total of 185 runs and 924 miles – an average of a run every two days, or just over 2.5 miles a day. So I smashed my 2017 total of 169 runs and 736 miles.
(Note that I only record full miles, so most of these distances are actually slightly further.)
In 2019, all being well, I will run my first marathon. So 2019 will almost certainly see me run over 1000 miles in the year and over 100 miles in a month. I also plan to run a few more half marathons and as many parkruns as I possibly can.
January 9, 2019
That’s brilliant, well done! I think I will also run over 1k miles this year but I don’t really record them, I was hoping to do so on my fitbit but it’s rubbish so I’m back to not worrying how far I run. Good luck with the marathon training!
Nat.x
January 9, 2019
Thanks very much, I’m actually really looking forward to starting my training, but resisting the temptation to do it too early! My TomTom records all my miles, but I just like to write them down in the back of my diary, the old-fashioned way! Good luck to you for your training too. x