I keep track of my workouts pretty religiously. When I was doing a lot of weight lifting, I would write down my max set (weight and reps) so I could track my progress. Rather than round up or down for a class I taught, my handwritten workout log would say something like "Step aerobics, 51 minutes." Never 50 minutes. 51, thankyouverymuch.
Now that I track my workouts online, it's much easier to chart yearly totals. For example, running. (This is totally not a hypothetical example. I already graphed it this morning, out of curiosity.)
I started running in 2005. Since then, I have run 4,859.5 miles. The breakdown is:
2005 - 708.6 miles
2006 - 601.6 miles
2007 - 594.0 miles
2008 - 886.5 miles*
2009 - 725.8 miles
2010 - 654.0 miles
2011 (to date) - 689.1 miles
Assuming about a 60 mile December, I'll be around 750 for the year. Not bad, I guess, considering I did one half marathon and way fewer races in general.
*Not surprisingly, my highest year was 2008. I'm not surprised because that was also the year that I lost a TON of weight (and looked damn good, if I may say so myself) and saw times on the track and in races I may never see again. Dare I say there's a direct correlation (for me at least) between total miles and paces? It sure seems like it.
6 comments:
That is some impressive numbers, congrats
great running volumes!
I've noticed the same thing: more miles = better pace.
Awesome job on the mileage!
Overall that's some pretty consistent numbers I would say. Awesome job for so many years of running!
It is cool you been logging miles so long. 750 miles is a solid year!
I haven't been logging long enough to see a correlation between miles and speed but am trying to increase my mileage so I can find out.
That is so neat how you've kept track of your miles! I use workoutlog.com, but there are so many times where I don't wear my Garmin and have no idea how far I've ran...or I just run, log in 1hour run and forget about it.
I totally agree with you about the more miles the faster you go -- I think the same is true with just about everything! The more of something you do, the better you get at it. :)
750 miles!! WHOOOIEEE Baby!!! :)
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