Showing posts with label Measurement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Measurement. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Monthly Review - JANUARY 2012

74.2 km :)

A whole lot better than the 0 km mileage in December 2011 and the 0 km mileage in November 2011. :)

My best January mileage since I started running. I logged zero runs in January 2011 (achilles tendon injury) and only one 3K run in January 2010.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Monthly Review - DECEMBER 2011

0 km :(

Unfortunately, due to my torn calf muscle, December 2011 matches my mileage for November 2011 and January 2011.

Physiotherapy month!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Monthly Review - NOVEMBER 2011

0 km :(

Unfortunately, due to my torn calf muscle, November 2011 matches my mileage for January 2011.

Bummer! That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right? Ha! :)

Saturday, November 5, 2011

10, 000 Blog Hits

This blog reached 10,000 hits earlier today. Very, very cool! Thank you for contributing to this number of views since I started tracking them. :)

Unfortunately, I have been a poor blogger of late. I am also waaaaaay behind on checking my favourite blogs, too. :( There's not much to say on a blog which tracks my personal running experiences when I haven't been able to run for 5 weeks! :( I will try to be better at it from this point forward. As one of my DM friends pointed out to me through a PM, recovering from a running injury should be considered a part of training. I was encouraged to think of it this way so I am taking it to heart and will add my recovery notes to my running diary/blog.

Months ago, I spent some time writing and scheduling the twice weekly "Food Rules" posts for up until the end of October (when my race schedule was pretty much wrapping up for 2011). These posts were intended for my days off from running so that there would still be a daily post when I didn't have a regular run or race to post about. However, I didn't have an "in-case-of-injury" contingency plan prepared. :( I am putting a pause on it for now (essentially for the months of November and December), and will resume them (there are 60+ Food Rules in total) once my next round of training starts. I am still trying to figure out what is realistic for me ...

I have a few posts I need to catch up on - my Springbank Half Marathon post which was written ages ago, but went MIA when life became too busy and my home computer died for a few weeks. Time to finish those edits ... I will get this done. :) I have a doctor / ultrasound / physiotherapy update to report on and an overdue Festival City Run draft post, too. Last weekend, I volunteered at the Halloween Haunting Run so I have to get crackin' on this.

So here's to 10,000 hits and counting. :) Cheers!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

BI-YEARLY REVIEW: May 2011 - October 2011


















2011

May = 151.4 km

June = 138.6 km

July = 220.3 km (my highest month-to-date by 40 km)

August = 203.4 km (my second highest month-to-date)

September = 169.2 km (initial injury month)

October = 19.8 km (torn calf muscle month)

TOTAL KM = 902.7 km

Previous Bi-Yearly Review: November 2010 - April 2011
TOTAL KM = 521.1 km

Previous Bi-Yearly Review: May 2010 - October 2010
TOTAL KM = 752.66 km

Monday, October 31, 2011

Monthly Review - OCTOBER 2011

19.8 km :(

Less km than when I resumed running in February 2011 after my achilles tendonitis and Snowmaggedon.

It's a fact of life after tearing my left calf muscle. :(

Keeping my fingers crossed that there will be running between now and Christmas!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Monthly Review - SEPTEMBER 2011

169.2 km

20:00:42

The first time I have run under 200 km in two months.

I ran 32.2 less than last month. This is a result of my taper week for the Springbank Half marathon and the week after, when I was giving my calf muscle seizure a rest from running. It is still my 3rd highest month of the year and my 4th highest month since I started recording so that's saying something! In fact, kind of cool because it was an injury month so it shows how my average runs have increased in mileage overall.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Monthly Review - AUGUST 2011

203.4 km (126.4 miles)

25:19:43 hours

My second highest mileage month to date :)

17 km less than my highest month (July 2011)

I am a little stunned. This would have been a new PR if I hadn't cancelled several of my runs last week, or edited some runs a few weeks back. I am only realizing now that the "Strength Work" phase, with its tempo runs and hill work, does not necessarily mean a significant decline in mileage overall ... but it does explain better, in part, as to why I am feeling more tired these days!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Monthly Review - JULY 2011

220.3 km TOTAL

27:12:13 hours

My highest month to date !! :)
By 40 km+ !!

Wicked !!!!!!!! :)

My next few months will not match this total as my strength training phase and track phase are coming up next.

Nevertheless, I think I will still be logging in my second and third best months to date for the rest of the summer and into the fall.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Monthly Review - JUNE 2011

138.6 km TOTAL

16:36:09 hours

I will set a new record for mileage in July. :)

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Monthly Review - MAY 2011

151.4 km TOTAL

17:50:23 hours

2nd highest monthly total of 2011; third highest all -time :)

Saturday, April 30, 2011

BI-YEARLY REVIEW: November 2010 - April 2011


















2010

November = 172.7 km
(highest monthly total to date)

December = 18.4 km
(when Snowmaggeddon hit at the same time as my achilles tendon injury)

2011

January = 0 km
(lowest monthly total since I started running in March 2009)

February = 25.2 km
(my slow return to running)

March = 145.8 km

April = 159 km

TOTAL KM = 521.1 km

Previous Bi-Yearly Review: May - October 2010
TOTAL KM = 752.66 km

Huh! Interesting ....
I only started recording my mileage mid-May 2010 upon receiving a Garmin Foreman 305 as a birthday gift from my sister and brother-in-law, hence why I measure bi-yearly this way.

Monthly Review - APRIL 2011

159 km TOTAL

18:51:39 hours

This is my second highest total month mileage to date. :) I was 13.7+ km away from breaking my November 2010 record. :)

Due to my current training program, with significantly more hill work, tempo runs, and track work, etc., my May totals will be wonky and lower than this month's mileage. I run my goal 5K race in June and then I plan to take one week completely off from running before starting my half marathon training program. Therefore, it won't be until July (?) when I am in a position to set new mileage records.

But this is the best news of all ... I shaved my time when achieving more mileage:

September 2010: 18:58 hours to run 146.8 km
April 2011: 18:51 hours (7 minutes less) to run 159 km (12.2 km more)

Small, but still significant to me! :) :)

Friday, April 1, 2011

Monthly Review - MARCH 2011


145.8 km TOTAL
18:01 hours

I have to admit, I was VERY surprised when I saw my results for the month. I had no idea that for me, I had run so much !! My previous totals, which made me aware of this ...

1. August 2010 - 127.4 / 15:28 hrs
2. September 2010 - 146.8 km / 18:58 hrs
3. October 2010 - 136.8 km / 15:28 hrs
(when I ran my half marathon)
4. November 2010 - 172.7 / 18:32 hrs
(my highest month to-date; when I started my "10K in 60 minutes" training program)

I am very very very pleased to see how this month's mileage virtually equals the month of September, but that I shaved nearly an hour off the total time it took me to run it! :) :) :) I needed some cheerful news. :)

Monday, February 28, 2011

Monthly Review - FEBRUARY 2011

25.2 km TOTAL

More km than in February 2010 - yahoo!
More km than in January 2011 - yahoo!
Less ~7 km than in December - boo!

Starting block for more running in March - woo hoo !!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Monthly Review - JANUARY 2011

0 km TOTAL
Lowest monthly total since February 2009 :( Breaks my heart!!! :( :(

Friday, December 31, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010

BI-YEARLY REVIEW: May-October 2010


May = 106.56 km
June = 114.2 km
July = 120.9 km
August = 127.4 km
September = 146.8 km
October = 136.8 km

TOTAL KM = 752.66 km

Monday, November 1, 2010

Monthly Review - OCTOBER 2010

136.8 km TOTAL
(for the first time, 10 km less than the month before)

15 hours 28 minutes TOTAL
(for the first time, 2 hours 20 minutes less than the month before)