July 50 Mile Challenge - Finish Line

Howdy Gents!

Time flies when you throw a clock out the window. Let's check the numbers, shall we? Miles completed June: 105 Miles completed through July 15: 68 (28 bicycling) Miles completed July 16 - July 31: 89 (30 bicycling) Percent of month completed: 100% Percent towards 50 mile goal completed: 314% Percent towards personal 100 mile goal completed: 157% Putting my head down and keeping on digging that trench. Starting to train for 5K race for the cure on August 20. Race is second week of October. Would love to hear how you finished up. Stronger Everyday. -Dan

Hey Dan, Thanks to a 10 mile run on the 31st, I got in 95 miles for the month.  That was great and I think that I hit my goal.  I found two training routes that were just beautiful.  They start at my son's school so I can hit them some more. Here is to August!

Ah Scott. An early inspiration of mine to get into running a bit more. Thanks for checking in.

Yeah I was just thinking it was about time to fess up for July. Thanks for keeping me honest. July week 1: built handicap ramps and deck at my Mom's; no mileage July week 2: 12 miles July week 3: 24 miles July week 4: 22 miles & moved oldest from college apartment (3rd floor; 2hr to load) to storage Does that count as stairmaster time or anything? Total of 58 walking/jogging Registered for American Family Fitness 10 in Richmond VA Oct 13 and Suntrust 8K in Nov in Richmond.  Those are my target to improve from my 1:38 10K in March to 1:10 or faster in Oct. Pokey Joe

Moving a child from a third floor walkup counts as 20 miles easy. Congrats on signing up for the events this fall. I bet you're going to surprise yourself with how well you can do these.

Dan,

While I don't post on your challange monthly, I want you to know that I do appreciate you putting this out there. I started a year ago with this challenge when C.F. was getting this started. It encouraged me to log my miles and set a personal goal each month.

Here is my monthly total miles walking for the last year.

August, 2006 79.5
September 2006 134.5
October, 2006 127.5
November, 2006 145
December, 2006 170.5
January, 2007 105
February, 2007 64.5
March, 2007 107.5
April, 2007 90
May, 2007 110
June, 2007 109.5
July, 2007 123

TOTAL: 1366.5 miles

Approximate average of 114 miles per month.

Once again thanks for going to the trouble several times
each month to make this post and enrourage all of us.

Life is great, Rick

Wow that's a lot of miles this year! Worth a couple of pairs of shoes anyway. Thanks for your kind words Rick. It's nice to know that folks are following along. I've enjoyed watching your progress on your journey. You're doing fantastic.

I'm in for August.  Hope to do 80 miles running and 240 miles (cycling/spinning) in August.   I'm currently training for dualothon on September 15 (1.5 miles running/20 miles cycling/3.2 miles running) and the MS150 at the end of September..  I have about four scheduled 5k runs in August, as well as a couple of cycling centuries.  Hope to get some relief from the heat since I hate working indoors. Going to start reading about extending the running miles since I would like to participate in a half-marathon early 2008. Thanks for keeping us going, Rob

Most excellent Rob. Enjoy training for dualothon. Sounds like a lot of fun!

Hey Guys -

Okay... As usual, no mileage goals for me during the Tri season...
Just getting the required work in to prepare for each race.

Here are my numbers

Miles Last Month (June): 295

Miles July 1 - July 15: 182 miles
140 Bike / 28 Run / 6 Swim / 8 Elliptical

Miles July 1 - July 15: 101 miles
67 Bike / 20 Run / 12 Swim / 2 Elliptical

Total Miles For July: 283

Numbers were a little low for the 2nd half of the month, thanks to a taper week as well as a few recovery days.
On top of all this, I'm still lifting 4 days a week, as well.

One more major tri, this season...
North East Championship Olympic Distance Triathlon
North East, Maryland - Aug 26

A few sprint distance races will be thrown in during Sept & Oct.

Doing the Seaside Half Marathon in Seaside Heights, NJ - Mid October.

And just yesterday, my registration was officially accepted for
The 2008 Eagleman 70.3 Ironman® in Cambridge, Maryland - June 8, 2008
Half Iron Distance - 1.2 Mile Swim / 56 Mile Bike / 13.1 Mile Run

Only 311 Days 'til race day!
S'cuse me, fellas... Gotta go train!

See Ya At The Finish Line.

Be Well,
A.J.