[Trinity1976]

Happy New Year!

OK, so here is your chance to sign up for the challenge of running 2018 miles in 2018, approximately 39 miles per week. Doesn't sound too hard eh?

The 'running week' will run from Monday to Sunday. This year we are fortunate that the year started on a Monday, so the first report will be your mileage up to an including Sunday 7th January.

I will try to do a bar chart once per week, but I'm not going to guarantee to do it by any particular day as that didn't work very well last year.

So who is up for it?

Let the challenge commence!

 

[Sam J]

Count me in.

 

[JohnF147]

Sounds great! I have to say my mileage will be pretty pathetic this week as I'm having a recovery week and playing a snooker tournament this weekend! But after that I'll be on it!

 

[double5]

I will give it a go, I need some motivation at the minute.

 

[steve_c]

I'm in. I ought to be able to do it but I fell short in 2017 due to chronic injuries affecting at least the first three months. This year I already need to be getting up to speed for Rotterdam marathon. Thanks for carrying the torch again, Claire.

 

[Mickeh]

I'm in!

All being well I'll probably jump ahead of the 39/week average in the first few months building up to a 53mi race in April - but hopefully this'll be my motivation to keep at it afterwards

 

[Trinity1976]

So that's six of us so far Hopefully we'll get a couple more to make the bar chart look a bit more impressive.

I have finished my last run for the week - a decent start to the year. 50.14 miles done.

 

[JohnF147]

Only 31.5 miles for me this week as I was mainly having a recovery week, back on it the last 2 days but I basically had 5 days off and my legs feel much fresher for it!

 

[Sam J]

Thanks for doing this again Claire.

Slow start to the year for me, just 40.02 miles. Life and a dodgy toe has been getting in the way of running much. Luckily(?) I've just pulled the dodgy toe nail off, so hopefully I can get a few more miles in next week.

 

[steve_c]

Off to a bit of a duff start here due to dispatching my SO to work in the Netherlands for a year, hence a period of feeling sorry for myself 30 miles YTD to Sunday.

 

[double5]

24.4 miles for me, not been to well so off to a slow start

 

[Stupid Beard]

I think that this is borderline for me, but what the hell I may as well. It's only an extra 464 miles over last year, what could possibly go wrong? :lol:

So far this year I've done a paltry 9.5 miles.

In my defence it's still less than 4 weeks since my last marathon and recovery was (and still is) very much required. I am back to training now though so things should return to something resembling normal over the next couple of weeks.

 

[ilivehere]

I can also join, but I am not sure I will be able to make it. At the moment, I am doing well. As of today, I am at 74 miles. I will probably slow down a bit in May.

 

[cac]

Put me in Please Trinny, I will post running total on Sunday. CAC.

 

[Trinity1976]

Last week's chart:

 

[Trinity1976]

50.07 miles this week. 100.21 miles so far this year.

 

[Mickeh]

Starting slowly! 42.30 and 33.65 for the first two weeks has be at 75.95 in total.

Long run planned for tomorrow as long as the weather isn't total crap otherwise it may get rearranged...!

 

[JohnF147]

44.8 miles for me this week, could've done a bit more, had a steady start to the week but did a HM today to bring the mileage up. Probably aim for 50 ish miles next week but I'll see how I go!

 

[cac]

25.1 mile total for 1st 2 weeks.

21mile this week. CAC

 

[steve_c]

53 km last week, 102 km YTD = 63 miles YTD.

Off to a weak start too, but since there are several others in a similar position I won't drop out I'm getting physio treatment for an upper back problem that makes it painful to breathe, hence the pleasure of running is somewhat restricted right now.