2019 YEAR IN REVIEW

2019 will soon come to an end.  Time to look back at the training log and summarize the year...  but first a quick update on the last few days of training.

TRAINING UPDATE: 

Saturday I rode the stationary bike for 45 minutes.  With that ride I pushed my yearly time total to 75 hrs, 43 mins, 00 secs, narrowly eclipsing my 2018 total by 14 minutes and 24 seconds.

Then Sunday I ran an abbreviated long run of 8.10 miles.  Tried to take it easy and not over-stride and aggravate the hip injury... probably ran too fast but felt good the whole time:

8.10 miles

1:04:19

7:56 pace

8:08, 8:03, 8:09, 8:01, 8:00, 7:57 (into the wind), 7:54, 7:22 last mile.

Temps in the 50's so I could run in shorts and a t-shirt (In December!).  Harsh wind from West to East.  It's pretty much high wind every time I run this time of year.  Based on my standard routes, it mostly effects the ends of my runs where I'm running straight into the wind.  Makes me feel like I'm standing still.  I try to bear down and stay focused and build mental toughness during these stretches. The wind is pretty typical for the area and will continue til May so I guess I better learn to love it (like I did with hills).

INJURY UPDATE:

Got my symptoms pinpointed to the "rectus femoris".  Definitely a hip issue, probably from over-striding on my 15 mile run.  So far I've been able to run through it if I don't run too hard.  Doesn't bother me too much while running and seems to be slowly improving.  We'll see how stupid running a 5K tomorrow turns out to be.

RUNNING YEAR IN REVIEW:

•  801.6 miles for the year
• 110 hrs, 41 min, 40 seconds of running
• 165 total runs
• 4.86 miles per run
• 15.06 longest distance 
• 2:02:18 longest duration
• 6:20 fastest mile
• 20:25 fastest 5K
• 1st place in Age Group at goal race
• First trail race
• Max week 40.79 miles
• Max month 152.09
• 104208 estimated calories burned

Stationary Bike Update:

• 75:43:00 total time (00:14:24 more than 2018)
• 47940 estimated calories (7431 more than 2018)
• 90 rides  (23 less than 2018)
• 10.55 cal/min (1.61 cal/min more than 2018)
• 1:20:00 longest duration
• 808 most calories
• 12.975 most cal/min (30 minute minimum)
• 12.4 most cal/min (1 hr minimum)
• 384 most cal/min HR Control (37 more than 2018)
• 532.67 cal per rid (174 more than 2018)
• 0:50:29 average duration per ride (10:24 more than 2018)

Overall summary:

• 255 total workouts
• 152148 total calories burned
• 16638 avg steps per day on the year (minimum of 12500)
• 186:24:40 total hours working out (7.75 days)

Not a lot to say in summary except that I feel good about my progress but feel even better about the future.  Hoping to really bring it in 2020!