Taji 100 Fun Stats

I'm pulling these stats from my Taji 100 tracker and my Garmin account. I can't trust my Strava numbers as I can't edit them and indoor running always comes out less on the watch than in reality.

Before all this started, in January I ran 8 times for a total of 22 miles.

Total Miles: 102.85

Avg Pace: 15:28

Avg Miles per Day: 3.7 miles

Avg Per Week: 25.7 miles

Total Number of Activities: 43

Total Calories Burned: 8,700 (about 3 dozen donuts worth)

Miles Walked: 25.34 (all these miles were from activites when I set out to walk, warm ups and cool downs with running activites are not counted here)

Highest Mileage Day: 10. 2 miles on Feb 10th

Lowest Mileage Day: 0.53 miles on Feb 22nd

Longest Run: 6.7 miles on Feb 10th

Weather Stats according to Garmin

Lowest Temp: 1 degree on Feb 2nd

Highest Temp: 61 degrees on Feb 4th

Highest Wind Speed: 21 mph on Feb 9th 

Monday Feb 25th had warnings of wind gusts up to 60 mph 

Days I ran/walked in Snow: Feb 12th and 25th

Taji 100 Achievements Earned: 75

Taji 100 : Week 4

As I did in the previous posts for week 1, 2 and 3. Here is the break down of week 4

Week 4 started off with 1.65 miles from the previous week. I was honestly starting to get fairly tired. In January I ran 22 miles, in February I ran more than that in the first week. There is value in a rest day or two.

On Friday I went for a 1 mile walk at lunchtime, but ended up needing a bathroom trip at the half mile mark and didn't get back out to walk the remaining. This was my shortest distance day.

Fudgcicle Award!

Saturday was the last Fudgcicle race, called the Twosome. Everyone races with a partner and placing depends on total time. I ran with my buddy Phil, our team was Chasing Our Hero. Afterwards we headed to Deli King for breakfast(well I drank coffee, stupid food allergies) and the awards for the race series.

I knew Sunday's weather was not going to be nice, so I managed to go for a short walk with Moxie(yes, I once again carried my 9lb dog around on the walk). An hour or so later Alex mentioned a Pokemon Go event and a special Pokemon you could only get from field research. I threw on my sneakers and ran to the nearest Pokestop, then back home.

Sunday's weather was cold rain, yuck. Alex and I headed to the YMCA with the children. While the children played in the adventure zone, he and I ran on the track.

Monday was a busy afternoon of errands with the boys. It was also the start of school vacation week. We went to the Merrimack Y that afternoon so that the boys could use their children's wellness area, while Alex and I did his running workout. A few hours later I was at Winter Warriors and ran another 5 miles, which helped make up for the lack of miles over the weekend.

At Y after Sunday's run

Tuesday was a lunchtime walk on the Y track again.

Wednesday I was starting to get worried. I knew I would succeed but I wanted to avoid walk/running Thursday night trying to finish up the last miles. After work the family went back to the Y for the boys to play and for me to get some miles. Alex joined me for half of them with his running workout. I felt good leaving that day. I joked that even if I woke up sick the next day I could manage to crawl the remaining miles at home, even if I did it in half mile segments.

Thursday the 28th.  This was it, this was the last day. I felt good. I had some time management mistakes that day that lead to free time landing differently than expected.  Early afternoon we went to the Y for a walk since we had some time. All that was left was Winter Warriors that night.
Phil picked me up from work and we arrived early.  We headed out for a half mile warm up, and then back in to run with our groups. Halfway through the run I knew I was done. I still ran a bit more.

Garmin Monthly Summary

Final Count: 102.85 miles!

Taji 100: Gratitude

Before I dive into details, I just want to share this:  I DID IT! I ran or walked 100 miles in February!

Now for some acknowledgements, because I didn't do this alone.

Thank you goes out to

My Husband Alex: He joined me on many of the mile walks, encouraged me to go out and join people for running, took on more than his share of the childcare so that I could go run, and made sure that I ate enough to keep going. He also looked the other way when I got behind on laundry.

My Running Friends: Many of these miles were run with company. If not for my friends checking in on my progress, inviting me to run and encouraging me to run "just a little more". Huge shout out to Phil, who did all of this and more.

Fleet Feet: Thank you for hosting Winter Warriors. Two nights each week of scheduled social running gave me an anchor and a higher likelihood of making 8 miles a week. Group running makes cold winter running easier, shared misery and all that. Along with the running, they ran a donation drive for the Nashua Soup Kitchen. Each run I was able to help others.

Gate City Striders: Thank you for hosting the Freeze Your Buns series. Committing to a 5k every other week helped add to the miles.

Greater Lowell Road Runners: Thank you for hosting the Fudgcicle Series. While I grumbled about how early I had to wake on a cold winter morning, not only did the races help with the miles but I had a great time socializing afterwards.

YMCA of Greater Nashua: Thank you for having an indoor track at each facility. That track was my oasis from the cold. Knowing I could go there at lunch or after work, and just walk a mile. The convenience of not having to change into workout clothing to walk, the lockers readily available to hang my coat. There were also several evening treadmill parties when it was too cold to be outside, let alone run, plus chance encounters with friends.

Taji 100: Thank you for hosting this virtual race, for all the work you do in the back ground to make this happen. Thank you for every virtual achievement badge, I loved collecting them as the month went on. I can only imagine how much work organizing this race is.

The run down of my last week will be in a separate post.