160 miles

Its not that many. Its not a lot. But I’m going to run that many more miles by the end of the year.

Let me explain.

I’ve been keeping track of my miles on dailymile (friend me!) since I started seriously running last year. As of Saturday I’ve run 740 miles this year. I’ve been having some troubles staying focused on my running because I tend to do better when I have a schedule to keep. And since I don’t have any major races until the Lincoln Half-Marathon in May I don’t have anything to train for until January. So I need something to distract me. Something to keep me going. Because a wise person once said:

 "Goals are dreams with deadlines.“ ~Diana Scharf Hunt

I need deadlines. I need distinct time frames that I must have things done in. So I decided that I would run 900 miles this year. With about 8 and a half weeks left in the year that works out to about 20 miles a week. Or 4 miles 5 days a week or any variation thereof. So now I have a goal. And I LOVE it. I need structure. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I work in TV News where you meet a hard deadline EVERYDAY. The 5pm news can’t start at 5:02 because I’m a little behind. It starts at 5pm. It actually starts at 4:59:00 here, betcha didn’t know that! 🙂 But regardless, I’m so much happier. I’ve felt like I’ve been floundering since the Chicago Marathon. I’ve needed something to focus on and it feels great that this is it.

Happy election day friends! I’m stuck at work for about 14 hours today! Hope you have a good one!