2014, Run 1000 miles

I'm in. This challenge helped me suck it up and run when sitting on the couch or napping was so tempting.

Well here we go! im in!

I'm in! Responded to the wrong challenge earlier; don't think I can get my 1,000 miles in before midnight tomorrow!

Count me in. The challenge last year kept me running even when I didn't want to run and I hope this challenge will do the same.
karl

I am definately in, excited to try this out.
Thank you for the challenge!!!

Didn't make the 1000 last year, but a 10k this afternoon will push me to my second highest annual total. Don't know what my "true" annual goal is for this year, but aiming high and coming up short is better than aiming too low and hitting it. Looking at 2 half mary's this year and a return to "Tri's" the end of the summer.

Guess that means I am in again (kind of )

I am really hesitant in joining this challenge but at the same time it is quite exciting. With a full-time work and part-time school, it doesn't give me much time to train.
Maybe I could try to be as close as I can to the 1000 miles.

Happy New Year and may 2014 bring everyone health and happiness!

Just got 5.5 mile in to start the challenge..in a light rain.

Edited by KWDreamun 2014-01-01 7:03 AM

Welcome, welcome, welcome!!!!!! So excited to have so many people on the journey!

Several of you have expressed a little hestitancy (sp?) regarding making the 1000 miles but don't worry about it. You must choose a destination before you can begin moving in the correct direction.

It's nice to see some others setting their goals higher too! Adrienne runs crazy great mileage and while sometimes I feel inadequate when I hear about her mileage, it's also inspiring. It's nice to have all kinds of people in the challenge - from this being the first year someone moves toward 1000 miles or whether they run 1000 miles every year. It's nice to have the encouragement, prodding, and inspiration to reach our goal.

Now that we have gotten started, why doesn't everyone tell a little bit about themselves.
1. Name and Logon name
2. Brief bio
3. Maybe a little of your running history

Other things we should always do in this thread is be encouraging. It's perfectly ok to nudge, prod, call out someone but in kind ways. You may have a relationship with someone and can say certain things to them but don't apply those same standards to people you don't know as well. If you see something toward another person that you may not agree with, remember that you don't know the relationship between those two. I'm married to KWDreamun and may call him names when he passes me, but it's all in good fun. Scott frequently calls me out regarding my non-biking but I know it's not malicious.

As far as posting, report here at least a couple of times a month. If you don't report here frequently, your goal will be out of sight and out of mind. It's also important to report back here frequently to get suppot and to encourage/heckle others. Some people may want to report daily and that is great. Also, keep your BT logs updated because it's nice for others to stalk, inspire, see peoples races, etc

Ok, my info.
1. Pam, user name Pink Socks. I started running and training after watching middle school cross country kids wear pink socks in memory of the coach's late wife who died of breast cancer.
2. Wife to KWDreamun, mom to a baseball playing 15 y.o., bad speller, work full time, messy housekeeper, love to read
3. I started running 4 years ago and have since completed ultras, marathons, HM, and other races. I've only done two triatholons and one duathlon and I'm trying to figure out where I'm going with future plans because I'm a horrible biker and while I love swimming for fun, I hate OWS and people crawling over me in races. I love the HM distance and keep saying I'm going to focus on that distance but then apparently I'm a moron because I keep signing up for marathons. I've got a mary in a few weeks. Want a huge PR and if I get it, I may sign up for other marys to hopefully one day BQ. Maybe.

Happy New Year Everyone! Ok, guess it's time for me to go out in the rain and get my first run in for 2014.

Edited by Pink Socks 2014-01-01 9:17 AM

Hello i'm James aka LeCrac,

i'm 51 and a office working person who's just came out of getting rid of a restaurant that i owned for the last 6 years and a drug addiction(which didnt give me time to train). I m back to training after this long vacation. 2007 was my last year of training and have done a few ultras, an ironman, a few half iron, a few 24 hour bike ride and many long distance ows.

Setting my year goal on Virginia Double Anvil in october or the florida one in feb 2015.

I wish everyone a happy newyear full of fun training sessions.

Happy New Year! I am excited about 2014 and seeing where my fitness goes in this bright new year.

I ran 6.5 this morning with my run group. What a great way to start a year!

Mary, user name Chunga after a character my nephew made up in a childhood story he liked to write about.

Nurse, love to read, good friends, travel, Mom to 2 great puppies and 1 indifferent cat.

I started running last year and have had a wonderful time with it. I have my first marathon this April. This is the first time I have ever liked running. I did lots of biking last year and I think it gave me the fitness I needed to be able to run enjoyably.

Happy New Year 1,000 milers!

I'm KWDreamun, married to Pinksocks, I know ya'll will learn to feel real sorry for her.

I'm 52 and jsut started running a couple of years ago. I come from a lifting background and I thought is was always good to run hard and fast all the time, yes I was constantly injured and hated running. You see I'm not real smart, it took a LOT of beating in my head to learn to run properly.

Let's see we have a sophmore son in highschool who lives and breathes baseball so that takes a lot of time too.

We are Parrotheads and even "hashers", we like to have fun. Also I'm not wrapped tight, dry sick sense of humor

Ya'll be careful running and have LOTS of fun!

Hey, all - I'd love in.

Kristen/enders_shadow

I was a runner before I was a triathlete. Never fast, but on & off through my whole adult life, mostly 5Ks and 10Ks.

I started doing tris in 2007, did a full mary in 2009 and got hurt, laid around for a couple years, started back running in 2011. Did 4 half marys in 2012
and decided to get back in tris. Last year I did 4 half marys in addition to a bunch of tris, including an HIM. 2014 is a big year for me - full mary in March, 2 HIM, and then IM Lou. I'll be doing plenty of running this year.

Last year I hit 758 miles running, but this year is going to be more intense, so if my training holds up, 1000 miles will be easily attainable.

I would like to join the challenge, need a little extra push to keep going.

1. Mambos. (Matt)

2. Ex-smoker/couch sitter that decided I needed to get moving or I wouldn't be able to keep up with my 3 kids. And even with all the exercise I still struggle to keep up, but loving every minute of it .

3. Running has always been my strong suit since I started back in 2010, and Half marathon is probably my favorite run distance, but also sign up for anything with a trail in it!

4. I have hit 1000 miles the last 2 years, so like a few of the others my goal will be a little higher, I will be satisfied if I reach 1350 but ultimately I will be shooting for 1500. My plan will be the following distances (10,3,5,3,5,3), I also thought about doing 5 days per week with (11,3,6,3,6) but if possible try to keep it as stretched as possible. Ultimately wanting to average 29 miles per week.

I want to join but right now I have pneumonia and don't know when I will be able to run again. Well, my year will just start later than everyone...lets do this!

OK I am in. I'll do my best.

1. My name is Naimi, logon as Poupen.

2. I am a 32 years old man from France but I have been living in Canada for 8 years. I started getting interested in triathlon in 2012 while I was camping in the Okanagan. I saw the Ironman Canada in Penticton and I fell in love with the idea of swimming, biking and running. I thought about it for some time and decided to start training. I did my first sprint triathlon last summer in Vancouver. I am hoping to do many more this year, Olympics and Halves.

3. I ran a lot when I was a teenager until my early 20s; mostly 10K races and trails. I am not sure why but I stopped running for quite some time and a few years ago I decided to go back to running. I play soccer as well, and I have been playing since I was a kid. It kept me in a not too bad shape. Last year I did my first marathon and It wasn't that great(5h09min). I wasn't prepared well and the last 10K were a disaster. I am hoping to do more running this year.

Happy New Year everyone!

I am in too. Will post mileage both mid and the end of the month!

I'm not sure I can do it, but I'm game to try! I'm still ramping up my mileage slowly, so I'm not quite at a weekly mileage yet to get there, but I'm increasing every week for a while yet, so I can get there and make up fro a slower start.

I won't make 100 miles in January, so that one is out for me, but I'm still continuing a running streak that I started just before Thanksgiving, so I've got a good base started!