2020 Year In Review
Looking back at 2020 it was an eventful year and didn’t turn out like anyone expected!
At the start of the year, I was continuing my life of not exercising (which I had been doing for many years) and generally just getting more unfit and more unfit. That was about to change; I decided to join the gym!
So the first couple of months of the year I was going to the gym - primarily going on a bike in spin classes. Surprisingly I was enjoying it!
But then COVID hit and I started working from home. Originally I thought this would be only for a few weeks (how wrong was I!).
As I had the exercise bug and still wanted to do something, I decided to try running. I had tried running in the past, mainly on treadmills, and never got into it and never managed to run 5km without walking. Things were not looking good, but I wanted to do something.
So I went on my first run. I managed to run 4.9km without stopping! I was so impressed with myself, I went out again 3 days later and did the same.
That’s how it started. I gradually went further and further (and faster and faster). I quickly change my cheap Nike running shoes for a comfier pair of Nike running shoes. Two months in I ran my first 10km and then at the end of August, I ran my first half-marathon.
To say I was enjoying it was an understatement. So as I’m approaching 40 I was looking for a challenge and the opportunity to run an ultramarathon begore I’m 40 was too good to pass up. In December, I entered an ultramarathon for May 2021!
Year In Numbers
- 4 pairs of running shoes
- 25.3km longest run
- 42.6km furthest in a week
- 161.2km furthest in a month (December)
- 964.7km total distance
Month | Distance (km) |
---|---|
January | 0 |
February | 0 |
March | 30.2 |
April | 88.6 |
May | 113 |
June | 93.9 |
July | 100.3 |
August | 95.6 |
September | 84.9 |
October | 92.4 |
November | 104.6 |
December | 161.2 |