Muddy Out and Back

2017 has been a good running year for me. I love stats and being on Strava and having Garmin Connections gives me loads of data to oggle over. I set myself a goal of running 2017 km in 2017 that goal is now 2018 km. A good early year of long runs meant I was ahead of my target by a good margin. This would prove to be a benefit later on as I seemed to lose my motivation from August and not get it back until November. Monthly Distance 2017 Three of the four ultra distance races were also in the first half of the year, again adding to the overall distance for the year. I like to finish the year off with a good old run and this year was no exception. Having signed up for both the 50 mile and 100 mile Chester Ultra races I need to put in some serious training to make the 'events' as painless as possible. Oh I'm not kidding myself, I will have  low points in both events but I'm hoping the physical and mental training will help me survive them. Therefore, the last