The end of an era will be occurring in the next few weeks for me. Alas, I have averaged at least 5 miles a day since I started running "every day" in 1975. (I had run a few miles previously starting in 1974, but only because our basketball coach made us join the cross country team!)
The Good:
My percentage of days in which I have run in my career continues to rise. It is now at a level of 92.4% of days since July 1975. I'm at better than 99% of days since my mother's passing in 2000.
The Bad:
My overall total miles is only at 71,000, a far cry from many others. I'll very unlikely ever make the list of people over 100,000 lifetime miles. (I'll bet there are a lot of cheaters on that list BTW!) Remember, Coach John Lucas had more than 160,000!
The Ugly:
Because of my concern for my knees following the three surgeries, I rarely run more than 3 miles daily. The days that I don't run 3 or the rare instances where I don't run at all are lowering my average quite steadily. There isn't any way to stop the leaks and I will soon fall under the "magic" 5 miles a day mark. Maybe if I quit my job, I would be able to muster enough miles to continue to hover at the 5 level, but who am I kidding?
Actually my daily average has been declining ever since 1980 anyway, so this is all certainly only a figment of an obsessive/compulsive nature.
Many of the people I know who certainly have run more than I have never bothered to keep track. But is there anyone out there who has documented more miles or a better percentage of days? Maybe I'll throw in a "PSU is 800 U" t-shirt for confirmation.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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