Poll of the Day > I've run 1,075 miles so far this year. Trying to get to 1200 by 2022.

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I started out the year a little slow and it does get hard to run in the winter between trying not to die on ice and having to come in early to plow the snow if it dumps enough on us. Once I started picking up the miles midway through the year I wondered if I would be able to get my monthly average up to 100 miles and I've gotten close enough I think I can do it if I push a bit during December and if the weather helps me so I don't have to come into work at 2 AM so I can get a 10k in before my normal start time at 5.

Clench is rolling in his grave rn

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He gave up running right?

What is the destination?

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Destination is always the same, back home. I did look to see how far away from home my radius has taken me and it looks like I am nearly to Miami, Florida from where I'm at in Michigan.

I also had my dog Odie with me for nearly all of it. He went on a bit of a hiatus when my wife was home on maternity leave and he knew he'd get a couple walks a day with her. The butthead would refuse to come down with me in the morning so I had to run alone in the dark for a couple months.

And I would walk 500 miles
And I would roll 500 more

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6.3 more done by 4 AM this morning. 119 to go for December.

1000+ miles? I call



/s Nice job, you can make it!

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Running is good.

Eating well isn't.

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Better get cracking at it, Forrest Gump.

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One time I went to a dinner party and out of the 8 people there 4 were runners. Worst 3 hours of my life.

Solid Sonic posted...

Running is good.

Eating well isn't.

Oh god, I don't eat well most of the day. Just try and shove calories down my throat. Tasty, tasty calories.

Gradieus posted...

One time I went to a dinner party and out of the 8 people there 4 were runners. Worst 3 hours of my life.

We are a super annoying people. Something breaks in your brain when you start running where you lose any ability to stop yourself from talking about running despite knowing no one gives a fuck. Also, most running stories involve black toenails or someone taking a shit in the middle of a run.

I've run 0 miles this year.

Well, that's probably not entirely true, since I've occasionally like jogged across a parking lot or something and have probably racked up at least 1-2 doing that, but I'm fine with rounding down.

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hockey7318 posted...

We are a super annoying people. Something breaks in your brain when you start running where you lose any ability to stop yourself from talking about running despite knowing no one gives a fuck. Also, most running stories involve black toenails or someone taking a shit in the middle of a run.

I could try running but most of the year is impossible to run in this state. I'd like to tell stories like that.

I did accidently take my niece's cat for a walk in early spring this year though.
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Put your fitness tracker in a paint shaker

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Revelation34 posted...

I could try running but most of the year is impossible to run in this state. I'd like to tell stories like that.

I did accidently take my niece's cat for a walk in early spring this year though.

Yeah, it helps that I'm in a fairly flat part of Michigan and I live in a neighborhood that if I hit absolutely every bit of road and cul-de-sacs I can eke out 6 miles without backtracking. That way I've got almost no car traffic to worry about and the only limiting factor is weather and my health.

Speaking of, my daughter is sick and has passed that along to me. I am not a fan of running in the cold with a cold, but I still think I can get it done.

113 to go.

hockey7318 posted...

Yeah, it helps that I'm in a fairly flat part of Michigan and I live in a neighborhood that if I hit absolutely every bit of road and cul-de-sacs I can eke out 6 miles without backtracking. That way I've got almost no car traffic to worry about and the only limiting factor is weather and my health.

Speaking of, my daughter is sick and has passed that along to me. I am not a fan of running in the cold with a cold, but I still think I can get it done.

113 to go.

I just meant from the Arizona heat. I could walk to a fairly big park in about 10 minutes from my house.
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Yeah, the worst heat I have to deal with is maybe 80 in the early morning on our worst days of summer. I have run when it was something like -10 F, but cold is far easier to deal with than heat considering you can only take so much off to cool off, but I can always bundle up a bit more.

That's close to 4 miles every day. That's pretty good.

I rode my bike 2000 miles :)

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I didn't run on Sunday because I didn't sleep more than 3 hours, but now I've got it down to 100 miles remaining.

Odie was psyched for the run on Saturday and had us cruising at a pace of 8:06/mile for 7 miles. Then he was begging for more so he went with my wife when she got out for a run too.

4 marathons that's a cakewalk should be able to knock that out in a week

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you shouldn't run away from your parental duties.

Just tell them you're getting cigarettes. Then you can calmly walk away from your parental duties.

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If I did that, then who would get baby Vivian her cigs? Her mom sure as hell won't. She's still pissed that Viv found out she can blow smoke into one boob and watch it come out the other.

well its about time she moves out, gets a job and buys her own tobacco, don't you think?

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You're right, she has been mooching for nearly 6 months. Actually 16 if you count all that time in the oven. Plus I had gone 32 years without ever being shit on and that streak has been reset twice since she came around. Time for her to move out.

However, Viv did impress me last week when I was holding her while I peed and she puked up a huge load of mucus and managed to hit the bowl perfectly. Only had to clean up a little off my arm!

Impressive. You should send her to boot camp with that aim.

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I wonder what kind of money I could get for a baby assassin. She'd be good at it if she could stop herself from farting every couple of minutes. The worst part is they smell identical to her mom's farts.

I miss when PotD was more about threads that got derailed because of idiot savants like Kimbo.

Good times.

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A very snowy 10k this morning. Odie was psyched and every quarter mile or so I'd hear his teeth scraping the cement as he scooped some snow up to eat on the run. I could barely see and it slowed me down a bit, but I'm glad I got the run in instead of having to come in early to deal with plowing the snow..

Gradieus posted...

One time I went to a dinner party and out of the 8 people there 4 were runners. Worst 3 hours of my life.

Good lord.

Can confirm.

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You can do it, the goal is already done on my screen.

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