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By kilax, February 5, 2016 6:26 am

A year ago today, we were arriving in Mexico, for a week of sun and relaxation!

I feel so grateful we were able to take that trip, and especially, that we got to do it with our “otra familia”- Gina, Steve, and Luca!

I know quite a few people who’ve taken vacations to Mexico or the Caribbean this winter, and I feel so happy for them! I love seeing their photos on Facebook! It’s cheesy, but I feel like I can take in some of their joy when they share it.

One of my friends came back from Cancún in January and I asked him why he didn’t share any photos of it on Facebook, to which he replied that it’s not really his thing. I thought about it, then felt like an ass for asking in the first place. I knew that about him, and duh, when I went to Mexico, I hardly told anyone I was going, and definitely didn’t share any photos on Facebook (instead I recapped it for WEEKS, here, ha!) – I didn’t want to make it super obvious I was out of town!

So, while I do like seeing those photos on social media I TOTALLY get when people don’t want to share. To each their social media own.

I am excited we get to take another “big” trip this year – to Alaska! Then after that, I bet our trips will stay in the continental 48 for a bit… and probably mostly be to see family and friends. Ha!

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By kilax, January 1, 2016 8:25 am

Yes, I love this Data very much,

but I am actually talking about numbers data. As in, exercise data that really only I care about, but am going to share here anyway!

In 2015, I started an exercise tracking spreadsheet, to use on top of Garmin Connect and the weekly training recaps I post here. I ended up loving using the spreadsheet, and tweaked it a bit as the year went on. You can see a copy of the sheet I created here.

I tracked a lot of info about my runs – who they were with (if anyone), what state they were in, what surface they were on, what time of day they were, and so on. I tracked the coldest and hottest temperature I ran in by month, what I ran in/on (rain/snow/etc.), the amount of doubles (double runs only, not strength or cross doubles), the amount of speed workouts, etc.

I also tracked cross training and strength training, but not in nearly as much detail.

So, I can tell you:

• I ran 309 times this year for a total of 2260 miles. That averages to 7.31 miles per run. My goal for the year was to hit 2000 miles by averaging 40 miles per week. I had 12 weeks where I did not meet my 40 miles goal, however, several weeks were well over 40 miles.
• 95% of my runs were outside.
• 85% of my runs were in Illinois, but I also ran in new to me places this year: Mexico, Minnesota, and Michigan (I also ran in Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Texas). The state I had more runs in after Illinois was Iowa at 4.7% .
• I ran 72% of my runs alone. But when I ran with someone, it was likely Kelly – we ran together 36 times (260.71 miles). Gina and Rachel were the people I ran with the most after Kelly – 14 (93.2 miles) and 13 (117.9 miles) times.

Running selfies! From L to R: w/Kelly, w/Gina, w/Rachel

• 59% of my runs were on paved trails or sidewalk (I think this percentage will go down big time in 2016).
• 75% of the runs were single digit runs, and 25% were double digit runs, but 47% of the total mileage came from double digit runs.
• 49% of my runs took place between 6 am and 11:59 am. The least amount of runs took place between 6 pm and 11:59 pm. Surprisingly, 29% took place between 12:00 pm and 5:59 pm – that was new for me this year. This is the year I became less of a morning runner, it seems!
• I did speedwork 56 times (once a week all year long, plus some extra).
• I did 20 doubles (at least one a month) and 7 bricks.
• The coldest I ran in was 2°F in March, and the hottest was 86°F in July. This is a smaller range than years past – most really cold runs were accompanied by bad road conditions, so those runs were indoors, and it didn’t get as hot here this year!

• I rode my bike 59 times (once a week all year long, plus some extra) for a total of 881.4 miles. 34% of those rides were outdoors, the rest were on a trainer (however, that doesn’t mean 34% of those miles were indoors). 4 of the rides were on a mountain bike, the rest were on my road bike.
• I did cross training 15 other times. Ha. Way to be versatile, Kim. I NEVER snowshoed. Eek!
• I taught 117 strength classes, and did 18 strength sessions on my own <— I’d like to see that second number increase in 2016!

Happy 2016! Hope it’s a healthy and happy year for you!