Day 3,905 —Training Runs in Reflection: 5 Ultras and 8 Marathons—

       I was trying to remember how many training runs I have completed this year that were at least a marathon, but I don’t know off the top of my head. The big one was the Rim 2 Rim 2 Rim at the Grand Canyon. It wasn’t exactly 50 miles, but it was close.

After looking through the data on Garmin, I have come up with the following: 1 100K, 2 50ish, 2 40ish, and 8 full marathons.  

July 1                   67 miles

July 2                  50 

November 9          48 miles

March 17             40 miles

December 6          39 miles

February 18         27 miles

March 9               26.7 miles

July 7                  26.3 miles

February 24         26.3 miles

June 16               26.27 miles

February 11         26.24 miles

December 29        26.24 miles

March 2               26.23 miles

I thought there would be more, but I guess that’s kind of a lot, so that means all together I ran 12 Ultra Marathons and 9 Marathons in 2024. I could have completed more training ultras, but it was difficult to find the time this year. I ended up more often doing 20ish mile runs instead of going after the bigger 50K and 50-mile regular training runs, but I don’t think I have done those kinds of training runs for a couple of years. I didn’t do a personal 100 but did do the Rim 2 Rim 2 Rim, which was spectacular. I would go back next weekend. I plan to do that run again and maybe even try to do a training 100 or some type of R5. I am sure people do that kind of stuff all the time. If I lived closer, I would want to be on the canyon floor at least once a month.