Mile A Day Challenge 2013

Today was the FINAL day of the Mile A Day Challenge, which ran November 28th{Thanksgiving day} through January 1 {New Years Day}. And the plan was to post a pic, of the running shoes, to Instagram every day of the challenge.

I am not capable of running every single day, partly becuz it's hard on my joints, partly becuz it's hard for me to get up that early in the morning, every week day. So I made up my own rules for this challenge. I didn't run a mile, EVERY single day, but I did run enough miles to cover EVERY day of the challenge. I also struggled at coming up with creative ways to take pics and post to Instagram, becuz I ran on a treadmill every day.  But here's a look at MY version of the Mile A Day Challenge:
Day1-1
Day2-1
Day3-1
Day4-0
Day5-2
Day6-0
Day7-4
Day8-0
Day9-0
Day10-2
Day11-2
Day12-0
Day13-1
Day14-0
Day15-2.65
Day16-0
Day17-4.25
Day18-3.25
Day19-0
Day20-0
Day21-0
Day22-1.5
Day23-1.5
Day24-2.5
Day25-3.5
Day26-0
Day27-2.5
Day28-2.5
Day29-0
Day30-0
Day31-2.5
Day32-1.5
Day33-1.5
Day34-2.0
Day35-1.5
GRAND TOTAL -47MILES RUN!!!

The dreaded treadmill!!

Locker rooms, post run.
 I considered just sitting on this bench for a few hours!

The treadmill.

gym bag, shoes, locker room 

Daughter Maddy, joined me at the gym today
This is what you get when you ask her to take
pics for the challenge

A bit exhausted...

ICE
This is why I run on a treadmill

And SNOW
another reason to run inside

Yes, I listen to an old school Zune.
It has 1,000's of Cd's on that thing.
And Music is just about the ONLY thing that gets
me through some of these runs!!!

This day I took a pic of the stationary bike
I still ran, but had run out of ideas for shoe/running pics

treadmill

another angle of my shoes on the treadmill

Christmas Day run.
I didn't get these shoes for Christmas, but they've
been a gift in many ways!!

My new running tank!!! Love this!!
And my shoes are technically in the pic too,
behind me!

The final day of the challenge!!
I ate horribly during this holiday challenge, but enjoyed every minute of it!
My hope was that with all that running, I might not gain too much weight.
Well, considering how much I ate, I only gained 5lbs.
Not too bad!!!

Am I glad this challenge is over? Yes. Will I do it again next year? Most likely, Yes.  I've never kept track of how far or often I run, so this has been interesting. For Christmas, my son gave me a fitness journal/log, I'm kinda looking forward to see what I can accomplish in 2014.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to all of you!!!