Day 61: Half-Way Through 2020 and Half-Way Through GVRAT

Danny Boy starts his Tuesday morning run at a slow, easy pace. And then he slows down some more. And then some more. And by the way, it isn’t all that easy, anyway. Oh, okay. He’ll grudgingly admit that some of the middle miles, whilst doing laps around Brunswick Lake, aren’t all that awful. It’s only the beginning and the end that are ugly. And much of the middle. At least it’s ten. Again.

Since it’s June 30, it’s time to add up Danny Boy’s mileage for the first half of 2020. Danny Boy loves numbers, and has been heard to say, Data is my life. So please excuse all the detail, but he will be having fun with this. He suggests you don’t take any of it too seriously.

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All of these figures include walking miles for the months of May and June. Prior to that, I did not include walking. How much was walking and how much was running? Read on.

• Mileage January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020: 1,879.81 (possibly the most ever for any six-month period).
• Average pace for those 1,879.81 miles: 5.4 MPH or 11:07 minutes per mile (close to the slowest ever for any six-month period).
• Included in the above totals are three marathons (one of them virtual) with times of 4:37, 3:59, and 4:15 (not outstanding, but the 3:59 is okay). Also included are a small handful of other races, that all went about as expected.
• May and June's mileage also counts as part of the Great Virtual Run Across Tennessee. I’ve crossed from West to East, and now I’m headed back to my car. GVRAT caused the inclusion of walking mileage and also a general running mileage increase. Total miles for these two months are: 394.34 for May and 400.34 for June (794.68 altogether).
• GVRAT continues throughout July and August, and I now have only about 473 miles to go. Let’s just hope the creek don’t rise.
• Of those May and June miles, 94.68 were designated as walking miles. Thus, the total running mileage for these two months is close to 700. This means that I’d be ahead of schedule for finishing GVRAT in both directions even without including the walking. But I’m going to keep including it for now, and then later determine whether to continue to include it.

And here's some more date. Enjoy!