500 Mile May
This month Im going to try to really push myself physically and travel 500-hundred miles on foot or bicycle. To accomplish this goal I will need to travel an average of 16.13 miles per day.
A bicycle ride to work gets me 10 miles each way, giving me a potential 20 mile each workday. Except, on Fridays I go to Bread and Roses after work, which is a 6 mile ride. This gives me 19 non-Friday weekdays, and 4 Fridays, so 19 * 20 + 4 * 16 = 444 miles on bicycle.
That gives me only 56 miles to find elsewhere. In my one-hour lunch-break I can fit a 2-mile walk or a 4-mile run. In practice, presently, I can only run about 2 miles. With 23 work-days, that comes out to 46. 444 + 46 = 490 miles. Now Ive only got 10 miles left to make up. This can be done over the weekend, or by walking the dogs after work.
As always, a big factor here is the reality of life. Last weekend Kim came down with a surprise case of appendicitis. That has put the task of transporting the kids before and after work on me for now. So today, the first day of my challenge, I did not ride to work and will not be riding home. I did get a 2.17 mile run in, but thats a far cry from the 16.13 miles I need each day, and not a good start.
Ive also got a conference with Athenas teacher on May 8th, so I will not be riding to work that day, but can still ride home. May 10th I will be participating in Auroras field trip to Saint Augustine. The walking may make up some of those miles though.
I can only assume other life-events will show up, and will have to take them as they come. As strange as it may seem, I dont believe I will actually be able to make my goal. However, Im going to give it my all and see how it goes.
I will be keeping my activities updated at http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S478383Gdyj
You can also see all of my recorded activities on Runkeeper at http://runkeeper.com/user/maxolasersquad/activity/