I just finished another pair of shoes (500+ miles), which meant that in addition to starting the new pair, I saved and exported the old pair’s mileage from my iPod so that I could start the count anew with the fresh pair.

As mentioned somewhere previously on this blog, I’m not actively going for a new mileage record this year (which has been incredibly demotivating), mainly because I’m pretty sure my entire family would want to throw me in the river if I were to obsess over mileage even an iota more than I did last year.

So when I checked my mileage progress for this year so far as I entered the new miles in my little spreadsheet, imagine my surprise when I found this:

• Cumulative miles from January 1 to May 2 in 2023 (my record year so far): 2040.27
• Cumulative miles from January 1 to May 2 in 2024: 2125.24

UM.

But then I realized that 1) I had not yet bumped up my daily mileage to 18 miles in 2023 by this point in the year, and 2) I had not yet run a marathon distance in 2023 by this point in the year, whereas I’ve done multiple marathons, multiple 50 Ks, and a 60 K so far this year.

Still, though, I was not expecting the mileage to be that close and for 2024 to be (even a little bit) higher.

I’m going to have to try really hard not to use this as a sign from the universe to go for a new mileage record.

Really, really, really hard.

Also, I’ve taken over 101 million (recorded) steps since I moved to Calgary, which is pretty sweet.