2025 Year of Running in Review
How'd it go in 2025, running-wise? Volume As of noon on December 31st, I have run 3,061 miles. That's the most I've ever run in a year, so I feel pretty good about that. I got less vert than I did last year, and have still never cracked 450,000 feet in a year. You can see data from most of the past decade below. (2018 was low thanks to a long summer hike and 2020 had the pandemic, injury, and a long hike.) 2025 Races At the end of 2024 I only planned out the first half of 2025: my buildup to Hardrock. Not much else in life went according to plan, but the races did: March 8: Seneca Creek Greenway 50K March 15: Elizabeth Furnace 50K April 26: Lake Sonoma 50 Miler May 9-10: Hellbender 100 Miler July 11-12: Hardrock 100 Miler I wasn't quite as fast at Hardrock as I was eight years ago, but I still had a good day. In the second half of the year I ended up running two more races, where I slightly improved my times over previous ...