2017 Running Review

This year was mixed again - started well, then out of action with a bad ankle injury that ran through most of April to July and was a big setback for fitness. See 2015 and 2016 for previous years with the same format.

The totals:

• 2192.18 kilometres - 929.92 for the previous year and 3132.14 for the best year
• 168 hours - 72 for the previous year and 236 for the best year

The major events for the year were:

• January
• Rosebud Australia Day - 10km - 38:59 @ 3:56/km
• Feburary
• Warburton - 21km - 1:31:06 @ 4:20/km (not competitive)
• March
• Sri Chinmoy Canberra - 10km - 39:55 @ 4:01/km
• April
• Injured
• May
• Red Bull Wings For Life - 15km - 1:30:54 @ 6:05/km (injured)
• June
• Traralgon - 10km - 39:22 @ 4:00/km
• Sri Chinmoy Albert Park - 10km - 39:13 @ 3:58/km
• July
• Sri Chinmoy Princes Park - 10km - 40:14 @ 4:04/km
• August
• Shepparton - 10km - 39:27 @ 3:59/km
• September
• Harvest Run - 13km - 56:30 @ 4:19/km
• October
• Melbourne Marathon - 21km - 1:27:09 @ 4:06/km
• November
• Bendigo Bank - 10km - 40:08 @ 4:02/km
• City2Sea - 15km - 59:58 @ 4:01/km
• Rotorua - 21km - 1:33:03 @ 4:29/km

There's some interesting patterns from the list. There's one race a month usually, and I've been frustratingly stuck at 4:00/km all year, although the City2Sea result is probably the best since it was over 15 kilometres, and the speed at the Melbourne Marathon wasn't too bad either.

Added 18 new parkrun locations to the list, passed 50 and getting close to 100.

• Albert Park
• Berwick Springs
• Chelsea Bicentennial
• Coburg
• Darebin
• Diamond Creek
• Hagley (New Zealand)
• Hastings Foreshore
• Highlands
• Karkarook
• Maribyrnong
• Marriott Waters
• Merimbula
• Parkville
• Puarenga (New Zealand)
• Sale
• Studley
• Wilson Botanic

Here's a summary of parkruns by year:

• 2015 - 13 starting from June 13 at Westerfolds Park
• 2016 - 29
• 2017 - 48

This is how my 2017 bests compare with all time bests:

• 2017
• 5.00km Karkarook parkrun 18:29 3:42/km
• 9.89km Rosebud Australia Day 38:59 3:56/km
• 14.90km City 2 Sea 59:58 4:01/km
• 21.28km Melbourne Marathon 1:27:09 4:06/km
• All Time
• 4.92km Jells parkrun 18:14 3:42/km (November 28 2015)
• ~10.00km Albert Park VRR 38:30 3:51/km (May 25 2014)
• 14.73 City 2 Sea 56:55 3:52/km (November 15 2015)
• 21.16km Melbourne Marathon 1:23:23 3:56/km (October 18 2015)

For 2018 my only goals are to try and avoid a long term injury and get a best time for 5 and 10 kilometres.