Running Farther Each Year

Goal Accomplished

Over the last few years, I have been on a mad dash. My aim is to run farther each year than the year before. I ran 766.4 kilometres (km) in 2024, so for 2025 the goal was 767 km.

Back in 2024, I decided I would run a marathon in 2025 when the tracking was not going so well. So how did I go this year? I did it. I achieved the goal. That brings the yearly running streak to eight years in a row.

Staying the Course

I started the year well and ran the marathon in February. There was a plateau in the running whilst we were on the mini-retirement. I tried to keep the runs going while we were travelling. In July, I ran a total of 20 km. In August, this increased to 44 km as I got running in the Galapagos and Chile. In September, I only ran 25 km. In October, this increased to 54 km.

Unfortunately, I did not get to participate in the run in Northern Patagonia in November. We had to cut short our travels and return home earlier due to a medical crisis. December was challenging as I started getting some knee pain towards the end of the month. I still managed to run 115 km that month. I logged the last needed 4 km on the final day of the year.

Running Farther Again

I do not know how long I will keep at this goal of running farther each year. It would be nice to run 1,000 km in a year. Broken down, that would mean 83.3 km a month, or about 20.8 km a week.

For 2026, I am happy to aim to just run farther than 767 km. I need to give the sore knee a break, so January will see me surfing more than running, most likely. For now, I can celebrate having accomplished the goal this year. Bring on 2026: I will run farther than I did in 2025.