Running
It was a good month. I ran my first two mountain races and bounced back quickly from both. Two more long runs made 3 weekends in a row I ran 4+ hours with 4,000+ ft of climbing. I’ve steadily improved my time at the local bi-weekly Towers Time Trial (1,700 ft ascent in 3.4 miles run all out). I was hoping to get in another long race (50+ miles) this year, but there’s a number of 50K, marathon, and half marathon trail races in the coming months. And, to be honest, I’m better at those distances anyway.
| Month | Workouts | Total Dist | Avg Dist | Total Ascent | Avg Ascent |
| January | 19 | 192.03 miles | 10.11 miles | 9620. feet | 506.32 feet |
| February | 19 | 227.4 miles | 11.97 miles | 12301. feet | 647.42 feet |
| March | 17 | 192.96 miles | 11.35 miles | 10819. feet | 636.41 feet |
| April | 15 | 155.20 miles | 10.35 miles | 10947. feet | 729.80 feet |
| May | 24 | 252.5 miles | 10.52 miles | 20364. feet | 848.5 feet |
| June | 21 | 224.51 miles | 10.69 miles | 33782. feet | 1608.67 feet |
| Total | 115 | 1244.60 miles | 10.82 miles | 97833. feet | 850.72 feet |

Cycling
| Month | Workouts | Total Dist | Avg Dist | Total Ascent | Avg Ascent |
| January | 4 | 64.74 miles | 16.19 miles | 1114. feet | 278.5 feet |
| February | 1 | 15.9 miles | 15.9 miles | 0. feet | 0. feet |
| March | 2 | 51.18 miles | 25.59 miles | 2115. feet | 1057.5 feet |
| April | 6 | 148.91 miles | 24.82 miles | 6250. feet | 1041.67 feet |
| May | 4 | 73.05 miles | 18.26 miles | 2810. feet | 702.5 feet |
| June | 4 | 70.06 miles | 17.52 miles | 4901. feet | 1225.25 feet |
| Total | 21 | 423.84 miles | 20.18 miles | 17190. feet | 818.57 feet |

Walking/Hiking
| Month | Workouts | Total Dist | Avg Dist |
| January | 11 | 27.72 miles | 2.52 miles |
| February | 11 | 26.8 miles | 2.44 miles |
| March | 11 | 32.72 miles | 2.97 miles |
| April | 23 | 64.33 miles | 2.80 miles |
| May | 20 | 57.9 miles | 2.9 miles |
| June | 12 | 32.55 miles | 2.71 miles |
| Total | 88 | 242.02 miles | 2.75 miles |




You’re knocking out a ton of elevation change! You’d be a monster if you came back to IL and ran a trail ultra here. Scary.