National Runner's Month Challenge

Last month I participated in a Runner's Month Challenge hosted by the health and fitness center at Pioneer. The challenge was simple, use a GPS device to track all miles run during the month of May. As a company, we had a goal of running 4,000 miles. We didn't quite hit that goal but 41 runners did manage to log 3,163 miles.

From a personal standpoint, I logged 103.12 miles for the month which was good enough for the 9th most among all employees participating in the challenge. I really got excited about the challenge and even surprised myself a little. In the past 5 years of running, this is the 3rd most miles that I have ever logged in a month and only the 5th time that I have crossed the 100 mile threshold.

The challenge may be over, but my summer is just heating up. Over the next 2 months I have 4 triathlons and a road race that I will be competing in. For one of those triathlons as well as the 10k road race, I will be representing Pioneer in the Des Moines Corporate Games and looking to help contribute to defending the championship that was earned last year.