2025 miles in 2025—check

mtwarden

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For the last 6-7 years I've made a goal of hiking as many miles as the year; this year the goal was 2025. Happy to report that I hit that goal today :)

I was thinking about changing the goal last year as I'm getting older and the goal miles increase every year, but thanks to @Marbles I've decided to keep it going.

I have to thank my little buddy Tiny Elvis who accompanied me on the lion's share of miles. He's little, but tough :D

My biggest month was May with 253 miles; mostly due to the Bob Marshall Open (my ninth year) and pre-scouting for the event. Highest week—83 miles. Lowest mileage day was 3 miles, highest 32. Lots of elevation gain/loss over the year, probably in the 300,000' range. Some miles on snowshoes & x-country skis, lots of miles with a backpack on. Most exotic miles—Kauai :D

I feel blessed that I was able to do this again and hope I can keep the streak going for next year.

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What he did is impressive. It comes out to 5.5 miles per day (2026 miles/365 days). Even in my prime before kids, I never came close to that. With two toddlers, I'm lucky to average a half-mile now. One word comes to mind—DEDICATION.
 
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