The challenge rules are super flexible and accommodating to all types of self-propelled miles, and some people count treadmill miles, mall walking, and other indoor activities. However, I am going to stick to the original idea: you can get miles by walking, biking, snowshoeing, hiking, cross-country skiing, kayaking, whatever “self-propelled” outdoor activity of your choosing. Walking your kids to school. Riding your bike around the block. A weekend backpacking trip. Those miles all count. You just gotta be outdoors and moving. You can do a mile a day... or 7 miles a week, or save your 365 miles for a long thru-hike. Therefore, for the purposes of this log, I won't be recording the distances I cover when swimming laps or using the elliptical trainer.
This is just the good stuff!
- Weekly Total: 10.3 miles
- Hike: 2.3 miles (Woodchuck Hill Preserve)
- Cross-country ski: 1.5 miles (Green Lakes solo)
- Snowshoe: 1.3 miles (neighborhood woodlot)
- Walk: 5.2 miles (commute, neighborhood solo)
- Grand Total: 10.3 miles
equipment failure |
- Weekly Total: 12.4 miles
- Hike: 0.9 miles (Jones Hill)
- Snowshoe: 3.4 miles (Jones Hill)
- Walk: 8.1 miles (commute, neighborhood w/Frankie and Erwin)
- Grand Total: 22.7 miles
"ice skating" |
Week 3. January 15 - 21, 2018
- Weekly Total: 9.8 miles
- Hike: 1.9 miles (Three Rivers)
- Walk: 7.9 miles (commute, neighborhood solo and w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 32.5 miles
Week 4. January 22 - 28, 2018
- Weekly Total: 14.6 miles
- Hike: 8.3 miles (Labrador Hollow, NCT: Canastota Creek)
- Walk: 6.3 miles (commute, neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 47.1 miles
"Hey! They're like hearts!" |
Week 5. January 29 - February 4, 2018
- Weekly Total: 11.6 miles
- Walk: 11.6 miles (commute, neighborhood walks solo, w/Frankie & w/Erin, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 58.7 miles
Week 6. February 5 - 11, 2018
- Weekly Total: 8.3 miles
- Walk: 8.3 miles (commute, neighborhood walks solo & w/Frankie, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 67.0 miles
Week 7. February 12 - 18, 2018
- Weekly Total: 16.6 miles
- Hike: 4.0 miles (Beaver Lake, Green Lakes)
- Snowshoe: 5.3 miles (NCT: Tuller Hill State Forest)
- Walk: 7.3 miles (commute, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 83.6 miles
Week 8. February 19 - 25, 2018
- Weekly Total: 13.2 miles
- Hike: 2.2 miles (Clark Reservation solo)
- Walk: 11.0 miles (commute; neighborhood walk w/Frankie; Barry Park w/Frankie, Holly, Martin)
- Grand Total: 96.8 miles
Week 9. February 26 - March 4, 2018
- Weekly Total: 21.0 miles
- Hike: 10.2 miles (Pratts Falls w/Erwin and Frankie, Highland Forest)
- Walk: 10.8 miles (commute, Breitbeck Park, neighborhood walk solo, Pokémon walks w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 117.8 miles
Breitbeck Park |
- Weekly Total: 13.9 miles
- Hike: 6.6 miles (South Trail)
- Walk: 7.3 miles (commute, neighborhood walk w/Frankie, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 131.7 miles
Week 11. March 12 - 18, 2018
- Weekly Total: 10.1 miles
- Cross-country ski: 2.4 miles (Highland Forest)
- Walk: 7.7 miles (commute, neighborhood walk w/Frankie, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 141.8 miles
Week 12. March 19 - 25, 2018
- Weekly Total: 12.5 miles
- Cross-country ski: 5.3 miles (Highland Forest)
- Walk: 7.2 miles (commute, neighborhood walk solo, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 154.3 miles
Week 13. March 26 - April 1, 2018
- Weekly Total: 11.3 miles
- Hike: 1.2 miles (Clark Reservation w/Frankie)
- Walk: 10.1 miles (commute, neighborhood walk solo & w/Frankie; Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie; Easter egg hunt w/Frankie, Holly, Megan)
- Grand Total: 165.6 miles
Easter egg hunt |
- Weekly Total: 18.4 miles
- Hike: 11.2 miles (Green Lakes w/Erwin and Frankie; Skytop quarry circuit solo; NCT: Nelson Road to RR sign)
- Walk: 7.2 miles (commute, neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 184.0 miles
Week 15. April 9 - 15, 2018
- Weekly Total: 8.5 miles
- Walk: 7.2 miles (commute, Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie, neighborhood walks w/Frankie & w/Frankie, Mary, Erin, Alden)
- Grand Total: 192.5 miles
Week 16. April 16 - 22, 2018
- Weekly Total: 18.6 miles
- Hike: 15.4 miles (Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area; Zion National Park: Pa'rus, Riverside, Archaeology, and Observation Point Trails; Dixie National Forest: Red Canyon)
- Walk: 3.2 miles (commute)
- Grand Total: 211.1 miles
Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area, Arizona |
Virgin Canyon River Recreation Area |
Archaeology Trail, Zion National Park |
Red Canyon, Dixie National Forest |
Red Canyon |
Red Canyon |
- Weekly Total: 25.0 miles
- Hike: 15.4 miles (Bryce Canyon National Park: Fairyland Loop, Queen's Garden-Navajo Loop; Valley of Fire State Park; Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area)
- Walk: 6.6 miles (Las Vegas strip; neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 236.1 miles
Valley of Fire State Park, Elephant Rock Trail |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Week 18. April 30 - May 6, 2018
- Weekly Total: 12.6 miles
- Hike: 3.8 miles (Three Rivers)
- Walk: 8.8 miles (commute; neighborhood walks w/Frankie, solo, and w/Erwin)
- Grand Total: 248.7 miles
fig buttercup (Ficaria vernua) |
- Weekly Total: 29.1 miles
- Hike: 10.0 miles (Virgil Mountain Loop; Skytop w/Erwin and Frankie; BLNC: Bog Trail, Hemlock Hollow w/Frankie)
- Canoe: 2.5 miles (Beaver Lake w/Frankie)
- Bike: 9.5 miles (neighborhood ride, solo)
- Walk: 7.1 miles (commute; Pokémon and neighborhood walks w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 277.8 miles
mountain holly (Ilex mucronata) |
Week 20. May 14 - May 20, 2018
- Weekly Total: 20.4 miles
- Hike: 12.7 miles (FLT/NCT: Kennedy State Forest; Skytop w/Erwin and Frankie and solo; Clark Reservation solo)
- Walk: 7.7 miles (commute; Pokémon walk w/Erwin and Frankie)
- Grand Total: 298.2 miles
Week 21. May 21 - May 27, 2018
- Weekly Total: 23.7 miles
- Hike: 2.8 miles (Pinery Provincial Park: Heritage and Cedar Trails)
- Canoe: 4.0 miles (Pinery Provincial Park: Old Au Sable Channel)
- Bike: 10.7 miles (neighborhood ride, solo)
- Walk: 6.2 miles (commute; campground walks w/Frankie and Mary)
- Grand Total: 321.9 miles
Week 22. May 28 - June 3, 2018
- Weekly Total: 35.6 miles
- Hike: 1.8 miles (Pinery Provincial Park: Pine Trail; Clark Reservation)
- Bike: 25.3 miles (neighborhood ride, solo; Erie Canal: Beebe Bridge Road to Bolivar Road w/Frankie)
- Walk: 8.5 miles (commute; campground walks w/Frankie and Mary; Niagara Falls w/Frankie; Skytop solo)
- Grand Total: 357.5 miles
Week 23. June 4 - 10, 2018
- Weekly Total: 28.5 miles
- Hike: 6.8 miles (wetlands fieldwork; Pratts Falls w/Frankie, Erin, Alden)
- Bike: 15.4 miles (neighborhood rides, solo and w/Frankie)
- Walk: 6.3 miles (commute; neighborhood walk w/Frankie; downtown w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Grand Total: 386.0 miles
Pratts Falls |
Week 24. June 11 - 17, 2018
- Weekly Total: 27.3 miles
- Hike: 5.2 miles (Beaver Lake w/Frankie, Erin, Alden; Barry Park, solo; Jamesville Beach, solo)
- Bike: 15.9 miles (neighborhood ride, solo)
- Walk: 6.2 miles (commute; neighborhood walk w/Frankie; walked Daisy w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 413.3 miles
Week 25. June 18 - 24, 2018
- Weekly Total: 22.5 miles
- Hike: 4.2 miles (Land Lab; Buckingham Reservoir)
- Bike: 13.5 miles (neighborhood rides, solo and w/Frankie)
- Walk: 4.8 miles (commute)
- Grand Total: 435.8 miles
mourning cloak (Nyphalis antiopa) caterpillars |
Week 26. June 25 - July 1, 2018
- Weekly Total: 30.3 miles
- Hike: 24.3 miles (Slieve Binnian; Murlough NNR; Slieve Bearnagh; Causeway Trail; Kinbane Head)
- Walk: 6.0 miles (Carlingford, Newcastle, Castelwellan, Glenarm, Ballintoy)
- Grand Total: 466.1 miles
the old town gate, circa 1326, Carlingford |
King John's Castle, Carlingford |
Newcastle |
Peace Maze, Castlewellan Forest Park |
Ballintoy Harbor |
- Weekly Total: 44.6 miles
- Hike: 35.8 miles (Carrick-a-Rede; Causeway Trail; Burns Mountain Circuit; Glencolmcille Tower Loop; Strandhill Beach; Knocknarea - Killaspugbrone; Benbulben Forest Walk)
- Walk: 8.8 miles (Dark Hedges; Londonderry Walls; Lough Eske; Slieve League; Donegal Town; Sligo Town)
- Grand Total: 510.7 miles
the Dark Hedges |
walking the Londonderry - Derry city walls |
Frankie was thrilled by this dragon statue on the grounds of Lough Eske |
Lough Eske |
Slieve League |
Donegal Castle |
Garvoge River, Sligo Town |
- Weekly Total: 20.2 miles
- Hike: 9.3 miles (Keshcorran Caves; Great Bear; NCT: Mill Street to Art Park)
- Walk: 10.9 miles (Dublin; commute; Pokémon walks w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Grand Total: 530.9 miles
on the Ha'Penny Bridge, Dublin |
Temple Bar District, Dublin |
Week 29. July 16 - 22, 2018
- Weekly Total: 17.5 miles
- Hike: 5.8 miles (Goodnow Mountain Trail, Baltimore Woods)
- Bike: 2.8 miles (to Barry Park for playdate and back)
- Walk: 8.9 miles (commute; neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 548.4 miles
Week 30. July 23 - 29, 2018
- Weekly Total: 24.8 miles
- Hike: 9.0 miles (BLNC: Lake Loop, solo; NCT: Deruyter State Forest)
- Bike: 8.4 miles (Erie Canal Trail: Beebe Bridge Road to Lenox Station w/Frankie)
- Walk: 7.4 miles (commute; neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 573.2 miles
highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) |
Beaver Lake from the Lake Loop Trail |
Week 31. July 30 - August 5, 2018
- Weekly Total: 22.1 miles
- Hike: 16.1 miles (Donaldson & Emmons; Whiteface summit loop)
- Walk: 6.0 miles (commute; Butternut Creek, solo; neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 595.3 miles
Butternut Creek Trail (only the boardwalk spur is closed) |
Week 32. August 6 - 12, 2018
- Weekly Total: 34.0 miles
- Hike: 1.5 miles (BLNC: Three Meadows Trail w/Frankie, Erin, Alden)
- Bike: 26.9 miles (neighborhood rides + Skytop, solo)
- Walk: 5.6 miles (commute; Pokémon walks w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Grand Total: 629.3 miles
Week 33. August 13 - 19, 2018
- Weekly Total: 13.0 miles
- Hike: 6.7 miles (Monument Mountain; Lick Brook Loop)
- Walk: 6.3 miles (commute; neighborhood walk solo)
- Grand Total: 642.3 miles
lobster poutine from the Fish Friar |
Week 34. August 20 - 26, 2018
- Weekly Total: 33.1 miles
- Hike: 7.4 miles (botanical fieldwork)
- Bike: 20.4 miles (neighborhood ride w/Frankie; Erie Canal Trail: Lenox Station to Germany Road w/Frankie)
- Walk: 5.3 miles (commute; Pokémon walk w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Grand Total: 675.7 miles
Week 35. August 27 - September 2, 2018
- Weekly Total: 26.4 miles
- Hike: 19.0 miles (Saddleback Mountain; Catamount Mountain; High Gorge Falls)
- Kayak: 2.4 miles (Mirror Lake w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Walk: 5.0 miles (commute; Keene, Keene Valley & Lake Placid w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Grand Total: 702.1 miles
Week 36. September 3 - 9, 2018
- Weekly Total: 32.3 miles
- Hike: 8.4 miles (Mount Arab; BLNC: Lakeview Trail w/Frankie, Erin, Alden; NCT: Highland Forest)
- Bike: 19.7 miles (neighborhood rides, solo and with Frankie)
- Walk: 4.2 miles (commute; neighborhood walk solo)
- Grand Total: 734.4 miles
Week 37. September 10 - 16, 2018
- Weekly Total: 51.4 miles
- Hike: 7.1 miles (FLT/NCT: Daisy Hollow Road to Hilsinger Road, solo)
- Bike: 37.0 miles (Tour the Towpath)
- Walk: 7.3 miles (commute; Pokémon walk w/Erwin, Frankie; to dinner in Canastota)
- Grand Total: 785.8 miles
Week 38. September 17 - 23, 2018
- Weekly Total: 45.5 miles
- Hike: 8.6 miles (FLT/NCT: Willow Crossing Road to Daisy Hollow Road, solo)
- Bike: 27.3 miles (neighborhood bike rides, solo and w/Frankie, Holly, Megan)
- Walk: 9.6 miles (commute; Pokémon walk w/Erwin, Frankie; Westcott Street Cultural Fair)
- Grand Total: 831.3 miles
Week 39. September 24 - 30, 2018
- Weekly Total: 10.0 miles
- Hike: 5.0 miles (Bald Mountain; Clark Reservation, solo)
- Walk: 5.0 miles (commute; Pokémon walk w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Grand Total: 841.3 miles
Week 40. October 1 - 7, 2018
- Weekly Total: 12.5 miles
- Hike: 0.9 miles (Shieling State Forest w/Erwin, Frankie, Jason, Susie, Scarlett, Veronica)
- Bike: 4.8 miles (neighborhood bike ride, solo)
- Walk: 6.8 miles (commute; Peterborough; Washburn's Windy Hill Orchard corn maze)
- Grand Total: 853.8 miles
Week 41. October 8 - 14, 2018
- Weekly Total: 13.6 miles
- Bike: 3.7 miles (neighborhood bike ride w/Frankie)
- Walk: 9.9 miles (commute; neighborhood walks w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 867.4 miles
Week 42. October 15 - 21, 2018
- Weekly Total: 13.3 miles
- Hike: 2.2 miles (Kane Mountain)
- Walk: 11.1 miles (commute; neighborhood walks solo, w/Frankie, and w/Erwin & Frankie)
- Grand Total: 880.7 miles
Week 43. October 22 - 28, 2018
- Weekly Total: 23.0 miles
- Hike: 8.9 miles (FLT/NCT: Hammond Hill State Forest; Green Lakes solo)
- Bike: 2.8 miles (to & from Margaret Atwood lecture)
- Walk: 11.3 miles (commute; Pokemon walks w/Erwin & Frankie)
- Grand Total: 903.7 miles
Green Lakes State Park |
Week 44. October 29 - November 4, 2018
- Weekly Total: 16.5 miles
- Hike: 7.2 miles (Edsel Ford House w/Frankie, Mary, Keith; Lake St. Clair Metropark; Green Lakes w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Walk: 9.3 miles (commute; pumpkin picking; trick-or-treating; Detroit Zoo)
- Grand Total: 920.2 miles
Bird Sanctuary Island at Edsel Ford House |
Detroit Zoo |
Green Lakes State Park |
Week 45. November 5 - 11, 2018
- Weekly Total: 16.6 miles
- Hike: 10.5 miles (FLT/NCT: Robinson Hollow State Forest; Butternut Creek w/Frankie, Erin, Alden; NCT: Cazenovia from Clark Street)
- Walk: 6.1 miles (commute; Cazenovia)
- Grand Total: 936.8 miles
Week 46. November 12 - 18, 2018
- Weekly Total: 8.6 miles
- Hike: 1.0 miles (Woodchuck Hill Preserve solo)
- Walk: 7.6 miles (commute; neighborhood walks, solo and w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 945.4 miles
Week 47. November 19 - 25, 2018
- Weekly Total: 36.4 miles
- Hike: 0.6 miles (Marsh Tower Island w/Erwin, Frankie)
- Walk: 8.2 miles (commute; Kiawah w/Erwin, Frankie; neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Bike: 27.6 miles (Kiawah w/Frankie +/- Erwin)
- Grand Total: 981.8 miles
Week 48. November 26 - December 2, 2018
- Weekly Total: 12.0 miles
- Hike: 2.5 miles (Clark Reservation solo)
- Walk: 9.5 miles (commute; neighborhood walks, solo and w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 993.8 miles
Week 49. December 3 - 9, 2018
- Weekly Total: 9.7 miles
- Hike: 3.6 miles (Skytop Quarry solo; Great Bear)
- Walk: 6.1 miles (commute; neighborhood walk w/Frankie)
- Grand Total: 1003.5 miles
Week 50. December 10 - 16, 2018
- Weekly Total: 11.7 miles
- Hike: 2.0 miles (Jamesville Beach)
- Walk: 9.7 miles (commute; neighborhood walks solo)
- Grand Total: 1015.2 miles
Week 51. December 17 - 23, 2018
- Weekly Total: 7.0 miles
- Walk: 7.0 miles (commute; neighborhood walks solo and w/Erwin&Frankie)
- Grand Total: 1022.2 miles
Week 52. December 24 - 31, 2018
- Weekly Total: 9.9 miles
- Hike:7.0 miles (BLNC: Bog Trail w/Frankie, Erin, Alden; back woods w/Frankie, Bruce, Erin, Alden; Clark Reservation w/Frankie; Three Rivers w/Frankie, Erin, Alden, Mary, Keith; Great Bear w/Frankie, Erin, Alden, Mary, Keith)
- Walk: 2.9 miles (commute)
- Grand Total: 1032.1
And that's a wrap! With a cumulative total of 1,032.1 outdoor self-propelled miles, I definitely beat my tally from 2017, which was my goal for this year. I also exceeded my secretly-longed-for but unstated goal of 1,000 miles... something about the round number really appealed. My core miles were in the same categories as 2017, walking and hiking, but I increased my biking miles significantly, and added a few new categories of activity: canoeing and cross-country skiing. I also had significantly fewer zero days in 2018, just 5 compared to 35 in 2017. I am counting all these things as wins!
2018 | 2017 | |
January Total | 53.2 | 65.9 |
February Total | 59.1 | 46.9 |
March Total | 51.5 | 52.6 |
April Total | 73.9 | 64.3 |
May Total | 104.5 | 61.1 |
June Total | 122.8 | 100.7 |
July Total | 110.9 | 103.0 |
August Total | 117.1 | 57.4 |
September Total | 148.3 | 95.2 |
October Total | 68.8 | 70.9 |
November Total | 79.6 | 60.6 |
December Total | 42.4 | 43.1 |
1032.1 | 818.0 |
So 2018 was a good year for me moving outside. I hit all my goals: mileage increased, diversified activities, good times. I am going to continue tracking in 2019, for my own sake, because I enjoy it. However, I am not going too officially enroll in the 365 Mile Challenge again. The enrollment fees have significantly increased, and the main benefit is a private Facebook group. Since I rarely use Facebook, this is not enough incentive for me. I have joined Instagram, which I vastly prefer to Facebook, and have begun using that to share snapshots that don't make it into feature posts there. I am imagining Instagram can take the place of these weekly mileage logs, which I enjoy scrolling through, but are somewhat time consuming to maintain. I am also considering adding a sidebar to the blog to post my 2019 mile count.
One final difference between 2017 and 2018: Frankie! He was highly indignant to find I did not track his mileage in 2017, and demanded I track his miles in 2018 (and beyond). He ended 2018 with 551.6 miles and has already declared his intent to beat that in 2019. All right, kid... let's get out there!
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