2012 - Week 24 Graph

Time once more to pause and take stock after the passing of another four weeks.

I'm happy to note that I still maintain a lead of 1998, although this lead has been cut slightly due to two below average performances in the last two weeks. Over these four weeks I added 529.2 miles in 2012, at an average of 132.3 per week. 1998 yielded 547 at 136.75 miles per week in the same period.

The leads currently stand so:

1998 - 61.5
2009 - 534.5

This month, 2009 replaces 2011 as the next best challenger. You may notice above that at the equivalent stage in 2009 (the cyan line) I suddenly had a spurt of acceleration. That was when a combination of fine, sunny weather and a bit of purpose saw me post four consecutive weeks of 150+ between weeks 22 and 25.

So what do I need to keep ahead? In 1998, weeks 25 - 28 yielded 560.1 miles at an average of 140 per week. I need to get myself to 3399.6 by then, so that's another 498.7 miles at an average of 124.6 every week. Perfectly achievable, as long as this wretched weather improves.

As a bonus for this month, here's a graph showing the relative performances of 1998 and 2012 so far.

Let's hope it still looks like this next month.