Runsploring – One Year Later

My first Runsploring post was last July. Here are some things about my running in 2026 I now have a usual 5k route that I do through the neighborhood. It started out as a way to do the same route and track my speed. Rather than reinvent the wheel I stole the route from the Jack’s Abby 5k race that starts across the street from our apartments. I can’t run anything shorter than about 6 or 7 miles if I want to explore new areas of Framingham so I have been just running this 5k when I want to a do a short run. I bought new running shows yesterday as I put more than 500 miles on the pair I bought last year. I’ve been running 119 times this year with a total distance of 420 miles. Most of these were in Framingham, but a lot weren’t. I’ve seven states this year – soon to be eight or nine after our next trip. My longest run so far this year is 11.5 miles and that was just last weekend. I’ve done several 10 mile runs in the last couple months, but I don’t have a real plan right now so it’s…