Payday Hooray!Today is the day I reveal my running payday. Woohoo!
Last year I decided that I would log my miles run and as an incentive, I decided to pay myself for running. The catch is that I had to also log the money I spent on races and babysitters hired for my Saturday races. My goal was to make a profit. I got the idea from another blogger (and I feel TERRIBLE that I didn't save that information). Thank you, Forgotten Blogger! You are awesome!
Here's the deal: I decided to pay myself $.50 for every mile run or walked, $1.00 for every racing mile, and I awarded myself a $5.00 bonus for every PR. The beauty of this plan is that you can use whatever amount inspires you, and it doesn't just have to be running. Wanna reward yourself for biking miles? How about swimming yards? Zumba hours? The possibilities are endless.
Let's get to it, shall we?
I logged all of my running miles on Dailymile.com. This site does an excellent job of helping you keep track of fitness. Not only can you log your miles, you can also log time, pace, conditions, routes, and how you felt about your experience. It doesn't have to be just running, either. I have friends who log spinning, biking, yoga, hiking--you can do whatever you want. Also, this is a social media service, so you can choose to "friend" people and encourage each other with comments and badges. You can see my miles on the right side of this post. In 2013, I ran 645 miles. Boo. My original goal was to run 1,000 miles, but my broken foot put the cabosh on that idea.
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