Year 2024

I look forward to blogging how the year panned out, you can read more about how 2023 went here and first half of this year here. 2024 has been a rollercoaster year for me training-wise and personally, glad the year is over. Eagerly looking forward to 2025. 

I limit my participation in racing events in general, 2024 was no different. Whilst I continue to train all through the year, I specifically train and run only one marathon race/event - I like to cherrypick races that I want to participate in. This year I ran the Tokyo Marathon, you read all about it here and the 12-weeks training buildup for that race here. I have been meaning to run an ultramarathon since 2023, finally got around to running one in Dec, The Border Ultra - The Hell Race, the race lived upto it's name. I ran with a buddy of mine, it was a lot of fun to train with and race alongside him, details are here. I like to look at data and analyse how the year went by, now that we have got races out of the way.

At the Border Ultra 50 km Finish Line


Here are some 2024 stats,

  • 3,009.40 km, 250.8 km/month, 57.9 km/week. Happy overall, but 3,660 km would have been sweet
  • 88 strength training sessions, ~7-8 sessions/month, but 100 would have been great
  • 373h02m48s - Time spent being active/exercising (running, walking and strength training), which translates to 1h01m19s, whilst these numbers might look crazy, but when you average out, it's just an hour/day
  • I averaged about 15,279 steps/day, ~1,000 steps/day more compared to 2023
  • Sleep data hasn't been great, averaged about 5h42m, 2023 wasn't great either it was 6h03m  
  • My weight didn't fluctuate much, was mostly in the 69-70 kg ballpark
  • Diet to some extent, but more than diet, portion control continues to be a challenge :)
2025 goals (listed in order of priority)
  • Remain injury-free
  • Consistent training volume: 3,650 km running and 100-120 strength training sessions
  • Try and fix sleep
  • Stricter diet/nutrition/portion control focus
  • Run a decent sub 4h marathon, haven't focused on pace since Tokyo Marathon. Unsure if there is pace left in my legs!
  • Run Malnad Ultra, in prep for Khardung La 72 km in 2026
  • Still figuring out if I should squeeze in a 10-12 weeks training block for a fast half marathon, with a target of 100 minutes or thereabouts. What do you guys reckon?

Comments

  1. VempyDecember 31, 2024 at 11:40 AM

    I think you're being too hard on yourself bro. Congrats on a good year and all the best for an amazing 2025!

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