Time to take stock

As you may or may not be aware, running shoes can only be used to run a finite distance. Beyond that distance they have lost the cushioning property that protects your ankles, knees and hips from the repetitive shock that occurs each step of a run. The assistant in the shop where I bought my waverider 9's said that they were good for 500 to 600 miles. As I've finished the first, beginner's, schedule this week I thought now would be a good time to estimate the distance I've run so far, just so I'm not caught out suddenly having to get a new pair with no running shop in sight.

Thus far I've been running a fairly consistent 2 km in 10 minutes pace. So I'll use that to make my estimate.

Week 1 33 minutes
Week 2 58 minutes
Week 3 66 minutes
Week 4 86 minutes
Week 5 20 minutes
Week 6 108 minutes
Week 7 93 minutes
Week 8 116 minutes
Week 9 129 minutes
Week 10 60 minutes

Total = 769 minutes
Distance = 76.9 x 2km = 153.8 km

154 x 5/8 = 96 miles (more or less)

Now I move on to the mileage build up schedule (schedule 1). To mark the start of that I have decided to run the 8km fun run at this year's Istanbul Marathon event. It'll be good to see at least some of the course that I'll run next year, Inshallah!
The 8 km will count as my long run for this coming week. Hayirli olsun!