I think someone had said that the average mileage/week would be around 19. That's about perfect. I should be able to do 15-25mpw most of the time...I think. k

The bunny will cover 19.2 miles a week (1000 miles / 52 weeks). The trick to all this, I think, is consistency and perseverance. You could start with only 10 miles a week and up your mileage by 5% every other week and beat the bunny at the finish line. Or starting at 10 miles a week and upping your mileage by 1 mile per week every other week will also get you there first. The trick is running each one of those weeks and not get injured by adding too many miles too fast. In that first scenario you'll be running behind the bunny until the week before last. Remember the Tortoise and the Hare

Here is what the "start at 10 and increase 5% every other week" program looks like: Week Pace Dist. Total -------------------------------------------------------- 1 19.23 10.00 10.00 2 38.46 10.00 20.00 3 57.69 10.50 30.50 4 76.92 10.50 41.00 5 96.15 11.03 52.03 6 115.38 11.03 63.05 7 134.62 11.58 74.63 8 153.85 11.58 86.20 9 173.08 12.16 98.36 10 192.31 12.16 110.51 11 211.54 12.76 123.28 12 230.77 12.76 136.04 13 250.00 13.40 149.44 14 269.23 13.40 162.84 15 288.46 14.07 176.91 16 307.69 14.07 190.98 17 326.92 14.77 205.76 18 346.15 14.77 220.53 19 365.38 15.51 236.04 20 384.62 15.51 251.56 21 403.85 16.29 267.85 22 423.08 16.29 284.14 23 442.31 17.10 301.24 24 461.54 17.10 318.34 25 480.77 17.96 336.30 26 500.00 17.96 354.26 27 519.23 18.86 373.12 28 538.46 18.86 391.97 29 557.69 19.80 411.77 30 576.92 19.80 431.57 31 596.15 20.79 452.36 32 615.38 20.79 473.15 33 634.62 21.83 494.98 34 653.85 21.83 516.81 35 673.08 22.92 539.73 36 692.31 22.92 562.65 37 711.54 24.07 586.71 38 730.77 24.07 610.78 39 750.00 25.27 636.05 40 769.23 25.27 661.32 41 788.46 26.53 687.85 42 807.69 26.53 714.39 43 826.92 27.86 742.24 44 846.15 27.86 770.10 45 865.38 29.25 799.36 46 884.62 29.25 828.61 47 903.85 30.72 859.32 48 923.08 30.72 890.04 49 942.31 32.25 922.29 50 961.54 32.25 954.54 51 980.77 33.86 988.41 52 1000.00 33.86 1022.27

And holidays too ...

That plan leaves a lot of room for bad weeks.