Did you meet your 2012 goals (Read 451 times)

I hit two milestone goals - ran Boston and got to #333 marathon+ultra.

I dropped almost 80 minutes from my 50 mile PR in April (a couple weeks after Boston).

I missed a few goals, most notably... I DNFed my one shot at 100 and I was not able to hit my 3:18 marathon goal.  I also DNFed a couple other races and DNSed a few.  Sigh.  I also wanted 4500 miles for the year. Nope.

Been a weird year.

Some good racing and strong survivors out there!

Put all my eggs into doing well at Boston, but a motorcycle wreck that interfered with training and a hot day at Boston conspired to make a miserable run (although a fantastic experience otherwise, due to the crowds). Still headed for a 2000 mi year even though I put myself in the position of having to hit a bunch of 70 mi weeks toward the end. So sort of a win/lose year. Staying healthy is a good thing. Shooting for a strong racing year in 2013!

Great job, everyone!

2012 has been a fantastic year for me!  Having started with the C25K program in Spring 2011, 2012 was my first full year of running.  At the end of 2011, I had some fairly modest goals for 2012: sub-1:40 HM, sub-22 5K, 1200 miles.  I got off to a great start, and the year ended up being so much more than what I thought I would be running.

A few highlights have been:

• Ran my first marathon in November;
• Ran my first sub-20 5K in June (and did it again in August)(hit my original sub-22 5K goal in January);
• Improved my HM PR from 1:49:02 in Nov. 2011 to 1:30:59 in Oct. 2012 (hit my original sub-1:40 HM goal in March);
• Completely obliterated my 2012 mileage goal of 1,200 miles; I've already passed 2,500 miles and may just make it to 2,600 by 12/31;
• Each of my 9 races in 2012 has been a PR (5K, HM, HM, 5K, 5K, 10K, 5K, HM, FM)
• Won my first AG awards (won my AG twice in 5K's in April and August)
• Became a predawn runner.  That was the only way I was going to be able to get in the mileage Pfitz 18/70 called for.  Needing to be back home by 5:45 in the morning to get ready for work and get the kids to school, I had to get up and out the door as early as necessary to fit the miles in on a given day.  Sometimes, that was 4:45 (for a 5 mi recovery run).  Sometimes, it was 3:20 (for a 15 mi MLR).  It was tough on those too-frequent days that I didn't get to bed until midnight (long time night owl here), but I didn't give myself a choice.  The mindset had to be, "Get the run done now because you know you won't be able to do it later!  DO NOT HIT THAT SNOOZE BUTTON!"  It helped that I was also able to increase the distance I could run on an empty stomach (up to 17 miles during the cycle), which dispensed with the need for a pre-run meal on longer days and let me get a little more sleep.  Consistency became habit and bred routine.

I'm excited to continue my journey as a runner and see what 2013 may hold!