running year in review

[ilanarama]

My year can mostly be summed up in this image:



Left to right, that's my Canyonlands Half 3rd AG medal, my The Other Half female masters' trophy, and my CIM 3rd AG plaque. I didn't get an award for coming in second in the Journey of Hope 5K, and the bottle of wine I got for winning my AG in the Run for the Wine has already been consumed. :-)

It was a good year awards-wise, and also PR-wise, as I FINALLY broke my 2010 half marathon PR, and set a new personal best in the marathon which is now my best age-graded race. Mileage-wise, it was also a personal best with 2080 miles in the year - and one more run planned for tomorrow.

I didn't write down my goals for the year anywhere, but I mentioned here that I wanted to run a sub-1:36 half, which I did, and a sub-21 5K, which I did not. I also mentioned wanting to run a 50K, which I did not.

So, what's planned for this year? I've already registered for the Canyonlands half (I got a free entry along with the trophy!) and I would like to get under 1:35 - if not then, then at the Steamworks half in June. I'll be going to a conference in Chicago in April coincidentally timed just before the Lakefront 10-miler there, which will certainly be a PR if I can do it, since I've only run massively hilly 10-milers, and nothing recently. I'd like to beat my 3:35 from two years ago at the Imogene Pass Run. And I would really like to run a sub-45 10K that's not downhill (as is my PR) and break 21 minutes in the 5K.

I don't actually have any marathon plans before Boston 2015, but I'm not ruling one out. And I'm still toying with the idea of a 50K. Finally, as usual, my major goal is to remain uninjured.

I hope the rest of you had good years, too!

Comments

[sobelle]

LOL! You are awesome!!
(and I'm exhausted just thinking about all that running!!) =D

[ilanarama]

Spread out over a year it's not so bad. :-)

[smalltownrunner.com]

Those are some very nice trophies! And i can undertand about the missing bottle :)
I have a hard time imagining you racing a 5k or a 10k, though I know if you put your mind to it, you would certainly PR in both. You just seem like such a marathoner now!
hmmm.. 50k.. If you are interested, Trail Factor in Portland is supposed to be good. On Memorial day weekend, and opens for registration January 5th. I am seriously considering it. :)Would be fun to meet you!

[ilanarama]

I certainly like longer distances more than shorter ones.

I am not sure I'll be ready for a 50K in the spring - I was thinking more autumn. And there's a Memorial Day race here I like and haven't done in a few years. Dunno yet!

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

A *very* impressive haul!

Why Boston 2015 and not 2014?

[ilanarama]

Boston 2014 registration closed in September, and I hadn't run a marathon by then. But that's okay, as several of my friends who I first met at Boston in 2010 are planning a 5-year reunion, so to speak. I know people who run Boston every year but that's neither financially and logistically feasible, nor is it really something that appeals to me.

[blnchflr]

Your mileage is CRAZY, I don't know how you do it/how a body can hold up to it. My sekkrit goal mileage for 2014, if my ankle and knee and everything behave, is … best left unspoken :D

But even if you are way out of my running league, you continue to be a massive inspiration! /soppy

I want you to run a 50k, so I can live through you and experience it all from my couch - dooo iiiittt :P

[ilanarama]

And yet among the marathoners I 'hang out with' on RWOL and various Facebook groups, my mileage is average. I just looked at a 'post your miles' thread and they range from 1500-3000. One woman I 'know' posted a few days ago that she just hit 4000 miles for the year - now THAT is CRAZY. (But I'm talking marathoners, and mostly relatively serious ones, and lots of miles is important. Most of the lower mileage runners ran 'only' 1500-1800 miles because they were injured and not running part of the year.)

Yay, I'm an inspiration! *dances*

*runs more*

[blnchflr]

Wait, aren't you up really late or really early??

[ilanarama]

I've been waking 2-am-ish and unable to fall asleep again for many hours pretty much nightly for the last couple weeks. Sucks bigtime.

[blnchflr]

Urgh, yes - I had a bout of stress-induced insomnia a couple of weeks ago (and "chronic" insomnia most of my teens and twenties); not a fan!

[ilanarama]

I pretty much have always had this pattern of having no problem FALLING asleep, but difficulty STAYING asleep. But it seems to be worse now that I'm A Certain Age and having distinct perimenopausal symptoms.

Happy New Year!

[(Anonymous)]

WOW! You had a FANTASTIC year, girl! I think you should've included something about your amazing travels, though. Best wishes for a healthy and happy 2014!

Rebecca

Re: Happy New Year!

[ilanarama]

That's another post :-)

And same to you!

[justrunjim.blogspot.com]

I see more hardware and PRs in 2014. Still amazed by your CIM finish. Have a great New Year

[ilanarama]

Aw, thank you! I am hoping for a bit of hardware in April :-)

[ignaz]

That is an AWESOME trophy. I would display that all the time!