ilanarama: me in Escalante (yatta!)
2021 has ended; it was a better year than 2020 (at least for me) but that's a pretty low bar. Have a meme (or at least some meme questions from which I have picked and chosen).

Looking back, looking forward )

And my year in activities:

Running: 1404 miles, which pleases me, though I'd like to ramp up still more. I ran two 5Ks and the RTB relay; DNS a half marathon.

Biking: Garmin Connect doesn't distinguish between biking and e-biking, but, I'm using my e-bike a lot for transportation (even now, in the winter) and am up over 1900 miles on it. Mountain biking I've done a little less this year, but in addition to local rides we did several fun trips (our spring circumnavigation of the 4 corners, a trip to ride western CO dirt roads with a couple of friends, and our Thanksgiving trip to Arizona).

Hiking: I didn't post about it, but we finally got out to backpack this summer after a few years thwarted by fires, viruses, and injuries. It was great! We did six days in the Weminuche Wilderness with a group of friends, though not everyone had the same itinerary, which actually worked well because we e.g. spent one night with some people, and then did a side trip with some others, and when we got back to our "base camp" the couple that started the day after us were there. Unfortunately I was not in as good shape as I wanted to be, and some of us did an ambitious day hike that was...a little too ambitious for me, I almost broke down in tears a few times, but I made it. I feel like I'm way slower than I used to be, though, and I hate that. But I love backpacking and we have some spring and summer trips planned!

Skiing: Last season I got out quite a bit, which was great; I went several times with my friend June, as well as weekly with Britt, and it was a lot of fun despite the covid-19 precautions that meant that we had to eat our lunches outside (sometimes while being snowed on). After a week of storms between Christmas and New Year's, this year has been dry and sunny, and we've only been skiing once in December and once in January so far. There's no snow in the forecast for the rest of the month - we may end up just going mountain biking in New Mexico the way things are going.

I will try to revive this journal and post more! (See: New Year's Resolutions. :-)
ilanarama: a mountain (mountain)
Hi, not dead. :-) I started dealing with Spain photos and then got massively distracted by end-of-year things and stalled out over here, oops? But have a review/preview for last year and next.

Running: I just totaled up my running mileage, and I ran 1145 miles in 2019. That's more than I've run in a year since 2016, though it's much less than my more competitive years 2009-2014. Biggest month (157 miles) was May, getting ready for the Steamworks Half Marathon; smallest (12) was July, after I broke my toe doing laundry after the holiday (CLUMSY IS ME). Not much racing, just a 5K in April, Steamworks, and the Reach the Beach relay.

This year I'm considering running Canyonlands in Moab this March. I haven't run any of the Moab races since they were taken over by another race director a few years ago - my last was The Other Half in October 2016 - but I'm thinking it might be time to go back. Probably won't do RtB again this year, but not ruling it out.

Biking: We did our annual White Rim trip in 3 days rather than 4, and July 4th long weekend in Telluride, along with lots of local day mountain bike rides. We also bought e-bikes in late June, and as of the end of 2019 my odometer read 650 miles! I was riding about 40mpw in the summer, and I'm down to about 10mpw this winter, but I'm definitely still riding, mostly for small grocery trips and to go to the river trail for an occasional run.

This year, we again have a 3-day White Rim ride in April, which will be good training for...doing the Purgatory-to-Moab mountain bike ride in June, which we did before in 2016. Hopefully the weather will be better and we will not be plagued with mud! I'm also looking forward to riding my e-bike a lot this summer in lieu of driving, again.

Skiing: Britt bought new skis at the end of last season and new boots at the beginning of this one. We went twice in December and are hoping to go 1-2x/week this season. (Including tomorrow!)

Hiking and backpacking: Last year we did quite a bit of dayhiking, but no backpacking (the broken toe put a crimp in my style!). This year I hope to get out for at least a Weminuche backpack in the summer, plus maybe some desert hiking in the spring or fall. If we travel (see below) that will be another hiking trip!

Travel: We spent three weeks in Catalunya, Spain, but I am sucking at getting my photos up on Flickr and doing a write-up here. Maybe someday? This fall, I'm hoping to go do one of the classic walking trails in Scotland or Ireland, but ugh, that means planning.

I hope your 2019 was fun, friends, and I hope 2020 is even better!
ilanarama: Mountain can has santa hat! (mountain santa)
Not all tags, luckily for you :-)

Biking: Not a lot, but I did get some riding done. A few loops in Horse Gulch, a few times up and down the river trail. And in February(!) we rode in Sand Canyon for the first time.

Hiking: A good year for hiking, though as it turned out, a rainy year for hiking. Several hikes and backpacks in our home turf of the Southwest (including hiking the length of the Pine River) and of course, a lot of hiking on the way to and in Canada (more on that later).

River running: A couple of runs down our own Animas, the San Juan, and the Piedra, but the highlight was definitely the Green River through the Gates of Lodore.

Running and racing: Mostly this year was spent rebuilding from being injured last fall/winter. I won a couple of races only by virtue of nobody else fast running. I had to sit out Boston, though I went to cheer my friends, but running across New Hampshire as part of Reach the Beach in September (with many of the same people) made up for it in many ways.

Skiing: Last year was pretty meh for snow (see 'biking') but we've got an El Niño this year and things are already looking up. I only skied twice so far this winter due to catching a bad cold right when we started getting good snow, but I skied at Telluride for the first time this year and would love to go there again!

Travel: A month in the Canadian Rockies. Okay, we were only actually there for a bit more than two weeks, because of driving up and back in a leisurely fashion with many stops for hiking and sightseeing, but still. A+ would go again.

Anyway, as usual, some good things and some not-so-good things, some places I went for the first time, and some missed opportunities. See you in 2016, my friends.

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My running PRs:

5K: 21:03 (downhill) 21:43 (loop)
10K: 43:06 (downhill)
10M: 1:12:59
13.1M: 1:35:55
26.2M: 3:23:31

You can reach me by email at heyheyilana @ gmail.com

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