January of 2015 I ran my first race since the Brooklyn Half in May of 2014. I had signed up months earlier for the Sayville Run to the Brewery. I signed up only because it seemed like the thing to do at the time (Something I'll do again months later for the Army Ten Miler. Oops, again). This is an extremely popular ten mile race on Long Island that sells out in minutes. I think Freighbor reminded me the day of registration so I logged on and unexpectedly got in. Fast forward to January and ta-da, race day arrived. I hadn't trained at all for the race and it turned out to be colder than Arendelle during one of Elsa's tantrums. Considering the circumstances, I was pleased with my result.
February, March, and April came and went, I ran in a lot of snow, over the Williamsburg Bridge, and among alligators in Hilton Head. Then in May I found out I got into the St. George Marathon! Cool! I had been working on building my base up to 40 miles per week. I was ready to get back on track (both figuratively and literally). I chose the Hanson Marathon Method as my program and was looking forward to a nice PR come October. Over the summer I ran in Santa Fe, Pittsburgh (Go Steelers!) and Canada for the first time (Separate trips, of course). I even ran the streets of Manhattan without forking over any moola to the New York Road Runners.
The Hanson program kicked my arse, but I loved the challenge. I loved having a strict schedule and running six days a week. I didn't love not racing. It was strange not knowing whether or not I was getting faster.
I unexpectedly ran another 24 hour 200 mile relay race in September and then finally the marathon! I didn't run sub-3:30 as I'd hoped, but it was a beautiful, deceivingly challenging course and I PR'd and BQ'd for the third time around. Not too shabby. I'll take it.
I took it easy for the rest of October. When November arrived, I decided to start building again. I recruited a bunch of fellow runners to do the Runner's World Holiday Streak with me. And here it is, New Year's Day which included the now annual Hangover Run with my two favs, The Petite Pacer (TPP) and The Emerging Runner. What better way to start the year! We ran five loops in Eisenhower Park with about 400 others and then warmed up at Starbucks where we exchanged holiday gifts and sweet nothings.
...so happy together...
me and you and TPP...
the only one for TPP is you and me and TPP,
so happy together...
Sunday (12/13/15) - 1 mile, 9:00 pace with Sanibel
Monday (12/14/15) - 8 miles, 1:07:17, 8:25 pace
Tuesday (12/15/15) - 6.2 miles, 51:49, 8:21 pace
Wednesday (12/16/15) - 5.92 miles, 49:55, 8:26 pace
Thursday (12/17/15) - 6.02 miles, 51:37, 8:34 pace
Friday (12/18/15) - 7 miles, 1:01:19, 8:46 pace
Saturday (12/19/15) - 6.1 miles, 52:40, 8:38 pace
Sunday (12/20/15) - 1 mile with the 4-year old and 6-year old. As in, they both ran. As in, the 4-year old ran like the Energizer Bunny!
Monday (12/21/15) - 8 miles, 1:11:23, 8:55 pace
Tuesday (12/22/15) - 8 miles, 1:09:46, 8:43 pace
Wednesday (12/23/15) - 6 miles
Thursday (12/24/15) - 4.13 miles, 35:21, 8:34 pace
Friday (12/25/15) - 1 mile with the 4-year old again. This time she stopped a couple of times for a breather, but she recovered quickly and sprinted home for the win!
Saturday (12/26/15) - 10.24 miles, 1:29:46, 8:46 pace
Sunday (12/27/15) - 2.07 miles, 20:15, 9:47 pace with The Kid on his bike.
Monday (12/28/15) - 8.01 miles, 1:07:19, 8:24 pace
Tuesday (12/29/15) - 5.02 miles, 42:35, 8:29 pace
Wednesday (12/30/15) - 7.02 miles, 1:00:17, 8:35 pace
Thursday (12/31/15) - 6.3 miles, 54:59, 8:44 pace
2015 Total Mileage - 1,762 miles - The most miles I have ever run in a year to date. Twenty miles more than 2013. Bring it on, 2016!
Friday (1/1/16) - 5.02 miles, 43:04, 8:35 pace
It was an amazing year for running for you. I forgot that you did both the Reach the Beach and the St. George marathon along with doing runs all over tarnation. One question - when you race, do you need a separate bib number for the head growing on your shoulder?
ReplyDeleteI actually don't wear a bib on my head. Neither does my growth. Whatever floats your boat.
DeleteYou didn't even mention your top 8% finish at the Suffolk Half. Was that due to being humble or your inability to remember anything that happened more than a week ago?
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