2012 in Review

1/2/2013

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This year has been quite amazing!  I am stealing this from my good friend at One Run At A Time (Check her out...she's pretty awesome!)  and I thought It would be a good time to review all of the craziness of 2012.

10 Highlights
  1. Learned a lot about running and stepped up my training.  Learned I really love Winter Running...and hate Summer Running!
  2. Ran with Susann in her First 5k in March, and then again in August!
  3. Finished my 1st marathon in April -The Athens Marathon - This was the most miserable race I ever ran...but I finished.
  4. My big brother and I ran his first Half Marathon! - Capital City Half - I'm so proud of him!
  5. Had the honor of running my 2nd Warrior Dash with 3 other lovely ladies that I work with. 
  6. Color Run Fun! - The first race I was able to run with Jenn!  She was always a great runner in High School and I'm glad I was able to keep up with her for once.
  7. Completed my first Triathlon at the Giant Eagle Multisport Festival - where I fell in love with Tri's
  8. P.R. in my 2nd Marathon - The Columbus Marathon - where I knocked 55 minutes off of my time from the first one.
  9. Got more involved in my church - Rock City Church - and really started to feel at home there.
  10. Spent some awesome time with family and friends...even met a boy... ;)

10 Disappointments
  1. Not reaching my 1,000 mile running goal - Made it over 900 miles...but didn't quite get there.
  2. Not making it to my goal weight...STILL...even gaining back a few. :(
  3. Having to Change Jobs...AGAIN.
  4. Moving from an Apartment I love to an Apartment I don't like so much.
  5. Not Saving as much money as I hoped to.
  6. ...that's all I got...not too disappointed in 2012

3 Game Changers
  1. Got more serious about training and learned much more about my body and how I work best.
  2. Grew stronger in my faith and learned more about myself spiritually.
  3. Made many great friends that are inspiring to me in so many ways.

3 Things You Focused On
  1. Running
  2. Surviving my work situation
  3. Being a good girlfriend (something I'm fairly new at)

3 Things Your Forgot
  1. I forgot how hard it can be to stay focused on losing weight. 
  2. I forgot how much I HATE running in the Summer!  TOO HOT!
  3. I wish I could have spent more time with the people I love!  Life got pretty crazy for me at the end of 2012 and unfortunately I had to spend a lot of time just keeping my head above water.  I'm going to do a better job of this in 2013.

Reflection
2012 was an AMAZING year for me.  It had a lot of highlights and unfortunately some negatives.  This year I feel like I really grew as a runner and in my personal journey.  I learned how strong I could be and that I can do anything I set my mind to. 

I have some big things planned for 2013...stay tuned!

In the meantime, what are your thoughts on 2012?

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Week 2 of 2012

1/17/2012

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Week 2 was quite a success.  I actually missed one 3 mile run, but I still ended up with 21 for the week so it's all good!

Tuesday - 3 miles through Grandview  (00:37 - 12:22 pace)
    It was a rough day, to say the least at school for Noelle and I, so we decided to go for a run to blow off some steam.  The route we took started with a gradual downhill and ended with a gradual uphill.  It was nice to run outside without it being too cold and just chatting it up.

Thursday - 6 miles - Neighborhood Loop x 4  (01:07 - 11:12 pace)
    So I had the bright idea again to get up at 4am for an extended morning run.  I am still to chicken to venture outside of my neighborhood when it's that dark, so I managed to run the 1.5 mile loop 4 times for a lovely 6 miles.  It was a humid 45 degrees outside and was a constant mist most of the time I was there.  After the first loop I had to get ride of my gloves.  By the end of the 2nd loop I was debating a strategy to ditch the sweatshirt, but that proved to be too much of a hassle so I just kept it on.  This run was going to be my first attempt at a Tempo run where I was supposed to run 3 miles at a 10:55 pace.  I decided to do a 1.5 mile warm up, 3 miles @ 10:55, and a 1.5 mile cool down.  It turns out, I'm not so great at keeping a Tempo.  Mile 1 = 10:42, Mile 2 = 10:58, Mile 3 = 10:30 (oops)  It's really hard to make myself run slower than I feel like I want to run.  Oh well, I guess I'll figure this all out eventually.
    I've decided that I really like running at 4 a.m. (at least for this run).  There's something about being out there before everyone else is awake.  It's almost like it's this secret time of day that no one else has discovered yet.  I know that sounds weird! HAHA :)

Sunday - 12 miles - Long Run - Sharon Woods Loop x3 (02:22:11 - 11:51 pace)
    The lap at Sharon Woods is 3.8 miles so I decided to go and run 3 loops plus a little bit extra.  It was SUPER cold on Saturday so I decide to postpone my long run to Sunday.  Instead of running on Saturday I decided to go Snowboarding at Midnight Madness instead.  Staying up until almost 4am, getting up for church at 10, and then running 12 miles is enough to wear you out!  Although it was sunny on Sunday it was still about 25-30 degrees outside.  I was able to convince Noelle to go and run a lap with me which was very enjoyable.  Then she left and I had to run the other 2 laps myself.  The path was mostly cleared, but there were a few treacherous icy/snow covered spots.  It felt like the run was more stressful than it had to be by just making sure you didn't wipe out.  By the last lap the 3 decent sized hills almost got the best of me, but I was victorious! :)  I managed to survived and then went home and crashed hardcore!

Overall, I'm pretty happy with how this week worked out!  I really enjoyed most of the running and I'm still working on pacing and keeping my tempo! :)

Slapbet Total = 39 miles (Only 961 to go!)
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