Well, I'm leaving this crummy blown up picture, because it documents my NERC Grand Prix final standings. I'm fourth overall & first in the masters division. Not a bad year! I'm very happy with that finish. I'm looking forward to the NERC Winter Party at the end of the month.
Running in December was good. Finally got over 100 miles ~ and our little run group has expanded to four people at times: Me, Mike, Dodd, & Kelly. It's great to run long with people. We ran in WARM December weather & we ran in SNOW {practicing our run slides ~ "Let's see who can slide the farthest" "We are all too competitive to run slide for distance and we're too far from home to carry someone."} & we ran in sub-zero temperatures. We ran at 600 feet of elevation & we ran at 9000 feet. The last run of the year was December 30 & when I got back to the house I realized that I needed .46 miles to round out the year...so off I ran around Mom & Dad's half mile neighborhood loop. UP the steep hill & then down to finish it out.
December Totals:
113.84 miles for the month ~ makes up for the two months I was under 100!
1406 miles for the year
1406 miles for the year
2011: 564.5 miles
2012: 656 miles
2012: 656 miles
2013: 1217 miles
2014: 1191 miles
202.2 miles in my Gortex Ghosts ~ one wear on a wet Sunday morning again this month
332.36 miles in my Nike Vomero ~ The tread on these is really worn down...Nikes do not wear as well as Brooks.
332.82 miles in my light blue Brooks Glycerin 11 ~ Funny how my two pairs have almost identical miles on them.
Training for: OH, the Grand Prix race schedule is OUT! so excited to sit down & plan it out. Four half marathons on the schedule!
Podcasts I'm listening to: Marathon Training Academy, Lore, Stuff You Missed in History Class, Dear Sugar, Stuff You Should Know, & This American Life, Love & Radio, RadioLab & Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Neighbors & SERIAL is back!
My WEIGHT: SOOOOOO after eating dessert after every meal over Christmas...I've not gotten on a scale.
Some interesting facts:
Highest weekly mileage this month: 29.19 December 13 thru December 20, 2015
Favorite place to run this month: Colorado River Walk
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: NONE. I didn't buy any and I wasn't given any.
# of books I read this month: three
Monthly mileage record: 156.69 ~ March 2015 {purposely ran 8 (on a treadmill) on March 30 to beat the August 2013 record}
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time: 26.36 ~ May 17, 2015 The Cleveland Marathon
# of books I read this month: three
Monthly mileage record: 156.69 ~ March 2015 {purposely ran 8 (on a treadmill) on March 30 to beat the August 2013 record}
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time: 26.36 ~ May 17, 2015 The Cleveland Marathon
PR's:
5K: 22:30 (Run For the Grapes 9/28/14}
10K: 50:13 {Run for the Hills 6/22/14 & TIED the time Run for the Hills 6/21/15)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:44:42 (Northern Ohio Half Marathon 10/4/15)
marathon: 3:57:31 (The Cleveland Marathon 5/17/15)
5K: 22:30 (Run For the Grapes 9/28/14}
10K: 50:13 {Run for the Hills 6/22/14 & TIED the time Run for the Hills 6/21/15)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:44:42 (Northern Ohio Half Marathon 10/4/15)
marathon: 3:57:31 (The Cleveland Marathon 5/17/15)
THE HAIR OF THE DOG 5K
So, Mike had the great idea of running a race in Colorado. Our first travel race. He found a 10k in Colorado Springs {a 2.5 hour drive} Then he found a 5k in Edwards {a 45 minute drive} So...after a lot of himming and hawwwing. We signed up & talked Bob into it too. It was -2 degrees at the start (Mike: "it's a warm cold in Colorado") We got there early (surprise) and were pleased to find really friendly people, a bar that had not yet been cleaned from New Year's Eve, and really cool tech shirts. There was a TON of food and beverages & a prize table. When we signed up there was a required question: I'll be bringing a dog. There was only one answer choice (yes) and it was a required question. However, there were MANY more people there without dogs than with, so that was good! The 42 people present lined up in the tiny town of Edwards, CO and a dog jumped on Mike. {funny} We took off in the freezing cold and ran through town to the bike path {a short down & a long up} At about the mile mark we turned left & did a lap around a lake. At this point I was in fourth place for females. I'm looking at the people running around & I couldn't tell where they were running to. Come to find out, about three quarters of a mile around, the race course runs off the path & directly up the embankment, in the snow. Embankments are steep. I take it the best I can at 7,000 feet. At the top one of the two women running together in front of me stops to walk. I totally understood that feeling & need. I slowed WAY down to catch my breath & slow my heart beat. We ran back past the spot where we turned left & did another out back. Then we ran back into town and UP to the finish. This was a tear off the bib, put it on a board & it was clocked with a watch. Super small town & fun. I won third place and chose a pair of socks from the prize table. Bob came in 6th overall & got a water bottle. Mike came in 11th overall & got a tshirt. I was 13th overall. Once again, slowest in my group. |
| PreRace Selfie |
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| Post Race Selfie |
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| Post Race recovery Bloody Mary! |
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