I had another great year of running. My mileage wasn't as high as 2011 because of my treadmill breaking. When my treadmill was out of commission, I had to run elsewhere. Running elsewhere threw me out of my routine. I ran on a local hotel treadmill and outside.
The local hotel treadmill was ok. The hotel only had two, so I was on one of them for a couple of hours. Once I had to just leave the hotel because one treadmill was in use and the other was having belt issues. That forced me to run outside. It is not that I don't like running outside, it is a get very bored. When I'm running a race outside, I have no issues. But when running alone, I can't stand it.
It was a great year because I ran two 50 mile races and 24 hour run. I ran my first 50M in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was a challenging course. I ran the majority of it, but I did have to walk the last 12 miles. Finished in 11:07:11. A couple of weeks later, I ran my first 24 hour race. It was going well until there I found out there was an error with my lap count. I was told I had less laps run then I know I had run. That really frustrated me. Along with my frustration and being really tired, I went to my car and slept. When I got back on the course, my lap count was accurate and I finished with 85.57 miles. My second 50M race was in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania on a mountain. The elevation was crazy. There were so many times that I thought I wasn't going to make the cutoff. I kept going and finished the race. A volunteer ran the last four miles with me because it was getting dark. I was never so happy to be finished with a race. I was officially the last finisher in 108th place with a time of 11:50:50.
I'm hoping 2013 will be another great running year.
Total miles run for the year:
2012: 5213.3
2011: 5745
2010: 2764.9
2009: 1257.9
2008: 960.2
2007: 573.7
2006: 470
2005: 350.8
2004: 318.6
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