I started putting together my racing schedule last week. I will be wearing my Oiselle singlet soon again. I didn't plan out my entire year, but I did plan out my schedule through the end of April.
My season will start next week with a new 5K race in town. I have run plenty of races at this location (a local college). I'm pretty sure the course will be the same as the ones I have run in the past. The college has used two different courses for past races. Both of them are on city streets and both are nice. Whichever one they choose should be good. The only thing that could slow us racers down would be snow. I'm hoping the roads will be clear.
My racing schedule will include a new distance. I will be running in the Mad City 100K. The 100K is also the USATF National Championship, which I am a member of. I wanted to run this race in 2012, but it was canceled because they couldn't fit it in before the World Championship 100K. The organizers wanted to give the US athletes plenty of recovery time before the Worlds. Which is understandable.
What really excites me about this race is that is a road race. The course is all pavement or sidewalks. Half of the course is flat and the other half has gentle hills. I love road races. I love ultras that are run on the roads. There are not many out there. I'm really looking forward to running this race and I can't wait to do it.
Here is my race schedule for January-April. I'm need to decide soon if I want to run the Glass City Half Marathon a week after the Mad City 100K. So far I'm leaning towards running it.
January 19 - Pink Zone 5K - Adrian, MI
February 2 - Hot Chocolate Hustle 5K - Adrian, MI
February 9 - Frosty 5 Mile Trail Run - Adrian, MI
April 20 - Mad City 100K/USATF Championship - Madison, WI
*April 28 - Glass City Half Marathon - Toledo, OH
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Monday, January 07, 2013
Friday, January 04, 2013
Movies watched in 2012 - final count
Final count: 20
Favorite movies: Argo, Lincoln, The Hunger Games, The Iron Lady, W.E.
Favorite documentary: Britian's Royal Weddings
Least favorite movie: Bridesmaids
Favorite movies: Argo, Lincoln, The Hunger Games, The Iron Lady, W.E.
Favorite documentary: Britian's Royal Weddings
Least favorite movie: Bridesmaids
- Argo (2012)
- Bertie & Elizabeth (2002)
- Bridesmaids (2011)
- Britian's Royal Weddings 1923-2005 (2011)
- D.O.A. (1950)
- JFK (1991)
- Johnny English Reborn (2011)
- Lincoln (2012)
- Restraint (2008)
- Running America (2009)
- The Help (2011)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- The Iron Lady (2011)
- The Last Station (2009)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Runaways (2010)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- W.E. (2011)
- Wallis & Edward (2005)
- Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Books read in 2012 - final count
Final count: 50
Favorite books of the year: Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal, Toni Bentley; The Eighty-Dollar Champion, Elizabeth Letts; Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath, Mimi Alford; Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art forger, Ken Perenyi; After Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Least favorite books: None. They were all pretty good.
Favorite books of the year: Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal, Toni Bentley; The Eighty-Dollar Champion, Elizabeth Letts; Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath, Mimi Alford; Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art forger, Ken Perenyi; After Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Least favorite books: None. They were all pretty good.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal, Toni Bentley
Chasing the Runner's High, Ray Charbonneau
The Perfect Mile, Neal Bascomb
Cleopatra, Stacy Schiff
The Carrie Diaries, Candace Bushnell
Summer in the City, Candace Bushnell
Forgotten, Cat Patrick
Deja Dead, Kathy Reichs
Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard
Flawless, Sara Shepard
Perfect, Sara Shepard
Unbelievable, Sara Shepard
Wicked, Sara Shepard
Killer, Sara Shepard
Heartless, Sara Shepard
Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal, Toni Bentley
Chasing the Runner's High, Ray Charbonneau
The Perfect Mile, Neal Bascomb
Cleopatra, Stacy Schiff
The Carrie Diaries, Candace Bushnell
Summer in the City, Candace Bushnell
Forgotten, Cat Patrick
Deja Dead, Kathy Reichs
Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard
Flawless, Sara Shepard
Perfect, Sara Shepard
Unbelievable, Sara Shepard
Wicked, Sara Shepard
Killer, Sara Shepard
Heartless, Sara Shepard
Wanted, Sara Shepard
Twisted, Sara Shepard
Ruthless, Sara Shepard
Fairy Tale Interrupted, Rosemarie Terenzio
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Pronto, Elmore Leonard
Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard
Raylan, Elmore Leonard
The Coffin Quilt, Ann Rinaldi
A Life Without Limits, Chrissie Wellington
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy, John Le Carre
Eat and Run, Scott Jurek
Eat and Run, Scott Jurek
Clearing Hurdles, Dan O'Brien
The Sugarless Plum, Zippora Karz
Girl in Motion: A Novel, Miriam Wenger-Landis
Breaking Pointe, Miriam Wenger-Landis
The Cranes Dance, Meg Howrey
The Eighty-Dollar Champion, Elizabeth Letts
Renegade Champion: The Unlikely Rise of Fitzrada, Richard R. Rust
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anne Sebba
The President's Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity, Nancy Gibbs
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir, Clint Hill
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, Martin Dugard and Bill O'Reilly
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath, Mimi Alford
Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer and Their Vision for World Peace, Peter Janney
FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy and a Presidency in the Balance, Robert Klara
Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art forger, Ken Perenyi
Kate: Kate Middleton: Princess in Waiting, Claudia Joseph
After Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Seven Days in the Art World, Sarah Thornton
To Marry an English Lord, Gail MacColl and Carol McD. WallaceRipped, Shelly Dickson Carr
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Miles run in 2012 - final count
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
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
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
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