Running with The ZMan 2011 edition
Its been a while since I updated you about my running shenanigans (and for the record only Mr Clingerman actual ran the 5k with me and finished - though he did look a little green at the end).
After my double marathon at the end of 2010 (hmmmmm I never did post a race report) I decided to back off the distances a little and just run half marathons this year. But just a couple wouldn't be enough. So I decided to run one a month. 12 seemed like a nice round number.
But then one month I had a chance to run 2 becuase one was free and 13 didn't seem much like a good number so I found a couple of extra to run and finished the year with 15. When I look back at my running history I discovered that up until 2011 I had run a total of 14 half marathons. So in 2011 I ran more half marathons than I had run in total in the previous 6 years.
I was hoping that I would get faster as the year went on but it turns out that as my legs tired I became prone to some annoying minor injuries that forced me to take things easy in the latter half of 2011. There was one race I probably shouldn't have run but it was crucial to my 15 total so I sucked it up and them limped for 4 days. There was another race that was so hot I walked the final 4 mile lap and fell twice.
So whats the plan for 2012? Well I'm back to running marathons - well I have one planned for sure in May. Otherwise I don't have any goals for the year firmed up yet. You'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Count |
Date |
Race |
Time |
Comments
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1 |
1/16/11 |
Arizona RnR |
2:11:28 |
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2 | 2/21/11 |
First Call Presidents |
2:07:49 |
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3 | 3/26/11 |
Lake Sammamish |
2:00:51 |
Fastest run of the year... Soooooo close to breaking 2:00 |
4 | 4/17/11 |
Bainbridge Island |
2:16:06 |
Hilliest run ever - legs very sore after this one |
5 | 5/21/11 |
First Call Spring |
2:08:29 |
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6 | 6/5/11 |
Mud and Chocolate |
2:32:54 |
Trail run |
7 | 6/12/11 |
Beach to Chowder, Long Beach |
3:16:11 |
Walked with J who had a bad back and should have done the 5k. Rained the whole way.
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8 | 7/16/11 |
Windhorse, Bellingham |
2:29:05 |
Smal but fun race. I believe I was actually the last runner in from my starting group. |
9 | 8/21/11 |
Mud and Chocolate |
2:59:23 |
Trail run. TOO HOT! Fell down twice |
10 |
9/5/11 |
Labor Day Half, Woodinville |
2:26:56 |
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11 | 9/25/11 |
Black Diamond |
2:15:14 |
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12 | 10/16/11 |
Race For a Soldier, Gig Harbor |
2:15:22 |
Lots of great supporters out on this one |
13 | 11/6/11 |
Mud and Chocolate |
2:52:13 |
Ran with bad ankle - bad idea. Walked last lap and limped for a week |
14 | 11/27/11 |
Seattle |
2:31:00 |
Would have been sub 2:25 if women could pee in less than 4 minutes each... |
15 | 12/31/11 |
Yukon Do It, Port Orchard |
2:23:00 |
Leg still stiff for 1st half but turned out to be a decent race in the end |