Monday, January 5, 2015

Wrapping up 2014, ringing in 2015

Happy 2015! As I sit here thinking about all of my accomplishments of 2014 and planning my goals for 2015, I am reminded about how far behind I am with my blogging and my race recaps from the previous year. If you will allow me, I'd like to skip ahead to my yearly wrap up and goal setti
ng for 2015, then return to finish blogging about the last few months of 2014. It will be a little disjointed, but to me, it seems to make sense.

The number one goal that I had in terms of running this year was to have completed 520 miles. For some more experienced runners, this might have seemed like a really lame goal, but it was just slightly higher than the goal of the year prior, and considering that I spent the last half of 2013 injured, setting this nominal goal for 2014 seemed doable. At the end of the day though, I hadn't counted on being sidelined with foot complications, and this goal was just not attainable.

After calculating and recalculating my tally for the year, I finished having traveled 323.11 miles.

In some respects, I am happy that I was able to do this much, and in other respects, I am saddened that I set a goal and wasn't able to meet it. I hate not finishing what I started, and it feels like I have let myself down. Husbeast keeps telling me to open my eyes and see all that I did manage to accomplish this year instead of what I wasn't able to accomplish... so here goes.

This year, (although I haven't finished blogging about all of them), I completed

  • 15 half marathons
  • 2 10K races
  • 1 6K race
  • 2 5K races
  • 1 4K race
  • 1 race that billed itself as a 5K OCR but came up lacking

and the most important distance race of my life...

  • My dissertation was completed and successfully defended, earning me the title of "Doctor."

I also was able to check off another 6 states in my quest for running a half marathon in each state of the United States (KY, TN, MS, AR, LA, UT).

As I think toward next year, I have one goal... and that is to finish what I started last year and reach that number of 520. This year, I will do it.

4 comments:

  1. I look forward to reading upcoming posts about 2014 as well as new adventures in 2015! Don't be sad that you didn't reach all of your goals for 2014. It sounds like you have a very smart hubby and I agree with him about seeing all that you DID accomplish!

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    1. thank you so much Pam. I'm trying to focus on positive here.

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  2. I don't think your goal sounds lame at all for last year. Goals are goals, and any positive goal is a great goal!
    Life happens, and sometimes we can't do all the running we want in a year (this I know) but the good news is there is always tomorrow, and now a whole new year.
    I have to say 6 states on your goal is quite impressive in itself!!!
    Good luck with your miles goal this year, hopefully injuries stay away and this is a year of triumph for us all!!!

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    1. thank you. I wish you luck at your goals as well girl!

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