Jennifer Dicus and Melissa Ownby at Coastal Trail Runs New Year's One Day 6/12/24 hour event.
Wayne Plymale getting ready to start the 6-hour event. Wayne just recently ran his first 50k - in the Philippines! Loved it, back for more now that he's home.
Amy Freund McCrea and Walter Edwards. Walter ran the 24 hour event and came in 3rd with a 108.22 miles. Amy was my ride over, the person who bought me coffee afterwards because I left my wallet and my ride back. I don't want to brag but I'm going to anyway - I have some pretty awesome friends.
It's 2011! They say time passes in the blink of an eye, so who blinked? I only have to look at the archived blog posts, the archived photo albums in Facebook and Flickr to see that it was a full year but a part of me can't believe it's already the start of a new season. Whoa, time to get back on the horse.
Last year was tough, not as great as the two previous years. There were many disappointments, things I didn't do well or failed to accomplish but there were also some pleasant surprises and things I'm proud of. So where does that leave me? With a lot of work to do like everyone else.
WHAT DIDN'T WORK
- Cutting out strength training after the winter months.
- Cutting out the spin classes, part of my training the last four years.
- Not being more disciplined about my diet (raced heavier)
WHAT WORKED
- Running with the Thursday morning run group
- Occasional runs with the Thursday run group on weekends
- Learning to run my hills during training
- Switching to shorter trail races when I felt burn out
- Transitioning to lighter trail and road shoes
Happy New Year everyone. I hope to see some of you on the trails!
New Year's Eve with friends from my triathlon club. Come to think of it, last year we also spent New Year's Eve together - good people.
Happy New Year, Rick! I hope 2011 is great to you! :)
ReplyDeleteRick, So glad we met this year. Look forward to seeing you again soon. Peace EricG
ReplyDeletehappy new year, rick! wishing you great running in 2011!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Rick! Hope you have an awesome 2011!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year and here's to a fast, short (some long) lighter 2011!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the New Year wishes everyone. Here's to 2011.
ReplyDeleteI'm late to the party, but...Happy New Year, Rick! I really hope that I can do that CTR New Year's run to "run in" the New Year someday--it looks like a whole lot of fun (especially if it doesn't rain!). Those Xmas Relays look like fun, too! Thanks for all of the photos--great as usual. I love the "what worked/what didn't work lists. Helpful to all of us! 2011 will be a good one for you...I believe that, anyway. For a cool New Year's sunrise, see my blog I finally started--yes, finally--thanks, in part to your writing and inspiration). Wishing you well and...
ReplyDeleteKeep the spirit! Ann
I tried to post this a couple of times now, but it seemed to not even get to the "approval" page, so trying again now--sorry if it ends up to be a duplicate.
ReplyDeleteI'm late to the party, but...Happy New Year, Rick! I really hope that I can do that CTR New Year's run to "run in" the New Year someday--it looks like a whole lot of fun (especially if it doesn't rain!). Those Xmas Relays look like fun, too! Thanks for all of the photos--great as usual. I love the "what worked/what didn't work lists. Helpful to all of us! 2011 will be a good one for you...I believe that, anyway. For some cool sunrise pics from New Year's and this week, see my blog--yes, I finally started one--thanks, in part to your writing and inspiration. I'll be doing training-specific posts and race reports, too--hopefully with a pic of you sometime :)--just need to have it warm up out here. You're so lucky to not have to deal with sub-30, let alone sub-20 temps!! Wishing you well and...
Keep the spirit! Ann
Yeah sorry, if you remember there used to be no approval process to leave a comment on my blog but I kept getting these weird Chinese language spam comments.
ReplyDeleteOh I have to check out the blog sometime. Thanks for the well wishes. I hope it turns out to be a good year - I'm optimistic. Not much to blog about right now though. Just training and more training.