2011….A Mostly Great Year!

Although 2011 has brought with it quite a few injuries, I also managed to achieve quite a few accomplishments.  Here's my year in review:

Completed 19 organized events:

*   3 - Half Marathons - Oklahoma City (coldest half marathon EVER), MO' Cowbell (PR), and            Kansas City (another PR)

Me & Madi after OKC....FREEZING!!!!  Sick as a dog here!

Me & Coy after MO' Cowbell....Moooooo!

After the KC Half....Got Milk?

*    1 - 15K - Cerner 15K (first 15K so it was a PR).  During the race I PR'd in the 5K, 10K and 15K points!!  How cool!

Me & Jim after the Cerner 15K



Finish line of my first and fastest 15K



*         2 - 10Ks - Hospital Hill, The Northface Endurance Challenge (PR)

Hospital Hill 10K "Robot" pose

Northface Endurance Challenge - It was super HOT!

     
*          1 - 4 mile run - Westport 4 Miler

Luck of the Irish!

*          4 - 5Ks - Groundhog Run, Diva Dash, Corporate Challenge, Halloween Hustle

Me & Jim.  Our first underground race.  I was sick as a dog here too.

Before the Diva Dash.  Super excited.

Before the Corporate Challenge 5K.  Look how green everything was.....I miss that!

Pre-race Dance prior to the Halloween Hustle!

*    3 - Sprint Distance Triathlons - Topeka Tinman, WIN for KC Women's Tri (PR from previous year), Jackson County (huge PR from previous year)

Me & my friend Michelle with our race results at Topeka Tinman.  Our first Tri of the season.

Me & Michelle after WIN Tri......after a long rain delay, the day turned out gorgeous.

A group of friends before the Jackson Co Tri.  Future Racine 70.3 training team.

*    2 - Bike Tours - Tour De Lakes, Sunflowers to Roses

*    3 - Virtual Races - Cupcake Half Marathon (Jason @ Cook, Train, Eat, Race), the Jelly         Bean 10K (Run With Jess) , and the I Just Felt Like Running Virtual 5K (Jeff at Detroit Runner)

Trained for my first Olympic Distance Tri (sadly didn’t finish it)

Sad face at packet pick-up for my should have been race

Trained for my first marathon (will complete on Jan 8)

Completed my first ever 50 mile bike ride

The "after" pic....we made it 50 miles!!  It was the hottest day ever - around 100 degrees.

Got to be part of my stepdaughters first race ever (10K) and first half marathon and my stepsons first 5K

Madi & Jim at the Ground Hog 10K

Me & Gage being silly at the Halloween Hustle

All of us the night before OKC Half Marathon.  Who knew it would rain buckets on race day.

Got to meet and run with Coy Martinez of First in Philly

Me & Coy at Mo' Cowbell

Learned how to use Clipless Pedals

It might have taken me a couple of tries to get the hang of it.

Set new 8 PRs over the course of the year (I think)

Ran my fastest mile ever in training

Ran a 10:14 mile....not fast for you, but fast for me!

Became a Blogger

So glad I started blogging and got to know all of you!!

Got to watch my husband cross the finish line of the Boston marathon and back to back marathons

Jim almost to the finish line at Boston.  What an awesome experience.

Jim right after finishing the KC marathon - his first marathon in two days.



Jim, Me, Madi and Nate right after the Des Moines Marathon.  That makes #2

Ran, biked and swam a lot of miles.  I didn’t really start tracking this really well until about about March or so.  Bummer I don’t have exact mileage to share, but I know it was my highest mileage year to date.



I look forward to an EVEN BETTER 2012!!