That's right, loyal reader, I'm offering you my own year-end fitness-based retrospective/prospective. This is as self-indulgent as it sounds but hey, it's a weblog, a medium invented in the 1990s for exactly this purpose.
2012 Running Stats
- 401.26 miles
- 75.9 hours
- 79,353 calories burned
- 3 half marathons (2:21:38 PR)
I eked past 400 miles yesterday in the blistering cold. 6.23 miles in 13° F with a slight breeze yielded me several PRs and thankfully no frozen extremities other than my beard.
Beyond a good year of running, I reached a few other personal goals, including finally earning my Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Science, bicycle commuting to work nearly every day since mid-May, and losing somewhere between 50 and 60 pounds. I feel grateful to everyone who helped me reach these goals, and also obligated to set new goals to work toward.
2013 Running Goals
- 600 miles
- 1 half marathon (Journeys in 2:15)
- 1 full marathon (finish Fox Cities)
- 28-minute 5K
I'm currently planning to run the
Journeys half marathon in May, and the full marathon at
Fox Cities in September. Add in a couple of bike events and possibly one other half marathon somewhere, and I think I'll be pretty busy this year.
