I love blogging memes. So I was extra excited to find this 2012 Race Recap one by Katie at Peace, Love & Oats. But I also added a few of my own categories. Please. Indulge me as I relive 2012 in running.
Races participated in: Nine
Races “raced” (of x amount above): Four or five (undecided if one was actually my racing)
Did-Not-Finish: 0
Did-Not-Start: 1 (Glow Run–we were just too busy that week!)
Rock the Parkway–my first race of 2012
5K: Mother’s Day, All-Star Game
8K: Amy Thompson
5M: 0
10K: 10K for Tin Cans, Freedom Run
10M: 0
Half-Marathon: Rock the Parkway, Hospital Hill, Waddell & Reed KC Half, Gobbler Grind
Marathon: 0
New-to-me Distances: 8K
Amy Thompson 8K
States run in: Kansas, Missouri (although I also trained in Florida, California, Nebraska, and Illinois!)
Road: Nine
Trail: Zero
Months run in: 12
Hottest race: Lenexa Freedom Run 10K (AND they ran out of water!) or All-Star 5K
Coldest race: Gobbler Grind Half-Marathon (the weather was PERFECT!)
Windiest race: I don’t remember any of the races being particularly windy–lucky me!
Wettest race: No rain for any races this year (phew!), but Rock the Parkway was really muggy.
Can you tell it was hot after the All-Star 5K??
Participation medals received: six
Age group medals received: two
PRs: Four
Placed in age group: twice
My first age group medal!
Races run alone: Four
Races run with others: Five
Who: Mom (Mother’s Day), Amy (Hospital Hill), B (Freedom Run & All-Star 5K), Kelly (Waddell & Reed)
Acted as pacer: Zero (well, kind of with Kelly in the KC Half)
Walked this 5K with mom
Running Hospital Hill with Amy
Races run without music: Six (during Rock the Parkway I listened to an audiobook)
Races run without Garmin: Nine (because I didn’t own it yet!)
Races run in costume: Zero
Favorite Medal: Waddell & Reed KC Half
Pretty medals
Favorite Bib: I don’t remember bibs because I don’t save them. Maybe the KC Half again? If I remember correctly, it was pretty and colorful.
Favorite Picture: Lots with friends before, after, and during!
My Own Categories
Total miles for 2012: 820.72
Highest mileage month: September (103.29 miles)
Longest run: 13.7 mi on Sept 15th
Most memorable run: This is a toss-up between my 10-miler in California, and my 8-miler along Lakeshore Dr. in Chicago.
What were some of YOUR favorite races or biggest accomplishments in 2012?
Wow!!! You had an amazing year!!! So many races! (I can’t believe they ran out of water at the hottest race! Yikes!)
Thanks!! 2012 was definitely my running year
And, yes, I know, it was AWFUL!
Look at all those runs!! You’re awesome!
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