One week ago at this time i was about a mile into Philly marathon. There were 25 miles in my immediate future. Still a long way to go to the finish line and the end of a long season. This week has been about recentering… spending time with friends … drinking beers with abandon … staying up way to late … and just focusing on things that have slipped this year.
And now its Thursday morning – Thanksgiving. The week is going too fast… and I am back to in Monday morning. I’ll use this last quiet morning to reflect on what I accomplished this year.
I attempted my busiest ever season with 9 events. I completed 8. That one DNF was possibly the best thing that has happened – talk about lighting a fire under my butt. There was one sprint tri, one olympic, and two long course (half distance), and that pesky tahoe full. I did a 15k, a half marathon and two full marathons. I set one record I’m not so proud of (first DNF) and four real PRs. One at the new 15k distance and the half triathlon, half marathon and full marathon!!!
This week i had a phone call with Jack about setting goals for next year. I will be trying to do less and more. My “A” race is the Challenge AC full, but i really just want to get through that one. We are targeting two halfs and lots and lots of run work. He thinks we can keep building on my run. Yippee treadmill miles this winter 😛 I’m looking forward to building my fitness this winter and not being so far away from the group.
Its been a rough couple of weeks – missing colorado and realizing that we won’t be skiing much this year. But i have so much work to do it might not be a bad idea to have some other stuff on the plate 🙂
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