Running in 2013 by the Numbers

Many of you know that 2013 was my first full year as a runner. My goals this year were to complete my first half marathon (check) and to finish 13 races in 2013 (check and then some).

I collected many medals, of which I am most proud of my Coast to Coast medal!



My stats for 2013
Half marathons: 5 (two in person and 3 virtual)
10 Milers: 1
10Ks: 4
5Ks: 7 (3 in person and 4 virtual)
Total races: 17 (10 in person and 7 virtual)
Total Mileage: 375.52 miles

My top two running-related lessons of 2013 are:

1) You will get a lot of race t-shirts, but you should not expect any of them to fit. In fact, if they do happen to fit and they are wearable, consider yourself lucky!

My pile of races shirts. Most, of which, do not fit. 

2) I am not a virtual racer. If you read my MCM 10K race recap, you will understand when I say that races are events. They bring out real emotions for me and the feeling that we are all doing something together. Virtual races are not events in my mind. In 2014, I will not be doing any more virtual races.

As 2013 comes to a close, I am looking forward to many more miles in 2014!

Happy New Year!

Week in Review (September 16 - 22, 2013)

I'm pretty sure that this is something I haven't mentioned on the blog before, but this is one thing that I have been plugging away at all year long. What am I talking about? Well, one of my goals this year was to complete the 13 in 2013 Challenge. That is to complete 13 races of any distance this year. You can also do a set distance, but I chose to do a variety of distances including 5K, 10K, 10 miles and half marathon. So far, I have completed nine of the 13 runs. You can see what I've done to date on my Race Results + Recaps page.

That means I have four more runs left to reach my goal, but I went a little overboard and have eight more runs on the schedule. I had better not sign up for anymore! This is partly due to the fact that I accidentally signed up for a series instead of one race back in May, so by the end of the year, I'll finish another four 5K's, one 10K and three half marathons. Most of them are virtual so they won't be officially timed.

The weather in DC is finally comfortable and I have been enjoying being outdoors more. This is what the week looked like. I'm still having fun with the Brazil Butt Lift DVDs and put in some runs this week after my week off.

Monday: Brazil Butt Lift (BBL) - Sculpt (50 minutes)
Tuesday: BBL - High & Tight (35 minutes) and Tummy Tuck (20 minutes) + ran 3.1 miles
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: BBL - Sculpt (50 minutes)
Friday: BBL - Cardio Axe (30 minutes)
Saturday: BBL - Sculpt (50 minutes) + walked 4 miles
Sunday: ran 5 miles

Total yoga this week: 0 times
Total mileage this week: 8.1 miles
Total mileage this year: 279.63 miles

Happy Monday!