2017 By the Numbers: 2292.53

Miles ran:  1108.15

Miles past my goal:  108.15

Miles away from last year's mileage: 509.25+

Miles per week average: 21.31

Weeks of 40+ miles: 1

Weeks of 30+ miles: 12

Weeks of 0 miles: 1

Miles per month average:  92.35

Months with 100+ miles: 6

Time spent running:  191 hours, 27 minutes, 50 seconds, just shy of 8 full days running.

Total Runs: 195

Average Miles per Run: 5.86

Favorite Race: Twin Cities 10 Mile was phenomenal. 

Least Favorite Race: The Wage Hope 5k for pancan. It was such a phenomenal day to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer research and treatment, but it felt on the weekend of the first birthday of mom's without her, I was an emotional wreck, and then I wanted to run well in her honor and it was a million degrees with a trillion percent humidity. Uff.

Highest Mileage Month: August 140.66

Lowest Mileage Month: February 41.8

Marathons: 0

Half Marathons: 5

10 mile: 1

8 mile: 1

10K: 1

5 mile: 1

4 mile:  1

5K: 3

3 mile: 4

1 mile: 0

PRs accomplished: 0, slowly whittling down the times though!

Pairs of shoes purchased: 5

Hotel nights booked: 2 for TC10, 5 nights in San Antonio (but luckily that was a work trip for Kyle that I tagged along with), so 7 total!

Flights taken: Dallas, San Antonia, and Boston 3!

Race road trips taken: 1 to Twin Cities 10. Brookings was barely a road trip.

Number of runners met: Countless. 

States crossed off my "run a race in every state" list:  1! Massachusetts! 

Awesome Race Photos garnered:  Tons.

Number of sub 4 crash and burn attempts: 0

Number of times I was proud of my racing efforts: Chilly Cheeks 5 mile, Brookings HM, 3 Parks and Rec 5ks, TC10, the OceanView Half and the thanksgiving day 10k. 8!

Number of times Kyle ran with me: 0

2017 Goals Check In

Running

• Run 1000 miles. 1100+ YAYZIES! This is legit the goal I'm most proud of.
• Run a Sub 2:05 half. YAY! finally. First time since 2014!

• Run a Sub 2 hour half. Not this year, although I did frantically search for a midwest half in late November/early December. Spoiler alert: there are none.
• Run a sub 25 minute 5k (I'd take under the 8:02 pace if the course is short, I'll probably do the summer Parks and Rec 5ks again, and they are always short!). YES! Sub 8 pace for a short course 5k on 10/9/17! And a sub 25 5k for the Trick or Treat race!

Life

• Rescue another pug. Sniffle sniffle. Nope.
• Read 175 books.
• Eat breakfast more. YES!
• Cycle 500 miles. Oh, no no no, not even close.

Yoga

• Find an additional yoga teacher opportunity and partnership that I'm excited about. YES! I started doing a run and flow at a new yoga studio in town. I can't wait for the weather to be nice again to start it back up!
• Handstand! Progress not perfection.
• 30 day sadhana. I may have forgotten that this was even a goal. Oops.
• Minimalist Challenge. YES! I purged so much stuff, giving away, throwing away, and selling.

January in Review

January in Review

Total Miles: 72.4 up from 27.3 last month. Up from 9.1 miles last January.

Planned Miles: 90

Total Time:  12:48:40 up from 5:08:41 last month. 

Total Runs: 13

Highest weekly mileage:

1/23/2017 – 1/29/2017:	20.5 mi	3:31:05

Favorite run: Ten mile long run with 3 minute pickups every 20 minutes. Felt like a unicorn run for me. Felt waaaaaay easier than it should and that I could've kept going. YES! Most hardcore run: Since I was in full on base building mode, I didn't have many runs with real workouts in them. I will say that I ran in some pretty hardcore conditions, including running in below zero temps, and then running in -15 temps on sidewalks that were full of ice and snow, and we still got in 5 miles! #bapoints Favorite race: Too Cold to Hold Half (race report to come!) Bike Miles: 0 Favorite Jam: Still jammin' on Panic at the Disco.