Photo from RnR Seattle.. all my fiends have SO many medals… I only have one. #sadface
Can you believe that the first half of 2014 is behind us? Crazy, right? At the beginning of the year, I’m sure that we all set up goals of what we wanted to accomplish and hopes and dreams, and dragons… so let’s see how I did for the first half.
Races
5 marathons (Arizona, LA, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle)
1 half marathon (San Francisco)
1 12k (Bay to Breakers)
Miles
Total: 677.5
High Month: June: 136.65
As you can see, I raced a lot of marathons. After my PR in December, I was pursuing sub 3:30 pretty hard. I crashed and burned on most of my races by going out to fast and as I kept missing my mark, I started adding more pressure on myself and just kept falling apart. It was a shot to my confidence and created some minor aches and pains I’ve been dealing with. After San Diego, I decided to focus on building strength and working on my consistency in prep for my 52.4 at the end of July.
I had to rebuild some confidence in my running game and get back to basics.
8 days, over 70 miles
The last 8 days have been a whirlwind. It started with RnRSea and ended with a 18 mile run last Saturday. The week looked like this:
Saturday: 26.2 mi.
Sunday-Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 8.5 mi.
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 17 mi.
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 18.5
It was the highest mileage for me in that short of a time frame (I think.) The idea was to get in the miles and stay consistent in my pace. It is definitely giving me confidence heading into the second half of 2014. I’ve got some major goals lined up, which I’ll share in a future post, but I’m excited for the rest of the year.
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Massive giveaway going on now.
I’m fundraising for my 52.4 mile adventure and am giving away a TON of amazing running gear/fuel over the next two weeks. I’m at 64% of my goal.
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Shirts are coming back!
I promise. I’m relaunching the store in July. If you want to be notified when it’s officially opened, sign up here for an email.
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RnR Chicago
$10 off code: HITTHEPAVEMENT – Race day: July 20. Register here.
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What are your plans for the second half of 2014?
wow that is seriously impressive!!! I was hitting some great numbers before this trip, now well my brain can only think about how ridiculously nasty the weather is here :)
I am hoping for a few more races in the second half of my year than the first.
Love how much fun you are having with it all!
I’m kicking off the second half of the year by starting to run again tomorrow after practically no running for the last 9 weeks due to tendonitis. And then somehow I’ll be running the SF Marathon with practically no training (lots of walking….basically i’ll just need to finish before the 6 hour cutoff lol)…and then if i remain healthy i’ll be ramping up for Ragnar Napa in September as part of an Ultra team and then October and November I’ve got one half marathon each. Hoping the worst of this injury is behind me…Oh and I’ve grown to love biking as a result of all the cross-training the last couple months so I hope to keep reaching distance milestones there too.
You are a rockstar! That is a great half of the year…you have done more races than I have in the last 3 years :P I love how positive you are about your approach to running, your enthusiasm is contagious…in a good way of course :) Best of luck to you for the second half of the year too….I will be watching…and hopefully trying to convince you to make your way to Chicago for the marathon this year so we could meet!
Wow. You have had an amazing year.
I am excited that 2014 may be the “Year I met Pavey!”
Dude. You are amazing. What an incredible year so far. Glad to hear you’re taking some time to focus on the basics. See you in a few weeks!
You’re cra-cra but I love it. and how is it that we are already talking about the first half of the year?! TIme is flying. Chicago will be here before you know it!