running ahead in 2015
and looking back on 2014
Last year I had many plans 2014, running wise. After the Dopey Challenge I didn’t do much and only finished one other event. For that event, Let’s Move Festival of Races, I didn’t do any training. I also entered Kona Running Company’s Kona Run, a massive fail. A few days earlier I had eye lid surgery, I miss-calculated the drive time and missed the start of the race partly due to to the eye lid surgery. Then towards the end of the year I tried complete the monthly strava Half-marathon challenge — to have at least one 13.1 or greater run. Once the weather turned cold the days grew shorter I found it difficult to find time run let alone squeeze in 13.1 mile run.
Official Chip Times (with strava links)
- Dopey Challenge 5k — 30:28
- Dopey Challenge 10k — 1:04:45
- Dopey Challenge Half Marathon — 2:23:05
- 5K Split — 33:30
- 10K Split — 1:07:25
- 15K Split — 1:42:45
- Dopey Challenge Full Marathon — 4:58:34
- 5M Split — 55:14
- 10M Split — 1:52:07
- Half Split — 2:27:20
- 20M Split — 3:47:36
- Let’s Move Festival Half Marathon — 2:11:04.1
- First Half — 1:01:47.4
- Seocnd Half — 1:09:16.7
It will be hard for 2015 to top 2014. I loved my Dopey Challenge experience, despite being up early wake up times on vacation; I also had my best half and full marathon times in 2014.
So now on to 2015 I plan on once again running the Let’s Move Festival of Races half marathon. I also entered the Grand Rapids Marathon. I would like to find one more race to complete sometime in the year. I’m thinking maybe the Crim 10-miler or The Brooksie Way, however I think I will opt to do the Run 2 Read 10k. Finally, I also have one other date circled on my calendar… April 28.