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"SwStudio" <
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> Greetings, rec.runners!
>
> Please feel free to join this thread and submit any information you have compiled regarding your
> year. You don't have to answer all the question - feel free to add any other info you'd like.
>
> Have a great, injury-free new year, everyone!!!
>
>
> 1. How many miles/kilometres did you run this year?
> 2. What were your highest and lowest mileage weeks?
> 3. What was your longest run?
> 4. How many (if at all) races did you enter?
> 5. What were your best and worst race performances?
> 6. Do you have a favorite, memorable run that you did this year?
> 7. What was the craziest weather you endured while running?
> 8. What were your goals for 2003? Did you achieve them?
> 9. What are your goals for 2004?
> 10. Do you have a favorite running-related quote to share?
Hi everyone,
I'll pop in here and join this thread just to wrap up the year, and then I'll see where life and
running take me. I can't answer all of the questions posed by David above, but here are my thoughts
and accomplishments for 2003:
- this was a year of change and new challenges and accomplishments. a shaky financial situation due
to lack of job for part of the year meant that i could not do my usual 9 or 10 races over the race
season. instead i ran only two road races, one on St Pat's Day (5K) and the other in the Ottawa
National Capital Race Weekend (10K) in May. pretty much the entire year consisted of triathlon
training, and even now my workouts include swim, bike and run. i did my first tri in May - that
was a short beginner's one, and then in July I completed a longer sprint tri.
- further to the tri training, i must mention that this has been a swimming year for me. i kept the
running going, but i've been focusing on becoming a half-decent swimmer after a lifetime of not
even being able to front crawl. i managed 750m in my sprint tri, and i was able to do 1.5k at the
nearby bay in training. mission accomplished.
- i think my longest run may have been about 12k, a big drop from the previous few years when i did
longer distance training. 2003 became a shorter run year, mainly so that i could squeeze in all of
the tri training that was necessary.
- worst race? i guess the National Capital 10K.... i felt kinda woozy and sick in the stomach for
the latter half of that race. no real explanation why, but it meant a poorer result that i
hoped for.
- best race performance? despite a very slow swim start in my sprint tri, i recovered on the bike
and came back to pass several people on the run and to post one of my better 5K times! i was
pleased - and mystified
- by that.
- a memorable run? i can't remember
actually, i took a little hiatus from running for several
weeks in the late fall. this December, i've been getting back into it, though my long workday cuts
into any possible running workout time. so i only get in one or two runs per week. maybe with some
creative scheduling i can get another one in there soon. anyway, i'd say that my first run back
after the break was memorable. it was a cool sunny day and i decided to try running with music and
headphones on for the first time in years. the time was right. the run was great, my mood was
great, the music was great.
- i achieved my race goals for 2003.
- 2004 goals? i'm still working on them, but i'm very close to registering early for a May sprint
triathlon (swim in a pool) or possibly wait for a June tri and swim in a bay. i'd like to run at
least one long road race this coming year, and my thoughts keep coming back to the marathon (!).
i'm not sure if that will happen given my work hours, but if not that then i'll see if a half
might be possible on whatever training i can eke out. or i might have to settle for a 10k or two.
this is a wait and see year. a change in career direction could mean that things will go my way
more in the race and training dept.
2003... it was a very good year. thanks for reading!
Cam