Sweets, Sweat & Finish Lines: 2013 Recap - 12 months, 12 races (15 actually!)

2013 has come to a close (actually a month ago) but finally getting around to writing the final blog update. The goal was 12 races in 12 months, I ended up with 15 races! I'll take that.

I'm not sure if it was the consistency in training or the cross training with the tri's but I managed to stay uninjured (knocking on wood) and run some of my best races. I enjoyed having something on the calendar each month. I think this New Years Resolution might have to turn into a yearly goal........maybe starting again in 2015!

12 months, 15 races, 4 new distances, 4 PR's and one AG place! I'll call that a good year!

January 12, 2013 Frosty Fingers 5K Gunpowder Falls State Park
February 9, 2013 BRRC Valentines 10K Loch Raven Reservoir
*March 9, 2013 Whitehall 15K
*April 22, 2013 Metric Mulligan Half Marathon 8.15miles
**April 28, 2013 Nike Women's Half Marathon, Washington, DC
*May 11, 2013 Kinetic Half-Iron Triathlon, Lake Anna, VA
May 25, 2013 Military Appreciation 5K Myrtle Beach, SC (2nd place AG)
June 15, 2013 Baltimore 10 miler Baltimore, MD
*June 23, 2013 - Philly TriRock Olympic, Philadelphia, PA
**July 14, 2013 - Utica Boilermaker 15K
August 18, 2013 - Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon, Columbia, MD
**September 8, 2013 - Iron Girl Rocky Gap Triathlon, Flintstone, MD (6th place AG)
**October 26, 2013 - Ready Set Sniff 5K with Jethro
November 9, 2013 - Color Run Myrtle Beach 5K, (Aniya's first race!!)
November 28, 2013 - Turkey Trot 5k Elyria, OH

*First race at this distance

**Personal Best/Record (PR)

Now it's time to close the chapter on 2013 and look ahead to 2014..............even bigger things to come!!!