2014 started with me setting a pretty lofty mileage goal (for me, that is).

In 2013, I had set a goal of running 1000 miles.  I thought that was a heckofalot of miles.  Imagine my surprise, then, when I finished 2013 with 1200 miles!  Cool Beans, I thought!!!

2014 dawned and I needed to set down my mileage goal for the year. I knew I had an Ultra on tap and a Marathon and then some shorter distance races.  I put on my thinking cap and picked a number.  1600.  That sounded do-able.  I would have to work, but I thought it was attainable.

I set about working towards my 1600 miles for 2014.

A couple of weeks into 2014, I found myself on crutches with a stress injury.  Boo.  I was on crutches for 5(?) weeks.  Put me out of commission.  I kissed my 1600 goal bye-bye.

Once I was off the crutches, though, my training was going well.  I thought to myself…maybe it was still do-able?  I kept my fingers crossed and kept that 1600 in the back of my mind.

I successfully completed the Ultra in July and put my sights towards the Chicago Marathon.  6 weeks before Chicago I sustained a concussion.  Rats!  I was completely out of commission for that for the better part of 3 weeks.  My main concern was still being able to run a full marathon with a concussion!

Chicago was a success.  I was forced to run the entire race looking at the ground because if I looked up, I got super dizzy from the head trauma.  Completed that race, I did, with a PR to boot!   #HappyCamper

One evening, soon after this, I tallied my miles.  1600 was still do-able!  Holy Cow!!!  This was at the beginning of November.  I figured that if I ran somewhere close to 150 miles in November and December, I could STILL make my goal.  Unreal.

So, I started working towards my 150 miles in November.  Three days later, I messed up my ankle hitting a rock on a run.  The Doctor put me in a boot.  Two more weeks of no running.  That made a grand total of 10 weeks out of training for the 2014 calendar year.

I watched that 1600 goal disappear. I was sad. It wasn’t the end of the world or anything, it was just I knew that if I hadn’t been injured quite so much, I would have made it!  That was frustrating.

Today, I added up my miles again.   As of right now, I have run 1525.78 miles in 2014.  That means I have to run about 75 more miles this calendar year and I will reach my goal!  Woo-Hoo!!!  There are still 2.5 weeks left of 2014, too!!!

Do you think I’ll make it???  Keep your fingers crossed!   🙂

Oh, any my goal for 2015?  I think a nice round 2000 miles sounds nice.   HA!