2014 started with me setting a pretty lofty mileage goal (for me, that is).<\/p>\n
In 2013, I had set a goal of running 1000 miles. \u00a0I thought that was a heckofalot of miles. \u00a0Imagine my surprise, then, when I finished 2013 with 1200 miles! \u00a0Cool Beans, I thought!!!<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0I put on my thinking cap and picked a number. \u00a01600. \u00a0That sounded do-able. \u00a0I would have to work, but I thought it was attainable.<\/p>\n
I set about working towards my 1600 miles for 2014.<\/p>\n
A couple of weeks into 2014, I found myself on crutches with a stress injury. \u00a0Boo. \u00a0I was on crutches for 5(?) weeks. \u00a0Put me out of commission. \u00a0I kissed my 1600 goal bye-bye.<\/p>\n
Once I was off the crutches, though, my training was going well. \u00a0I thought to myself…maybe it was still do-able? \u00a0I kept my fingers crossed and kept that 1600 in the back of my mind.<\/p>\n
I successfully completed the Ultra in July and put my sights towards the Chicago Marathon. \u00a06 weeks before Chicago I sustained a concussion. \u00a0Rats! \u00a0I was completely out of commission for that for the better part of 3 weeks. \u00a0My main concern was still being able to run a full marathon with a concussion!<\/p>\n
Chicago was a success. \u00a0I was forced to run the entire race looking at the ground because if I looked up, I got super dizzy from the head trauma. \u00a0Completed that race, I did, with a PR to boot! \u00a0 #HappyCamper<\/p>\n
One evening, soon after this, I tallied my miles. \u00a01600 was still do-able! \u00a0Holy Cow!!! \u00a0This was at the beginning of November. \u00a0I figured that if I ran somewhere close to 150 miles in November and December, I could STILL make my goal. \u00a0Unreal.<\/p>\n
So, I started working towards my 150 miles in November. \u00a0Three days later, I messed up my ankle hitting a rock on a run. \u00a0The Doctor put me in a boot. \u00a0Two more weeks of no running. \u00a0That made a grand total of 10 weeks out of training for the 2014 calendar year.<\/p>\n
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! \u00a0That was frustrating.<\/p>\n
Today, I added up my miles again. \u00a0 As of right now, I have run 1525.78 miles in 2014. \u00a0That means I have to run about 75 more miles this calendar year and I will reach my goal! \u00a0Woo-Hoo!!! \u00a0There are still 2.5 weeks left of 2014, too!!!<\/p>\n
Do you think I’ll make it??? \u00a0Keep your fingers crossed! \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Oh, any my goal for 2015? \u00a0I think a nice round 2000 miles sounds nice. \u00a0 HA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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