Reaching my end of the year goal!

Well, 2012 has been a pretty good year for running. I ran some of my fastest times, collected a few trophies, completed two marathons (Nashville and Atlanta), and completed my goal of running 1200 miles in 2011!

Here are a few highlights:

1. Two half marathons in January: Red Nose and Warner Robins.
2. Set a PR of 2:30 on the New Thanksgiving Atlanta Half Marathon Course. It is, however, short of my 2:20 PR set in 2009 on the old course.
3. Completed two marathons: Nashville (5:46) and Atlanta (6:00).
4. Set a 10k PR in Madison with a time of 1:00:19! Hopefully I'll break an hour in 2012! Set a course PR for the Macon Labor Day Road Race (1:01:52)
5. Broke the 29 minute barrier in two 5k races!! The Steeple Chase 28:28 (Covington, GA) and the Race Against Violence 28:03 (Conyers, GA)
6. Set a course PR in the Covington Fuzz Run 29:19!
7: Set course PRs in the Covington YMCA's Cheerios Challenge 5k 31:22 and 10k 1:02:56. I also received a winged foot trophy for my 10k run!! (I've wanted one of those for years!)
8. No trophy in the Elks Aidmore run this year, but I set a course PR, running this 5k trail run 4 minutes faster than my previous best! I believe the time was 31:20 or something like that! Anyhow, I felt great about the result!

It was a very good year, overall. I look forward to another great year of running in 2012. Perhaps this will be the year I break an hour in the 10k and 28 minutes in the 5k. Who knows, I might even break 2:20 in the Half Marathon. At any rate, I plan to work on staying fit and having fun!

I'll be running the Red Nose Half Marathon in good old Columbus Georgia next Saturday, January 7. Hoping to break 2:30 for a course PR. We shall see!