Before that insanity begins however I figured I'd take a minute to look back on 2015. By most metrics it's been a successful year of running. I've managed to stay mostly injury free. I've logged right at 1000 miles running over the past 365 days. I've completed 1 marathon, 5 half marathons, 4, 10ks, 3 5ks, 1 3k, 3 kids 1k, and 2 challenges while running in 8 different states, the Bahamas and the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.
My medal rack is full, I've met some amazing friends and had a lot of fun along the way.
I haven't had the most successful racing season. I targeted 3 races as "goal" races this year. For one of those races it was 80°F at the start and the other 2 races came with wet roads, rain and wind. None of them yielded the results I'd been training for.
But I'll still say it's a successful running year. 1000 miles. That is huge. I finished a marathon - my first since 2007. I stuck to my training plan. I had fun. I met some of the best most fun running friends and teammates possible.
So tomorrow starts 2016. I don't know what it will bring. I haven't really thought about my running goals after Dopey next week. When I finish those 48.6 miles on Sunday January 10th in the parking lot of Epcot, I'll give myself time to celebrate and then I'll assess where to go from here? Will there be another marathon in my future? More travels? Half marathons? A Triathlon? I don't know. Will there be more running? Most definitely . Will there be more laughs, goofy pictures and fun. I hope so.
So here's to a great 2015 and hopefully an even better 2016. And may there be a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end of your next finish line.
