2008 Review

And now for the required beginning of the year post. :) As usual, late, and thus losing its relevancy. :)

So for 2008:
I started the year with Couch To 5K, and then ran the St. Patricks Day Dash (3.58 miles, 33:01; 9:13/mile) Race Report

I used Hal Higdon's 10K Novice program to prepare for and ran a hilly 10K in Tacoma in May. (54:58; 8:51/mile) (Apparently the 10K at Tacoma is no more...bummer) Race Report

The next weekend I ran Beat The Bridge (8K, 39:34; 7:54/mile) Race Report

A month later in June I ran the Beach To Chowder 10K (49:30; 7:57/mile) Race Report

I missed the next race I wanted to do, the Super Jock & Jill Half Marathon because I was recovering from surgery to correct an umbilical hernia. I was able to come back and get into the swing of things and stay on track with my training, fortunately.

Finally, I ran my first marathon, the Seattle Marathon on 30 November 2008. 26.2 miles in 4:32:58 (10:25/mile).. Day Before Race Report

Thanks to Breaking the Tape, where I record my runs, I have the following yearly summary data.

Jan 23.0
Feb 27.75
Mar 42.83 St Pats Dash
Apr 44.68
May 63.50 Tacoma, Beat The Bridge
Jun 67.79 Beach To Chowder
Jul 81.75
Aug 28.66 Recovering from Surgery
Sep 109.76
Oct 159.33
Nov 107.42 Seattle Marathon
Dec 82.33

Total 838.80 miles

The umbilical hernia was the most significant issue I fought for the year. I suffered from the normal aches and pains of a new runner, and a runner in general, including but not limited to: Shin splints, mild to moderate arch pain, assorted joint aches, IT Band issues and Runners Knee.

The only things that seem to be lingering are the IT Band issues (which seem to be resolved (so far)) and the Runners Knee. Both of which have only stuck around as long as they have because of my stubborn insistence that "all I want to do is run".