| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |
| swim | 182 | 110 | 95 |
| bike | 1440 | 997 | 1029 |
| run | 390 | 393 | 261 |
| brick | 382 | 233 | 350 |
| race | 304 | 268 | 130 |
| other | 33 | 21 | 80 |
| total miles | 2731 | 2022 | 1945 |
I look forward to finding out what 2014 will bring!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The year(s) in review...
There's a few blogs that I read where the blogger does a recap of miles trained and raced for the year. I've always thought about doing that, but for some reason never did. (At least I don't see that I did!) So, this year I am. I went back three years because for almost a solid three years I have been logging my miles in Training Peaks. My awesome coach, Melissa, puts the workouts in and after I have done all (!?!) of them, I record the data: miles, time, average heart rate, average pace, etc., So here are my totals! Other is a combination of mountain biking and walking. I just want to say...I love to swim! But wow - I sure biked a lot of miles this year! Now that I have these totals I'll have to add 2014 to this next year. The race numbers are for running and triathlon. The brick usually involves biking followed by running. Too bad I cannot separate them out. One thing is clear - I've raced a lot more in 2013 than in 2011!
War Damn Blog!
My friend Kim has a new blog! I read it as soon as I read about it and added
her to my blog list. Of course seeing my blog with its last update from
November 21 reminded me that I am way overdue with a post! I had a few things
to talk about but just never started anything. So here I go!
So not posting on my blog for over a month was almost how
far I went in between runs! Yikes! My last run in November was on the 28th
for the SOME Thanksgiving Trot for Hunger. It was a very chilly morning but a fun and huge race! I ran with some friends and their son. My friend and I actually ran with her son during the race and got him to a new 5k PR! Yeah! Then I did not run again until Friday, December 27! And really for no particular
reason. Well, initially – at the beginning of December – I was tired. In fact, the reason i was tired was something I had wanted to write a post about. I guess I will cover it
here! Then I was just being run-lazy! I
was getting my swim on and even some indoor spins. But could not bring myself
to run. Then Christmas got in the way. No excuse, really, but I opted for sleep
over running a few times. And spending time with my younger son who is home for
a short break of 3 weeks from school. Normally his break is 4 weeks!
So. Speaking of my son and his school …I was tired because I
took a road trip with my older son down to my younger son’s school for their
final football game – the Iron Bowl (it even has a name!) – of the year. It is always against the University of Alabama and always the Saturday
after Thanksgiving. Auburn, Alabama is about a 12 hour drive from home. We left
after dinner on Thanksgiving and drove about 4 hours to just outside Durham,
North Carolina where we spent the night. In the morning we hit the road right
after breakfast and made incredible time the rest of the way! My sons' father
lives in Huntsville, Alabama and he was joining in on the fun. He picked the
younger up and school and we all met up at the hotel about 30 miles from the
campus. We immediately went back into town to the bookstore to pick up some much
needed supplies for game day!
After our shopping spree we went to dinner. It was time to
celebrate my younger son’s 21st birthday (from a month before), and then
call it a night. The next day would start early even though kickoff wasn’t till
3:00 PM Central Time. We planned to meet up with the younger at 9:00 AM! Crazy,
I know. But this game was a big deal
and we wanted to make the most of it and take in as much pre-game stuff as
possible.
A little background: Auburn University won the National
Championship in 2010 and went undefeated. Then in 2011 their year was not as
good. In 2012 it was much worse, to the tune of 3-9 and 0-8 in their conference. This year they got a new coach and they won a few games. Then lost to LSU.
Bummer. But then they started winning. And they beat ranked teams. And kept
winning. By the time the Iron Bowl rolled around they were 10-1/6-1! And they were ranked. Fourth! Last season they lost to Alabama (who
won the National Championship in both 2011 and 2012) in a major blowout.
Alabama was ranked number 1 and Auburn number 4. This game was going to be
huge! The experts were predicting that it would be the biggest Iron Bowl in the
history of their rivalry! We were psyched!
We got to experience a lot of crazy game day stuff, including
throngs of people (the town more than doubles on game day for home games) and
then some. We briefly tailgated with the family of the younger’s family; we
tailgated a bit on our own; we did more last minute shopping. Then we got into
the stadium early so we could watch it fill, and experience cool traditions. And of course, enjoy the marching band! As a former high
school marching band ‘geek’ I love this stuff!
Finally it was time! Auburn scored
first and the score went back and forth – it was a very exciting game! In case you
missed this on the news it came down – literally – to the last second. The game
was tied with one second left! And Auburn WON in that last second!
My younger was one of the ones rushing the field after the
epic finish! We were sitting in the upper part of the end zone where the final,
amazing, touchdown happened. I was so hyped up with the end of the game I actually
felt sick! It was weird! We met up with the younger later and hung out and
relived the excitement with his friends watching highlights that had already
lit up on YouTube, Twitter, etc., then walked up to Toomer’s Corner to see the ‘decorations’!
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| Iron Bowl Victory at Toomer's Corner! |
Of all the video clips out there, this short one of theAuburn radio announcer is amazing and really encompasses the feeling of
probably all the Auburn fans sitting in the stands and watching on TV.
However, this longer clip has first the TV commentary, then
the Auburn radio call, followed by many fan reactions. I confess I’ve watched it. A
lot! I have never experienced anything like this before in my life! Chances are
I won’t ever again.
Needless to say, I was wired that night! After a few hours
of sleep the older and I had to make the long drive (12 hours turned into about
14 because we hit some Thanksgiving weekend traffic) back home. I was beat! But
it was SO worth it! War Eagle!!
And the fun part: my best friend is an Alabama alum and we
bet school flags on the game. A brand new Auburn flag is flying at her house
till January 6 and the BCS National Championship game which Auburn with be
playing in against Florida State!
Back to regular blog stuff now…
I have a race tonight, The Fairfax 4 Miler and again tomorrow on New Year’s Day - the Resolution Race, a 10K! This is a new
tradition of these double races and this will be my third time doing it!
Happy New Year!
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