running ahead in 2015

Last year I had many plans 2014, running wise. After the Dopey Challenge I didn’t do much and only finished one other event. For that event, Let’s Move Festival of Races, I didn’t do any training. I also entered Kona Running Company’s Kona Run, a massive fail. A few days earlier I had eye lid surgery, I miss-calculated the drive time and missed the start of the race partly due to to the eye lid surgery. Then towards the end of the year I tried complete the monthly strava Half-marathon challenge — to have at least one 13.1 or greater run. Once the weather turned cold the days grew shorter I found it difficult to find time run let alone squeeze in 13.1 mile run.

Official Chip Times (with strava links)

• Dopey Challenge 5k — 30:28
• Dopey Challenge 10k — 1:04:45
• Dopey Challenge Half Marathon — 2:23:05
  • 5K Split — 33:30
  • 10K Split — 1:07:25
  • 15K Split — 1:42:45
• Dopey Challenge Full Marathon — 4:58:34
  • 5M Split — 55:14
  • 10M Split — 1:52:07
  • Half Split — 2:27:20
  • 20M Split — 3:47:36
• Let’s Move Festival Half Marathon — 2:11:04.1
  • First Half — 1:01:47.4
  • Seocnd Half — 1:09:16.7

It will be hard for 2015 to top 2014. I loved my Dopey Challenge experience, despite being up early wake up times on vacation; I also had my best half and full marathon times in 2014.

So now on to 2015 I plan on once again running the Let’s Move Festival of Races half marathon. I also entered the Grand Rapids Marathon. I would like to find one more race to complete sometime in the year. I’m thinking maybe the Crim 10-miler or The Brooksie Way, however I think I will opt to do the Run 2 Read 10k. Finally, I also have one other date circled on my calendar… April 28.

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