I'm still a little sick, but WAY better than I was on Saturday morning. The first 10 miles were a little funky with sickness, more Christmas junk food, cold weather, yada yada. From 10-15 I felt great and as I made my way behind Walmart and then I was ready to be done. Threw in a couple tempo miles at 16 and 17, then just cruised home. Actual distance was 20.2 but for the sake of nice, even numbers, we'll call it 20 and be done with it. I ran 15 more miles this year than I did in 2011. Would have been a lot more but November was rough--desire just wasn't there and it felt pretty darn good to sleep in everyday. But I still managed 3,333 miles this year, an all-time high for me and a record I'm sure I'll never break. Just too much going on right now and it will only get busier with 3 kids, work, church, school, etc. It's been a good ride with the PR's, but moving forward I'll just have to be content with enjoying running for the simple things. Which I'm fine with. 2012 was a good year for running: New mileage record, PR in the 10K (arguably the best race of my life), first ultra trail race (50k) and first marathon win. Still looking for the sub-2:30 marathon but if it doesn't happen, life goes on and I'm ok with it.
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