Reflections Eternal

on 1st Ave in NYC en route to 2:39:21, photo cred Lisa Kenyan.

Since the year is about up, its about time to take a look back at 2014. I'll start with the quick and dirty...

MILES: Currently at 3,178 miles, but should be at 3,323 miles by the end of the year.

RACES:
-Valentine's Day 5k: 16:11, 12th place
-Mercer Island 1/2 Marathon: 1:14:42, 7th place
-Seahawks 12k: 42:30, 7th place
-Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon: 1:14:14, 5th place
-Fremont 5k: 16:17, 7th place
-Shore Run 10k: 33:23 (PR), 5th place
-Seafair 8k: 25:58, 7th place
-Railroad Days 10k: 33:51, 7th place
-Labor Day 1/2 Marathon: 1:13:14, 6th place
-NYC Marathon: 2:39:21, 110th place (39th US, 95th Male)

Plus an indoor 5k time trial in 15:58 (new PR) in March, and another in December in 16:28.

Not a bad year for me. Apparently I have a stranglehold on 7th place. So when I race, just pencil my name in. Overall I can see lots of improvement. My 5k was right around 16:15 on the roads, with a nice PR indoors (just need an official one now). My 10k was a PR of 25 seconds, and my 1/2 marathon moved down another 43 seconds. Marathon wasn't what I hoped for but there were some extenuating circumstances with that aggressive wind.

Looking at those times, I need to make the next leap from 15:58 to under 15:40, from 1:13 to 1:11-1:12 low. You can't run 2:29 with the PRs I have, even with the mileage I put in during marathon cycles.

Thanks to Brooks Running for the support of the Fanatics, and onward to working with Team Nuun in 2015!

Super goal pace all the way.