My 15 Years of Running!

Fifteen years ago today, I ran my very first 5k. I can’t believe it has been 15 years! In order to celebrate this anniversary-of-sorts, here is a summary of those last 15 years. Enjoy!

The Cowtown Challenge: 2024 Edition

When my 100k was over in September, I looked for another marathon to run in 2023 but nothing fit with my schedule. So I decided to concentrate on The Cowtown as my first goal race of the year as well as a short 5k training block. I have never trained for a 5k and let me tell you after all the long slow distance running while training for the 100k, it was tough! The change was welcome though!

My Yearly Rundown: 2023 Edition

Welcome to my end-of-the-year summary for 2023! I deemed this year the “Year of the Ultra” again because of a landmark birthday. Every 5 years, I get the itch to do big, scary things and this year was no different. The goal for 2023 was to complete a 100k for my 55th birthday, so everything up until September was training towards that goal. Here’s the rundown: