2013 Year In Review

2013 Year In Review

About this time every year I like to look back on what I have accomplished athletically because it is so easy for me to forget.

At the beginning of 2009 I could not run to the car (nor would I have wanted to). I hated running. I thought a 10 mile bike ride was REALLY long. Swimming over a mile was only for escaping Alcatraz prisoners (and impossible). I have never been an athletically gifted person. 

I am amazed and proud of what I have accomplished in a few short years. 
This Year I Completed

• 3 Half Marathons
• SwampHouse Half Marathon FL
• Ocala Half Marathon
• Space Coast Half Marathon
• 1 Marathon
• Jacksonville Bank Marathon
• 4 Half-Ironmans
• Miami Main 70.3
• Ironman Miami 70.3
• RocketMan 70.3
• HITS Ocala 70.3
• 2 Century Rides
• Soles 4 Souls (Cycling) FL 100mi 
• Champions Ride (Cycling) FL 100mi
• Started swimming Masters swims three days a week for an average of 7 miles swimming a week.
• I now weigh the same as when I left high school in mid 1990's!! (sometimes less).
• Blogged a world record number of spelling errors and grammar issues!!

2013 Total Race Distance: 346.7 miles

In 4 past years I have completed:

• 21 Half marathons
• 12 Half Ironmans
• 105 Laps a Lucky's Lake Open Water Swim (105 km)
• 3 Century Cycling Race
• 2 Metric Century Cycling Races
• 1 Ultra marathon (30 miles)
• 1 Marathon
• 1 30K run (15 miles)
• 4 Olympic Triathlons
• 10 5K, 10K, 15K runs (217 miles total)
• 1 Sprint Triathlons

If my math is right, that means in 4 years of ONLY races (not including training) I have done the following:

• 82.8 Miles Swimming
• 1252.6 Miles Cycling
• 749.4 Miles Running

That is a 2079.8 mile triathlon in races in 4.5 years. That means I have raced 67% of the distance across the United States (Sacramento, CA to Ocean City, MD).

Past Year End Reviews

• 2012 Year End Review
• 2011 Year End Review
• 2010 Year End Review