As I like to do with many areas in my life I want to take a look back at my year of running.  Off the bat I accomplished two big goals, running my first marathon and completing my first sprint triathlon.  With accomplishments like that you might think I was focused and keeping up with my training programs.  Well I am here to tell you that was not the case.  I started out strong after signing up for the marathon in December 2020, I knew I needed to start training since I only had 16 weeks.  The first four months of the year I was able to hit at least…

I knew before I even crossed the finish line at my first marathon that there would be a second one in my future.  I walked way more than I wanted and felt if I stuck with my training plan better I could have performed to my peak.  I signed up for the Rehoboth marathon that will be in December. Training began the week of August 16 and would continue for the next 16 weeks!  My training started out worse than it did for my first marathon, I only ran just under 14 miles for the entire month of August.  September was not much better with me getting 25 miles in…