2020 Wrap-up

Let me start this entry out by saying I was absolutely shocked to click back on "last year's wrap-up" and see that was the year I ran a marathon pregnant. Has it really only been a year and a half since my pregnant Publix? It's been one baby, one maternity leave, one job change, one pandemic, a national council appointment, a new school for my kids (well, maybe two if you could the fact that we home-schooled this spring when the world turned upside-down)... All in less than 18 months. Whoa. 

ALL the stroller runs this year :) 

2020 Goals:

maintain the 1000mi/year streak (every year since 2014)

Um, crushed this. I actually hit a new total annual mileage high this year thanks to using running as my coping mechanism... heh

sub-6:30 mile at some point

Try sub 6:10. THREE of 'em.

find a way to balance training/running with my roles as a mom of two and wife

Well, COVID kind of made this easier? Maybe?

stretch after every run

That, um, didn't happen... at all. 

commit to 10 min of yoga/meditation/stretching a week

I don't know that I timed this, or was terribly intentional about it, but I can definitely say that I've given myself at least 10min of meditation/thinking/reflection time each week, and it's been good. 

^one of my fave memories of this year was the 10x10 Challenge I did with my teammate

(10mi each day for 10 consecutive days)

Other Accomplishments I'm Proud Of:

Committing to weight lifting! I signed up for a Beachbody-on-Demand subscription in March, and went through four different strength training/cross-training programs this year (LIIFT4, The Prep, 21 Day Fix Extreme, LIIFT4). This was particularly useful since COVID-19 had us hunkered down at home for the bulk of the year, and was a fun thing to share with my oldest (who asked for and received a set of 1lb dumbbells to "join Mommy in her workouts")
Running 10mi a day for 10 consecutive days this summer with my running bestie 
Executing two rounds of Miler Method training, culminating in PRs (6:08, then 6:06)
Organizing a team for a virtual relay race across the country
Earning a Top 1000 "mug" in the virtual Peachtree Road Race 
Volunteering with Atlanta Track Club when we hosted the Olympic Marathon Trials... on the last normal weekend of 2020

By the Numbers:

• 1650 miles run (new annual max)
• 260 hours, 41 minutes, and 17 seconds spent running
• 9:29/mi average pace for the year 
• 31 days were affected by injury or illness: (two super mild calf strains, two virus-y illnesses, one bit of Achilles soreness)
• 2 new PRs (22:18 5K, 6:06 Mile)

after my first mile PR of the year

Looking to Next Year, Goals:

• keep lifting on a regular basis
• complete at least one three-week Beachbody Program following nutrition to a T, just to see what happens ;) 
• break a 6:00 mile (I know I can)