12 For 12

Back in January 2012 I said that one of my goals for the year was to run a race each month, hence the 12 for 12. Somehow, many times during the last weekend of the month, I was able to get a race in for the month. Some of the races and events I have written blogs about, but not all. So rather than trying to remember details...here is a little photo montage of most of those other races.

On April 28th, I ran the Cardinal Greenway 6k. Made it back to the car right before a storm hit. No picture from this race.

May...wow...can't believe I never did a blog post on my first ever 1/2 marathon! My other goal for the year was to run a half, which I expected to be September. Did that one but this ended up being first. This was the Geist 1/2 marathon on May 19th.



2 hours 30 minutes to finish

June 30th my daughter and I walked/ran a hot and humid Fireworks 5k in Richmond, IN.



Theme it up with red, white and blue!

July 21st. Well, my first DNF. I, uh...basically passed out right at the 1/2 way point. Embarrassing.


Still a cheeser after the race. Hoping for a door prize.

August 25th, CFW in Richmond...inaugural race that was part of a 1/2 and 10k. Also got 2nd in my age group...and an exhilarating drive home with the top down on the convertible and some great songs playing on the radio.



First time to wear my running skirt at a race

September was my volunteering and my second 1/2...at the end of the month!


October 20th my first ever trail race. The Fall Foliage 5k at Cope Environmental Center.



Action shot!

November 3, the W.O.O.F. 5.3 mile trail race. Was able to get a friend to go along...she got 3rd female over all, and I got 1st in my age group!



Leslie and myself

 

 

Socks are a nice bright green on the backside

Thanksgiving day, a non-timed 5k Turkey Trot in New Castle.



Many Hagerstown and area people

December 1st, Frostbite 5k in Richmond...at a balmy 58 degrees!



Santa socks. Candy cane earrings. Be fun if you can't be fast!

What do I have planned for 2013? A lot depends upon how my foot holds up (still dealing with effects of an injury during the September 1/2 marathon). I am signed up for my first ever night race...and it is a trail race at a place I have never been. And I know there are hills! Also am signed up for a first ever 10k in March.

To help move the training along, I've signed up for #13in2013 (sign up is now open until 1/6/13) and 5 by the 5th. We'll see how this goes. Still not interested in the Indy 500 Mini or a marathon. Yet. Give me a few more years... 

One foot in front of the other,
Sharon

 

Seasons on the Greenway

March 2011...the realization that I was easily getting out of breath during various activities and when running in the school gym with my preschool classes hit home. I needed to get into cardio shape.  My weight...it is a decent number, I don't worry about it. The number has stayed within a nice 5 pound range over several years. It was all of that huffing & puffing that needed to change. 

Friends on Facebook would post about their exercise adventures, and I had been paying attention. If they could do it, so could I. Walking is the way it began. 

Cardinal Greenway has a trailhead two miles and a bit from my house. This is the area I have logged most of my exercise miles. It is smooth, no pot holes, scenic in the areas I visit, and not very busy out my way. Bikers on long training rides swoope past, but I see more birds than other walkers/runners.

March 19, 2011

March 19, the first foray on this "get into shape" adventure on the Greenway.  I just happened to take a picture.  It is something I often do...take pictures.  Spring was around the corner. Wouldn't it be cool to take pictures every few days or weeks to show the progress of nature "greening" up?

I have somewhat managed to remember to snap a shot every now and then. These are all taken with my phone, and most shots are looking Southeast toward Losantville. This is at the trailhead entrance from the parking lot. Notice the short roundish bush on the left...it is in most of the pictures. A few are at other points along the trail.

March 26, 2011

April 6, 2011

Time of day and cloud cover really make for a difference in the pictures.

April 13, 2011

Click the pictures for a larger view...notice that there is more green along the edges of the path...green beginning to pop out in the trees on the left.

April 25, 2011

Even though this is looking SE, I almost always begin the exercise routine headed NW toward Muncie.

May 7, 2011

Wow! What a change.

May 21, 2011

May 30, 2011

Oops...no pictures for June and July.  What can I say, the deer fly were horrid!!

August 12, 2011

                   This was the first official day back to work for me. And one of my first evening runs. Taken looking SE just before Stony Creek bridge.

August 20, 2011

One misty, moisty morning when foggy was the weather.... beautiful dew drops on what had been hidden spider webs.

September 26, 2011

This is looking NE toward Muncie. For a warm-up, I walk from the parking lot to this spot, right at the end of a section of fence.  This is where I begin my timing on running days.  Oh, beware of fallen walnuts along this section.

No pictures for October or November...oh well...maybe next year.

December 23, 2011

December 28, 2011

The path well traveled is ever changing.

Happy 2012!!