SumoRunner
Well-known member
Let's have a year end wrap-up.
I had a great year. I know some among you on the front end of this process are thinking this may have been a terrible year, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm just one example So whether you had a good, bad or mediocre year, share it.
I'm 17+ years out from AVR and turned 60 last January. In 2007 I got my weight down from 250 to 204 and as a New Year resolution in 2008 I set some goals. Most I met, some not.
One was to run 1000 miles for the year. I haven't made that in several years. I've been running about 35 years and that's always been my number one target. Of course I did it with miles to spare even though I was injured and couldn't run at all for several weeks in the summer.
I knew once I turned 60 the competition would be sparser in road races, so I determined to place in my age group in a race or two. I ran 20 races and from 6 of those I got two 1st places, one 2nd and three 3rd. That was beyond my wildest dreams.
I wanted to run a 5k in 27 minutes but failed. I was down in the 28s by summer when I tore a muscle and had to back off. No great defeat there. I'll try again in 09.
I ran my favorite 15K race for the 25th time, one that I've run most years since 1978. That's 30 years where I've been fit enough to run 9.3 miles and most of them are post AVR. I was so pleased with myself, I literally danced across the finish line.
Yes, it was a very good year. (Did you know that Sinatra sang that woeful tune when he was only 50 years old?) Ain't no melancholy in my voice when I say it though.
I had a great year. I know some among you on the front end of this process are thinking this may have been a terrible year, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm just one example So whether you had a good, bad or mediocre year, share it.
I'm 17+ years out from AVR and turned 60 last January. In 2007 I got my weight down from 250 to 204 and as a New Year resolution in 2008 I set some goals. Most I met, some not.
One was to run 1000 miles for the year. I haven't made that in several years. I've been running about 35 years and that's always been my number one target. Of course I did it with miles to spare even though I was injured and couldn't run at all for several weeks in the summer.
I knew once I turned 60 the competition would be sparser in road races, so I determined to place in my age group in a race or two. I ran 20 races and from 6 of those I got two 1st places, one 2nd and three 3rd. That was beyond my wildest dreams.
I wanted to run a 5k in 27 minutes but failed. I was down in the 28s by summer when I tore a muscle and had to back off. No great defeat there. I'll try again in 09.
I ran my favorite 15K race for the 25th time, one that I've run most years since 1978. That's 30 years where I've been fit enough to run 9.3 miles and most of them are post AVR. I was so pleased with myself, I literally danced across the finish line.
Yes, it was a very good year. (Did you know that Sinatra sang that woeful tune when he was only 50 years old?) Ain't no melancholy in my voice when I say it though.
