2009 Goal

At the end of 2008 I decided that my goal for 2009 was to do a race every month in 2009. It kicked off in October of 08 when we did the 5K run for Nie Nie. At the time Sophie was 3 months old and that was a tough 5K for me. I also did the Turkey trot and Nutcracker 5K in 2008.

Here is a recap of my 2009 goal:

January
Frigid 5K (25:50)
Traci and I

February
UVU No Snow 5K
Tayson and I

March
Moab 1/2 marathon (1:58)
Leigh Anne, Gretchen, Traci and I

April
Inaugural Boston 5K (24:12)

May
Memorial Day 10K (53:27)
Jen, Jill and I

June
Riverwoods 10 miler (1:25)
Laurie, Stephanie, Leigh Anne, Jill, Me and Traci

June (again)
Little Red Century (6 hrs 20 min - 103 miles)
Gretchen, Me and Leigh Anne

July
Surf City 4th of July 5K (23:29)
Amy and I

August
Park City 1/2 marathon (1:58)
Jill, Traci, Leigh Anne and I

September
Top of Utah Marathon (4:02)
Leigh Anne, Gretchen, Traci and I

Sherry and I @ TOU Marathon

October

The following are my excuses for missing:

I did 2 events in June

I ran a freaking marathon in September and still wasn't motivated yet

Todd was in California the whole month training for his new job and was only home 2 weekends and I didn't want to spend my Saturday away from him

None of my family or friends did races to force me to be motivated

November
Earn your Turkey 4 mile (31:38)
Todd, Mark, Me, Danny, Timmy and Tayson

December
Nutcracker 5K (25:25)
big old group of friends, friends of friends and family members

I must say it was a great goal and I'm glad I did it. Next year however I will not be repeating this goal. It was very time consuming and at times a bit stressful and expensive (although I have lots of amazing cotton t-shirts now - ha ha). And I have lots of great memories, pictures, new friends and I still love running.