TITLE NOTE: Colbie Caillat. I cannot say enough about how her music has influenced my 2011. Today’s title comes from “Something Special,” my mantra for the year and marathon motivation. As I look back, that song is the soundtrack to my success.
JANUARY
- Officially registered for the 2011 CLE marathon.
- Discovered the wonders of snowshoeing
FEBRUARY
- Selected as runner of the week on the CLE marathon Facebook page
- Turned THIRTY
- Came in almost last in my first snowshoe race
- Got the hubs to run his first (and only, so far) 5K
MARCH
- Fell in love with my GarGar 305
- Designed my epic marathon shirt
- Shared my locavore habits (#Freshfork)
- Met my running BFF Sweaty Brian at a local 5k
APRIL
- Marked my official 2 year racing anniversary
- Diagnosed with cough variant asthma
- Rocked out the CLE 10 Miler and got my Vespa
MAY
JUNE
- Mudded it up in the Warrior Dash
- Took my first boxing class at GriffonRawl MMA Academy
- Started my sweet summer gig at the beach
JULY
- Spent a week in NYC at Fordham U
- Ran in Central Park for the first time
- Volunteered for the Pirate Triathlon…dressed as a pirate
AUGUST
- Went vegetarian
- Ran in the rain in the CLE 10 Miler
- Said goodbye to my sweet summer gig and got kicked out of a softball game
- Started off the 2011-2012 school year with a flash mob
SEPTEMBER
- Went to my first live MMA fight and met a guy with a face tattoo (of course there’s a pic…click away!)
- Stumbled my way through the end of another soccer season
- Road tripped it to see Andy Grammer and Colbie Caillat
- PRed the CRAP out of the Better in Mentor 5M
- PRed the CRAP out of the Akron Half (sub 2 wut wut)
OCTOBER
- Spent a weekend eating and picking grapes in the Finger Lakes
- Got licked by a cow on the Fresh Fork farm tour
- Registered for the Run For Regis 50K! Yikes!
NOVEMBER
- Ran my first non road race at the Autumn Leaves 5M
- Avoided the hunters in a scenic run at the Allegany State Park in NY
- Wore a turkey hat and ran with the fam at the CLE Turkey Trot
- Racked up my first 100 mile month (123.5!)
DECEMBER
- Tiptoed through the mud at the Salt Fork 10 Miler
- Worked a super sweet winter job as one of Santa’s elves
- Racked up my SECOND 100 mile month (133.7!)
WHAT A YEAR! Look for a 2012 goals post coming soon! I’m closing the book on 2011 with a quote I posted back in January, which means more to me now than I could have possibly imagined back then.
The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.
–George Sheehan, M.D., beloved former RW columnist
NYE 2010
NYE 2011. 'Nuff said.
That was quite an amazing year you had honey. Good for you, I’m proud of all you do.
Haha! I love the pic from this year. I’m sure 2012 has lots of goodness coming it’s way. Somewhere in the mix of running and boxing, we’ll get some yoga in, for sure. YB has some nice gentle classes, the place Alicia goes to has a few, and I’m totally down with trying a new place, and I’ll even try the place you went to (assuming I can go on a weekend.). I foresee me pushing yoga on you like crazy
And only the gentle slow relaxing sort.
Great recap, great yr! I didn’t know there were snowshoe races! Totally looking into that. Look forward to running with you in 2012
Congrats, Kirsten! What a great year and your success speaks of finding your passion! Can’t wait to see what 2012 brings!