2020 Running Year In Review
This was originally posted on facebook. I’ve copied it over with minor formatting changes..
2020 was hard on all of us. Like many, I found solace, frustration, joy, and injury in running. I ran more miles and more vertical gain than ever. I had to take more weeks off due to injury and had more burnt out time as well. It was up and down, but here are the highlights:
Primary goals set in Jan 2020:
- Run 5mi and 1000ft per day on average (Accomplished)
- Run another 100 miler (Accomplished)
- Run a self supported overnight (Did not accomplish)
Overall stats:
- Races signed up for: 8
- Races run: 3
- Total mileage: 1884mi
- Total time spent running: 514hr (12+ work-weeks)
- Total vertical gain: 392,000ft (13+ Everests)
- Marathon PR (Walt Disney World Marathon): 3:55
- Unofficial 50 Mile and 100K PRs (during Antelope Canyon 100)
- 3rd 100 Mile finish (Hallowed Hundred)
- 2nd Niwot’s Challenge Completion
Other:
- Captained my first aid station at the Silverheels 100
- Organized my first event, the Boulder Skyline Challenge
2021 Goals and Races:
- Complete all my races, including two 100 milers and PRs at Niwots and the Rut.
- Don’t be injured
- Off-trail and navigation-based races: Niwot’s Challenge and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Open
- 50Ks: Dirty 30, The Rut 50K, The John Cappis
- 100Ms: Silverton Ultra Dirty 100M, Whistler Alpine Meadows 100M, Hallowed Hundred
![Finishing the Walt Disney World Marathon](/img/2020-year-in-review/disney-marathon.jpeg)
![Running in Isaquah, WA](/img/2020-year-in-review/isaquah.jpeg)
![Horseshoe bend in the Colorado River during Antelope Canyon 100](/img/2020-year-in-review/antelope-canyon.jpeg)
![Training for Niwot's Challenge](/img/2020-year-in-review/niwots-training.jpeg)
![Running across an old train bridge](/img/2020-year-in-review/old-train-bridge.jpeg)
![Action shot with the Apple Running singlet](/img/2020-year-in-review/apple-running.jpeg)
![Me on a mountain (James Peak?)](/img/2020-year-in-review/mountain.jpeg)
![Me on the top of 14er Mt Shavano](/img/2020-year-in-review/shavano.jpeg)
![Hitting South Boulder Peak on my way to a Skyline](/img/2020-year-in-review/skyline.jpeg)
![Finishing my 9th(!) Skyline during the Skyline challenge](/img/2020-year-in-review/last-skyline.jpeg)