Running – 2007

The 2007 season started and ended pretty much the same…not much to write home about! In between, there were 4 PRs with the best being the 21:15 at Mississippi Mudd’s in August. Just as I was slowly and steadily improving my times, I lost my job due to downsizing, at the end of August. I guess you can say I somewhat lost my zeal for being competitive, stopped training and going to the gym, and gained 10 lbs. And the highlight of all this, was becoming someone’s dead rabbit when I never thought it would happen (see We got elfed and other things). And lastly, I despite all the chaos, I competed in 34 races…one more than 2006.

Of the goals I set for 2007, I achieved 3 of the four. I completed a distance greater than 8K (Depew Lancaster Boys & Girls Club 10K), continued my streak of PRs (4) and broke the 22 minute mark (10 times). The only goal I didn’t achieve was helping Steph get her PR but injuries and not enough practice set her back.

And of course, borrowing a quote from ‘Pre’ -

‘Most people run a race to see who is fastest, I run a race to see who has the most guts.’