Looking back at 2012
03/01/13 15:45
I started 2012 with some pretty bold (i.e. unrealistic) goals:
I) finish either the Lakeland 100 or UTMB
2) run a sub 24 hour 100
3) run a sub 10 hour 50
1) finish either the Lakeland 100 or UTMB
I didn’t really manage this. I’m not going to claim to have ‘finished UTMB’ until I go back and finish the proper route. But I finished the race that was run this year. The (huge) route modification was frustrating but I can understand why they did it. I got off to a decent start and was comfortably (by my standards at least) inside the time-limits, but complacency set in, I made some silly mistakes with food & drink and I finished a bit slower than I probably could have done. I’ll almost certainly go back to put this one to bed at some point, but it doesn’t obsess me quite as much as it used to-the atmosphere in Chamonix this year was a bit too much like Ironman. Looking on the bright-side my solo training loop of the route in July was one of the highlights of the year.
4 hours at Run 24, leaving me tantalising close with 24:33.
Chipping those remaining 33 minutes off is one of my main goals for 2013, the Thames Path 100 is the first attempt and then maybe a 24 hour track race later in the year.
On paper I didn’t really manage any of my goals. But I’m very happy with my 100 times (and the ‘2nd place solo woman’ trophy which is sat on the mantelpiece).
I) finish either the Lakeland 100 or UTMB
2) run a sub 24 hour 100
3) run a sub 10 hour 50
1) finish either the Lakeland 100 or UTMB
I didn’t really manage this. I’m not going to claim to have ‘finished UTMB’ until I go back and finish the proper route. But I finished the race that was run this year. The (huge) route modification was frustrating but I can understand why they did it. I got off to a decent start and was comfortably (by my standards at least) inside the time-limits, but complacency set in, I made some silly mistakes with food & drink and I finished a bit slower than I probably could have done. I’ll almost certainly go back to put this one to bed at some point, but it doesn’t obsess me quite as much as it used to-the atmosphere in Chamonix this year was a bit too much like Ironman. Looking on the bright-side my solo training loop of the route in July was one of the highlights of the year.
- 2) run a sub 24 hour 100
4 hours at Run 24, leaving me tantalising close with 24:33.
Chipping those remaining 33 minutes off is one of my main goals for 2013, the Thames Path 100 is the first attempt and then maybe a 24 hour track race later in the year.
- 3) run a sub 10 hour 50
On paper I didn’t really manage any of my goals. But I’m very happy with my 100 times (and the ‘2nd place solo woman’ trophy which is sat on the mantelpiece).