In with the new

Sunday pm, 7.8 miles in 1:03

The first run of the year was delayed by frigid weather in Florida (really!), a day of travel, and heavy rain in Berkeley. It was almost delayed again today because I couldn't get Silas to wear warm pants (he insisted on wearing his bus pajamas this morning and wouldn't allow me to cover them with overalls), but we finally made it out this afternoon while Christine went to yoga. As expected, Si was woefully out of shape after 3 weeks off, and we had to make several stops to watch the buses or seabirds while he regained his composure. The rest of the time, he referred to the graham crackers he was eating as "damn cookie". Since he calls his Grammie "Dammy", I think I can attribute this to phonics and not a slip up on my part.

The run was otherwise uneventful, although I appreciate that the sun is setting later nowadays and I was able to get home before dusk. Now is as good a time as any for a wrapup of 2007, my second full year of running.

Actually, not much to wrap up. I ran 1170 miles, compared to 1836 in 2006. I had one month (June) with more than 150 miles, compared to 9 months in 2006. I ran two half marathons, two 5Ks, a 12K, and a 10K, with no PRs. I would say that my best race was the Greening Up the Mountains 5K in Silva, NC, back in April. I stopped down there while moving from Philly and managed to win 3rd place on a very hilly course in 20:25.

For 2008? I'm not going to set goals, because all of my recent goals have fallen flat. I would like to run 1500 miles this year, and if I can find the time and opportunity, I'll run much more than that. If I am able to run as much as I'd like, I'll do some racing in the spring, and I should be able to either run a low-18s 5K or a marathon in the fall. If not, well, I'll just keep running when I can and enjoy it