I now realize that 2018 was still a good year, just a very different year. Last last year (or 2017 as some might call it) I ran almost exclusively halves so it was a year of constantly chasing and coming close to my PR. This year I only ran 1 real half and it was a planned easy race. When I first started looking back at 2018, it freaked me out I had no shiny new PRs to show for it and I kind of felt like I didn’t accomplish anything. Upon further review, 2018 just had a different structure than normal with lots of different types of races and accomplishments.
Stats
15 races overall
4 obstacle course races
2 mountain races
My first Spartan Trifecta!
My first 50K (distance PR)
3 Ragnar
3 new states (VT, NJ, OR)
While my road races weren’t the best, I am really happy to look back and see how much I’ve improved strength-wise. Past me would have never imagined being able to actually do the obstacles I did at the Spartan races. I also ran up Mount Killington TWICE! I didn’t have the best time running at them, but I also worked on fueling and endurance during multiple stage and ultra events. Even though 2018 wasn’t the best year for my running, this was at least due to a clear issue with training consistency, which gives me hope that with that fixed 2019 will be an insanely awesome year!!
Race List
- Hangover Classic 5 Miler
- Rhode Races Newport “Half”
- Rhode Races Providence “Full”
- Spartan Sprint MA
- Covered Bridges Half
- Ragnar PA
- Tough Mudder 5 Miler MA
- Foam Glow 5K
- Spartan Super MA
- Under Armor Killington 25K
- Spartan Beast Killington
- Ragarn ADK
- Ragnar Wawayanda Lake
- Reebok Boston 10K for Women
- Silver Falls 50K
runner antics 
It looks like you had a great year! I see you’re running in Antelope Canyon in March. I don’t know if you’ve been there before, but I was there almost 2 years ago and it’s absolutely stunning! Try to get a spot in the lottery to visit the Wave- incredibly hard to get into but worth trying. I have a post on it: https://wordpress.com/post/runningtotravel.wordpress.com/3020.
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Thanks! This will be my first time! I’m beyond excited!! Ooh I’ll have a look into it thanks again!
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You’re welcome! I can’t wait to hear about it!
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So The Wave preordered passes were already gone for when we are going to be there but I’m definitely still going to attempt the day-off walk-in passes! We’ll have to see how my lucky is! 😬
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I tried for both the online passes and walk-in and didn’t get either, but it’s definitely worth going for. I hope you get in!
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Yea it sounds like you have to be extremely lucky (which I’m generally not) but I figure it’s worth a try! I just won’t get my hopes up so then I’ll die of excitement of I actually do manage to get in!
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There are alternatives for other places to go that are still amazing even if you don’t get in so it’s not too terribly disappointing.
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Also true! Would you recommend wherever you went instead (I’ll have a go look at your post again!) or do you have any different recommendations?
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Here’s the link to my post. It has all of the details! https://wordpress.com/post/runningtotravel.wordpress.com/3020
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