Saturday was an exciting day at our house. After twelve months, nineteen races, and lots of miles, I received the award for being the 2014 overall women's Grand Prix of Running winner in my area.
Last year, we started our first-ever grand prix of running. Points were given to the overall winners and top three in each age group. There were also a number of races that counted as "Big 10" races and an award was given to each person who completed at least ten of the Big 10 races.
On Saturday night, a banquet was held for the Grand Prix. I was excited to have my whole family there for it.
After the banquet, everyone went to our house and my sister surprised me with a chocolate chip cookie cake! It was sweet! Kevin also gave me the sweetest card which Kaden drew a picture of me and a trophy own. It melted my heart! I'm so thankful for such a supportive husband and kids who are always there waiting at the finish line and encourage me to race! That's a gift in itself!
This past year was a great year of running. I'm thrilled with the results of my races. I ran one marathon relay, three 10Ks, and fifteen 5Ks. I won all of my 10Ks, won all but one 5K (I raced one in Birmingham and finished 4th overall, first in my age group - the hills!), and my team finished second in the marathon relay.
During the year, I also crossed off three goals when I PR'd a 5K (18:56) and 10K (41:48) and broke 20 minutes in a 5K.
I'm looking forward to a great year of running in 2015!
What were the high points of your 2014 running year?
Wow, congratulations on an amazing year of running!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think PR'ing at the NYC Half (1:54:14) was my highlight!!
I just found your blog! I am glad to see a SC runner blogger! You are so fast! I'm just starting in my running journey. My goal is to get around 9:00 mile ( at 10:35 now) and run my first 5k! Keep blogging! I love seeing your races and also your workouts. Let's me know what I need to be working on.
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