This has been a year of great change for me on a personal level, not all of it positive. Since this is a blog about running, I'll keep the details under wraps.
Again, I hit my 2024 mile goal on Christmas Day, the seventh year in a row running the year (in miles), so the consistency is still there.
I'm looking for highlights from (most) months:
January - NYE (day, really) midnight run, Beamsville Bench wine run with Lori and Andrea, ice wine run with the gang.
March - Met Elvis in Dundas, 5th annual Easterbrooks Challenge.
April - ran the Hamilton Brantford rail trail E2E. It was still an adventure. The date stamps on my photos say that I did the Burly stair challenge and PBd the next day. Wow, what was I thinking?
Later in the month, I ran Foxtail 25K with a course PB.
May - Conquer the Canuck 12 hour, stopped at 50K for the second year in a row because I was using it as my peak week long run for...
Sulphur 100K. I wanted to go sub 20 hours, but rain, mud , and blisters put a stop to that.
June - birthday run with Veuve Cliquot. Fancy!
September - went to PEC for Sugarbush Shenanigans 12 hour. Didn't make 70K, blisters, blah blah blah getting sick of this shit.
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| they had CHEEZIES at the aid station though! |
I WON A BEER MILE!
October - ran Sticks & Stones 25K just because I needed a long run that day.
Hosted the annual Halloween night run, where we ended up at the bar mid-run, singing karaoke, as you do.
November - went to the most epic Gatsby party, and poor Harry got lost. But then he was found, over a month later. I claim that I had no involvement in his disappearance.
December - getting faster whether I want to or not, because I am chasing fast people more often.
I had sudden FOMO listening to people talk about Cayuga Trails at the Burly Christmas party and signed up. But due to uncertainty in my personal life that is sure to happen in 2025, I'm reluctant to sign up for too many races.
You still have until December 27th to vote for me as Best Dressed at the Keep Trail Running Weird awards!
