2019 Year in Review
2019 was an epic year! Below are the highlights of my training/racing.
01JAN– first run of the year was in Edinburgh, Scotland (may or may not have been hungover)
13JAN – swam with manatees in Crystal River, Florida before having fun at the Walt Disney World Marathon (4:56:03)
26JAN – celebrated the anniversary of running my first ultra at my second NC FATASS 50K (6:49)
09FEB – registered the night before the Inaugural Run the Rock Endurance Challenge – 12 hour with George Wannop to support Julia Gumpert and Mission 22. Ran 50 miles in 11:48
02MAR – solo run from my house in Fayetteville to Southern Pines (33.5 miles)
09MAR – Slipping and sliding on muddy trails at the Uwharrie Marathon with Liz Tutino (6:33:41)
17MAR- registered four days before the Tobacco Road Marathon to help Tricia get through her first marathon ever! (4:55:18)
24MAR – second-year running the All-American Marathon and got Tricia half-way through her first time (4:37:31)
06-07APR – earned my first buckle at the Umstead 100-Mile Endurance Run (27:12:47)
20APR – second year supporting Ruthie’s SHE Power Half
27APR – experienced a MTC tradition at the Shirt Run (and running blind) with George Wannop
05MAY – ran in Wisconsin while attending Master Resilience Trainer Course and setting a PR at the Eau Claire Marathon (4:31:17)
13MAY – got accepted to the RADrabbit squad!
27MAY – ran in Tampa and picked up our first Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy/my running partner Daisy
30MAY – ran 29 miles for my 29th Birthday around Fort Bragg and Pope Airfield
11JUN – Running became 100000000x better when my vision was corrected with ICL Surgery (plus I was granted seven days of convalescent leave so I spent it in California with family)
27JUL – supported Jon and Donnie’s race at The Stevest “50K” – 42 miles (10:57:18) with George, Tricia, and Liz
10-11AUG – earned the nickname “Softie” and lost my marbles at Brandon’s Mattamuskeet Death March 100K – (19:49:24)
07SEP – registered the morning of Weymouth Woods 50K to support Jessica Baker and Friends of Weymouth Woods, won 2nd place female (6:41:48)
14SEP – 14 miles + 4000′ ft of vert on the Appalachian Trails with AJ and Daisy
21SEP – first time racing in the Pisgah National Forest at Table Rock Ultras 50K (8:09:50) and going to Asheville with AJ and Daisy
19-20OCT – earned my second buckle and raced through a tropical storm at the Uwharrie 100-Mile Trail Run Won second place female (35:13:25)
27OCT – Ran in more rain with Laurence Toyer and PR’d at the Marine Corps Marathon’s Inaugural 50K (6:07:42)
13NOV – 2-mile PR during the Fall APFT (14:51)
23NOV – signed up for JFK50 five days before the race and set a new 50-mile PR (10:11:25) Last year I finished at 12:34:03 and received a silver finisher medal. This year I finished among the top 100 females so I got a gold medal!
30NOV – Took leave for Thanksgiving in California and experienced my first time hiking through the snow on Mt. Baldy, California
14-15DEC – switched my 50-mile registration to the 100, six days before the inaugural Monadnock 100 and DNF’d at Mile 83
29DEC – Daisy’s PR: 20 miles + 3600′ vert at Uwharrie
31DEC – ended the year by driving 18 hours to pick up our second Ridgeback puppy/running partner Raya Sunshine!
2019 Total Miles: 2284.2
Elevation Gain: 150,725′
2020
Winter: training for Georgia Death Race
Spring: GDR (28-29MAR) and Shadows of the South 100
Summer: PCS to Virginia
Fall: Yeti100?? Redemption at Monadnock 100