I didn't do many races last year due to the knee injury. I wanted to let it heal, but sitting still and doing absolutely nothing wasn't going to happen. I did do a lot of nothing yet managed to get in a few races.
After Goofy I did Psycho Wyco in mid-February. It's a 10, 20 or 30 miles trail run. It's crazy! Mud, Mud, Mud. That race pretty much messed up the knee completely and I only did the 10 mile loop. I didn't run another race until mid-March and that was a little 4 mile race. It didn't go well, but I did it. The next race was mid-April. My knee felt great for this 4 mile race, but I had been sick the whole week before and my time was crap.
I kept my runs to around 3/4 miles for the most part and threw in a 6 mile or two through the summer in order to get the knee to heal up. The only triathlon I did was in July and it was canceled mid-way through due to weather. This was the second year in a row that the race was canceled due to weather. I was a little miffed because my bike was going so well and I could have easily finished the run before the really bad weather hit.
By late August I was running around 8 miles and trying to bump it up. The knee was feeling good, but I still wore the brace on the longer runs. I paced the Kansas City Half Marathon again this year. I helped people come in at 2:15 or better. I also ROCKED a 5k in October. I had my best time to date. It truly surprised me. I finished out the year with a half marathon right before Thanksgiving. It was OK, not great. I was still under 2 hours, but not as far under as I would have liked.
Not much racing so far this year. I have a 5 mile race coming up this weekend, a half marathon April 2nd, a 4 mile race later in April, I'm pacing the Lincoln Half Marathon May 1 then I'm doing a half ironman mid-June. I may throw in a couple of 5k's in May if I feel like it.
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