Long story short: Started running in Feb. 2007, had a breakthrough season in Spring 2009 but after that Fall, got stuck in a 1½ year plateau. I switched things around last winter/spring, increased the mileage to 90mpw for a few months and thanks to that, got a new Half PR in September.
Alas, a tweaked muscle grew into a stress reaction, ending my season early. Now it’s mid-January and I’m back to 90mpw, excited to see what 2012 has in store.
Red=PR
Tentative for 2012:
3/4/12 Northeast RR 10K
3/17/12 Adrenaline 5K
4/1/12 Carlsbad 5000 (not tentative!) 
4/15/12 Dash for Donor 10k (or 5k)
4/21/12 Clean Air 5k
5/6/12 Broad St. Run (10-miler)
5/13/12 Komen Race For The Cure 5k
Fall 2012…something longer, TBD
2011 Races:
1/23/11 Carlsbad Half Marathon – 1:35:57
9/18/11 RNR Philadelphia Half - 1:32:10
Er…I scheduled a bunch of races but got injured so Did Not Start (except for one I was stupid enough to do anyway). I kept ‘em here so you can see what I had intended for the rest of the season.
10/1 (5k DNS, injured)
10/9 (5k DNS, injured)
10/15/11 Breakout 5k – 21:28 (#1 AG, injured)
10/22 (4mi DNS, injured)
11/4 Finally got diagnosed with a stress reaction so no running for 2 more weeks then a slow rebuild.
11/6/11 (10k DNS, injured)
11/19/11 (8k DNS, injured)
12/4/11 Las Vegas Half (1:59:56…yeah, Baby!)
2010 Races:
2/20/10 Frostbite 5-miler – 35:41(#3 AG award)
3/21/10 Shamrock Half Marathon – 1:35:02 (#1 AG award and #1 Open Womens Team)
4/19/10 Boston Marathon – 3:28:29
5/30/10 Teal Ribbon 5K – 21:39 (#1 AG award)
6/13/10 Strides For Stroke 5K – (Heat Stroke collapse)
9/19/10 RNR Philadelphia Half – 1:36:13 (yet another collapse)
10/02/10 Runnin’ On The River 5K – Short course, estimation is 20:xx (#3 female OA)
10/16/10 Breakout 5K – 21:05 (#2 AG)
11/7/10 Run The Bridge 10K – 43:11
11/21/10 Philadelphia Half Marathon – 1:34:40 (#5 AG, wouldn’t mention it but awards go 5-deep)
12/18/10 Haddon Holiday 5K Heart Run- 20:57 (#1 Master and AG)
Done in 2009:
1/24/09 Pickle Prediction (3.08 miles) – 21:46
3/1/09 Northeast RR 10K – 44:48 (#1 AG award)
3/14/09 Leprechaun 5M – 35:28 (#2 AG award)
3/21/09 Adrenaline 5K – 21:11 (#2 AG award)
4/19/09 Dash for Donor 10k – 42:40 (#1 AG, 2nd Female OA)
5/3/09 Lehigh Valley Half – 1:35:42 (#2 FMasters)
5/24/09 Teal Ribbon 5K – 20:56 (#2 AG award)
6/14/09 Strides For Stroke 5K- 20:25 (#1 AG, 2nd Female OA)
6/28/09 Running For Cover 5K – 21:29 (#3 Female OA)
9/20/09 Philadelphia Distance Run - 1:33:51
11/22/09 Philadelphia Marathon – 3:33:59 (bonked)
Done in 2008:
3/2/08 Northeast RR 10K- 49:28 (#2 AG award)
3/15/08 Adrenaline 5K- 23:29
4/19/08 Clean Air Run 5K – 23:06 (#2 AG award)
5/4/08 Broad St. Run (10-miler) – 1:19:23
9/1/08 Labor Day Classic (4-mile) – 30:48
9/21/08 Philly Distance Run (Half) – DNF
10/12/08 Steamtown Marathon – 3:51 (my first and a BQ, baby!)
11/2/08 Run The Bridge 10K – 48:39
11/29/08 Haddon Township 5K Turkey Trot – 22:14 (#2 AG award)
12/20/08 Haddon Holiday 5K Heart Run – 22:31
2007 Races
4/21/07 Clean Air Run 5K – 29:08* (first race ever!)
9/16/07 Philly Distance Run (Half) – 1:52:10
9/29/07 Runnin’ On The River 5K – 24:14 (#1 AG award)
10/14/07 Northwest Philly 5 Mile Run – 38:54 (#2 AG award)
11/04/07 Run The Bridge 10K – 49:23 (team Got The Runs, yay!!)
11/18/07 Philadelphia Marathon (Half) – 1:50:50
11/24/07 Haddon Turkey Trot 5K – 23:30 (#2 AG award)
*Published time on Clean Air 5K was 28:29 but alas, the course was measured short so 29:08 is the corrected time.
