2019 Recap

Another year of training in the books. The year was really only five or six months of training, with the others consisting of exercise. It's another record-low year of running miles, but my general fitness is high. The Wasatch has more than running, and the off-season is long. I'm getting better at relaxing, or in other words, not caring about hitting numbers in those off-months.

	2019 Run Miles	2019 Run Vert	2019 Tot Ver	2019 Tot Time
Jan	159.17	22,809	29,343	35:08:00
Feb	149.25	25,563	27,384	29:38:00
March	243.1	27,474	27,474	40:36:00
April	254.3	40,421	40,421	44:29:00
May	250.8	42,031	42,031	49:17:00
June	326.01	61,511	63,651	65:24:00
July	115.9	18,605	35,842	39:54:00
Aug	216.45	52,190	59,468	54:18:00
Sep	213.88	51,516	54,984	56:29:00
Oct	216.82	49,741	49,762	45:32:00
Nov	221.6	44,233	44,233	38:30:00
Dec	86.68	6,890	14,598	32:37:00
Total	2453.96	442,984	489,191	531:52:00

Some quick thoughts: 

• Man December really lacked running. Ski time. And actually some Crossfit. Yup. 
• July consisted of the most biking (road) I've done in at least 5 years, plus a couple pacing stints 
• Truly enjoyed the bike, and watching Le Tour
• End Aug wknd / start Sept wknd was the best 4-day stint with Millywood. Hands down. 
• Spring felt really solid with a healthy number of workouts
• Getting sick in early May put a huge damper on my States momentum and psyche 
• Western States 100 was fun, but mildly disappointing not PRing in the distance
• The Quad ruled, per usual
• Loved pacing Elan at TRT100, Earp at Never Summer, and Dmitri at das Bear
• Want to start volunteering at races again
• I not only feel like an adult but believe I actually am one now. I did home improvements instead of running today. 

	Run Miles	Run Vert	Total Time
2013	3,375	475,000	?
2014	3,673	575,833	631 hr
2015	2,796	435,296	474 hr
2016	3,034	417,435	528 hr
2017	2,627	379,185	465 hr
2018	2,468	500,733	525 hr
2019	2,454	442,984	532 hr

This year saw a record-number of activity hours (minus 2014's absurd 631hrs). Vert and miles were down from 2018. It would be really nice to get closer to 3,000 running miles in 2020, but I'm just not sure that'll happen with skiing and ample work travel planned. 2019 was a good running year. What will 2020 hold? Hopefully two extra-long efforts over 20 hours. Maybe a couple 10ks. Hopefully consistency. The year's started with me getting sick from New Years, but I'll take being sick in January over being sick in May. 

Cheers to a new decade! 

Earp & Dmitri coming off Kessler, looking for an ancinet trail