Happy New Year 2008

Hi All,

Month of December: 73.4 miles, 11 out of 31 days, 6.7 mile average

Happy New Year to everyone. I celebrated by running 8.6 miles today. I ran over to the Newark High School, ran 5 miles around the track and then ran home. The weather was around 36F , snowy at first but it quit. I did a 1:12:40, a 8:27 pace.

Here is a look back at 2007 according to my spreadsheet. I ran 801.8 miles. Here is the breakdown:

January   17 out of 31 days  86.1 miles
February  19 out of 28 days  83.3 miles
March     17 out of 31 days  86.7 miles
April     15 out of 30 days  98.9 miles
May       17 out of 31 days 119.5 miles
June       5 out of 18 days  39.6 miles
July       0 due to injury
August     8 out of 21 days  39.1 miles
September  8 out of 30 days  38.5 miles
October   10 out of 31 days  51.1 miles
November  13 out of 30 days  53.9 miles
December  11 out of 31 days  73.4 miles

I ran in 11 races, here is the breakdown:

1/13  Freezeroo #3 5K                      22:34  7:17
2/18  Polar Cat #6 5K                      23:32  7:35
3/17  Runnin' of the Green 5 Mile Run      37:34  7:31  Lifetime PR
4/1   Spring Forward 15K                 1:14:29  8:00  Lifetime PR
4/7   Leo Austin Memorial Half Marathon  1:50:43  8:27  Lifetime PR
5/18  Williamson Appleblossom 10K          45:13  7:19  Lifetime PR
5/20  Medved Liliac 10K                    46.22  7:29
6/9   Powerbar 9 Mile Trail Race         1:29:46  9:58
9/16  Palmyra Canaltown Days 5K            22:30  7:15
10/5  Fairport Scarecrow 5K                22:17  7:11  Lifetime PR
11/22 Newark Turkey Day 5 Mile Race        38:57  7:47

A really short breakdown on what happened to me in 2007.

Physically: I am doing OK, 6'3", 162 pounds, excellent health.
Mentally: I am just happy to be able to run every other day. I want to run a marathon in 2008. I will take care to slowly ramp up my mileage this time.
Job-wise: unemployed since 12/28/2007.
Marriage-wise: I have been living separately from my wife for over two years. No action on a divorce or separation due to a lack of funds on both our parts. No hope of reconcilation. Karen and David live with their mother. Karen is a freshman at Houghton. Michael lives with me. He is a junior at Ithaca College.
House-wise: I am fixing up my house and will be selling it soon most likely.

Keep running, Doug