This past year has been one of the better years, a building year, that I have had in quite a while. I did start the year off with a injury, which did not let me run until about 6 weeks before Boston. But I have been able to pull off some consistency since then. I ran ok on July 4th at the LL  Bean 10k in Freeport Maine winning my age group, albeit in a time that I was slightly disappointed about. Then I was able to continue training. I could slowly see my 5k time start to drop going into the fall. I did have  disappointing half marathon at Eligahs race, but that is ok, I think I went into that race tired having not giving myself a break to rest for the distance. Not a horrible time, just not what I think I was capable of running. Coaching the cross country season made it difficult to find time for my own running but I managed to get just enough in to not loose too much fitness. I began training again near the end of October, and ran well at the Wobble Gobble on Thanksgiving, running a 5:47 pace which was my best pace at this 4 miler for almost 10 years. 2 weeks after that I ran a 16:51 5k in Manchester to win my ager group (masters 40-49, ((old men)) ). This was subsequently my second fastest 5k ever, and my fastest by far in 10 years. I have wained off a little in my training the last 2 weeks due to work and family obligations, though I will be running hard today, just because i am in that mood. You all know what I mean, when you get up in the morning and can just feel the tension in your body and know the only way to get it out is to go out and hammer for 6 or 8 miles! Angella and I signed up for a winter race series, so this should be some motivation to keep us training through the winter months when it is hard to get out the door. This sbitious though, I want to pr in every distance. Yeah, I know! But I think it is possible. I am getting oldeThis past year has been one of the better years, a building year, that I have had in quite a while. I did start the year off with a injury, which did not let me run until about 6 weeks before Boston. But I have been able to pull off some consistency since then. I ran ok on July 4th at the LL  Bean 10k in Freeport Maine winning my age group, albeit in a time that I was slightly disappointed about. Then I was able to continue training. I could slowly see my 5k time start to drop going into the fall. I did have  disappointing half marathon at Eligahs race, but that is ok, I think I went into that race tired having not giving myself a break to rest for the distance. Not a horrible time, just not what I think I was capable of running. Coaching the cross country season made it difficult to find time for my own running but I managed to get just enough in to not loose too much fitness. I began training again near the end of October, and ran well at the Wobble Gobble on Thanksgiving, running a 5:47 pace which was my best pace at this 4 miler for almost 10 years. 2 weeks after that I ran a 16:51 5k in Manchester to win my ager group (masters 40-49, ((old men)) ). This was subsequently my second fastest 5k ever, and my fastest by far in 10 years. I have wained off a little in my training the last 2 weeks due to work and family obligations, though I will be running hard today, just because i am in that mood. You all know what I mean, when you get up in the morning and can just feel the tension in your body and know the only way to get it out is to go out and hammer for 6 or 8 miles! Angella and I signed up for a winter race series, so this should be some motivation to keep us training through the winter months when it is hard to get out the door. This sr and fear the dreaded slow down is upon me, so I want get a couple more years of fast racing in while I still can. I am thinking sub 3 hour marathon, sub 1:20 half marathon, sub 36:00 10k, and sub 16:40 5k. The shorter the distance the harder it will be to pr, I feel I am losing some of my speed. This is where I intend to spend some time on training. I love short, fast workouts so this should be a fun year. I am so looking forward to this year of running! I hope you all have a great 2015!!