My 2008 racewalking in review

I started keeping pretty darn good track of my mileage & workouts in 2008. Here are a few stats.

January: 90 miles
February: 86 miles
March: 133 miles
April: 102 miles
May: 101 miles
June: 137 miles
July: 137 miles
August: 176 miles
September: 176 miles
October: 121 miles
November: 113 miles
December: 81 miles (injury: IT band)

Total miles: 1453
Most miles in a week: 52
Average weekly miles: 27.9

Races:
3-15-08 27:44 9:24/mile Leprechaun Lope 5K (actually 2.95 mi)
4-5-08 1:38:34 9:51/mile Salt Lake 10 miler 2008
4-19-08 2:14:12 10:15/mile Salt Lake Half Marathon 2008
5-31-08 59:41 9:36/mile Bridal Veil Falls 10K 2008 (hilly!)
7-4-08 28:46 9:16/mile Murray Fun Days 5K
7-24-08 57:57 9:20/mile Deseret News 10K 2008 (downhill 700 ft!)
8-8-08 28:36 9:12/mile USATF Masters' Nat'l Champs 2008 - first judged racewalk
8-10-08 58:43 9:27/mile USATF Masters' Nat'l Champs 2008 - 10K road race
10-11-08 16:53 9:03/mile Wasatch Walkers/USATF Utah 3k
10-19-08 4:59:49 11:27/mile Nike Women's Marathon
11-27-08 36:26 9:46/mile Cold Turkey 6K 2008

My best race this year (besides the Deseret News 10K, which was SO downhill it hardly counts) was the 10K in Spokane at the Masters' Championships. That was a great place to have a good race!

My biggest disappointment was the marathon; I was trained for a faster pace but just didn't have it that day.

All in all, a great year. Here's to an even faster 2009!