2010 in review

It’s that time of year again. This wasn’t really a banner year for running, with less “firsts” and less PRs, but I knew going into the year that priorities would have to be priorities and running wasn’t always the top of the list or even close. Some notable events in my life this year were, in no particular order, finishing my master’s degree in nutrition, going through the very competitive process of applying for dietetic internships and being matched to my first choice program, learning to love our new puppy Oliver, excellent summer long run buddies Katie and Denise, being accepted into the Brooks ID program in March and subsequently being invited back to the Brooks ID PACE team for 2011, being a warrior, ran 18xx miles for the year (not done yet!), six year anniversary with Brian, bullying my mom into her first half marathon, and running two marathons including the awesome Ridge to Bridge Marathon and the kind of miserable ING Georgia Marathon.

Here’s how my resolutions for 2010 panned out:

Floss more. Success! I floss all the time now. Not even joking. If I’m at home, I can’t go running without brushing and flossing first.

Run faster. Failure! 2010 will not go down in history as the year I turned on the jets. I had A, B, and C goals for faster marathon times (under 3:50, under 4:00, and under PR of 4:12). I met none of these, but I’ll tell you that I might have if I didn’t have to take a crap in the woods during R2B. Or if I just trained more, but whatever. I think I slowed in general this year partly as a function of giving up the treadmill at the beginning of the summer. Next year’s goal: don’t get slower.

Branch out. Semi-success! I would like to think I was a bit more flexible this year. Definitely branched out in the eating department. I can’t say that I did a ton of exciting things in 2010, but short of skydiving or taking up a bunch of new hobbies I don’t have time for, I think I did pretty well.

Keep in touch with people I care about. Semi-failure! My hatred of the phone and reluctance to talk ‘n drive got the better of me this year. I talked to my siblings, but not some of the friends I had in mind when making this resolution. In some success, I did some casual mental whittling down of people that I don’t really think I need to be friends with.

Other stuff: not leaving things undone at night (dishes, clutter, etc), be better about keeping track of things/writing stuff down, less gossip, fewer impulse grocery buys, volunteer for something at least once a month, finish graduate school. Chill out, don’t be a jerk, be a good person. Hmm. Well, that’s a long list and I will probably be lucky to complete it before my time on earth is up, but I think I was pretty successful in each of this. I definitely improved on not leaving things undone, keeping track of things, gossiping less (or limiting my gossip – definitely still did some), doing some volunteering, and finishing graduate school. I was mostly not a jerk, although I had my moments as one is wont to do when blessed with a sarcastic nature, I suppose. I am still working on that. I was mostly non-offensive and minded my own business. 2011 could stand some more discipline in the grocery buying department.