a year in races
And it has been one hell of a year. I kicked off the year by running a 5K with my husband of almost 12 hours. We ran it easy with a friend and a little kid singing the Super Mario Bros theme song. I didn't race again until I was pretty deep in half marathon training, when I was lucky enough to have Amy pace me to a 5K PR that still stands: 24:15. I was pretty cranky about this race, but not as cranky as I'd be a month later when my back spasmed and left me in bed for almost two weeks. I showed up at the starting line at the National Half, and ended up having a day that looked nothing like what I hoped it would be. I'm still proud of what I did that day . After that, I focused on healing for a while until I accidentally ran the 5K in Boston with my girls, then another 5K with another recovering-from-injury friend . It's easy to see why I hope to not run this distance in 2012. My next big race of the year came mid-May, when I crossed the fin...