Overall 2012 was a pretty darn good year on many fronts. The kids are all doing well in school and related activities. Business has been good. The weinerschnitzels are healthy and Carla is happy.....What more to life is there? Good question and the answers lie below :)
Winter Death Race Finisher - 33 hours (So cold, went in injured but persevered)
Summer Death Race Finisher - 60 hours (Very hard due to cross fit style of race)
Ironman St George Finisher - 15:40 (Windy/rough swim & hot & windy Bike!)
Dirty 30 Trail Run Finisher - 7:29 (very hard track)
Country Music Marathon Finisher - Top 2%- 1:39
Cedars of Lebanon - 6th place overall - 46:39
Leadville Marathon - 2X Finisher - 6:00 (elevations reach 13,150 feet)
Leadville Silver Rush 50 Mile Trail Run - 3X Finisher -11:16 (Toughest 50 miler)
UTMB Finisher - 24:19 (Weather was awful sleet, snow, rain, wind & mud)
Clarksville Century Ride Finisher - 5:10
Berlin Marathon 3:25:45 (Course was 26.68 miles..so much for German precision)
Fiesta Marathon - 1st place division, 5th overall - 3:38 (Ran 27 miles+)
Ironman Arizona Finisher - 12:51 (Hot day, wrecked on bike at mile 15 but persevered)
2012 was by far my most active year in endurance sports. The highlighted races above are what I would consider "A" races. Most people would attempt only 1 or at best 2 of them in a given year. Completing 6 major endurance races over the course of 2012 is a great feeling and sense of accomplishment. What you don't see is the amount of training that went into being able to finish all of theses races along with the family sacrifice of my training. As I reflect back on 2012, it was a really good year but I have many things to improve upon and look forward to 2013 as it approaches. It's nice to look back at the past and forward to the future, but more important to live in the present....Cheers!
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