2013 Running Goals

I ran the Mankato Half Marathon last fall with several girlfriends.  One of them actually spent gobs of money to buy the offical race pictures and then this showed up in the mail for me (thanks Heidi)!  I put it on my fridge and it makes me smile everytime I see it, well that and want to sign up for more races!

After the Mankato Half in October I started thinking about all the races I've done in 2012 and what races I'd like to do next year. 

These are the races I did in 2012:
5/12/2012 Common Cup 5K 0:25:35
8/11/2012 Shanty Days 5K 0:24:56
9/1/2012 Women Rock 10K 0:56:38 PB (and first race of this distance)

10/21/2012 Mankato Half 2:05:20 PB (and first race of this distance)
10/27/2012 Spooky Sprint 0:24:54 PB by 1 second

The list of races for 2013 I made then was long, too long-
3/16/2013 Get Lucky 7k
May Common Cup 5k
April/May 10 mile Spring race
6/22/2013 Water Carnival 8k
July Triathalon?
8/10/2013 Shanty Days 5k
8/31/2013 Women Rock 10k
Sep Nickle Dickle 10k
9/22/2013 Women Run the Cities 10 Mile
10/6/2013 TC 10 mile
10/20/2013 Mankato 1/2
10/26/2013 Spooky Sprint (I hope they have a 10k)
November Turkey Trot

The bold races I've already signed up for. I really enjoy doing races here in Hutchinson because the logistics are just so easy. But I also like the longer distance races and to do that I have to travel to the Cities or further. It's also fun to do races when we are on vacation (like the Shanty Day's 5k I always do when we're in Algoma).  I don't want to force my family into spending the majority of our weekends watching me race, so it's doubtful I'll do all the races on my list, but it's fun to plan ahead and look for 2013 races. For the next three months I'm giving my racing a rest and focusing on cross country skiing which I also love.