Run Review and Changes to Laces and Lattes
YAY! We are in 2015! How did you bring in the New Year? I had a chill evening with some girl friends and appetizers and headed to Hamilton on New Years Day for a waterfall terrain run with some runner friends.
Taken from my Instagram.
I am looking forward to an amazing year and I wanted to take a quick look at some changes that will be happening on the blog. Don’t worry, they are all good!
1. I am sending out my first newsletter on Monday, January 5. If you are interested in receiving it, you can sign up here. I have a few exclusive discount codes, a list of winter races you should do and some extra content.
2. I am going to be doing a bit of restructuring in my weekly posting. I will still be posting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:30 AM/EST, but it will look more like this:
MOMENTUM MONDAYS:
I get a lot of questions about my training. I will feature my weekly training recap as well as any workouts/therapies that are especially compelling for me that week.
RESOURCE WEDNESDAYS:
We are going to talk shop about run training, whether it is a bit of science, a recovery trick or a training plan. I will take a look at some of the latest books, articles and topics in the running world.
FRIDAY FINALE:
A bit more of a wild card day, Friday will feature an interview, cool lists or product and race reviews.
I will be kicking that off on Monday, but for now, I wanted to touch on a few running highlights of 2014.
I think my most unexpected performance was the H + P Time Trial where I placed third female in a very competitive and talented field of ladies. I was in the midst of intensive marathon training without a lot of speed work, so the fact that I was able to pull a 7:37 minute 2.2KM was a happy surprise. I am not a track girl, but I do incorporate some speed work into my training to make sure I am healthy and strong for my races.
My most prepared for race was my marathon. I focused intensely on my goal and trained as hard as I could considering the short time frame I had to work with and I was proud of my results. I ran a marathon PR of 3:20:56 and I am looking forward to shaving that time down this year, hopefully at the Boston Marathon as I ran this past marathon on stress fractures.
The two most FUN races were the ones that I won as the first female over all and I don’t that that was an accident. I was not anticipating anything from either race and was using both as a training run, but because they were both beautiful trails with lots of hills, gorgeous scenery and either pouring rain or extremely hot, I fell into a rhythm and felt like I was playing. I barely remember the overall process – I guess it is the kind of races where you experience flow. They were the Creemore Vertical Challenge and Yankee Springs Trail Half Marathon.
Best trail series was 5 Peaks series. I won third female in my age group OA and had a wonderful season with friends. I would love for you to join me for a race (or the whole season!) this year. You can register to win a free race here until tomorrow.
Best new style of race was the EPIC 8 hour adventure race. It was so much fun to learn more about canoeing, mountain biking and orienteering and I am excited about working on those skills in 2015!
How about you? What are your run highlights of 2014?
Ummm can we rename you Jess Badass Kuepfer? Because that is what you look like in these photos! You had SUCH an unbelievable year and I know 2015 will be even more epic with all the opportunities you’ve got coming up. My race highlights of 2014 were the Niagara and Guelph ones I did with YOU!
My fave races were:
-NYC marathon – first marathon and a huge bucket list item (even before I actually started running)
– Army Run half – when I ran a well executes half and finally liked the distance
– Resolution Run – huge PB and first time I ever was on my own in a race
Agree with the first poster, your middle name totally needs to be bad ass! Here’s to an amazing 2015!!!
Your upcoming goals are GREAT!! I legit cannot wait for you to finish Boston, I’m going to be patiently waiting for that post recap. Running for me last year was consistent, but took a back seat to my hiking adventures. I managed to squeeze in four races, two being half marathons so I am AOK with that.
What a kick ass year!! You basically crush it!!!