Welcome 2016
Happy New Year's fellow running and blog followers! 2015 was a good year of running for me. I started the year running from sadness, depression and pain and ended it running towards the joy of running and the fun of challenging my boundaries. I had very low mileage in January and February because of the bitter temperatures and because I hurt my back. March and April brought in a lot of panicked running so I'd be ready to endure and survive my first half marathon (13.1 miles). I ran the race in May with the goal of a sub 2:30 and I was so happy to reach that goal. I also had a great race, where I met some wonderful women to run the whole thing with. June had two more new races for me, a 10k (6.2 miles) and a 20k (12.4 miles). I went to the 10k hoping to run a sub 60 and was very shocked that I accomplished that goal. The 20k was a fun and challenging course that I hope to run again this year. July had the first of my 5k's for the summer. I set a PR that blew...