[Left: snowshoe run Dec 27] 2008 was an excellent year. Overall, I ran just over 1500 miles, completed 9 ultra marathons (590 miles of racing), completed my first double Timp, and seemed to have fewer occurrences of injury than the previous year.I definitely learned a lot along the way. For the three 100 milers I completed, I can say that I actually enjoined doing them.
Looking forward to 2009, my plan is to try for the same races as this year and add one more in July, the Hardrock 100. The trouble is that several of the races are lottery based, which means I might not get into all of them. I have a couple alternate races I can am for if necessary. So far I have the following races: Bigfoot Snowshoe 50k (Jan 31), Moab 50k+ (Feb 14), Buffalo Run 50 (Mar 28) and Squaw Peak 50 (Jun 6). I'll be sending in my Wasatch 100 and Hardrock 100 applications on Friday, and should learn about Miwok 100k in the next couple weeks.
