This year of running is soon to end - I have raced often and trained hard and yet it's been a mixed year. I'm not complaining - I began the year with a 5k PR, set a 50k PR and I'm closing the year with the greatest distance I've ever run -75 miles official and 77 unofficially. Still, I feel as if I could have ran better - faster in some races and farther in others. For much of the year I feel that I was over trained. This had little to do with the races but more due to the amount of training I did in between. More rest would have meant faster times in all but a few races. I'm learning. And a new year is soon to come. I plan to race as often if not more as I did this year - yet I hope to do so as a smarter, wiser athlete. This year got me to the 100 mile starting line - next year gets me to the finish. I've learned a lot this year. I'm looking forward to using this knowledge in 2014 and learning some new lessons as well.
Peace,
Eric
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