Highlights

AKA....What I Write About - by Category:

Month In Review
January 2012: In Which There is Snow, Ice, and More Snow
February 2012: In Which I Get Sick. Twice.
March 2012: In Which I Hit My Highest Mileage In A Month
April 2012: In Which I Join Wear Blue Run to Remember
May 2012: In Which I Run Lots Of Miles and Decide I Like Gu After All
June 2012: In Which I Run the Rock and Roll With Wear Blue
July 2012: In Which I Run My First Ragnar and Nurse An Injury
August 2012: In Which I Start PT and Feel Sorry For Myself
September 2012: In Which I Confirm I'll Be Out of Commission For Awhile
October 2012: In Which I "Complete" My First Full Marathon
November 2012: In Which I Get Closer to Running Again
December 2012: In Which I Celebrate My Blogiversary
January 2013: In Which I Hibernate and Reflect
February 2013: In Which I Keep Slogging Forward
March 2013: In Which I Am Very Very Lame
April 2013: In Which the Unthinkable Happens
May 2013:  In Which I Officially End PT
June 2013: In Which I "Run" My First Half Marathon in a Year
July 2013: In Which I Ragnar'd Again.

Wear Blue: Run to Remember
Why I joined  Honoring the Fallen, the Fighting and the Families
Memorial Day Pledge to Honor the Fallen One mile for every member of the American Military who has lost their life in the Global War on Terror....
Wear Blue Mile - Seattle RnR   Prepare to be moved - the best mile of the marathon, hands down
Running in Blue  An experience I'll never forget
Sea of Blue  Pictures from an awesome day.... 
The Official Recap  Seattle Rock and Roll - full meal deal
Saturday Run  Running in Dupont with the JBLM Chapter 
Running to Remember  Capt John L Hallet and CW3 Frank Buoniconti - Anniversaries are painful
Thank You  Veterans Day - honoring those who serve

Remembering the Fallen - Running in Honor Of:
Heroes Half, April 2012 - Air Force Master Sgt Tara R. Brown
Memorial Day, 2012 - Air Force Senior Airman Ashton Goodman
Seattle Rock and Roll, June 2012 - Captain John L. Hallett and the soldiers from the 1-17
Ragnar Relay: NW Passages, July 2012 - CW3 Frank Buoniconti & Army Spc. Nathan Wyrick
Portland Marathon, October 2012 - Army Command Sgt Major Kevin Griffin
Ragnar Relay: Las Vegas, November 2012 - Army Spc Sarina N. Butcher

Ragnar Relay
It's On   I agreed to do what now?
Training For Ragnar  AKA what did I get myself into?
Plotting and Planning  So many logistics. Good thing I do this sort of thing for a living...
Ragnar or Bust   Here we go!
The Players   Meet the team
Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies  More random fun
Sleeping on a Gym Floor  The dirty details....snoring and port-a-potties
Pictures  So much happened...Here's more of it!
Recap Part 1 1st Leg
Recap Part 2  2nd Leg
Recap Part 3  My 3rd and final leg
Recap - The Big Finish  We ran how many miles?
Odd's Ends and Awesome Stuff  The best stuff
So I Might be Crazy... Immediately after completing one 200 mile relay, I sign up for another. With half as many people.
The Ragnar Relay That Wasn't  LV Ultra...they ran it without injured ol me

Training
Luck of the Season Grappling with a sucky cycle
Training Cycle #3  Keeping the momentum going
Ragnar Training Two a days....or as I like to call it - Hell.
New Plan Adjustments are good. So are spreadsheets.
Transitioning to Full Training Going from half to full training - upping the game

Goals
2012 Goals  The sky is the limit....
Mid-Year Check In  Like the kind at work...but better
2012...How'd I Do? Grading on a curve...
2013 Goals Back to Base

Injuries
Rest, Recovery and Pulled Muscles When I first started noticing the pain
Self-Imposed Rest Week Denial
Injury Update Starting PT so I can figure out what the heck is causing this pain
Shifted Pelvis. Or Something First inklings of the problem
How Do People Do This? It's beginning to dawn on me that this is going to suck
Time to See the Dr. Not getting better....time to do some tests...
Well That Was Fun Had an MRI to try to determine the problem
The Results Are In And just like that....it's game over.
New PT Plan After a couple months of FULL rest, it's time to get to work
Progress, Real Progress The plan is working!!
6 Months and Counting Recap of the injury so far, updates on progress
Moving Forward Getting there, one day at a time, one run at a time...
Injury Recovery The mental game, AKA how an injury messes with your mind

Random Favorites
Wear Blue  Why I joined
My Running Story   My story featured on another blog

Man Up Month   Tried to be hardcore....in hindsight it may have led to my injury
Long Run In Pictures  Run with me along the Seattle waterfront
Sea of Blue  My favorite pics from RnR with Wear Blue
Ragnar: Odds Ends and Awesome Stuff  My favorite moments from the relay
Is It Too Late to be Kara Goucher when I grow up?
Olympics Hilarity  McKayla is NOT impressed and Ryan Lochte as America's favorite douchebag
Finisher - Marathon #1 Done Probably not the smartest thing I've ever done....
The Show Must Go On  NYC Marathon post Hurricane Sandy
NYC Marathon Cancelled  Or not....