2019

Note that I didn't title this 2019 in year in review. Usually it's the time of the year to recap all the running that took place, but this year there really isn't anything to recap. I basically had a bad indoor season where I totally bombed my two important races and came nowhere near sub-15 and then have yet to race since then after being injured (completely unable to run, no more than 20 mi/week) from april to october. While I'm back now, I'm still nowhere near in race-ready conditions and my injuries still linger, even if they've mostly left me alone. In other words, this was by far the worst running year I've ever had. To recap the high and lows like previous would make no sense. I only raced 5 times, none of them were very good, I didn't meet any of my goals and I was barely running for the bulk of the year. To keep statistics going, here are the stats compiled over the year.

As for the lack of best/worst races list, none of my races were bad or good enough to make any all-time lists except for New Englands 5K, which is probably my 2nd or 3rd worst race of all time.

Total Mileage: 1,430 Miles
Highest Week: 74 Miles (PR, December 23 to 29)
Longest Run: 16 Miles (PR, December 29th)
Longest Running Streak: 27 Days (also another 27 day streak and a 26 day streak)
Longest Non-Running Streak: 43 Days (w/many 5-20 days non-running streaks as well)

Biking Miles: About 750

Number of # PR's/Number of New PR's: 1 (4:27 mile)
Number of Races: 5
-2018: 53, 2017: 57, 2016: 75 (there's a good chance I included events at track meets as separate races in past years, which I didn't do this year, I'd have 7 otherwise)


Number of States Run in: 7
Total # of Runs: 196 Runs
New Hampshire: 118 Runs (60%)
Rhode Island: 50 Runs (26%)
Connecticut: 14 Runs (7%)
Massachusetts: 5 Runs (3%)
Florida: 4 Runs (2%)
Maryland: 1 Run
Maine: 1 Run
 -to be fair, I have strava activites in Delaware, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia but I didn't run in them due to injury
-2018: 9, 2017: 12, 2016: 7


Number of Countries Run In: 2
United States: 193 Runs (98%)
Canada: 3 Runs (3%)

Number of Canadian Provinces Run In: 2 (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia)

Number of Municipalities Run In: 26
Durham, NH: 116 Runs (60%)
Charlestown, RI: 20 Runs (10%)
Westerly, RI: 18 Runs (9%)
Stonington, CT: 7 Runs (4%)
South Kingstown, RI: 5 Runs (3%)
Groton, CT: 4 Runs (2%)

Municipalities w/3 or less runs:
Rhode Island- Hopkinton, Exeter, Richmond, Narragansett, Bristol, Middletown
Connecticut- Berlin, Voluntown
Massachusetts- Boston, Lincoln
Florida- Key West, Miami, North Miami
New Hampshire- Lincoln, Hampton
Maryland- Grantsville
Canada- St. John, Iverness, Hillsborough
Maine- Rockport

Frequented Venues
UNH: 116 Runs
Ninigret: 10 Runs
Home: 9 Runs
Burlingame: 5 Runs
Mystic YMCA: 4 Runs
Woody Hill: 4 Runs
Haley Farm/Bluff Point: 4 Runs
Avondale: 3 Runs

Movies Watched: 189 (very surprised to find out I crushed last year's total of 141 despite a huge decline movie watching over the last 3 years or so)
Video Games Completed: 13

Non-Failures of 2019
I can't exactly have a highlights/successes section of a year where I only had one PR. But they were a few things that still went according to plan, despite all the issues I had.

-Establishing an official FKT on the Newport Cliff Walk and lowering it by 44 seconds in December (the only goal from 2018 in review post I met)
-Running in Maryland for the first time (a pathetic and unremarkable run, but still something)
-Getting 5 High Points: DE, DC, PA, MD, WV
-Going to West Virginia for the first time (progress towards going to all 50 states)
-Hiking in the White Mountains: Moosilauke, Chocorua, Liberty, Flume, Lincoln, Lafayette
-Running in Florida and going to Miami and Key West for the first time
-Highest run and highest week ever in late December (16 and 74)
-Running the entirety of the east bay bike path
-Going to the New England Aquarium and The American Museum of Natural History (crossing items off my bucket list)
-Running a mile PR (honestly about as mediocre as races go, but one PR in 2019 definitely beats none)
-PR'd in longest bike twice, with a 33 mile ride in July followed by two 45 mile rides in September. I still don't like biking, but for whatever reason it feels nicer going long

Picture Gallery (photos I took)

February: UNH in the snow

March: Clouds (somewhere in the Eastern US, on a plane)

March: Pelicans and boats (Somewhere in the Florida Keys)

March: Bahia Honda State Park (FL)

March: Miami Skyline over Biscayne Bay

March: Odiorne Point State Park (NH)

May: Weekapaug

May: Mt. Washington State Forest (MA)

May: Race Brook Falls (MA)

May: Bear Mountain State Park (NY)

June: Minute National Historical Park (MA)

July: Mount Chocorua (NH)

July: View from top of Mt. Chocorua (NH)

July: Franconia Ridge Trail (NH)

July: Ebright Azimuth, High Point of Delaware

July: Point Reno, Highest Point in Washington, DC

July: Camping in New Germany State Park (MD)

July: Swimming Area in New Germany State Park (MD)

July: Mt. Davis, Highest Point in Pennsylvania

July: Hoye-Crest, Highest Point in Maryland

July: Seneca Rocks (WV)

July: Spruce Knob, Highest Point in West Virginia

July: Panoramic View from Mary's Rock in Shenandoah National Park (VA)

August: Ocean View in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Nova Scotia)

August: MacIntosh Brook, Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Nova Scotia)

August: Rocky Coastline of Acadia National Park (ME)

August: Panoramic View from Gorham Mountain in Acadia National Park (ME)

August: View from Acadia Mountain, Acadia National Park (ME)

October: New England Aquarium (MA)

October: Boston Harbor (MA)

December: T-Rex Exhibit, American Museum of Natural History (NY)

December: Wolf Exhibit, American Museum of Natural History (NY)

December: Exterior of American Museum of Natural History (NY)

December: Central Park (NY)

2020 Goals
Time to get ambitious again, even though I've lost some confidence and feel less focused than usual.

-Break 15 minutes in the 5K (this will be on my list until I do it or until I quit running)
-Score in the 10K at outdoor conference
-Break 53 minutes in the Blessing of the Fleet, top 3
-More White Mountains hiking
-Up to 31 highpoints
-3,000 miles on the year, 20 mile run, 80 mile week
-Break an existing or establish a new FKT
-Run in 20+ states (likely contigent on me doing a big highpoint trip and running most days during it)
-Run in all 6 new england states

Not a ton of goals this year, just some checkpoints to keep me motivated. There will be a few others things I change here and there, but the main goal to run a good 5K and 10K. Honestly, if raced twice and broke 15 and 31, it'd be a good year and I could care less about other races.