2013 was one of my most (if not
the most) inconsistent running years of my life, with a variety of circumstances derailing running plans. But! It was not a complete disaster by any means.
First, the numbers:
- total mileage for the year: 2055 (lowest annual mileage since 2005)
- mileage by the end of May: 1071.5 - already 52% of my annual mileage
- highest mileage month: March (258.5 miles)
- lowest mileage month: August (92 miles)
- longest run: 16 miles (January 9th)
hmmmm.... yep, really a rather pathetic year of running. But let's move on to some of the many
many highlights!
A sunrise run, on the first weekend of the new year, on one of the newer trails in Boulder County - a trail that is quickly becoming a favorite:
February: Roadtrip! to Arizona for some CU Women's basketball and a visit with Kendall's cousin and aunt. Bonus feature: warm weather running!
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| Cousin Martha and her pack of dogs - Tucson |
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| Aunt Virginia |
In March I treated myself to a new (to me) trail - Big Dry Creek. 15 miles out and back-ish ending at bro/sis-in-law's house and a lovely brunch. New trail, lots of miles, can't beat it!
April: the snowiest of months. Multiple dumps of mega-inches of snow - totaling 47.6 inches for the month in Boulder - made training for Memorial Day's Bolder Boulder very tricky. Kendall and I decided to road-trip out of snowy Boulder and go to Petoskey to visit my mom ....where it snowed on Mother's Day!
The highlight of the May running scene in Boulder is, of course, the Bolder Boulder held annually on Memorial Day. It was a bright and beautiful Colorado day, which was happily shared with running buddies Connie and Anita putting the frosting on the cake of our spring training regime.
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| Anita, Connie & me - all smiles after the Bolder Boulder |
June had multiple highlights:
Putting up the Little Free Library that Kendall and I had built and which now stands, well-used, by our neighborhood school, through floods, frost, and furious winds.
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| Picnic at Chautauqua |
Cousin John and his wife Marcie visited Boulder during their trip to Colorado for an architecture conference - which meant we had the pleasure of playing tour guide!
My grad school study buddies had our first ever reunion 33 years after graduating! The reunion, held in Telluride, was great fun - and the running up there wasn't too shabby either.
July was also action-packed, including:
A visit from cousin Dan and his wife Yi Lu - another opportunity to play Boulder tour guide. Woohoo!
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| Dan & Yi Lu during a stroll along the Boulder Creek Path |
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And on one outstanding weekend, the last weekend of July, we had a Miller family reunion (in Tabernash, Colorado) and a wedding of family friends Shahara and Eddie (in Vail, Colorado). A whole lot of fun in a whirlwind few days!
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| A passel of Millers |
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| Cousins (Kendall, Martha, Keith, Jack, Andy, Steve, Sarah & James) |
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| All dressed up in go-to-wedding garb: Devon, Corinne, Paul, Paula, Kendall, Dave |
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August brought us trails, music, and another visit to the glorious Great Lakes all via a leisurely road trip across the northern plains from Boulder to Petoskey.
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| Fiberglass model yard - & Kendall |
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| Prairie flowers |
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| Petoskey Steel Drum band - drums at the ready |
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| Sunset over Little Traverse Bay |
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| Paula and mom |
September was
The Flood.
October had a highlight that actually included running! Up the Manitou Incline with running buddy, Connie, to celebrate her 60th birthday. Here's to adventurous running buddies & birthdays!
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| Connie at the top of the Manitou Incline |
November was a blur, moving mom into Independence Village so she would be able to live in a nice warm apartment this winter surrounded by folks and festivities - and with someone else doing the cooking and company for her meals - followed shortly thereafter by a grand Miller Thanksgiving.
December brought frigid temperatures to Boulder. This photo was taken at the end of a 9-degree run. December 4th. The same day my Aunt Helen, my dad's little sister, died at age 99 and almost one-half years old.
This past weekend we were in Ann Arbor to celebrate her life with my cousins and many friends from all walks of her life. She was a marvelous woman who lit up every room she walked into with her smile. She also brought a smile to my dad's face every time he saw her as they would grin at eachother with matching twinkles in their eyes. I was lucky to be her niece.
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| Pop and Aunt Helen, 1995 |
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| Me and Aunt Helen, 2005 |
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| Cousins Dan, Jim, Kathleen, Carolyn & John Murphey |
April: the snowiest of months. Multiple dumps of mega-inches of snow - totaling 47.6 inches for the month in Boulder - made training for Memorial Day's Bolder Boulder very tricky. Kendall and I decided to road-trip out of snowy Boulder and go to Petoskey to visit my mom ....where it snowed on Mother's Day! 
Putting up the Little Free Library that Kendall and I had built and which now stands, well-used, by our neighborhood school, through floods, frost, and furious winds.
My grad school study buddies had our first ever reunion 33 years after graduating! The reunion, held in Telluride, was great fun - and the running up there wasn't too shabby either.
September was 
December brought frigid temperatures to Boulder. This photo was taken at the end of a 9-degree run. December 4th. The same day my Aunt Helen, my dad's little sister, died at age 99 and almost one-half years old.
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