Happy Tuesday and Happy New Year’s Eve! Welcome to the last Tuesday Topics post of 2019. Thank you for helping to make this link-up one of the highlights of my year 🙂
This week’s topic – share your 2019 year in review. You can write about this, or any other running related topic. Remember to Link-up with Kim and Zenaida and the bottom of this post!
It’s hard to condense a year of running into one post, but I’ll try! Here are some of the monthly highlights from 2019!
January
January was pretty uneventful. I kicked off the year with my personal New Year’s 5K and then I took a Peloton cycle class.
Started off the New Year right!
I completed the Peloton Winter Launch Challenge and hit the 50 ride cycle milestone.
On the blogging front, the Tuesday Topics link up was born!
Miles Run: 60.6
February
February is usually a slow month since it’s usually when we get the most snow and ice outside. This month was all about indoor workouts on the treadmill and Peloton bike, in addition to some at home strength workouts as well.
Miles Run: 50
March
March is usually when my allergies start, and this year was no exception. It’s brutal dealing with the start of allergies while still continuing to run, but I was training for a half marathon so I pushed through. I also ran my first official race of the season, the Shamrock Stroll 5K.
Miles Run: 56.8
April
April is my birthday month and I kicked off my birthday in style with a run, as usual.
I ran the Hot Chocolate 15K in Philly. The race felt harder than I expected but I was rewarded with an awesome medal and zip up sweatshirt for finishing the race!
Love the swag this year!
At the end of April I completed my first half marathon of the year, and also ran in my 12th state. The Delaware Running Festival Half Marathon was a great race and I also go to spend some time with Tuesday Topics co-host, Zenaida!
Miles Run: 56.3
May
On Instagram, I stated my Women Crush Wednesday (#WCW) weekly posts to highlight different women that I love following on Instagram. Of course my fellow #kimtwin was my first post 🙂
I ran my second half marathon of the year, Boston’s Run to Remember. This was my 13th state, 40th overall half marathon and as a bonus, I got to see Michelle!
Loved catching up with Michelle this weekend!
I also completed my 100th Peloton cycle ride!
Miles Run: 62.4
June
Started off the month by running the Hope in Motion 5K. This is a special race and I’ve done the 5K and 10K numerous times as the race raises money for the cancer wing at our local hospital.
The OrangeTheory Fitness studio finally opened up and I took my first class! Little did I know this studio would be such a huge part of my fitness journey moving forward.
I also traveled to Washington, DC, Toronto and Nashville for work – it was a busy travel month!
Miles Run: 66.8
July
I kicked off training for the Chicago Marathon in July.
Through BibRave, I received the opportunity to try Science in Sport (SiS) gels and I absolutely loved them. I ended up using them all throughout my training and during the marathon.
I also completed the City Challenge Obstacle Course Race. My body was wrecked for days after this race so that’s probably the last time I’ll do an obstacle course type race. However, I did get this really cool photo.
Miles Run: 91.5
August
Marathon training was in high gear this month, as evidence by my monthly mileage (the highest of the year). I completed my first 20 mile run and it was actually good!
I had a lot of fun at OTF this month with some themed workouts and a bunch of signature workouts as well – Team Everest, 500m Benchmark Row and an Inferno Workout.
Groovy Baby!
Miles Run: 135.1
September
Time for another half marathon! This time it was the Surftown Half Marathon in Rhode Island. This was state #14 and I got to meet Darlene! I used this race as a raining run and it went very well.
Completed my last 20 mile run of training and 100 Peloton strength workouts.
Peace out super long runs!
I also completed my first OTF DriTri. The goal was to complete it in less than an hour, and I did!
Miles Run: 125.1
October
October was a super busy month!
We participated in a special Breast Cancer Awareness OTF class to raise funds for charity.
I used the SoNo 5K (added some pre-race miles) as my last long run before the Chicago Marathon.
I completed the International Chicago 5K and the Chicago Marathon, my 2nd Chicago and 4th marathon overall. I didn’t exactly “kill it”, BUT I had a much better experience than my 2017 race, and received a 50 minute course PR.
4th marathon complete!
I didn’t have too much time to recover as OTF Hell Week started toward the end of the month.
I completed these 5 Hell Week classes to earn my Hell Week shirt.
Miles Run: 75.1
November
The first weekend in November is always the NYC Marathon and I love all the energy in the city every year. I volunteered at the Expo and participated in the Dash to the Finish Line 5K.
I completed my last half marathon of the year, the Charlotte Half Marathon, which was state #15 for me. Charlotte is such a fun city but that race course was super hilly!
To celebrate Thanksgiving, I wore my turkey costume to an OTF class the day before Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving I participated in a local Turkey Trot 5K and then continued my “burn” at OTF for a special Thanksgiving Day workout!
You know the turkey costume had to make an appearance 🙂
Miles Run: 61.6
December
December started the 12 Days of Fitness at OTF. I was more than happy to participate and wear holiday themed shirts for every workout. Later in the month my mom and I also rocked showed our Christmas spirit for a special 90 minute Christmas Eve class.
This was one of my favorite holiday shirts I wore during the 12 Days of Fitness
Of course we were in the Christmas Eve spirit!
I also traveled back to Toronto for work, but this time I decided to stay the weekend so that I could explore the city. It was a blast!
Outdoor ice skating rink at the Holiday Fair
Miles Run: 52
Total Miles for the Year: 893.3
Ambassador Programs
I consider myself blessed to continue to work with so many amazing brands. I continued in my ambassador roles for Pro Compression and FitApproach. I also joined the BibRave familia’s as a BibRave Pro earlier in the year.
2019 was a heck of a year! What were the highlights of your year?
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Topic for next week – Name one (or more) fun related thing(s) you did over the holidays?
I’m also linking up with Marc from Train With Marc and Debbie from Coach Debbie Runs for Coaches’ Corner!
Sounds like an awesome year!
Thanks so much Vanessa!
So many fun races and OTF sessions! You rocked it in 2019! I love that your Mum is mostly part of it. Only 6.7 miles more and you would have had 900 miles full, well done. Which was you favourite race?
Yeah when I saw the final number this morning I was like go darn, just needed a few more to hit 900!
You had a great year. Glad I made your post.
My marathon was my highlight.
Hope 2020 is a good one for both of us.
Thanks Darlene! So glad that I got to meet you in September at Surftown.
Here’s to a great 2020!
What a year you’ve had!!! It’s been fun to follow along and I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings for you!
Thanks so much Wendy! I hope that our paths will cross again in 2020!
Whew! I’m tired just reading all that. You had a great year, Kim — a 50 min course PR is nothing to sneeze at! That’s a whole lotta work, travel, running, racing & OTF!
I hope 2020 brings you everything you want.
Thanks so much Judy! It was a busy year but I’m already looking forward to 2020!
WHEW! What a year! It’s been a fun year, huh 🙂 It’s great that your mom joins you on so many of your fitness endeavors, too 🙂 Lots of accomplishments, pretty bling, and many memories…I wish all of this and more for you in 2020!!
Thanks so much Kim. When you plan out your 2020 calendar let me know – I’m hoping we can meet up at a race if I don’t end up doing one in Iowa this year.
What a great year! Here’s to a 2020 that’s even better 🙂
Thanks! Wishing you a great 2020 as well 🙂
What a great year!! Here’s to a happy and healthy new year!
Same to you Erica!
You had a vibrant, active and fun-filled year with lots of friends. What else could you ask for. Happy New Year! Can’t wait to see what 2020 brings!
Thanks so much Marcia! You had an amazing year as well 🙂
What a fun year of fitness, running, friends and family! Cheers to a happy and sweaty 2020
Thanks Deborah, and same to you! 🙂
You had a GREAT year! I loved following along your runs and training for the Chicago Marathon. I did not realize you got a 50 minute course PR. Here to another healthy and fun 2020!
Thanks so much Zenaida!
You had such a busy and fun year! I can’t believe you just started orange theory this year- it feels like you have been doing it forever with all the classes you have taken! I hope you have a great start to 2020!
Thanks Lisa! I agree with you about orange theory – I can’t believe it’s only been 6 months since it feels like such a huge part of my life now.
Firstly – thanks for hosting this link-up! I haven’t been as regular as I would have liked this year, but I love the platform you and Zenaida have created. You had a fantastic year – you did have one heck of a year, and that photo of you up in the air with those cars goes down as my favourite of the year! Here is to an amazing 2020 – lots of races, lots of smiles, and lots of awesome outfits!
Awwe thank you so much for the kind words! I hope that you can link up with us more in 2020!
Congrats on a fantastic year! You were so active throughout the year! I wish we could’ve met at a race in 2019, but hopefully we’ll see each other again soon! Happy New Year!
Thanks so much Janelle! It was a busy year but also a lot of fun.
I love all your joyful photos! My achievement of the year was running my ultra, especially conquering my fear of going off-road. This year will be a lot more low-key with a DIY bus route marathon the weekend after I don’t use my reserve place in London, and the canal canter full marathon in August, complete with cake competition! Happy 2020 of running and working out!
Thanks so much Liz!
Running an ultra is such a huge achievement – congrats again on that!
Your plans for 2020 sound really cool. I can’t wait to follow your adventures.
You had an amazing year with you running, OTF and Peloton! It’s so wonderful to see how you kept on top of everything and made it happen!
The pollen came back today and both my guys are suffering hard. I’m sorry you struggle so much with your allergies as well.
Happy New Year!
Ugh I feel so bad for both your guys – January is so early to deal with the nightmare that is pollen. Hopefully it gets better for them soon!
What a fun year! And I’m so happy I got to be a small part of it! I hope 2020 is amazing for you!
Wishing you a happy and healthy 2020 Michelle!
What a full, amazing year, Kim! So many fun races and meetups with other runners! Damn, and you were so close to 900 miles! That/’s amazing! Can’t wait what you do in 2020!
I probably should have done the extra miles to hit 900 for the year but last week I didn’t really have any motivation to run longer distances, lol.