Not My Year

I am not one for new year's resolutions or new year's goals. I generally have running goals all the time, although recently it is just to not get injured. So instead I will reflect on 2011, which I think was an ok year. I think some horrible things happened, but I still enjoyed it mostly. This isn't all about running, but I figure some people might appreciate the break anyways.

10 big events from the year that was:
1. Stress fracture - after a couple of months of pain in my right foot, a scan revealed a very nasty stressie in my left foot. 2 months in a moon boot and 3 months off running did my head in a bit.
2. Decisions - Am I allowed to mention it on the internet yet I wonder. To cut out anything I can't say, I had to decide if I would move myself, husband and K9s to NY city. After much deliberation and a whirlwind trip, I decided not to.
3. Oh Canada - I spent July in Canada. I love that country. Every time I go there it amazes me even more and every time I leave, it feels a little bit sadder.
4. My grandmother died - this is more something that happened to people that I love than happened to me.
5. Oxfam Trailwalker - I had total FOMO and entered Trail Walker as soon as entries opened. A few weeks later I got the diagnoses on my foot. My podiatrist did a lot of frowning whenever I brought up the topic of TW and we finally agreed that I should just walk it rather than run. At 60km I pulled out because my foot was killing me.
6. The real world - I started a new job. I am now a marketing professional. I quite like it. I miss the Eagle St crowd though.
7. Washpool 50km - The one ultra I completed in the whole year. Woot woot. This mattered a lot to me because it was a signal that I was injury free for the first time in a very long time.
8. Great North Walk - I got the honour of pacing the lovely Susannah for GNW. It was an incredible experience. I may just become a pacer instead of completing races myself in future.
9. Triathlon Pink - I got over my fear of swimming and completed a very, very short triathlon. I felt pretty chuffed.
10. Twins! I have two new nephews (and yet another arriving very shortly). After a bit of a scare when the boys decided to come VERY early, the boys are healthy and at home with their fantastic parents Michael and Jared.