Year One in Review

I'm taking a time out from my current game of Blades of Steel to review Year One. As you may have read, I received a Nintendo Wii for my birthday. The Wii is great for many reasons but the ability to download and play games from my youth is especially tremendous. Blades of Steel is highly addicting and I can't stop playing.

So run # 365 took place in Denver on Sunday and I really wanted to post with some highlights from year one. I've decided I'll post bullet points to make it easier to read through.

• I want to start off by thanking the following people for actually running with me during the streak: Chuck, John,Derek, Erich, Amy, Chris, Steve, Bobby, and whoever I'm forgetting but I think that is it. Also thanks to those who I ran with during the Tucson Marathon and P.F. Chang's Marathon.
• I'd also like to thank my Ragnar Relay teammates. They are Zack MetroMint, Biscuit/Bushman, Chris, Tyson, Paul, Pat, Jerry, Sarah, Panda, Dan, and Dan. That race gave me my best mile time during the streak over more than a mile run when I ran 2.9 miles during my second leg, got passed by a guy with a mullet, finished as strong as I could and ended up puking at the exchange. This was after I slept sitting up in the van and was running on just a few hours of sleep at the break of dawn.
  
• Speaking of the relay, I have to mention and thank Nikki's Knocker for giving me character. I'm not sure I've ever been happier than when I finished that one.

Now on to some more thank yous/ highlights:

• I want to thank John again for telling me I wouldn't make it to 3 months of the streak.
• I want to thank Chuck again for telling me I would make it at least a year.
• I want to thank the cops for radaring drivers by my house. It was fun to run by you and have you look at me with anger.
• The girl who pulled over and yelled something out the window at me was definitely a highlight. I still wonder what she said.
• The drunk girls who yelled something to the effect of "we just saw your life flash before your eyes" as they slowed down to avoid hitting me.

Which reminds me to offer some numbers here:

• Total number of near collisions with a car: 3
• Total number of collisions with a person: 1
  
• Total number of times I fell: 1
• Total number of times I watched Chuck fall into a bush: 1
• Total number of times I puked: 1
• Total number of times I ran in street clothes: 1
• Total number of kills during the relay: 3 or 4
• Total number of times I was called disrespectful: 1
• Total number of times I discovered a snake: 1
• Total number of times I thought about ending the streak: 56

The Hoh run was an early favorite but it was 2.25 miles long.

The "mode" of the streak is by far a 1.0 - 1.3 mile run over various courses and I honestly wouldn't want to have a streak of 3 miles every day like some do. It's really incredible that there are people who do that because I would have given up by now if that was the minimum.

There are many more highlights I can't think of without going back and reading through the blog.

With that being said, I'll keep the blog up but I'm not sure how often I'll update or how extensive it will be in year 2. The USRSA requires me to have a record of the runs, and I'll use this space for that, but I've found I just don't have the desire or motivation to make this even remotely interesting.

Thanks again to all for making this a memorable year and thank you for reading.