2012 Review

I caught a bad cold that lasted too long (the last 10 days of the year), so I ended up doing far less exercise the last week or so. But 2012 was a great year for me, full of outdoor activity. I don't care about running races anymore, but enjoyed a few. I found peace and inspiration in nature by combining my trail running and hiking in ways I'd never tried before, and loved it. I'm getting to the point where I don't care about numbers anymore, but I will probably still keep rough track of my activity out of curiosity. So here are some rough 2012 numbers:

622+ hours of combined trail running and hiking, with over 260,000 feet of climb/descent. After August, I didn't try to keep track of time spent running vs hiking, but by then had run for 215 hours. After that I did less running and more hiking, so I think something just under 300 hours of running. It was a very good year, and I doubt that I spent that much time moving on my feet since I was a kid. So that's it, on to a new year! Some data on my 2012 Activity.

Here's a few pix from the last week of 2012.

My one run-hike last week was on 2-4 inches of wet/slushy snow

My new Montrail Mountain Masochist 2 Outdry (with gaiters and Kahtoola microspikes) handled the wet really well, and my feet were warm and dry, which is important when you have a cold.

First one up to the lake after the storm...

This is actually from first day of 2013:  Coyote track in virgin snow on the back side of the lake