It was a nice way to close out the years running, a year in which I raced 3 half-marathons, 2 marathons and 2 ultras. The half-marathons proved my strongest event as I set 2 PRs over that distance, not bad considering one of those races was in sub-zero weather and I only got out of my car a minute beofre the start and ran straight through the finish line and back to my car!
Of course the highlight of my running year was Comrades, indeed everything else was secondary to this great event. It really is the greatest footrace on the planet. 56 miles with thousands of new friends and countless spectators spurring you out of Durban towards Pietermaritzburg. There is no feeling like entering the cricket stadium for the final 400 meters as the crowds cheer you in. Hopefully I'll get back in 2012 to run it in the other direction, "down."
As I tuck my running journal into my drawer, it claims its spot on top of my others, another year completed, a new one about to begin.
