How much fun is it to look back on all that you have accomplished the past year in your running shoes? This year, my running shoes came along on some really fantastic adventures. We saw different cultures and customs and earned a lot of frequent flyer miles. Join me to take a look back on some of my 2022 highlights.
My Year in Running 2022
January
We have spent the last 7 years traveling to and from the beautiful Indiana University campus to visit both of our kids. There is something so invigorating about running through a college campus even in the middle of January. I am going to miss this place.
February
I dove into the Wilpers Run Training Program full steam which ended up completely changing my running for the better.
March
I trained hard for the Asheville Half Marathon and ended up getting a PR besting my own time from about 10 years ago.
April
The Cherry Blossom 10 miler is always one of my favorite local races. The weather was just perfect this year.
A new to me local race, The GW Parkway Classic 10 miler 2 weeks later brought another unexpected PR for the year. Again the weather was just perfect!
May
May was a busy month! We celebrated our son’s college graduation with a big trip to the Middle East. One of my favorite photos of the trip was this one in Abu Dhabi at the famous mosque.
June
Our trip continued with stops in Dubai, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. I ran in all 3 cities and soaked in the different cultures and sites.
Sweating it out in Dubai
Just in time to recover from my jet lag, I attended a conference in Houston with my Small Biiz Social Media group. Lucky for me, I found an 8K race to hop into.
July
July was another busy travel month for my running shoes. I jumped into a 10K in Chicago while visiting my daughter.
Next it was off to NYC for a run through Central Park with Cari.
Another last minute Passport opportunity. We visited the South of France and parts of the Italian Riviera. My running shoes had a great time there.
August
August had me running happy with Wendy and the Brooks Run Happy Team in Park City, Utah.
September
Coco and I had a chance to be tour guides to Montana and Cari on our DC monument run. It was such a hot day but so much fun to run with these ladies.
October
October came so fast and so did the Maine Half Marathon. What a beautiful course.
November
November was another busy travel month. I had a blast exploring the other side of Las Vegas on my run tour.
December
December has me back in Aruba with the family where we enjoy celebrating the holiday season.
My running shoes and I racked up some serious miles and frequent flier miles this year. It is always so much fun to look back on my year in running and traveling and smiles. I am forever grateful to my body for cooperating this year. And, I am excited to see what 2023 brings for me and my running shoes.
Thanks for helping to make the Runners’ Roundup a huge success by visiting all of the hosts: Me, Debbie, Jen, Lisa
What a fabulous year you had, Deborah! I remember all of these!
Thank you for sharing all these wonderful photos and adventures with us throughout 2022.
Which trip was your favourite?
My trip to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Israel was the highlight and will be hard to top!
You really did do so much traveling this year! I can’t believe the year is almost over. Hope you have a great time in Aruba!
We really did travel a lot this year and it was amazing! It will be hard to top
What a fun year you’ve had–so much traveling and great memories!! It was fun to see you crush running this year too. I can’t wait to see what happens next year!!
It will be hard to top all of the great places we traveled and ran in this past year. Glad you were a part of it. Still cannot comment on your blog
How can you top this? Travel running racing family events.
I know. Zero injuries.
Can’t wait to see what you have planned for 2023.
WE had such a great year of travel not sure I can top it. I am excited for the year ahead
WOOT!!!! Lots of fun and exciting miles logged in those running shoes 😉 You brought home some snazzy bling as well. Enjoy your Aruba adventures (I know, pretty tall order, LOL).
It was a great year of running. I hope we can run together again in 2023
You have had a great year. It’s been fun following along with all of your adventures. I’ll bet 2023 will be even better!
It’s going to be hard to top last year for sure
WOW. You really had quite a year! Lots or traveling, running and racing. I’m not really sure how you’re going to top that in 2023…. but I’ll be interested to see what 2023 brings for you.
It turned out to be a really fantastic year for sure
What a fantastic year of travel and running for you! Looking forward to seeing what 2023 brings for you – hopefully I’ll get to see you 🙂
I hope so too!
Such a fun and amazing year! I love the variety of races, and it always so cool to see your progress and highlights!
Can’t wait to see what 2024 holds!
It was a great year and it will be hard to top!
You have had such an awesome year of running! I love living vicariously through you on all of your running adventures 🙂
We did visit some incredible places this year. It’s going to be hard to top!
Wow, you really did visit and run in some amazing places this year!! I hope that 2023 brings you just as many adventures!
Thanks! It was a fun year of travel and adventure
What a super year, well done! I’ve had a bit of a weird one, apparently I haven’t run further than 9 miles in a run all year, and I missed my 1000 mile target by loads when I hurt my back and had to have a pause, so I haven’t been worried about that but it’s odd to have a low mileage for me. I wish you more colourful and friend-filled running for 2023!
I am not going to hit my 1000 mile goal either I don’t think. Oh well, we are still amazing! Hope you have a fantastic year ahead as well