Start with the lows
My father in law had a stroke early in the year. He recovered for the most part but he does have some memory and speech problems.
I gained 30 lbs. that is just gross.
Friends around me suffered some losses. Children, parents, siblings, spouses, friends, pets. Divorces and separations. I hope they have a better year in 2014.
And the bombing at the Boston Marathon. We were in the middle of planning our trip to this event, when the opportunity for Cuba presented itself.
and now for the highs
We had our fair share of RV Shows. Halifax in January. Moncton and Montreal in March.
We took a family trip to Cuba. It was a great trip. It definitely was not long enough. We will go back someday.
My step son graduated from St FX university. And my son ( the baby) graduated from high school. Daughter received the Academic All Canadian award.
We had another campground season that was pretty good. It was so cold May long weekend. It snowed in some places. Gander NL got 20 cm of snow that weekend.
We managed to get in a couple of camping trips ourselves in this year. One to Hidden Hilltop in Truro and a couple of weekends at Spry Bay Campground.
Hiking through Taylor Head Provincial Park was so much fun. I'm looking forward to more hiking in 2014.
The mud run and Run or Dye were run at Martock on the Cross Country skiing trails. I really enjoyed running through there. I'd like to get a chance to cross country ski through there too.
We also got to go to the 2013 Tourism Summit this year. We really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun and really interesting. We learned a lot. I'm looking forward to going again next year.
Christmas Eve we had an open house. I had an absolute blast. I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did. It was probably the highlight of my holiday.
Looking back through Facebook at my 2013 I realize that we eat a LOT of lobster. And I say "and I didn't even poop my pants" more than any person should.
Running Highlights
Hypothermic Half in February. 21.1 km. This was sort of postponed due to a blizzard. So I ran mine the next day.
Lung Run in April 5km
Bluenose Half in May 21.1 km PB
Lunenburg Muffin Run in June 5km 32:35 PB
Mud run in July 6km
Maritime Race Weekend in September 5km and 21.1 km
Run or Dye in September 3 km *eyeroll*
Valley Harvest Marathon in October 42.2 km 5:40:00
Lucky 7 Relay in November 7km
Mad Dash in November 10km 1:14 PB
Resolution Run in December 5km
One of my goals for 2013 was to hit a sub-30 5km. I came close but didn't quite hit it. But I am happy with my progress. My distance goal for the year was to do at least 100 km per month. I didn't hit that in August, but I did for every other month and broke a total of 1600 km for the year. What I did do, was race every distance this year and I PB'd them all.
I took part in the #rwrunstreak this year. The goal was to run at least one mile a day from US Thanksgiving to New Years Eve. 34 Days. I ran every one of them.
That was 2013 in a nutshell. Stay tuned for plans for 2014.
