1. What one word describes your 2007 season? Does it match what you said last December in anticipation of this year?

AWESOME!!!  All except that as of the end of the year I won't be going to Boston in 2008.

 

2. What one word comes to mind when you think about your 2008 season?

BOSTON!!!!

 

3. Did you race any new distance this year or try any new type of racing or sport?

Not really - your new marathon training plan...and I started swimming (again).

4. What was your greatest thrill or joy this year from training or racing?

Finishing the Richmond Marathon in a respectable 3:46:49 (Boston or no Boston). :-)

 

5. What was your biggest disappointment this year from training or racing?

Um...that would be the no Boston part by less than a minute.

 

6. What was your favorite race in 2007?

Richmond was pretty good...but my favorite had to have been the Stonewall Jackson 20 miler...it was supposed to be an easy run (which it was) but I finished ahead of pace and won an award too!!

My answers:

1.        GREAT!  Better than I expected.

2.       Anticipation

3.       Nothing new

4.       Riding an IM distance PR on the bike at IMFL (5:35 for 112 miles), and it was easy.  Then in training it would be whenever I got to run with Ruth.

5.       Actually having to start training for an IM distance race, which meant I basically had to stop racing and start training.

6.       The one where my son beat me at the Culpepper Sprint Tri – I had so much fun at that race, AND it was a hard course (plus I was second overall….that didn’t hurt)

Debi Bernardes