January: a muddy trail run 10k on January 30th. Other race: New Years' "Run for the Homeless" 5k.

February: a breezy, flat 10k on February 20th. Other race: My first half-marathon.

March: a mountain trail run 10k on March 20th. Other races: The Tiarathon (Disney Princess Half-Marathon), Shamrock 5k

April:a hilly trail run 10k with "bonus" mileage on April 24th.

May: I did 18.4 miles in 36 hours as part of The Relay's EatBlogRun Team. That is sort-of a triple-10k, though not quite. I also did San Francisco's Bay to Breakers 12k. So May didn't have any races that were exactly 10k, but I exceeded that distance several times.

June: Although initially so lost that I thought I'd miss the race, I completed the Nitro Trail 10k, running through old dynamite mines on June 5th. I did the Bear Creek 10k on June 26th, a rather painful but ultimately rewarding race which included parts of the same trail I ran at the end of January.

July: I did 13.6 miles as part of an endurance run on July 10th and ran the San Francisco Half-Marathon on July 25th. I then did a straight-uphill 10k (thankfully with the same as downhill) on July 31st.

August: Ran through Central Park in an aqua tutu for the BlogHer 5k Tutus for Tanner on August 6th. Did a nice flat 10k on August 21st, but ended up covered in oatmeal.

September: Completed the "Coast to Coast" Challenge by finishing the Disneyland Half-Marathon on September 5th. (The other "coast" was naturally the Tiarathon in Florida.)

October: Rocked the San Jose Rock N' Roll Half Marathon on October 3rd. I then became a warrior by doing the Warrior Dash on October 30th, and then did a local 10k on October 31st. That's right, two races in one weekend.

November & December : Unfortunately, I hurt my back, so did not complete the 10k I was signed up for on Thanksgiving, and did not sign up for any races in December given the injury.

I am disappointed to have not completed all 12 months of 2010 with a race of 10k or longer; however, I do have some pretty good stats:

I completed 21 races in 2010: 4 5ks, 9 10ks, 1 12k, 5 half-marathons, plus 18.6 miles in two days for "The Relay" and 13.6 miles during an endurance run.

I completed races in every month for 14 consecutive months starting in September 2009 and ending in October 2010. September and November 2009 I did 5ks, October and December of 2009 I did 10ks. And then Jan-October 2010 I did at least a 10k every month.

So, I almost made it. I certainly accomplished a lot, even if November and December 2010 will remain race-free.