Jeremy Palmer’s 2022 in review

This year has been a year to remember (and forget?)! I got a few nasty viruses, missed my traditional 100 miler in May, had many concerns about my right hamstring, but also had a few successes along the way.

2022 Top Results

1st	Kainuu Trail 55 km	My first ultra win! https://jeremyinfinland.com/2022/07/12/kainuu-trail-55km-race-report-july-2-2022/ in July
1st	Urban Rogaining Porvoo 4 hour	With Lari K in November. https://www.extremeendurance.fi/urban/
2nd	Louna-Roga 6 hour	*Solo in October. https://jeremyinfinland.com/2022/10/23/louna-roga-6-hour-in-october-2022-rogaining-as-a-solo-runner/
2nd	Rasti Vihti Rogaining 4 hour	With Lari K in September. https://www.rasti-vihti.fi/kilpailut/tulevat-kilpailut/rogaining-2022/ in September
2nd	Salpaus Rogaining 12 hr	With Matti V in April. https://jeremyinfinland.com/2022/05/05/salpaus-rogaining-12-hour-in-2022/
3rd	Nuuksion Talvipäivä Rogaining 6 hour	With Jouni N in March. https://metsareitti.net/nuuksion-talvipaiva-rogaining/

Everything Else… by month (not including events above)

January	6 – My first long solo Rogaining. Loppiaisen Rogaining 8 hour. https://loppiaisrogaining.wordpress.com/tulokset-2015/ 20 – COVID for 4 horrible weeks + 2 bad weeks
February	13 – Turku Winter Sprint Rogaining 2 hour with Lassi (and Covid)
March	Heavy training after Covid + lots of orienteering practice
April	1 – Result of MRI shows tendonitis in my right hamstring, but luckily no tears 9 – Karhuviesti with Finnish Marathon Runners (FMR) 20 – First ever treadmill / oxygen test
May	6 – Bodom trail 21 km 27 – Karhunkierros 166 km. DNS because of hamstring
June	4 – Night Rogaining 8 hour with Jaakko, who got sick so we stopped after 4 hours 19 – Jukolan viesti, largest orienteering event in the world
July	30 – Finnish Championships, Sulkava Rogaining 24 hour with Jaakko L. https://jeremyinfinland.com/2022/08/15/sulkava-24-hours-rogaining-finnish-championships-video-race-report/
August	10 – possible stress fracture due to previous Rogaining 24 hour event 12 – I became a brand ambassador for ArmaSkin, excellent socks that help prevent blisters. https://www.armaskin.com/ 26 – UTMB. Kind of a disaster but I soldiered on to the end! Leg problem before the race even started. https://jeremyinfinland.com/2022/09/04/utmb-2022-run-to-compete-becomes-hike-to-complete/
September	17 – Recovery from UTMB and Backyard training
October	15th – Big’s Backyard Ultra Satellite, Team Finland. https://jeremyinfinland.com/2022/10/19/bigs-backyard-ultra-satellite-2022-team-finland/ 22 – Turun Sanomat, Turku city newspaper published an article about me. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkDZ5BiuetS/
November	13 – 19 Influenza from my kids 27 – I was selected as one of the ‘Runners of the Year’ in my club FMR. https://www.tossu.com/ 28 – Turku Rogaining Night Spring 2 hours with Jaakko L.
December	8 – 17 Weird virus for 2 weeks. Took antibiotics and anti-virals 23 – I tried skate style cross-country skiing for the first time in my life. I normally do classic/Nordic, which I think I prefer, but I am willing to try skate style again. 27 – I did 100 pull ups with Lassi. 🙂 28 – Street O 2 hour special event https://www.street-o.fi/turku

My total running kilometers for 2022 were the lowest since 2016, but my overall exercise hours were okay because I did lots of gravel biking, spinning, and weights. So what about 2023? Probably two 100 miler races and two 24 hour Rogaining events.