2011 is almost over. Personally, it was a great year for running: no debilitating injuries that kept me from pounding the pavement and I am getting better at staying the course, keeping my commitment to myself to keep moving, and living the discipline of going the distance and trying to log miles to stay marathon-ready. I averaged 40 miles per week over the last year. So, with the end of another year approaching, here it is, the long-awaited, much-anticipated list of this year's best runs according to my own totally subjective opinion! (If that's not enough of a disclaimer I'll also note that I am most decidedly not an elite runner and I have the privilege of being sponsored by: no one.) First of all, let's be clear about the criteria. To have the audacity to call these the "Best Runs of 2011" is a bit presumptuous, admittedly. I didn't run every run out there. But of those road races and trail runs I did have the privilege of particip...