Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power ~ Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday run group
January 2019 update: Kicked off the year with TWO ultras on TWO different continents – neither being North America. 2019: YEAR of the ULTRA marathon. Life-to-date tally EIGHT – gonna DOUBLE that figure by year-end. OORAH!
Training miles way down past 2 months – December injury-riddled, January xtreme travel. Find myself 200 miles short with only four quick months ‘til Memorial Day (Challenge Finale). Yikes! Seems improbable – but January, today, we celebrate.
SIX continents, 45 states x2, 6 Canadian provinces. Whatta journey!
Race ReCap: second place finishes in TWO Southern HEMISPHERE locations – Punta Arenas CHILE & King George Island ANTARCTICA ❄️ Dare to DREAM!
Marathoning Streak: 62 months; EVERY month, FIVE+ years.
Mileage ReCap: ended January at 1326 miles (201 miles behind GOAL)
[Race Organizer] Steve Hibbs: Never been in a movie trailer before. Until now. My race, The White Continent 50k, Marathon & Half-Marathon (2017) was featured in a new documentary on Antarctica called The Unknown Life of Antarctica. The film has its world premiere on February 18, 2019 in New York City.
Here is a link to the trailer: http://visionairways.eu/videos/antarctica_vision_airways.mp4
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- ended January at 1326 miles
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- colder than Antarctica ❄️
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- Mile 1326: Santa Rosa, NM
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- DisneyWorld pilgrimage
Marathon Calendar:
- 02/10/2019 Fort Smith Marathon (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
- 02/17/2019 Lost Dutchman Marathon (Apache Junction, Arizona)
- 03/16/2019 Pistol Ultra (Alcoa, Tennessee)
- 03/30/2019 Carmel Marathon (Carmel, Indiana)
- 04/07/2019 Milano Marathon (Milan, ITALY)
- 04/27/2019 Frisco Railroad 50k (Willard, Missouri)
FAMILY ❤️
Day & a half with FAMILY – just what the doctor ordered. Peace.
Lotta details this past Fall. 11 marathons including a new Canadian PR. 6-month stomach woes diagnosed – intestinal parasites (never mind heat & humidity/don’t drink water from random paper cups during a Brazilian marathon).
Lunch at Calico County (fried green tomatoes – YUM!) Both Saturday/Sunday nites, living-room movies with FAMILY. “I Can Only Imagine” – awesome flic ‘bout Forgiveness. ‘Abusive dad’ themes generally I avoid. Good film.
Church morn Sunday with Mom brought clarity.
Dog who attacked Ro was someone’s pet. It wasn’t a rogue animal. Aside from filing a Police report to keep the Public (my Louisville neighbors) safe, that’s that. All vet bills were picked up by Pup’s kennel. Excellent care – wrong righted.
Unexpected things happen in life. If your child is injured at school, you don’t kill the other kid in retaliation (though I tell ya, that was my gut first 2 days). Life forward.
Mom, Bro – love ya to the moon & back.
Mark your calendars. Registered for the Fort Smith Marathon in February. Team 4-Layer Delight & Sis RETURNS (celebrating Williamsburg Kitchen’s 40th anniversary)! Bro – you & your ugly bent finger are running the third [relay] leg. Surprise 🙂
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- love ya Mom ❤️
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- Sunday morning refresh
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- Home Cookin’ Good 🙂
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- fried green tomatoes – YUM!
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- Tough Mudder injury
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- proof Sis wears PLAID!
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- Team 4-Layer Delight (2015)
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- Colorado HOME ❄️
UPDATE: Back home, all tech’d up for 2019. Thanks everyone!
5:45am return flight, Christmas morning – going HOME.
Blessed with THREE celebrations this year, holiday season ended at Ash & Tom’s Colorado home. Ham, $30 mac n cheese (sooooo much CHEESE), homemade desserts x2 – pie AND cheesecake 🍴🥧
Gift giving highlights? Garden gnomes, Tom’s beer toting tie & a new Chromebook for Ash.
Someone’s taking notes next semester – first class toward a possible Master’s degree. She’s crazy smart – but y’all know it’s a tough balancing act working full-time, while saving the world one homeless pet at a time. Fingers crossed. Not easy wearing a cape, gal’s a SUPER HERO.
Merry Christmas from snowy Colorado.
Wishing ALL good health, much laughter & more adventure in 2019 🙂
“The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere, is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow.”
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- Christmas Ro
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- CHEESY overload
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- gnome MASSACRE
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- double the forks — YUM!
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- ole man Jo
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- college PREP 🎓
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- bro’s IRON WAREHOUSE
Dancing with the Stars’ Maks Chmerkovskiy
