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Believe-to-Achieve Thursday: ATTITUDE

Published February 7, 2013

Completed first two 12 mile runs of the year. (Thanks to my neighbor Debbie who introduced me to Honey Stinger Energy Chews – keeping energy levels high during ‘long run’ days.)

Movie(s) of the Week

Dorian Gray – cursed young man loses his soul after youthful wish spirals out-of-control

Brideshead Revisited – English family’s struggle between love for one another & love of their God/religion

Inspirational Video of the Week

Arthur Boorman (Body & Soul) Transformation

Speech of the Week

Sun Feb 3rd: Wendy Watson Nelson – What would a holy woman (or holy man) do?

Workout iTune of the Week

Here Comes the Boom (Extended Version)

Runner Log

Fri Feb 1^st – 3.25 miles

Sat Feb 2^nd– 10 miles

Sun Feb 3^rd– 5 miles

^{Mon Feb 4th} – 5.25 miles

Tue Feb 5^th – 12 miles

Wed Feb 6^th – 5 miles

Thu Feb 7^th – 12.25 miles

YTD total – 153.95 miles

‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius

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Believe-to-Achieve Thursday: PUSH YOURSELF

Published January 31, 2013

Lotta small victories to celebrate last week.

Completed my first 10 mile run of the year.
Ran more than 100 miles in January – great kick-off to my 2013 Resolution!
Completed not only one goal race in January, but two.
AND finished my first book cover-to-cover in over 2 years. Still have 5 more books at home which I’ve either received as loaners from friends or as Christmas gifts.

Movie of the Week

Good Will Hunting – wicked smart guy from Southie (1997 Best Picture nominee, totally robbed by Titanic)

Book-a-Month Goal/January

‘Heaven is for Real’ by Todd Burpo

Runner Log

Fri Jan 25^th – 5.75 miles

Sat Jan 26^th – RACE DAY (SnowDash Xtreme 5K, Winter Park CO)

Sat Jan 26^th PM – 4 miles

Sun Jan 27^th – 8 miles

Mon Jan 28^th – 8.25 miles

Tue Jan 29^th – 10 miles

Thu Jan 31^st – 5.25 miles

YTD total – 101.20 miles

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SnowDash Xtreme 5K (Winter Park, CO)

Published January 26, 2013

2 ski weekends, 2 race weekends – no couch potato-ing for me in 2013. HA!

Dropped Ro off for another play-date with pal Molly, then hit the open road – destination: Winter Park, Colorado.

Had already banged out my January race 2 weeks earlier but this adventure race was calling my name. Similar to a Tough Mudder, SnowDash Xtreme is an obstacle riddled 5K – but in knee-deep snow. Not a lotta mud here in January.

The music & participants lining up at today’s Start were an estimated 10 years younger than me (& I’m not super old). Physically no worries, I’m strong…but felt like I was crashing a post-grad, twenty-something only event.

Just feet from the Start, we cleared our first obstacle – jumped a concrete barrier into a pit of fresh powder. Next obstacle: the altitude. Guess I haven’t hiked high in 2 months so found myself short of breath running at 10,000 ft.

Ladder obstacle, a hill climb, then…the log challenge. Argh, this one was tough. Selected a log and started up the hill, happy to return my oblong obstacle after completing the required loop. Two more mini-mountain obstacles, another ladder, then belly crawled under a rope trap before running the final half mile.

The music was back & a guy asked if I was ready before giving my plastic sled runner a push down the icy snow bank – sliding across the FINISH line. SUPER AWESOME FINISH!

Enjoyed a limeade sports drink (no beer for me) & warmed up by a fire pit with other Finishers.

3 weeks until my February challenge – the Snowman Stampede, a 10 miler in Littleton. Consider today’s race cross-training 🙂

SnowDash Xtreme (bib pick-up clip)