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)
Lazy Sunday start. Up with the sun, walk ‘round Hecla with Pup. FIVE eggs over easy – 3 for me, 2 for Ro. Fueled up & ready for today’s long run. Miles before forecast’d SNOW. Colorado in January ❄️
e-470, past the airport, hour-15 from home, Aurora. Plains Conservation Center. Google-search, never previous. Center closed – just wide open Plains. AND Katya. My bestie from Antarctica. Surprise 🙂
Past work week, trouble assimilating/fitting back in. Six days ago I woke in Chile. 10 days prior, Antarctica. Penguins. Guanacos 🦙 Flamingos. I wore Bib #1. Elite for a week. Was it all just a dream?
Today, the two worlds touched.
Katya. Same blond ponytail, same Russian lilt – but in Colorado, my home.
Couple brief hours. 14 miles of trail. Laughs, shared lunch, talk of adventure past.
White Continent, we BOTH were there. Notta dream.
Colorado my happy place, mountain soul. We’ll move on. Life forward. But moments quiet, I’ll smile, I’ll remember. Punta Arenas, the brass toe of Magellan. And my friend, both feet in the icy Antarctic water.
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- Sunday sunrise ☀️
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- wide open Plains
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- Colorado Katya
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- trail SMILES
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- 14 miles shared
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- Antarctica reunion ❄️
Plains Conservation Center
Blinders off, drapes open, DAYLIGHT again. Loooong days of light, bottom of South America. Quick shower, banana. Day’s run clothes readied. Marathon morn.
Lotta opportunity past week to jog Punta Arenas’ boardwalk ‘long the Strait. Constant headwind every day. At your back going out, steady struggle Diego de Almagro-return. Today’s START? Calmest Magallanes day of the trip. Kissed the brass toe yesterday 🙂
Smaller crowd than White Continent but same subset of runners. Not everyone saw the beauty of a FREE marathon. Surprisingly though, day’s 50k participant list almost double Antarctica. Flat bike path course – [just a] matter of mentally ticking off laps again. 7 out-n-backs, one short loop to the Pier. Stay on the ‘pink’ path, that’s the one measured.
Emperor’s New Clothes. Either shrunk my Colorado-flag shorts or grew 4 inches. Unfortunately, only run clothes left in the bag. Ugh. Deep breath, I got this. Head up, walk with confidence, no one will notice. News CRAWL: ‘that time I ran in South America without pants’. ADD a new Chilean haircut – folks, I got comments. HA!
First three laps, a fun run – a FAST fun run. Stayed with my bestie Katya. She’d run a PR & win the women’s Half.
Head spinning, went out way too fast first 13 miles. Lap 4 (first on my own) was sucking wind. Reigned it in next 4 miles. Walked, video’d dolphins, then paced an even steady clip. Wind blew ‘Punta STRONG’ last 2 laps. Timing bang on. Focus’d, head forward, [wind] took the mental outta my finish/help mute the crazy. push, PUSH, push. High fives to my run FAMILY. LOVE these folks! ❤️
2 countries, 2 continents, two 50Ks – new South America PR, another 2nd place finish. FAAANNNTASTIC!
Hung 30 minutes more, pic posed with day’s women’s winner. Watched the last of my Circle (Jorge) walk-in the marathon. Well done man. Injured this trip, guy had nothing to prove – he’s a Boston finisher (3:15 marathoner).
Let’s how we roll bottom of the Globe. AND sometimes we run without pants. LOL>
Punta Arenas 50k, Marathon & 1/2 Marathon®
Punta Arenas, Chile
January 19, 2019
Place Finisher City/State Country Event Time
M1 Silviu Ursu, Iasi Romania 50 Kilometers 4:54:40
M2 Keenan Haga, Louisville, CO U.S.A. 50 Kilometers 5:19:25
F1 Ly Nguyen, Houston, TX U.S.A. 50 Kilometers 5:24:34
M3 Seth Kramer, Wilton Manors, FL U.S.A. 50 Kilometers 5:33:49
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- Chilean haircut
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- won the Half (again)
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- 2nd place FINISH
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- ‘that time I ran in South America without pants’
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- ultra SMILES
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- 2 continents, two 50Ks
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- South America PR
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- postcard MEMORY
DOLPHINS!
