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
Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try ~ Jack Canfield
November 2018 update: 3 marathons, ticked off 2 add’l states and completed another Fall Challenge – 8 consecutive weekends marathoning. Lotta travel, lotta new life tags. Biggest November imprint: wonder-twin Finish w/ Sis in Nashville. Life memories ❤️
Logged half as many miles as record October. Erratic/inconsistent training. Early season snow, Thanksgiving holidaying. Still 150 miles STRONG…one foot front of the other.
Race ReCap: 50 State Challenge now 7. Inked-in Tennessee & Mississippi on the Goal Map. Circled Nashville’s Titans Stadium like Groundhog Day, Masters podium’d in Meridian MS & charity-supported an inaugural event in Broomfield (Colorado).
Marathoning Streak: 60 months; EVERY month, FIVE consecutive YEARS.
Mileage ReCap: ended November at 1077 miles (60 miles behind GOAL)
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- ended November at 1077 miles
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- Mile 1077: Groom, TX
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- SNOW 🇨🇦
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- happy BIRTHDAY
Marathon Calendar:
- 12/01/2018 Falls 100 Trail Marathon (Falls of Rough, Kentucky)
- 12/08/2018 Kiawah Island Marathon (Kiawah Island, S Carolina)
- 12/29/2018 Run for the Ranch Marathon (Springfield, Missouri)
- 01/01/2019 Texas Marathon (Kingwood, Texas)
- 01/15/2019 White Continent 50k (King George Island, ANTARCTICA)
- 02/10/2019 Fort Smith Marathon (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
- 02/17/2019 Lost Dutchman Marathon (Apache Junction, Arizona)
