June 6th, 2018 is Global Running Day! A worldwide celebration of running that encourages everyone to get moving. It doesn’t matter how fast you run or how far you go-what’s important is that you take part. Run a lap around your block, take your dog for a long walk, have fun being active and inspire others to join you.
Global Running DAY? How ‘bout Global Run WEEK!
Struggled after Saturday’s trail fail. Tough mentally to bounce back from a DNF. Always does, stings. Why start something if the intention wasn’t to finish? Lotta effort seemingly for nothing. Unfortunately that’s my norm: lotta food, 4 to 5 days of sulking.
High road approach. Long run Sunday. All trail, 1000ft elevation gain. Finished motivated, day literally after Dirty 30. Nip it in the bud. Negative energy gone, yesterday’s the past.
What tweaks can be made before Bighorn? Outdoor run EVERY day this week. Finish off Saturday with a 2nd high-altitude marathon – a do-over, without the technical element of Dirty 30.
BIG miss highlighted in Golden. Spring training lacked elevation.
Winners sometimes fail but winners never quit. I’m done quitting.
One day. Then a second…and a third. It’s a journey.
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- Sunday Bloody Sunday
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- negative energy gone
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- Maniac Monday
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- summer sweat fest
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- Ruby Tuesday
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- Coal Creek Trail
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- Waiting for Wednesday
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- LOVE my Colorado Life ❤
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- Thursday’s Child
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- lime GREEN
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- It’s Friday, Friday
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- ‘nough running Pops
it doesn’t get Easier. you get Stronger.
May 2018 update: Completed my first 6 week marathon stretch since 2015. 6 marathons, 5 US states, 2 continents.
3 races remaining ‘til GOAL, including my most difficult ultra attempt EVER – the Dirty 30 in Black Hawk. 32 miles of rugged Colorado trail, up-n-over FIVE mountain peaks – at ALTITUDE. Goal time: 8 hours.
Milestones:
- April 25th – Nashville Marathon registration (cuss-n-discuss 26 miles w/ Sis; race date: November 10th)
- May 1st – Prince Edward Island Marathon registration (2 Canadian provinces/year – 10 province FINISH: 2020)
- May 6th – confirmation: Knysna Elephant Park, South AFRICA (2 nites lodging/July 2018)
June MANTRA: SEE it, BE it, BELIEVE it, ACHIEVE.
No excuses, finish the journey. BIGHORN in 30 days.
Race ReCap: 2 marathons, one ultra, all PRs. Best 50K EVER (Vienna IL); 50 State PRs in Delaware & Massachusetts.
Marathoning Streak: 54 months
Mileage ReCap: ended May at 942 miles (only 141 miles from GOAL)
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- ended May at 942 miles
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- 2018 medal medley
Lands End to John O’Groats
1083 miles, the length of Britain
GOAL: 15 June 2018
Ended Month 5 near Urquhart Castle, 21 kilometres southwest of Inverness, 2 kilometres east of Drumnadrochit.
Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.
The present ruins date from the 13th to the 16th centuries, though built on the site of an early medieval fortification. Founded in the 13th century, Urquhart played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century. It was subsequently held as a royal castle, and was raided on several occasions by the MacDonald Earls of Ross. The castle was granted to the Clan Grant in 1509, though conflict with the MacDonalds continued.
In the 20th century it was placed in state care as a scheduled monument and opened to the public: now one of the most-visited castles in Scotland. The castle, situated on a headland overlooking Loch Ness, is one of the largest in Scotland in area. It was approached from the west and defended by a ditch and drawbridge.
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- Mile 942: Urquhart Castle
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- postcard journey (Month 5)
Training is a process, not the events of one day…
April 2018 update: Weeks & weeks of training, everything built around my goal race in June (distance over speed) – & finally, a glimmer of hope (Ohio PROUD). No headset, 3 marathons/month, multiple double-digits runs/week. 60 DAYS ‘til Bighorn!
Milestones:
- March 21st – 43rd Marine Corp Marathon, lottery SUCCESS (race date: October 28th – Semper Fi!)
- March 31st – first trail run of 2018: Naked Prussian Trail Marathon (Leesport PA)
- April 8th – Maratona de São Paulo, BRAZIL: my FOURTH continent (both Americas, Europe & Australia)
May MANTRA: Stay CALM – it’s a journey, not a Sprint
March 30th (Leesport PA) thru May 6th (Holyoke MA), my first 6-week marathon stretch since 2015 💪
6 marathons, 5 different states, 2 continents. In it to win it. Will finish 30+ marathons in 2018, 5 of those ultra distances.
Race ReCap: 4 weeks, 4 marathons (115 total); long-distance East Coast & Int’l travel: Tobacco Road Marathon (Cary NC), Naked Prussian Trail Marathon (Leesport PA), Maratona de São Paulo (BRAZIL) & Athens Marathon (Ohio).
Marathoning Streak: 53 months
Mileage ReCap: ended April at 731 miles (10.7 miles ahead of GOAL)
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- ended April at 731 miles
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- Colorado Spring 🌷
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- road to BIGHORN (WY): Illinois, Delaware, Massachusetts, Vermont, Buffalo (NY) & Black Hawk (CO)
Lands End to John O’Groats
1083 miles, the length of Britain
GOAL: 15 June 2018
Ended Month 4 in Westerkirk, a parish in the district of Eskdale, county Dumfries, Scotland.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868):
“…10 miles in length from S. to N., with an extreme breadth of 6½ miles. The surface is generally hilly and mountainous, abounding in sheepwalks. The predominant rocks are graywacke and graywacke-slate, with shell marl at Megdale, and antimony at Jamestown. In the vicinity are ruins of Westerhall and Glendonwyn or Glendenning towers, with some remains of Crooks and Enzieholm towers, besides several hill forts and burians or “picts” houses, and Druidical circle and several ancient camps. The village is about 5 miles N.W. of Langholm, and stands at the confluence of the rivers Meggot and Stennis with the Esk, and on the road from Langholm to Ettrick and Selkirk. The parish formerly belonged to the Glendonwyns, and contained Eskdalemuir till 1703. The parish is in the presbytery of Langholm and synod of Dumfries. The stipend of the minister is about £153. The parish church was erected in 1788, and the churchyard contains the mausoleum of the Johnstone family.“
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- Mile 731: Westerkirk, SCOTLAND
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- 50 miles/week, every week ‘til Bighorn
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- postcard journey (Month 4)
