Run the Year Motto: EVERY day’s a run day, 2017 miles in 2017
October 2017 update: Technically missed my miles, but still sported HUGE HIGH FIVES this month. Completed marathon #100 – celebrating with family in Dublin, Ireland 🍀. Logged 135 miles total, leaving ~ 80/month to SMASH another 2017 goal.
2018 goal-setting was an unexpected theme this month. Started tri training to improve fitness (more mental than physical). Shooting to complete this year’s UNFINISHED targets: a new marathon PR & Bighorn, my first 50-mile trail race (registration opens Jan 5th).
50 State Déjà Vu tour: kicking off 2018 with an all UPHILL ultra climb, Hilo-to-Volcano, Hawaii. Additionally, set a 7-continent marathon challenge. TIME GOAL: May 2020. Fingers crossed I’ll be marathoning Antarctica in January 2019!
2-month focus: STAY the COURSE
NEXT month my 4 year RUNniversary. 48 consecutive months marathoning!
Race ReCap: 3 marathons, 3 time zones – 2 continents. Portland, Omaha & IRELAND.
Marathoning Streak: 47 months
Mileage ReCap: ended October at 1,854 miles (only 163 miles ‘til GOAL)
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- ended October at 1,854 miles
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- no-race DOG weekend
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- Milestone 1800
Leader: The pathfinder, able to get from here to there, to connect in service of a goal. Setting an agenda, working in the dark, going new places and tackling unknowable obstacles.
Run the Year Motto: EVERY day’s a run day, 2017 miles in 2017
September 2017 update: 168 the hard way.
Hit my miles but needed a bonus 50K on the 30th to do it. Two marathons & a 50K this month. H-U-G-E! September officially marks Autumn in Colorado but ‘round the rest of the country, very much Indian Summer. Can’t change the weather, all part of the journey.
Attended another 50 State reunion. Left MOTIVATED to complete a 2nd lap of our country – 2018/2019, my 50 State Déjà Vu tour. Embracing the addiction (surprisingly, already 19 states in) 🙂
3-month focus: STAY the COURSE
Yeh, nutrition could always improve. Should do crunches to strength my core (increase speed). Consistent mileage week-over-week would be ideal. HOWEVER…this year, I’ve been getting it done. October, November, December – only 3 months left – less than 100 miles/month will complete the year. 2017 miles in 2017!
NEXT month in Dublin IRELAND, finishing marathon #100. CELEBRATION time!
Race ReCap: 2 marathons, one 50K. One on road, two on trail, 3 different time zones (Eastern/Central/Mountain).
Marathoning Streak: 46 months
Mileage ReCap: ended September at 1,719 miles (206 miles ahead of goal)
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- ended September at 1,719 miles
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- Milestone 1600
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- Milestone 1700
THE UNKNOWN | The Hardrock 100
Run the Year Motto: EVERY day’s a run day, 2017 miles in 2017
August 2017 update: Solar eclipse, Rockies baseball, summer Shakespeare & Sharknado 5 – BIRTHDAY month ❤
BIG hike month too! Even this month’s marathons were both on TRAIL. Missed my run miles, no regrets. Less than 60 days ‘til Ireland, started training on the 24th. Banged out 50+ miles last week of August. On target. Eye on the prize.
Labour Day plans? Camping/hiking in Telluride. Nevr been. Dog-friendly weekend. SUPER excited!
September/October focus: CONSISTENCY – run or hike every day, next 60 days
Cooler morning temps making it easier & easier to stay consistent/run longer. Almost made it thru another summer. 95 marathons complete – 2 in September, 2 in October then finishing #100 on October 29th in Dublin.
Race ReCap: 2 tough runs, 8 days apart – each sporting 4,000ft+ vertical gain. 30.5 miles on Echo Summit (south of Lake Tahoe). Following Sunday, 26.2 miles in Steamboat Springs – Strava stats say I topped 8,200ft elevation.
Marathoning Streak: 45 months
Mileage ReCap: ended August at 1,548 miles (203 miles ahead of goal)
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- ended August at 1,548 miles
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- nite out with Brother-in-law in downtown Denver
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- Solar Shades? Absolutely!
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- Milestone 1500
The negativity, the curation, the pressure to only share a “perfect you” – social networks have stopped being real. People don’t feel good enough anymore. That’s not us.
Strava is a place to be imperfect. It’s a place to put it all out there and forget about what people think. It’s a place to be yourself – a glorious, absurd, incredible, ordinary, flawed, proud athlete – and nothing else.
LESS CURATION, MORE PERSPIRATION
We’re rallying athletes to go against the grain by posting your favorite anti-filter photos: Show us the awkward tan lines, the flushed post-workout selfie, the filthy hands, the raw joy of a big day out. There’s no such thing as too real. Maybe that’s not “trending” lately, but your definition of fun has always been a little different.
Just be yourself, keep it honest and raw and use #AthletesUnfiltered to join us.
