My husband made this video after Ragnar last year, but I never ended up posting it. Soooo, here's a little re-cap on the anniversary of Team Bling! 2012...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
San Tan Scramble 27K
San Tan Scramble 27K
February 2nd, 2013
San Tan Scramble Trail Run yesterday marked the one year anniversary of my entrance into the Ultra Running World. I mean, I've only been dabbling my feet in ultrarunning, but it has been allot of fun. San Tan will always have a special place in my heart, because this is where I first tested the waters beyond 26.2. It feels beautiful and magical on this trail. Something I cant describe...its definitely one of my favorite trails. I don't make it there allot because its quite a drive for me. But when I do, it sure is worth it.
I enjoyed the race very much yesterday. I admit that I really wanted to slow down and just be out there for the longer haul. I would've loved to do the 50K distance yesterday. But Noah had a busy day and I didn't want to leave our girls to fend for themselves all day.
The intermediate distance is fun though because I get to push my speed and fly over the rollers. The 27K distance ended up being 16.4 miles for me. For this distance I can really go fast in the second half, if I discipline myself to start out conservatively.
Julie-Anne was out there doing her first official trail run yesterday. We ran together for a big chunk of the middle of the race. She was cruising the downhills.
This year was an easier course because Aravaipa incorporated the new Dynamite Trail. Last year you'd make the big, BIG climb over Goldmine and then turn around and go back up and over it again. Three times for the 50K, so 6 big climbs. For the 27K, it was 2 big climbs. But this year, just one BIG climb for the 27K, and 3 for the 50K.
And Dynamite is a great trail. Really fun.
I rode down with Mary yesterday, and as soon as we got back to the car the lactic acid was setting in. We stopped at the shop to check out her new running store. Cadence Running Company. Her and Dan Beaver have started up their own running store! Living the dream. And then home to suffer 10 minutes standing in my swim pool for recovery. Ooooowwwwweeeeee!!!!
Great Day!!! Finished the day out later sharing my reward food with my little girls. Crepes with nutella and vanilla bean icecream. Mmmmmmmm!!!! Worth playin' for. Definitely.
February 2nd, 2013
San Tan Scramble Trail Run yesterday marked the one year anniversary of my entrance into the Ultra Running World. I mean, I've only been dabbling my feet in ultrarunning, but it has been allot of fun. San Tan will always have a special place in my heart, because this is where I first tested the waters beyond 26.2. It feels beautiful and magical on this trail. Something I cant describe...its definitely one of my favorite trails. I don't make it there allot because its quite a drive for me. But when I do, it sure is worth it.
I enjoyed the race very much yesterday. I admit that I really wanted to slow down and just be out there for the longer haul. I would've loved to do the 50K distance yesterday. But Noah had a busy day and I didn't want to leave our girls to fend for themselves all day.
The intermediate distance is fun though because I get to push my speed and fly over the rollers. The 27K distance ended up being 16.4 miles for me. For this distance I can really go fast in the second half, if I discipline myself to start out conservatively.
Julie-Anne was out there doing her first official trail run yesterday. We ran together for a big chunk of the middle of the race. She was cruising the downhills.
This year was an easier course because Aravaipa incorporated the new Dynamite Trail. Last year you'd make the big, BIG climb over Goldmine and then turn around and go back up and over it again. Three times for the 50K, so 6 big climbs. For the 27K, it was 2 big climbs. But this year, just one BIG climb for the 27K, and 3 for the 50K.
And Dynamite is a great trail. Really fun.
I rode down with Mary yesterday, and as soon as we got back to the car the lactic acid was setting in. We stopped at the shop to check out her new running store. Cadence Running Company. Her and Dan Beaver have started up their own running store! Living the dream. And then home to suffer 10 minutes standing in my swim pool for recovery. Ooooowwwwweeeeee!!!!
Great Day!!! Finished the day out later sharing my reward food with my little girls. Crepes with nutella and vanilla bean icecream. Mmmmmmmm!!!! Worth playin' for. Definitely.
This year they had a dragon run! The dragon was made of 2 or 3 people!
PF Chang's Rock n Roll Half Marathon
Ran the Half Marathon Distance this year. It was my 5th consecutive Phoenix Rock n Roll. Sometimes the half, sometimes the whole. I really like this race and look forward to it. Cynthia and Karen ran too. We drove and hung out together. I don't know that I would've had much fun this year if they hadn't done it. It was fun to have an activity with girlfriends though.
At the end of the day I was questioning myself why I didn't have the same satisfaction this year as usual...am I tired of this race? What I decided though was that it was lack of a worthy goal.
I was not disappointed with my time this year. I felt proud of the 1:44 time I got. Not as fast as my last couple of half marathons, but not much slower considering the lack of speed training I've had for awhile now.
Past worthy goals I have accomplished at Chang's were: Qualifying for Boston, Breaking 1:40 in the Half, Supporting Karen as she qualified for Boston, Running a controlled training run to prepare me for my first 50K.
All of these accomplishments left me feeling really good. This year...it wasn't the same.
Still glad I did it with my friends. The expo and race morning are always fun. But next year I will go back with a noble goal. I don't know yet what that will be, but it will be good.
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