...moving forward…it ebbs and flows…climbs and descends…surges and pulls back. That is where I am…last year I was on top of my game for most of the year…trained for Bataan…ran an epic race…then moved right into cycling…lots of core and lots of endurance….riding a 50 miles on a fixed gear and then running a 50K trail run that night…going like I was on fire during the Hotter N Hell 100 miles ride and then running the ½ marathon trail race the next day. Currently, that looks like a long ways off…the edge isn’t there….but I press on.
After the Chicago trip I had a double ear infection and sinus infection…so I did something I had never done since I started running 4 years ago. I took the entire week off. I am now back in the swing. I feel about at 80%...I ran 2 hours on the trail on Saturday and enjoyed the moment…about an hour into it I ran into my bud Rochelle...and we finished the run together…to learn that she has been excepted into the Badwater 135…you know the 135 miles through death valley in July….where it gets a 130 F. She inspires me as she quote Palms 139:14…”I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” She is a testament to that as she finished a 200 mile relay…solo.
I continue on….not up…not down….just moving forward…and what that means is usually a boring blog.
So I leave you with this…it reminded me of my Marine Corps Legacy…the buds I served with….and what made us do what we do…that, my friend, makes me want to run fast….and far…Press On!
2 comments:
So....does your friend new crew for Badwater???? :)
That should have said "need a crew member"
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