Are those crickets I hear?

Sorry, it’s been so long since I’ve posted.  As they say, sometimes life happens.   I have many reasons for not posting lately, but it all really boils down this; I’ve been lazy.

I’ve been too caught up with work and working on the house and trying to get the occasional run in.  After all that, I just haven’t had the motivation to write a blog post.  But here I am and since I’m writing anyways I’ll give you a roll up on my life since Columbia;

two weeks after finishing that triathlon I did something really stupid.  I tried to run an ultra marathon (of the 50 kilometer variety).  I thought I would have my legs back in enough time and I’d be good to go.  I was wrong.  My longest run up till that point was a 23 mile training run, which was 4 weeks before the race.  Frankly, I wasn’t prepared enough and it showed.  Add that to the heat that descended upon the DC area that weekend, and it was a mixture ripe for disaster.  I won’t get into the gritty details, but after nearly passing out from heat exhausting at mile 16, quitting at mile 18, un-quitting an hour later (much to the dismay of the paramedics) and hating life for the next 13 miles and 3 hours, I finished.

It was without a doubt the hardest thing I’ve ever done and it have me a lot of respect for that kind of distance running.  Even though I lost about 11lbs during the race, became badly dehydrated, developed blisters the size of pancakes on my feet and lost 4 toenails, I still enjoyed the experience for the most part. And believe it or not, another race (for which I will be much better prepared for) is in the works.

Since then, I’ve taken a well earned break from training.   I’m still getting a few runs in here and there, but nothing more than 6-7 miles at a time (most are 4-5).  I’m going to do a few more races at the end of the year (Army 10 Miler, maybe another triathlon and hopefully a few trail races (half marathon or less).  But for the rest of the summer, I’ll be focusing on working, getting a few long runs in where I can and basically enjoying the rest of the summer.

Till we talk again, see you on the trail!

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