Counting down the days till RB and I get to the GC. I'm totally psyched to see that massive hole in the ground! My best workout buddy, RawBone is going to go, so I know its going to be fun. I'm a little nervous too. Not sure how this will compare to other super challenging events like ironman. For one thing,, we will at least have time to stop and checkout the sighhts.
May 12, 2021
May 4, 2021
April 25, 2021
Training for R-2-R-2-R- 3 weeks out
With only 3 weeks to go I need to start doing more hill and stair repeats. I bounced back fairly quick after last week's half-marathon, but I also had rough few days after receiving my 2nd Moderna COIVD shot and felt like I actually had Covid for 48 hours. That quickly subsided after 48 hours and now back to 90%. 😀
Today I ran 17 miles with a few hills feeling "ok", but not great.
Hopefully will continue to feel strong going into next week when I need to run at least a long 20 miler to feel confident for the GC run!
April 20, 2021
February 28, 2021
Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim Grand Canyon trail run
Made plans to run the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim Grand Canyon trail run with Dr. R. Hammerton on May 15/16. Should be really fun! I'm totally psyched. Russ has done this 7 times previously so I'm feeling much more confident about this than if I was doing this solo. Plus it will be really nice to hang out with him.
Let the training begin! 
February 21, 2021
2021 Training- Getting back into shape!
This was my best week of training in quite a while. I totaled 11 hrs, 27 min and most of that was actual swimming, biking and running. Its Sunday night and I'm pretty tired, but excited to run in an indoor tri next weekend. Hopefully it actually happens! I've been here before, a week out from a race during Covid thinking it was going to go off, and then you get the email that its cancelled. It's really disappointing. 
February 3, 2021
Motivation
I think I've hit a new low in motivation. Its February 3rd 2021 and we are coming up on the one year anniversary of the start of COVID quarantine. Yes, the positivity rate is going down and there is a vaccine that is now available, but that good news seems like its still a million miles away. All I can see on the horizon is more quarantine and this strange abnormal life we're all living. All of the things I love, racing and training with others, meeting friends for coffee, going out and actually being part of a group at social events, etc... are largely still not possible. Yes, there are zoom workouts, but really, those suck! It feels like one of those Spring seasons when its early March and all you want to do is get out and ride your bike outside. You know its going to be another month or even longer before there is any consistent decent weather! But with COVID you're really not sure if there will ever be normality again.
Got to get back my mojo but just not sure how...
November 25, 2020
Another Virtual Race, Ugh!
I was excited to run an actual timed race for the first time this year at the Long Grove Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day, but then a few days before the event, it went virtual. So back to yet another pointless virtual race where you're racing against yourself. The problem is myself always beats myself! Then you go to upload your results and some A-hole posted an impossible split off 4 minutes per mile (which they probably did by driving the course)!
Can I just say that this was also a very difficult week because my twins turned 18, adults! I had a few moments where I almost lost it, thinking back on those tiny babies I could easily hold one in each arm, story times in the ABC mysteries book club and pushing them on the Tarzan swing in our backyard. Good times!
October 13, 2020
Virtual Chi Marathon 2020
Ok, it was actually kind of fun! I thought it was going to totally suck, but it was fun thanks to all the other marathoners and spectators on the Fox River loop trail between Batavia and Geneva on Sunday, 10/11.
My time was 3:03:36, a minute faster than last year! Wooo, whoo.
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