6/6-6/12 – 37 total miles, with three days off Ug. After telling myself that I should try to start streaking during this pregnancy – because if I ran everyday then I was less likely to notice how much harder things were getting! – I decided to take Thursday off. My stomach still wasn’t feeling well…
Training recap, Weeks 1-20 Week 1: Jan 18-24: 72 Week 2: Jan 25-31: 64 mile down week, including the indoor 5k in 19:37 – race recap here. Week 3: Feb 1-7: 81 Week 4: Feb 8-14: 100 Week 5: Feb 15-21: 82 Week 6: Feb 22-28: 77 – starting to leave out a few of…
Yeah, this shirt no longer fits Guessing game #1: I took the mason jar I found to the bank the other day. Guess how much it contained? $6.17! Add that to the $3.77 I had previously found, plus the $.50 Craig found on a run to meet me last week, and I’m up to $10.44…
I’ve had a good first half of the year in terms of random stuff found while running! It started by collecting coins (too many solo miles in the winter/early spring months!). So far that’s amounted to $3.77 in change. Seriously. Today I found a jar of change in a free pile (along with some chairs,…
In one way, 10 months is a long time! It seems like a lifetime ago that I entered treatment at Beauterre. For the short story version of what led me there, read this post. Beautiful facility On the other hand, I still can’t believe I was in the choking grip of alcoholism/addiction/severe depression/suicidal ideation/psych wards/detox…
It’s back! The 3rd Annual TNC Endurance Training Retreat! It’s one of the highlights of my year! We will fill two cabins near Hayward, WI with as many individuals as the cabins can hold. Then we train hard together, eat LOTS together, have fun challenging each other in strength competitions and other grand adventures. We…