Let me dust the cobwebs off this blog now and start updating it. Since my 50k, I've been in hiatus trying to figure out what I want to do for my next event. Thinking, planning, trying to figure out but felt like I was going in circles. I felt like a lost boy trying to find my way. For endurance athletes, this is what happens, if no events are planned, than there is no direction. Week after week, I was struggling to get my runs in especially on the weekends.
Every Saturday rolled around and I struggled, because I didn't want to run when Thomas was awake, typically 6:30 am - 11:30am (goes down for his nap), and running during his nap time got tougher and tougher because of the heat. But I need the runs and need to start early so I joined Arlington Road Runners which starts at 6am - perfect! I can get my run in and be home by 9ish, spend a couple of hours with the little guy and than after his nap - have fun with him the rest of the day. And on Sundays I run with Thomas for 4 miles, than let him run for 30 minutes.
Next, I had to find some events to train for. After going back and forth for so long, I've come up with the following fall line up! I cannot wait!!
Sept 25th - National Capital 20-miler
Oct 2nd - Wilson Bridge Half Marathon
Oct 15th - Medoc Trail Marathon in Hollister NC
Oct 22nd - Tough Mudder in WV
Nov 13th - Potomac Heritage Trail Run (50k) - need to make sure I get in when registration opens.
The Medoc Marathon in October is going to be great. All trails! Turns out the race filled up on May 20th and I emailed the race director to put me on the waiting list and he opened up a slot for me right away. That was nice!
So - the events are planned, now it's time to get out there and have some fun!
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