2024 The Year I Signed Up for a Race Every Month, and Didn’t Do Any
Why? What gives? What does the Universe have in plan for me? When I hit the concrete running Ringo in March, I thought I knew. Slow down, work on strength, build muscle. At that point, I haven't truly been able to run more than an easy 3 miles since that happened. My talus was mal-aligned, and had what appeared to be a high ankle sprain. So I have been lifting, and getting stronger, building muscle, swimming, biking. My training has been going AWESOME!!
The Great Experiment 2023
Last year the Great Experiment was Mountain Man Invitational. The Off-Road Triathlon above 9700'. That experiment went well, albeit I was not able to finish the race as planned, due to some 2020 Post-Covid Pericarditis. My heart began hurting and at mile 85 on the bike, I decided I wanted to live to ride another day. I started the next day, finished the 15 miles on bike, and got in 7 miles of the run, before the heart began to hurt again. Live to run