The Other Day someone Asked: What/Who is God, to me
God is the Universal Spirit of all things. God is in Everything. God is the Energy that resides within Everything. God is Good. God is Love. God is Joy. I believe in Newton's 1st Law: Energy is neither create nor destroyed. That is what God is to me. God is in the Good, and God is even in what appears to be bad. It's been busy, real busy. Good Busy. Life changes. Lots of life changes. School, Birthdays, Visits, Work and Training: All Good. and since it is ALL GOOD, I say to myself, when asked, "How are
Sometimes in the Face of Adversity
We need to just suck it up and do it! Like today: 3rd consecutive day of imperfect sleep. Difficult and somewhat stressful morning getting ready; finally saying, "if you're not in the car by 7:40 you'll have to find another way to get to school" I HAD to take a shower before taking the girls to school. If I HAVE to take a shower BEFORE a bike ride, you know it's bad, really bad! I have been "bleeding spontaneously" from several lesions that I have acquired on my skin my hair was falling out by
Sometimes the Coach has to keep the Athlete in Check
Yeah, I wanted to race this weekend: Saturday was the Sandia Mountain Bike Race. Sunday was the Cochiti Triathlon. I would have liked to do both. I told my friend if I didn't do that Triathlon, I may be able to pull off the Mountain Bike race. Thursday Kimmie and I went to Cochiti we swam and then did 1 lap of the bike loop. My average 15 mph, but intensity felt like 20 mph. Then, I was catapolted and took the next day off. I wanted to do it so bad, but with my eyes on
2012 Leadville 50 Mile Trail Race Report
I reached all of my goals: 1 finish: 13:04 (I had a secret goal of doing less than 15 minute miles: just short of that: 15:41, I am very pleased!) 2 Get to the half way point before the monsoon did 3 Had fun Once again, the Mountains of Leadville were very kind to me. Thank You Mountain Momma! Today is the 1 week anniversary and I still have all my toe nails! This was the most awesome experience ever. Other than the actual race in Leadville, the Adventures that lead me to a successful race are what I
I Am Ready
Finally. Yesterday I was scared, scared more than I have ever been going into a race. I have a lot of 12 hours under my belt. Just not a 12 hour run. And with Dawn to Dusk being cancelled 2.5 hours into it, not the base I wanted. I have been so sick and tired, literally this week, that in reality, I should have felt like I do today, on Tuesday. Now that's scary. Now I am ready: Espresso Made Banana Muffins Made Ground Turkey Made Date, Coconut, Cashew Rolls Made Magic Potion Made Energy Level: Argh
Pre Race Pneumonia/Crest Trail/ and Goals for Leadville 50 Mile Run
And sometimes, Pre Race pnuemonia is actually: a double eye infection, conjunctivitis that is viral, guessing, that since it's been 5+ days on the meds and it's only partially better. Compounded with Celiac's, and a high altitude run to boot. So the last week has been rough to say the least. The eye thing started about 90% of the way through the Crest Trail run, which was awesome! Post run for 2 days, it felt like I had sand in my eyes, and then, by Friday morning, I knew, I had something going on. Especially since, well,
Leadville 50 Mile Run Training: Aspen Vista: to 12,000 feet
It was 53 when I started; 57 when I finished. Degrees that is, and it felt butt a$$ cold. I didn't want to complain for 2 reasons: 1) it's going to be between 43 and 48 at Leadville Start and 2) it's been so damn hot. Iker's Scared. Scared of the length of the blog post; having 2 last training adventures to blog about. Yesterday was it: The last day. A day that was going to be about 2 miles bigger than I wanted it to be. I needed to get up to 12,000 feet. The
Weekend of June 29th:
Not a ton going on but still some notable: Dave Robison and Mike Ridgely tackling the Smurf Boy as part of the 5 month Rocky Hill Ranch 24 hour solo expedition. Nice Job Boys!! Coming on to a Coach and coming on to an organized training plan takes some adjusting: on my part and on clients parts. It does take a little bit of time for us to work out all the details, where we get everything running like a well oiled locomotive. I want to ensure you that we are off to
June 28th 2012: La Luz Trail Run
I love a challenge. La Luz Trail Between 8 and 9 miles, this source says about 8 and with 3,775 ft (1,151 m) of elevation gain and a grade of 12%. That would be 16 miles and 7400 feet of elevation change = more than Leadville 50 Miler. I couldn't really decide, I had some options but yesterday I was at High Desert Bicycles; getting a long needed bicycle adjustment( only riding 1-2 days per week) and getting the youngest monkey's bike ordered. Lucky girl, is getting WSD Mycha with disc brakes. I like going to High
Leadville 50 Mile Run Peak: They Say the 50 Mile Run is Easier than the Marathon
Peak____Complete. One way is to do a 50k as part of the training. That is what I thought would be the best way for me to peel the banana going into it, but what I learned, and have known for some time, training and building is solely dependent on how your body adapts to the stimulus. That's why having a coach, someone who is knowledgeable and can tweak your text book example, is imperative and truly balancing training for optimal performance. Blocks of training can be equally effective for reaching long peaks. On