Winter Break: officially over!

Winter Break and my hiatus from this space is officially over!

New year with new goals. I am committed and motivated.

Since my last post, an October entry last year in Training Week, I have been busy racing and running with a rambling of focus, which is how I always treat the off season.

Notable runs/races (not all races included):

• Oct. 13: BRC Ultra Border Crawl – 36 miles, 6:25:00
• Nov. 11: RI 6-Hour – 41 miles, 5:48:37, 2nd place overall, 1st place Master – USATF-NE Ultrarunning 2nd Place Champion, USATF-NE Ultrarunning 1st Place Master
• Nov. 22: North Reading Turkey Trot – 5K, 17:30, fastest 5K in years
• Jan. 1: New Year’s Boston Marathon – 26.2 miles, 4:25
• Feb. 2: Cape Cod Frozen Fat Ass 50K – 31 miles, 5:05:00, 2nd place overall, race entirely on beach (no joke!)
• Mar. 2: Black Panther 26.2 – 26.2 miles, 3:06:53, Marathon distance @ Black Cat 20

During this time I have been able to keep my marathon-a-month streak alive (as of this writing, streak at 17 months) despite a recurrence of a chronic Soleus (lower calf) injury. I am now on top of the injury, with my streak in tact, and looking ahead to 2013.

Speaking of 2013, although it’s hard to lay out a race schedule now with a newborn at home, this is what I’m thinking:

• Mar. 30: Bad Ass Fat Ass 50K
• Apr. 15: Boston Double (Boston Marathon x 2 w/5 am start downtown)
• Apr. 27: TARC Spring Classic 50K
• May: Epic Training Runs!
• June 14: TARC 100

List does not include small races, such as VERT, random 5K’s, etc.

 

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