The Time Has Come

The pants have gotten tighter and my patience for a muffin top have grown weary!
That's what will happen with an injury prior to the holidays! Then of course, continual eating of goodies. I've also, managed to catch every cold I've come in contact with during the winter. I was always was so proud of how I hadn't been sick in 2 years. Well, I managed to catch all the 2 years worth of colds and lump them into 8 weeks.

I'm finally well and rested.
The last 2 weeks have finally found me back on track.

1- longer run
1- tempo run
2- 1.5 hour runs
2- 2+ hour bike rides

I feeling good but still working on the whole glute & achilles issue.
My left side is a continual work in progress.

Training is so much fun. I'm running so much more in the MacDonald Forest ~ I'm learning the trails w/ a little trial and error.
Climbing is going to be a big focus for me.

Gary & I have been doing more running together and that has been a blast. We take turns pushing & pulling each other. He stops to tie his shoe and I try to lose him! I did it once...he turned on the wrong trail. I'll take it ~ navigation is part of trail running success! Gary is great on the climb and is a continual push for me. There are also times when we put the tunes on and just run!

Gary spoiled me with a new Mt. bike for Christmas ~ this last Christmas has been a very difficult one for me. Having a larger family opens you up to deeper hurts in dealing w/ children. So, to ease some of my pain...he thought a mt. bike would cheer me up. Guess what??, it did.

It gave me opportunity to work some different muscles and step out a little into a scary zone. Nothing like being clipped into your pedals and stuck to your bike while riding down a steep hill or trying to find some sort of balance before slamming yourself to the ground. Funny how you can think about how you'll put your foot down to stop and then when you stop..your brain forgot to work! I'm assured that this is common.

I have a few things in the works for this coming year but, first I am waiting to see if I get in on the lottery for Hardrock 100. That won't be posted till the first week in February.

I'm hoping I get in & hoping I don't ~ make sense??