Thank Yous

Hardrock is now less than 25 days away and I am finally into taper mode. For those of you who have been around me the past four weeks you know training and running have completely overtaken my life, and while I usually like to run what I feel, when I feel, sometimes a more regimented training schedule is necessary, means to an end. In the past four weeks, 5/19-6/15, I completed 332.8miles and 98,600ft of elevation gain, that’s an average of 83.2miles/24,650ft of elevation gain per week. In the process I cracked 300,000ft of vertical for the year, woohoo! As my previous blog explained, this has been all consuming, so I’m very much looking forward to starting my taper (slowly) toward the Hardrock 100 on July 11^th.

With race season approaching for many of us we often forget to thank a very important part of our support crew, the friends and family who train along side us and support us through the week in and week out training sessions, long runs, uphill slogs and sometimes just plain painful outings. So thanks to all those who have put up with me and supported me over these past four weeks, especially; the Rocky Mountain Runners, Boulder Trail Runners, Charles, Jason, Misti, Chris, Andy B, Jessica and Dana. You all helped make some of those tough and tiring days on the trail much more enjoyable.

I’m very much looking forward to getting back to a more balanced life; complete with a little more socializing, some dancing and some volleyball. As always a special thanks to Vfuel Endurance for keeping my legs strong and body energized through all the miles and Hind Performance for supporting my adventures. Run fast, run healthy, but mostly run happy.