The other day, I’m riding in the car with my wife, and she mentions that maybe I should track my progress as a budding long-distance runner in this here blog. So, since she’s smart, I figured I’d take her advice.
Baby Ironman
My semi-recent, healthy obsession with ultra running, or running in general, has been only further encouraged by the fact that cardio is the number one rule for surviving in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world. Whoa, I used a LOT of hyphenated words in that sentence/paragraph. I’m a big fan of overusing punctuation. You should see what I do with ellipses.
I posted a couple of months back to my Super Secret Personal Blog® about some of my running goals, but now I think I’m gonna do that here. Why not share with my public? Ahh, the fame that comes with having tens of fans.
My general goals are easy:
- Run the Pikes Peak Ascent and eventually, the Pikes Peak Marathon.
- Run a 50 mile ultra-marathon. Then, someday, the Leadville Trail 100.
- Complete a full Ironman triathlon.
I’m sure that as I progress down this road (pardon all the running and distance metaphors), my goals will become more specific and numerous. Complete this in under this time. Finish that race in the top ten. Win this. Eat that. Okay, not the “eat” one. I’m hungry, so it kinda slipped in there.
So anyway, here on NotBadButGood, I’m going to kind of document my running journey as a sort of series or something like that. It fits with the theme of the site, I suppose.
To kick off the series, I figure I’ll give you all a little glimpse into my specific goals for the upcoming year. My baby steps toward meeting some of my goals above.
- 50 Miles Per Week: before I can run the big distances, I gotta run the big distances. It’s how running works. Yeah, confusing, I know.
- Greenland Trail 50K: It’s an, ahem, ultra marathon. Okay, it’s only 30 miles, but it’s a start.
- BolderBOULDER: Cause everyone in Colorado runs this race.
- Garden of the Gods Ten Mile Run®: Think of it as a fun run on my way to the Ascent.
- Summer Roundup Trail Run 12K: This is me tapering for the Ascent.
- Pikes Peak Ascent®: I get so excited about running this race, I almost pee myself.
- 50 Mile Grand Poobah: I’m actually looking at one in upstate New York. I’m a little skeered.
As far as I can tell, those are my races for the upcoming year. Add to that the fact that I’m making a movie, and hopefully, making a baby, and I’m thinking 2010 might be a pretty nice little year. A pretty nice little year indeed.
So, yeah, keep coming back. I’ll keep you apprised of my progress with running, and maybe even the baby thing. Oh, and if you want to track the movie, you can check out my film site: RedhouseProd.com.
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Well, commenting isn’t all that common on this blog, but I did want to mention that if any of you reading this would like to track training with me, check out http://www.dailymile.com/notbadbutgood.
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12:44
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