I've got lots of catching up to do. Work has been crazy and I started another graduate class 4 weeks ago. I'm going to list just the totals for the last few weeks.
19-25 OCT -- 4:22:01 -- 29.87 miles -- 925 elevation gain (running)
-- 26:30 -- 6.34 miles (biking)
26 OCT-01 NOV -- 3:09:39 -- 23.71 miles -- 167 elevation gain (all running)
02-08 NOV -- 6:36:55 -- 39.90 miles -- 88 elevation gain (running)
-- 20:35 -- 4.41 miles (biking)
09-15 NOV -- 2:05:44 -- 15.97 miles -- 83 elevation gain (all running)
16-22 NOV -- 2:11:09 -- 16.17 miles -- 1489 elevation gain (running)
-- 1:07:47 -- 15.53 miles (biking)
I ran the Croatan 24-Hour on 7 Nov. Well, I ran 6 hours of it. I was feeling great, was in second place, covered about 40 miles in 6 hours, but when my photographer showed up with Little Man I realized that I didn't want to be away from them all day. So, I left. We went home and took a nap together, then we played on his slide in the living room and ate animal crackers all night. Totally worth giving up a potential podium finish.
Over the past few days I've been completely swamped with real work and school work, but during my first break in schedule (possibly this coming week during the long weekend) I am going to write a few posts on here. Two posts, in particular, because I feel like I've cheated you all since I haven't been writing on here regularly.
During a run a few days ago I was thinking about my short running career that began in 2007 when I finished my first ultra (JFK 50). I was thinking back, remembering the happy times, remembering the lousy times, and trying to rack and stack them both into a list of the top 10 best memories and top 10 worst memories. Thus, I will write those two posts. My photographer has agreed to assist me in conjuring up memories since she has been on the receiving end of nearly all complaints and expressions of gratitude over the past 8 years.
To be honest, I'm looking forward to writing again. Lately I've been writing about International Business in my free time which isn't nearly as interesting as I expect these two posts to be...
