Back on Track!

Hello again!

It appears that I have not posted for a long, long time. Running has been going okay...last summer, though, I was eating a lot of food and drinking a lot of beer, so it seemed that I had a bit of a gut that caused me to stick with 4 milers all the time. 

But since then, I have really trained a lot, and put in a lot of good miles...starting in September of 2011, I decided that I was going to try to qualify for the Boston Marathon again at a spring marathon, and that's what I did!  I was fortunate enough to have run 3:01 at the Colfax Marathon in Denver, which is great, since evidently it is at a mile above sea level.  In the months prior to that awesome race, I ran three 10 mile races, a half, and a 25k trail race.  All of these were great, and tons of fun.

So, now that I have qualified for the 2013 Boston Marathon, I am going to go!  I was there in 2007 with my brother...he actually set a PR there! 

For the fall, I plan to just get in some good long runs, the Boulder Backroads Marathon (in October), and perhaps a 50 miler (The Bear Chase, in Denver, CO).  I am spending the summer in Vermont, and have had a lot of free time to run and really enjoy the roads!  Plus, there is a lot of elevation changes!  This morning I ran 16 miles, and the Garmin said that I gained 1600 feet and lost the same...that is a lot of hills!

Well, that is all for now...

Oh yeah, and I also bought a Trek 1.2, so hopefully I will be doing a lot of biking...I went for a 12 mile and a 16 mile ride last week, but I have not really been too regular about it.  There is also a pond to swim in nearby, but it is sort of creepy...I might sound like a bitch, but I really wish there was a pool here :)