I am still alive.
Quick recap of the last 2.5 weeks.
Week 1.
Family reunion - Parents 50th Anniversary celbration.
Highlight - Got to run with cousins who I used to swing aroung by their arms and legs. They are all over 6ft and 200lbs plus. Great times.
Week 2
Started the new job-
Last week - Houston
This week - Colorado.... Sorry, no time to venture to the mountains for a run. Bummer
Next week - San Fran for a week of training and orientaion. Trail run will happen there.... some how.
Week after - Chicago.
Then San Diego, then Dallas.
It is all good.
3 weeks ago I started ramping up the mileage. I am back up to 40+ per week, and might hit 60 this week. What am I training for? Not sure yet.... but with only 3 entered in Wild Duluth 100k.... I am pretty confident I could secure a top 5 finish.
The emails about Ozark 100 are tempting.... but the last 2 hundreds were not good showings for me.
So it is just get back to the miles for me. Once the summer humidity breaks, I get fired up to compete. Hence the base training.
And..... I might be changing the title of this random blog to somehting a little more appropriate to where I am right now.
Great job to all who ran Voyageur last weekend. Looks like the Matt's took the year off.
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Welcome back Matt! So wonderful to hear that you are still alive:)
Congrats on the new job! You are traveling to all sorts of awesome cities...very cool! Also, way to get some training in:) Forty miles is pretty darn good!
50th anniversary! Hope there were lots of photos; the only photos I have of some relatives came from 50th anniversaries [btw, you're getting in a lot more miles than I am.]
Fellow Minnesotan here. I'm also being tempted by the Ozark 100.
MP,
Ran Voyageur kind of conservative the first half. It was not what I considered to be easy. Was there in 4:18 at the turn and against good judgement I took off and caught like 20 people to get near 10th over all. I made some poor decisions and greatly paid for it. With 15.5 to go I started to struggle badly, crashed and fell in the power lines, and lagged the last 15.5 in 3:55. Ouch. Nothing was working...and you all know what that is like.
However, I truly loved the event and want to go back and run better. I met a few people, even Helen and Val.
Bunk told me he always ran Voyageur because it humbled him. It made him see that other 50 milers are just that...50 milers. I took a severe ass whipping, but it was worth it.
Paint King
Nice region you got there Matt!! I will be running in the Marin Headlands next Thurs/Fri and then Sat pacing Alicia at the Headlands 100M - in case you are in the area!
Voyageur was a blast - we missed ya! But you were talked about :)
Matt Long was there crewing for Dawn. He couldn't run without the Matt competition.
What days are you in Chicago?
Me again. Matt, how about you and I go together? Are you looking for a partner to travel to Ozark with?
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