“Registration opens for Bryce Canyon Ultra!,” screamed the email headline.
Huh, Bryce Canyon. What the heck, I thought, as I clicked the link to check it out.
I haven’t run regularly in a long time and it has been at least two years since I have trained for an ultra-marathon (any distance that exceeds a marathon length).
The training for an ultra takes dedication, including a full day out on the trails every weekend. With my current work schedule, that is just not in the cards for me at this time.
However, this race offered a 30K distance. Huh, I thought, I wonder how far 30K is in miles?
My eyes lit up when I googled the answer. “Only” 18 miles!
Heck, I thought, I can WALK 18 miles if I have to, and, as a pretty fast walker, I was pretty sure I could still finish in the cut-off time.
Plus, the race isn’t until next May so I will have plenty of time to train, right?
So, as a spontaneous gesture [my husband calls it “impulsive”—I say “potayto” “potato”] and before I could talk myself out of it, I whipped out my credit card and registered for the 30K.
Excited and on a roll, I googled other upcoming races and registered for four more: the Bayou Hills 10K held on Labor Day, the Krul Lake Half Marathon Trail race the weekend before Thanksgiving, a 10 mile trail race in Seaside, and another Half Marathon on Pensacola Beach in January.
In for a penny, in for a pound, right?!
Of course I was excited to tell my running partner in crime, Crazy Amy, and she was all in except that she registered for the Bryce Canyon 50K instead of my “piddly” 30K.
I am back in the racing saddle, my friends!
In preparation for the upcoming miles in my future. I downloaded a new training app that is mapping out my training schedule over the next few months. This way I will not have to think about how I should be training every week. I will instead have the “expert” map it out for me and I will just trust the process that I will be prepared come race day.
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Although I won’t be breaking any speed records in my future, you can bet that Crazy Amy and I should have some good stories to share soon on our training journey.
Kristen “Good to be Back in the Race Saddle Again” Marks
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