"Brave" - Action Item

This just showed up in my blog post drafts - - - Thank you Duane!


YOU GOTTA BE BRAVE!!


I love it!!

The plan is coming together . . .

Today I went for my first brick workout OUTSIDE!  I rode my bike on the highway - it felt good!  A little wobbly, but good.  I came home and quickly headed out for a short run, when a neighbor kid said to me " are you training?"  I replied enthusiastically "I'm ALWAYS training!"  She was confused, but I think it is true - I think that we always need to be training - not necessarily for a marathon, or an Ironman, but working towards a goal, with a plan, getting stronger.  It's what makes us truly happy.

Well, 2013 is rolling along, it now feels like spring, and without hardly realizing what has happened . . The training season is now upon me!!

The Moonlight Run - came and went - I was not feeling very ready - - - but it's how it is.... my training and my eating has been far from ideal. . . but I ran it anyways - eek . . . time to WAKE UP - and pay the price - which I did - sigh!

A month ago, I went snowshoeing with some ladies in our community, and my mom came too - it was an absolutely beautiful day - - While driving home, I saw a friend of mine on the road, riding his bike home from Waterton - I was quite jealous.  It made my re-think again what I want to accomplish this year. . . . I talked it over with my mom, and when I came home, Duane and I discussed it again, and I finally signed up for my first marathon!  Well, second if you want to count Ironman - which I do, but my first ONLY marathon. . . nervous and excited...

So I think this is what my 2013 good time schedule is looking like . . . (doesn't that look like a good time?!?! - I think it does!)

March 9 - Moonlight Run - Lethbridge

April 13 - 10 mile Road Race - Lethbridge

June 1 - Tinman Triathlon - with Liz

June 8 - Ladiesfest 8k - Lethbridge

June 15 - Cardston Family Fun Run - 5miles

June 19 - Cardston Kids Marathon :)

June 22 - Waterton Glacier Relay - Cardston

July 27 - M.A.D Marathon - Idaho Falls  (Main Race this year)

Aug 3 - Pocatello Backwards Sprint Triathlon

August 13 - 16 - Sperry Chalet Appleton Girls Hike

August 17 - Fort Macleod Triathlon (distance to be decided)

August 31 - Bike Hiawatha Trail - Idaho

September - XC Kainai run

September (mid) - Hike with my Mom in her Favorite place in the WORLD - ( that is saying a LOT, as she has hiked in A LOT of places - including Nepal last year!) Somewhere near Banff - I don't even know the name of the place we are going. . . can you tell I don't consider myself a hiker..


October 5 - Slam the Dam 8 K swim - Las Vegas OR Swim Vacation at Lake Powell hmmm


I am still hoping to fit in long bike race/ride with Jack this season . . . . the schedule is feeling busy - - - but I have to remember that is how I roll - I actually roll better this way. . . . (now I shrug)

Here is my Saturday long run training schedule for the marathon - oh how I love a good schedule!

Anyone want to run with me?

March 9 - 6 miles
March 16 - 5 miles
March 23 - 6 miles
March 30 - 7 miles

April 6 - 8 miles
April 13 - 9 miles
April 20 - 10 miles
April 27 - 11 miles

May 4 - 12 miles
May 11 - 10 miles
May 18 - 14 miles
May 25 - 10 miles

June 1 - 16 miles
June 8 - 10 miles
June 15 - 10 miles
June 22 - 18 miles
June 29 - 10 miles

July 6 - 20 miles
July 13 - 10 miles
July 20 - 6 miles
July 27 - 26.2 miles (race day)