200 Days of Running

I'm sure you could guess, I had a million things running through my head whilst I run this past month.  It's been so bad with writing that I feel bad, but, there is always room for improvement. This past month started off pretty well.  I was able to do something I had only dreamed of before, run a Ragnar.  I ran the Del Sol course, which is a 200 mile-ish road race from Wickenberg Arizona to Mesa Arizona.  It was a blast!!!  This race has different teams made up of either 12 or 6 people who all run three legs of the race.  The teams are divided into two groups or vans and they drive to each point that the members hand off to.  I was leg 8.  It was very intense for the first leg.  I had not adaquetly prepared for the heat of the valley of the sun, since it was February.  The temperature was abnormally hot and I don't usually run in that kind of weather.  Hopefully, next year, I will be much more prepared for it.  The second le...

I have to admit, I have slacked off something fierce in my writing as well as my running thus far in the year.  In my defense, I have run a lot of miles thinking a lot of things.  I have strained one of my quads while doing a trail run and I have completed my two races for the year.  I have had a good start to the year. To begin with, I was able to run the RNR Arizona 5k with my daughter, and that was so much fun to do with her.  She is an amazing little girl and made it in 39 minutes and some change.  I couldn't be more proud of my little one.  She shows me on a regular basis that I can fail and still be a success.  I love her so much.  I pushed myself hard on that one and then, once at the finish line, I was able to reconnect with a girl I hadn't seen in nearly 20 years, I graduated with her.  It was so much fun to have a beer with her and enjoy the after party a bit with her and Piper and my friend Jean who was there as well.  She's...