Been a long time...

BUT- I have to say I have been VERY busy. Finished the marathon (even though the course closed due to the heat) and the following week I completed my first sprint distance triathlon (yay me!) with a time of 1 hour, 39 min, and 11 seconds...not too shabby considering I wanted to get under 2 hours. I am hooked. I wanted desperately to win the bike that was being raffled (I was number 30 and the winner was 302) but to my dismay I must trudge on with my current bicycle.
If it wasn't for the half mary in August I would be signing up for another tri! I have a few prospects in the fall though.
So- with school ending and few strings to tie up from that, I have been too busy to blog (shame, shame). I am also toying with the idea of running the Northface Endurance 50K again this fall. I have a few distance races that would fit nicely into a plan for that and I just loved it when I ran it a few years ago...plus I just finished Dean Karnazes' book Ultramarathon Man... and am inspired to see what I am capable of out there on the road and trails. A must read, in my opinion.
I am also just starting the book Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald in the hopes to drop some weight and gain some PR's. Any feedback on this one?
As my training for the upcoming half, and possibly the 50K, continues I hope to put in some more frequent time to post.
Until then...have a great time in the great outdoors!