The blog has really taken a back seat! I have been distracted by different things. I have been nervous about posting. I need to get over it, though. The first run of “the slam” is just a few weeks away!

I owe a couple of recaps. I would love to get really in-depth and descriptive with these, but for now, I’m just going to run through them.

Cactus Roulette was cold! I ran 68 miles during the 24-hour event. That was good for 6th place! It felt good knowing I’m capable of running technical trails at night for 24 hours.

Argo 13.1 (but Sydney and I did 26.2). We started very early, about 4:30 a.m. to ensure we finished the first half in time. Sydney surprised herself with some late race energy bursts. Our friend Emily came through with a pizza, fireball whiskey, and moral support. I did not get 50k like summer. The time limit was just too tight.

Kickoff 5k was awesome as usual. I got a personal best of 20:30 (or something like that. Inside the 20th minute).

Galveston marathon and the weekend vacation in Galveston was a nice change. A flat, fast marathon. Sydney did, in fact, exercise her past performance demon. They got a great picture of us kissing! I got sunburned.

Taji 100! In the month of February I recorded 209 miles. Our team, “strippers, ice cream and jesus” logged over 2500 miles! A really good performance. A group run or more could have been nice, but what can you do? Everyone is so busy!

So that’s what I’ve been doing. “Training” is going great. I feel good. Sydney is putting a support team together. I think prairie spirit 100 with all these great people will be fun!