SPRING UPDATE

ITS BEEN SPRING NOW IN MINNESOTA FOR A FEW DAYS BUT MOTHER NATURE SEEMS TO BE DRUNK AS WE GOT A FRESH 5 OR SO INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THIS LOVELY BLANKET OF SNOW CAUSED ENOUGH HAVOC TO CANCEL THE YMCA'S EASTER BUNNY 4 MILE RUN I HAD PLANNED ON RACING TODAY. WHILE THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A BUMMER, PROBABLY A BLESSING AS I REALLY NEED TO GET SOME SOLID MILEAGE AND TRAINING RUNS IN. THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS A EARLY SATURDAY ANYWAYS WITH SOME PUPPY DUTIES AND THEN OFF TO THE Y. WAIT, DID I JUST SAY PUPPY!? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? MEET EMIE, SHE'S BEEN A PRETTY GOOD PUPPY SO FAR AND IS DARN CUTE!

IF YOU DIDN'T GET TOO DISTRACTED BY EMIE, I'M STILL TALKING ABOUT RUNNING, RACING AND TRIATHLON. SO, SINCE THE BUNNY RUN DIDN'T HAPPEN, I HOPPED ON A TREADMILL. SEE WHAT I DID THERE, HOPPED... OK, FOCUS. THE RUN WAS GREAT AND FELT GREAT. I CRANKED OUT A SOLID 15 MILE TREADMILL RUN AND FOCUSED ON PACE ALONG WITH HYDRATION AND NUTRITION A LITTLE BIT. WITH BEING PAIRED UP WITH BASE PERFORMANCE, I HAD SOME BASE BARS AND SALT TO KEEP MY BODY IN CHECK AND THE CMT HOT 20 COUNTDOWN KEPT ME FROM GETTING TOO BORED.

I GUESS THAT RUN ALONG WITH THE CANCELATION OF THE BUNNY RUN PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE AS I JUST SIGNED UP FOR THE FARGO MARATHON. I WAS BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE HALF AND FULL AND DECIDED TO RACE THE FULL. WELL MAYBE NOT RACE BUT RUN THE 26.2 MILES. THE GOAL THIS YEAR IS A SUB 3:45 AT GRANDMAS AND TO PR AT IRONMAN WISCONSIN 70.3 IN JUNE. JUST DIDN'T FEEL RUNNING A HALF WOULD BENEFIT THE END GOAL ENOUGH.

GARMIN DATA, EVERYONES FAVORITE RIGHT? LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE RUN FELT GREAT AND I WOULD CONSIDER IT THE OFFICIAL START OF THE TRAINING FOR GRANDMAS AND IMWI70.3 WHICH ARE BOTH IN JUNE. AFTER THE RUN I ELECTED TO DO A LITTLE 500YD SWIM TO KEEP THE LEGS LOOSE AND JUST TO GET BACK IN THE POOL. WHILE IT ISN'T AN OPEN WATER SWIM, THE CHAIN OF LAKES TRIATHLON IS JUST OVER A MONTH AWAY! THAT ALL BEING SAID, HAVE SOME KILLER BASE PERFORMACE AND WATTIE INK HIT SQUAD GEAR TO WEAR THIS YEAR. BOTH KITS ARE AWESOME AND GETTING EXCITED FOR A GREAT YEAR.

AS ALWAYS, THANKS TO ALL MY COOL PEEPS THAT KEEP ME MOTIVATED, PUSH ME AND GIVE ME COOL GEAR!

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