Hello readers and welcome to 2018! Blogging really got away from me last year - both due to the business of my year and the fact that I wasn't truly feeling motivated. This year is a new year though, and I've got some big things in store. Let's catch up this morning. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in for our ultimate coffee date.
If we were having coffee… I’d tell you: that I am currently at Disney World! In fact, since you're reading this on Saturday morning I have probably just completed the half marathon! I'm running the Goofy Challenge this year, running the half on Saturday and the full on Sunday. I figured it would be great training for my next little tidbit...
If we were having coffee… I’d tell you: I'm running a 100-miler in March! I'm super, SUPER nervous because I know I can finish 100 miles, but I just want to do it in a respectable amount of time and before the 30-hour cut off. Ha! I'll be adding a few more races along the way during the winter, but being in the thick of training right now I'm not sure when I'll decide to do that.
If we were having coffee… I’d tell you: I recently completed a 40.5-mile, 12-hour ultra marathon! This was my first ever trail ultra and I ended up being 4th place female, finishing only a few minutes behind finisher number three. This event was HUGE for me, mentally and physically. I only have a few blisters and one really bad black toenail as a souvenir, but I'm officially hooked. I'm thinking I'll be transitioning into more ultra events and fewer short races.
If we were having coffee… I’d tell you: you may have missed the fact that I'll be tackling the Mountains to Sea Trail in the spring! Over a period of 7 weeks I'll be hiking and biking 1175 miles across North Carolina. You can find the details about that hike over here.
If we were having coffee… I’d tell you: that over the winter months i'll be working on more original content for the blog, and possibly a few sponsored posts as well. I've already been lucky enough to be accepted back onto the Altra Red Team for 2018 and I couldn't be more excited to represent this amazing company for a third year! This year I'm hoping that I'll have more recipes for the backcountry to share with you all.
That's about all I've got from the last month. How about you? What's new in your world? Do you have any big plans for 2018? I'd love to hear about them! Leave me a comment below.
Add to the bottom of every post: This post is a link-up with Coco @ Got 2 Run 4 Me, Lynda @ Fitness Mom Wine Country, & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner!
