2013 Bucket List



Fresh Snow on the  Peak This Morning!

What a gorgeous fall season we’ve been having this year! The weather, although cool in the mornings, has been very mild by Colorado standards. This is the time of year when racing is pretty much done and one starts setting goals and dreaming about next year. I’m tossing a few ideas around but haven’t totally committed to anything yet, except crewing and pacing Sharon Larson in the Leadville 100 Trail Run. One thing I’m always torn on is weather to focus on biking or running. It is so hard to be on top of your game in both. It’s a fine line to balance and very hard to figure out. I certainly did not get it right this year. So I’m putting a bucket list together for 2013 and this is what I’ve come up with so far:

• Avenue of Giants Marathon May
• Ring the Peak Run June
• Firecracker 50 MTB Race July
• Burning River 100 Run July?
• Sliver Rush 50 mile MTB and 50 mile run July
• Steamboat Stinger 50 mile MTB and 26.2 mile run August
• Crewing and Pacing Sharon Larson Leadville 100 run August
• Multi Day Mountain Bike trip solo (Possibly the Colorado Trail) Aug/Sep

I’d like to run a Boston qualifier at the Avenue of Giants Marathon in May, so that gives me something to train hard for over the winter. It’s a road marathon vs. Trail marathon, something I haven’t done in a while. Always need a goal to shoot for; otherwise it’s tougher to get out on those cold icy dark mornings. I’d love to do Costa Rica’s CoastalChallenge again, but one only has so much vacation. No Leadman in the plans for 2013, but if anyone knows of a similar event, I’d love to hear about it. I’m also looking for a tough 100 mile mountain bike race other than Leadville. I love the Breckenridge 100, but it’s the same weekend as the Silver Rush.

 

 

Good to be running with CRUD Again

 

This week’s training: Took it kind of easy this week to recover from last week’s marathon. At the  same time I started bumping up the intensity to get ready for the Dirty Duo on Nov  3^rd.

 

 Week training Log (select to enlarge)