December:
December started with my friend, co-worker, and running
partner Jon getting drawn in the lottery to run Western States 100 mile race, from
Squaw Valley to Auburn, in June. He had
less than a 4% chance of getting drawn his first year in the lottery. I’m looking forward to pacing him on the last
leg of the race and getting him across the finish line in under the 30 hours
cutoff, or maybe even under 24 hours for a silver buckle.
The next day I ran California International Marathon in a
comfortable 4 hours 21 minutes. I’m
taking the rest of December pretty easy in recovery mode. Getting ready for conditioning before Ironman
training starts at the end of February.
I made a quick trip to Houston to see Andrea’s niece
graduate from nursing school. (So proud
of Heather. Not easy to graduate from
nursing school with honors while raising 3 kids!) Then back home and finished
up the term at school before Christmas break.
Christmas break is here and time to relax and spend time
with friends.
I’m sure the remaining days of this year will bring some
thoughtful reflections of 2015. I feel
like the last few weeks have been busy, busy, busy, and I need to take time to
be thankful for the life that I’ve been given.
Looking forward to that 16 mile run on New Years morning to
bring in 2016.
I think that throughout 2016 this blog will become more of a
blog about my journey to my first full Ironman.
(Thus one of the meanings of the title “iron”.)
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