Embrace the Freeze

It’s been in the 20’s the last couple of morning and the bed is warm. There’s this battle that goes on every morning. The snooze button. The warm covers. Social media. Crypto. Just a few more minutes. I remind myself to get up and get moving and the body will take over. It has been good to me and always takes over, even below freezing.

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Metaphorically Prepared to Die

Metaphorically I am ready to die. Such a weird thought has come up a lot recently. I have played with it and think I understand it. Let me explain, if the danger is too high I will the dnf cable asap. If I finish this journey great. If I get hurt and have to throw in the towel so be it. All of these outcomes result in my death. I will never be the same and this is exactly what I was looking for.

Crossing the Thershold

I am not an ultra runner at the time of this post. Can’t be the same person if I am going to become a Tahoe 200 finisher. My body feels strong, with some aches, but that is a given. The most important thing is to get my mind to become one of an ultra runner. With time and constant chipping away an ultra runner will be revealed. The process has begun.

4x4x48

Wanted to see what my training has done and all was well leading up to Saturday night when lung pain kicked in. Sunday I was unable to run without coughing and wheezing so I throttled it back to 20+ min miles. I somehow managed to run the final leg at a 10 min pace. All the while I could feel that it was pneumonia in my lungs, which was confirmed yesterday by my doctor. Recover and moved forward.

3781: Tahoe 200

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