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June 19, 2008
Packing, Organizing, and Base Training
After a few very good days of running and being outside I am comfortable with the fact that I did not finish the 54 mile race. I had not truly trained properly and I wanted to have fun which I did.
The past three days I have had some great runs on trails, some great bike rides, and been able to do a track workout. This afternoon I have a two hour run planned with a combination of several people jumping in for various segments of the run. I am not sure I'd be motivated to do that had I finished the entire race.
Over the next ten days Mark and I will be moving out of our house and deciding what to sell, what to store, and what very small amount we should take with us to CA. We have decided to take only one vehicle out and one trailer. When July arrives we will be living at Mark's family camp on Lake Elmore. A picture of the lake and camp are below.
I have decided to work on my base training from now until August and focus on getting about 2 hours of running in a day or a combination of an hour of running and an hour or two of cycling. This is the luxary of being on summer vacation as a teacher. I feel like this will make me ready for some serious training once I arrive in CA.
I have bumped my Long Trail trip up to July 5th so I could have more time to sort out what we should and should not take with us to CA.
I have also been able to make a blog for my biology curriculum in the last few days. This will help me transfer work over from my current school to my new school. I am happy that I was able to figure out and looking forward to using it next year. The website is http://marysbiologypage.blogspot.com
We have graduation tonight and Project Graduation this evening. I will be up all night long playing black light volley ball with the students, tennis, and other games. Hopefully after my run I will be able to take a quick nap to prepare for tonight.
Posted by mary at June 19, 2008 1:32 PM
Comments
Are you planning on running in the Headlands 50k?
Posted by: DC at June 19, 2008 4:00 PM
Dave - I had not thought about it.. but now I am tempted.. if I can do some great training in July and mid-August.. I just may sign up.. I love that course.
Posted by: Mary at June 19, 2008 8:40 PM
Good luck with everything...the move, the hike, your summer training, and so on. I am still impressed by a 37-mile run...what's that, about 60k? Not a bad workout. And it'll probably be a lot easier to get in some really great long runs once you're in CA.
If I ever decide I need to brush up on my biology, your blog will be the first place I go :-)
Have a great summer!
Posted by: Alison at June 20, 2008 9:07 AM