The clouds were so gorgeous this morning - speeding across the sky. However, Addie suggested that it was us speeding along, not the clouds. It does make me feel like I'm flying sometimes when the sky is as impressive as it was this morning. Soon we will even be able to run in the early dawnlight without being lit up like a Christmas tree (but you can never be too safe).
So Mercedes is the weekend of February 11th this year. I'd like to start our training cycle 20 weeks out - that would put our first official training run on Saturday, September 24th. It will still be plenty hot. I plan to try and capture some of that late summer heat to warm our toes and fingers in during our lovely January runs.
We'll begin at least half of all our training runs from Brownell. We'll mix in a few from Children's and a few trail runs to keep life interesting. I'll get our Sole Saints calendar updated over the next few months as well as sending out a PDF training schedule for both the full and the half.
If you've done the half, seriously consider the full - it doesn't have to be insanely time consuming (except for your long runs on the weekend - make sure to add nap time into your post-long run schedule). We'll have five months to conquer the distances. You can do it.
Looking forward to it!
Happy trails till then -
peace,
Hilary
