Looking Ahead

Wednesday:
Bike Commute 3 miles
Run 7 miles

Thursday:
Bike Commute 3 miles

Today:
Bike Commute 3 miles
Run 12 miles

It's taken me a little longer than I had hoped to get into the mix of things after last weekend. I got in a really mellow run on Wednesday evening but then I felt like I just wasn't quite ready for back to back runs so I took Thursday off. I wasn't ever really sore at all after the 24 hour race but I just have felt really tired all week. Finally today I feel my strength and energy coming back. Got out for 12 miles this morning and I spent the entire run thinking about my racing plans for the next 16 months.

My big events still ahead this summer are Crow Pass Crossing on July 21st and Resurrection Pass 50 miler on August 4th. I usually don't plan many things much beyond this but more and more I'm thinking about doing events that really necessitate planning well in advance. And so as I ran today I was thinking about what I would like to do next year and decided that rather than planning on what I'd "like" to do I am going to decide now what I am GOING TO DO. And in my mind I just kept coming back to the same three events over and over.

I can't really see any harm in planning things well in advance so as of today here is my race schedule for 2008:

• February: Iditarod Trail Invitational, 350 miles to McGrath, Alaska (probably on foot, maybe on bike - haven't decided which method for sure yet)
• June: Great Divide Mountain Bike Race, 2490 miles from Canada to Mexico along the spine of the rocky mountains
• September: Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run in Utah

It's only 3 races but it sure is going to be 3 big ones. Should be a great year.