On Sunday evening I got together with a bunch of friends here in Juneau to celebrate my UROY award. It was a nice gathering of about 50 people. I honestly didn't even know that I knew 50 people in Juneau. I felt a bit awkward to be the subject of such a large gathering, but it was fun to see so many of my friends, from different circles of the local community, together in one place. The type of gathering that I may have been terribly uncomfortable at if I wasn't the bridge between everyone there, such that I knew everyone there.
The question that I was asked the most that evening was, "so what races and running plans do you have for this year"? My easy answer to this question for the past month has been that I just want to have more fun running in the mountains than ever before and to focus on races that I've never run before. Now though I've begun to move toward a few more specific racing plans for this year.
I've known for a couple months now that I would be running Western States, but I have now begun to fill in some of the gaps both before and after June 26th. The biggest news in regards to this is that I'm going to go to Europe in August and run the Mt. Blanc race! Just found out today that I got accepted in the lottery. These races will most certainly be my two "focus races" of the year. I am not going to settle for just showing up and running either one of these without my most focused effort. I will be running to win both of them. I know this may sound a bit bold being that these may be the two most competitive 100 mile races in the world, but I know that I have a chance to win any 100 mile race that I line up for. Doesn't mean that my chances are even all that great in either one of these, but knowing that I do have a chance is really all I need to make that my intention in these races. I'm sure other goals/intentions for both of these races will present themselves as the time draws closer to race day, but for now I'm in them to win them!
Check out my sidebar if you're interested in seeing which other races I'm eyeing for 2010.
Congrats on winning UROY. Truly a stellar year for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for updating regularly. I always look forward to a new post, even if no running's going on.
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With you coming to UTMB, and KIlian being there at WS, it will really be a good 2-set test of Europe vs US :-)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this.
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assuming you are all set with family for support at bear mtn, but if not let me know. i am about 100 miles out.
ReplyDeleteI'll pick up the pieces, hopefully behind the big showdown. Western will be the real showdown with Killian. The key now is to put as much pressure on him as possible. Make him sweat. What's cool is I don't have any pressure. I'm a brides maid! :-)
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ReplyDeleteThose Europeans are great runners so I expect you and Karl will not have it all your own way. Mind you I believe you two represnt the best chance of a US victory at Mt Blanc for years.
You and Karl will give a good run at Mt Blanc, that will be a race to see! Shure you will have a good year. Best of luck!
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