O.K. so lets give it one more go at resurrecting this corpse of a blog!
Been up here in MI for nearly two years now and the cold hard honest truth is that the mountain biking has pretty much gone out the window! In MD it was just so bloody easy - great trails just a 10 minute car ride from house. Here nearest "proper" trails are 20 min away and are PANTS!
Not been completely lazy though. Done lots running since we've come up North. Did my second 50 miler in September 2010 - freakin hard despite lack of hills, might tell you about it one day.
Both MLW and I are signed up for "Flying Pig" in May - MLW for the half and me for the full marathon. Hopefully the last marathon I will ever do, hoping I can get the proper training done get under 180 minutes and e done with the whole thing.
Running pretty regular - three times last week, all just 5 mile early morning (5:30 am) affairs, mix of road, trail and the local middle school XC course - the snow on the ground has made the trail bits super fun - breaking trails each time. Turns the 5 miles into a run that feels like more like 7.
Each run finishes at the top of a newly man made "hillock" that over the winter has been a fantastic place to stand first thing in the morning (long before sunrise) and watch the stars - truly magical on these snowy mornings! Started to build a cairn at my star gazing place - add a stone each time I run the route - what a plonker!
This weekend it's been winter sports, Sat and Sun XC ski-ing (sore legs tonight), and last night it was cold enough to warrant a night outside in the tent to start acclimatization for the ice climbing trip scheduled for next month in PA! Temp got down to 8 oF not quite as cold as the -2 oF from last years camp but a bit on the chilly side!!
Till next time!
DB
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