Recovered, What's Next

I swear...I'll get better.  If I stay away from long reports (as the result of long breaks from writing) I can keep this blog active. 

A bit more than 2 1/2 weeks have gone by since my Zion 100 expedition.  After a mandated week off, per my Physical Therapist, I've rattled off 10 days straight. This included a double session this past Monday (6.5 AM & 5.5 PM).  I am happy to be out in the woods again with just few bits of aches and pains.  Nothing PT, stretching, and my foam roller can't resolve.

The short term running focus is just get back into a rythm again.  No real training focus.  My main objective these next several weeks is to establish a strength and flexibility program.  I've never really warmed up or stretched....or did core strength.  PT is giving me a plan and showing me what to do. It is a matter of me sticking to it, firmly.  I know this wilk elevate my ultra performance - which I use as the motivation to do that one more impossible rep.

The rest of the racing season is fairly light for 2015. I have elected to prioritize my effort to go under 8hrs for 50miles. VT50 is circled on the calendar.  Late Septembet is many months away, so I can use these summer months to build up my running strength.  Aftet VT is Marine Copr Marathon, exactly 4 weeks later. I'd like to go under my BQ standard (3:15) there again, but will leave it open to how the body feels.  I do have Montville Masters 10k in late June - but I now decided to treat that as a tempo run day.  Win or not, I wilk remain focused on a PR at 50miles now.

Next up - May 17th Grand Canyon, Rim to Rim to Rim (48miles roundtrip).  This is not a race.  Camera will be used frequently, we will eat a lot, and laugh at each other's follies.   This is a bucket list run.  I am super excited to running through millions of years of history.