“All events are neutral until perspective is applied.” ~ Julie Piatt - I never thought I’d say, “I ran 50 miles today.” There’s no way I would have done it without family and friends who constantly encouraged and educated me, including my dear friend Faye who signed up and trained for Greenbrier not once, but twice so we could run it together. 16 months. 3,117 miles. 589 hours. How do you measure, measure a race training cycle? The training for the 2022 Greenbrier 50-miler actually began in 2020 when I was signed up for the 2021 race. Unfortunately my hopes of Covid being over by 2021 were completely wrong. However, I still ran all the miles including a wild weekend at the end of February 2021 where I ran 88.44 miles total from Friday through Sunday, including running the 41-mile Northern Central and York County Heritage Trails in 80% snow-covered terrain. I destroyed my left hip, knee, and had tendonitis in my ankle that required some chiro and PT. Dr. Jake was able to get me recovere...
Thoughts while running and thoughts about running that probably nobody else cares about 🤷🏽♀️