Holy crap, I'm actually starting to miss blogging a little

Holy crap, I'm actually starting to miss blogging a little.  I've been thinking more and more about it but man, I just got so sick of hearing myself talk.  My last post, as you can see was August 2014.  Well, I've actually done some stuff since then.  Back in September 2014 I actually started to write a race report after finishing the I.M.T.U.F. 100-miler in Idaho but couldn't bring myself to finish it.  However, for whatever reason, I've recently begun to think about the blog again and have sent some time going back to re-read some of the old posts.  It's kind of cool to see where I've been as a runner.  Early on things were pretty dramatic, fresh experiences that where almost as fun to write about as to have.  However, as I've been running longer, or maybe I should say doing various endurance events longer, I have kept the experiences increasingly to myself.  That's not to say that I have lost any passion for the sport, it's really almost exclusively marathons and longer trail runs these days, it's just that, well, I keep it more to myself.  I think that maybe this is part of my experience too.

Anyway, I think I might take another look at that old IMTUF report I never finished and then maybe also highlight some of what I've been up to in the last, what, year and a half almost.

Just to recap, since my last race report in 2014 after Ironman Boulder I did/ran:

August 9^th Broke left big toe - ok, not an athletic event but it was noteworthy for the pain.

August 31^st Dam to Dam 10K

September 14^th Chips and Salsa half-marathon

September 20th I.M.T.U.F 100-miler

October 11th Hartford Marathon

October 12^th Newport Marathon

October 26^th Great Pumpkin Chase 10K

November 8^th Soldier Marathon

November 9^th Pensacola Marathon

November 15^th Pilgrim Pacer Marathon

November 27th Turkey Trott 5K

November 30^th Seattle Marathon

and then in 2015 I did/ran

January 1st Foothills Fatass 50K

January 17^th Charleston Marathon

February 14^th Black Canyon 100K

March 28^th Clinton Lake, 30 miler

April 10th Zion 100 - DNF injured heal at mile 13!  I remained injured for the rest of the year but it got increasingly tolerable if not better.

May 9^th Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon

May 23^rd  Jemez 50k

June 19th Bighorn 100

August 16^th Big Wildlife Run Marathon

August 28th AA Fatass Half-marathon

October 3^rd New Hampshire

October 4^th Maine Marathon

October 24^th Cactus Rose 50 miler

November 14^th Franklin Mountain 50K

November 26th Albuquerque Thanksgiving Day 5K

So far in 2015 I've run the Foothills Fatass 20-miler on January 1st and then the Bandera 100K on January 9th.  I crushed my previous time for Bandera and actually finished in the top 1/3.

So, maybe some more to come later.  Maybe a bit of re-capping of prior races.  My next big event is Rocky Raccoon on February 6th.  I have decided to try and break my 100-mile PR of 22:31.  I'm feeling pretty good but that's a tall order.  I set that PR at Vermont,which is overall probably a more runable course even though it has more rolling hills.