Truth be told, I wasn't all that happy with how Oxford Dam went last August. The training after that was stale and although not slow by most standards, was showing small signs of over-training. That is why the last 3 miles at Oxford were so difficult.
Then, a challenge was presented (and I *love* challenges): to coach a Bantam Ice Hockey Team.
A long season it was, but it showed me where some joys in my life had been hiding. My blog on that season is chronicled at http://hockeyedge.blogspot.com.
By the time hockey had ended, the winter was done, my trail pre-season didn't exist and I needed some emotional time off.
Getting started again with the simple mileage has been far too challenging for something I really love.
I have run less than a half-dozen times since October. This includes not being able to do the full Soapstone 24K this past May 20th (not enough fitness base), but being able to run the 6K instead (and being more than a bit sore afterwards.
Then, I saw this from the good people at nuun.
UltraRunning from Matt Hart on Vimeo.
forget just givin' chills, I saw that...laced up and went for a 26 minute burst run faster than anything I have done since last August.
Let's hope that this starts a trend...
