South Africa in the Mix

New big news! The family is moving to South Africa. A good group of running clubs await in Johannesburg along with trails, safaris, Great White Sharks, and other dangerous creatures.

The setback: My dream of redemption at Leadville 100 is over. But I am ok with it because I have finished there before.  Now the door is open for another race that was left unfinished.  So on June 5th, I will return to Kettle Moraine 100 to face the humidity and hills again.

The rest of the season remains largely unchanged with a few exceptions.  Next week I am off to Arizona for the Pemberton 50k. It should be a tough one since I have been sick, not running a lot, and facing gods like Ian Torrence.  In March, I will still run back-to-back marathons and then a 50 in April in Colorado.  I am toying with May. I will likely drop a 50k and 52.4 mi in place of some training runs. I'll keep a marathon in the middle of May but it all is turning to KM 100 in June.

Then the new baby will come.  I still have the Leadville Marathon and probably a 50 miler in July before heading out to South Africa.  I am excited about all of the racing opportunities there.  It looks like I can run many races from 5K to 100mi within South Africa. More news to come but absolutely going to be going after the Big 5 marathon, Comrades, and an Ironman while I am there!