The trip to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains was a great discovery trip. I didn’t want to leave the dogs and I certainly didn’t want to bring Chet to be kenneled after only having him two weeks. But I did it and headed north to Virginia to run a 25K trail run.
Mark flew to Knoxville and then on Friday we headed to Stuarts Draft, VA to stay in a cabin at Sun Retreats, the basecamp for the race.
When I signed up for UROCK it was December and I thought for sure my training was heading to the point that 60 miles was a good lead up to Leadville. However, moving wrecked havoc and motivation tanked. Adopting a dog prevented me from the routine that is needed to train properly.
We ran the 25K and had a great race. It was a beautiful course.
There were several river crossings.
Gorgeous trees.
This race gave me everything I needed to get my butt in gear to meet my training and racing goals for this year.
I’m ready to train seriously for Leadville 50 and 100.
This past weekend gave me all the motivation to get to the park and run mountains, to get back to the me who loves training on trails.
Thanks to my BFF Mark who made this all happen.
And, we visited Brother Bill and Lisa and got a tour of their amazing lake near Roanoke.
