My Road to Kona

And why it's not going to happen. At least, for now. My plan for this blog was to follow my training for the two years I would allow myself to qualify for the Ironman Triathlon Championship in Kona. First thing I needed to do was run a marathon to see if my body would hold up to training and racing. Did I mention that the last time I seriously ran a marathon or did an ironman distance triathlon was twelve years ago?
Doing the marathon went well but it reminded me that I don't like racing on the road anymore. During those dormant years, I ran the  The Deadwood Michelson Trail Marathon and loved it. And I recently moved to mountain bike/trail running country. It's here that I quickly discovered endurance races on trails and realized that this is what gets me excited. Very excited. I'm not young anymore but I still have a lot of adventure to experience. So to focus my time and energy on a dream of the past doesn't make sense right now. Moving forward into new challenges does.  It's where I want to go. Where I need to go.
This year's agenda: Dirty Kanza 200.   Carson City Off-Road 50 miler. Tahoe Trail 100k

Note: I was trying to sell my 2005 Felt S32 triathlon bike and someone mentioned it was overpriced and obsolete. Funny. Maybe I really don't want to sell it. It would be fun to know if an obsolete gal and her obsolete bike could compete with the best out there. Maybe next year.