Might as well get this one kicked off too. As in previous years, we can use this thread to talk about our personal trail/ultra running as well as what's going on in the trail running world. The start of this one for me will look similar to the "goals" thread, but we'll see where it goes from there.
As I'm sure everyone is aware at this point, I finally got into Western States, so that's my personal focus through end of June. I'll have a few races and key runs on that journey. Here's what I'm looking at for 2022 so far:
1/29 - Goodwater 16 miler. Just using this as a training run. Its close to the house and we haven't seen most of the Spectrum folks in a long time due to covid and having another kid this year.
3/19 - 50K run with my brother in law. He just started running in 2021 with a goal to run 1 mile a day. He caught the bug, ran at least a mile for 365 days straight, and logged 1000+ miles. We ran our own half marathon in July, and he has aspirations for ultra running. I put together a training plan for him and we are just going to do our own thing. He's also got in the BFC lottery and registered for the Broken Arrow Sky Race 26K.
5/21 - Jemez 50 Miler. I'll use this as a gauge for Western and see what my pacing might look like.
6/25 - Western States 100
I'm also contemplating a couple other things and look forward to exploring more trails out in El Paso since I'm out there a couple times a month for work.
As I'm sure everyone is aware at this point, I finally got into Western States, so that's my personal focus through end of June. I'll have a few races and key runs on that journey. Here's what I'm looking at for 2022 so far:
1/29 - Goodwater 16 miler. Just using this as a training run. Its close to the house and we haven't seen most of the Spectrum folks in a long time due to covid and having another kid this year.
3/19 - 50K run with my brother in law. He just started running in 2021 with a goal to run 1 mile a day. He caught the bug, ran at least a mile for 365 days straight, and logged 1000+ miles. We ran our own half marathon in July, and he has aspirations for ultra running. I put together a training plan for him and we are just going to do our own thing. He's also got in the BFC lottery and registered for the Broken Arrow Sky Race 26K.
5/21 - Jemez 50 Miler. I'll use this as a gauge for Western and see what my pacing might look like.
6/25 - Western States 100
I'm also contemplating a couple other things and look forward to exploring more trails out in El Paso since I'm out there a couple times a month for work.