Thanksgiving day long run

So today (thanksgiving) I began my day with a long run. 17 up at one of my personal favorite spots Chattahoochee river road 44. I tried a new road that looked on the elevation profile to gain a lot with few downhills on the out route. I have been trying to target these types of road in hopes of preparing for the Mount Mitchell Challenge in Feb. I really believe in specificity training so I look for runs that have a long climb at the beginning of the run with a long downhill at the end. Anyway this road turned out to be great. A nice fairly even climb and great views. I was very thankful to be out in the wilderness without anyone around just enjoying the woods. I am also very thankful to spend the rest of my day with my wife(who is very patient with me and my training madness) and her family. I think in the next week or so I am going to try and get my blood levels checked. I have a sneaking suspicion that my iron levels could be low. Maybe it's just one of those lulls in training that one goes through but honestly I haven't been training that hard to not be recovering like I am. So to start with I am back on the Ferrous Sulfate and we shall see what comes back with the test. That being said the run this morning was great and so was thanksgiving.

First Blog

This is my first time blogging. I want to use this as a sound board to capture thoughts feelings and progress in my training and racing. My next racing season will begin in December with the Brasstown Bald 5k. This is a short race but I have had my eyes on the course record for a number of years but have not had the opportunity to challenge it yet due to other races and weather. In January I am planning on racing the Tsali Frosty 50k to serve as a tune up for my main training focus the Mount Mitchell Challenge. I am in a bit of a training transition from tri training all summer to solely running once again. I feel that I have a good aerobic base but need to get back into the swing of running miles again. Yesterday was my first longer run in a while. I ran 15 out on Chattahoochee River Road 44 in 1:47:35. Considering I have not run farther than 11 in about 6 months, averaging 7:10 for the run was encouraging for the new phase. Today I can tell that it has been a while since doing a long run. It now seems strange for me to call 15 a long run after last winter's ultra. But b/c of the ultra I have a new confidence in increasing my long runs. Hopefully that will lead to fitness and not injury. So that's about all I've got for now we'll see if I keep it up.