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Posted by admin on July 16th, 2013

I’ve been getting my fill of updating everyone about my exciting life through facebook, instagram, twitter, etc., but I really do miss writing about my training and all the things that happen while training.  One reason for the blogging hiatus, has been the random busy-ness of moving, new jobbing, training for a marathon, & planning for my wedding.  Now, at the same time, all of that could have made for some fun/interesting stories. Trust me. There were some. Most of the time, it was me either working really hard at something, crying because I was stressed out, or cuddling on the couch with my Brett and Zony.

After moving to Oakland in August I had searched for a running club and ended up joining the Lake Merritt Joggers and Striders (LMJS).  In Fresno I had left behind my wonderful Sierra Challenge Express friends, and I really thought I’d never find another group of friends and runners that compared.  It took me while to actually attend the LMJS workouts, and when I saw they had a marathon training group for the Oakland Marathon, I even hesitated to sign up.  In the end I’m glad I did, because I met these guys!

They were all training for their first marathon, and I LOVE running with people training for their first. A first marathon just brings a different level of excitement to training. We shared a lot of miles and a lot of laughs together out there on the trails, and now we’re facebook friends and everything.  On the day of the race we all went our separate ways, chasing our individual goals.  I was feeling a little under the weather, and had basically half-assed my training with the wedding shinanigans, but I actually got to run a little portion of the race  with each of the guys as they passed me!  I got about a mile in with each of them which was awesome. * *very delayed race report coming up!**

Now, I’m smack in the middle of Ironman Training, yay!!  I’m so excited to be taking part in the first Lake Tahoe Ironman, it was a difficult choice to sign up for an ironman the same year that I was moving, getting a new job, and acquiring a husband.  All in all, the pros out-weighed the cons and those pros seem to be panning out as I hoped.  A main pro for signing up for my 4th Ironman was to force me to get out and meet triathlete/active friends in my new community. CHECK!  Totally doing that, and I probably would not have had I not been signed up for an this Ironman.  I’ve met a ton of great people at my new pool, you can read about it here, I’ve done some awesome rides with the SF Tri Club (blog to come), and as previously mentioned I have new running friend through the LMJS group.  Go me!

I can’t wait to update you on how super awesome the training is here.  There are a plethora of groups and individuals being active all day everyday.  Sometimes the hardest part is choosing which group I want to go with!  I’ll leave you with one Ironman training con:  Awful Random Tan Lines or ARTL:

 Happy Training!

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Tags: Ironman Lak Tahoe, LMJS, Oakland Marathon, Wedding

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