About 7 months ago thru a simple post on Facebook I first learned about the TransRockies race and it's been in the back of my mind ever since. In mid-June, one of my old training buddies had posted that he had a spot open for the Solo-6 race coming up in August. I had just recently moved from downtown Denver to Golden and had been bitten by the trail running bug due to the huge number of trails now just out my door. That said, the post got my interest and I started seriously thinking about whether I could survive the race (in '16) given my shape at the time, heavy work schedule and cost. After about two weeks of thinking it over, I also got injured and had to turn him down; things happen for a reason...
During the time when I was debating it, I spent a lot of time watching video's online, looking at the website, Facebook page, etc. and saw that not only did I love what the race was all about but I also loved that there were so many people training for it all over the world and that they were sharing their training journeys!
So, all of that said, I am now officially signed up for the 2017 race, uninjured and ready to try to tackle 8 months of training for one of the biggest challenges that I've ever faced!!
6 Days/ 120 Miles/ 20,000ft Vertical/7-12,000ft Elevation
Holy shit! What was I thinking?!?
Seriously, I don't know about you, but I've never run 120 miles in a week... I topped out at 92 during college cross-country. Add to that the beating of doing this up and down mountain passes with challenging footing and extreme elevation and it'd be a lie to say that I'm not nervous. Although, if you're reading this and also doing the race for the first time this year at least we can both rest assured, that we're not in this alone. :) Whether you're like me and training at some elevation, or you're training at sea-level, on flat terrain, or in a completely different climate than Colorado, it's safe to say that we've all got our challenges ahead of us and that collectively, we'll all be putting in work all year to survive this adventure come August!
So, this Blog will hopefully serve, as a place to document my training and thoughts along the way both for those of you who will be racing alongside me in August, and those of you who, like me last summer, may be looking to see what it takes in order to decide if you'd like to do it yourself in the future.
Either way, I'd love to hear from you to hear how your training is going and to share in the trials and tribulations of training for a massive undertaking like this. If you've already run TransRockies in the past... your tips are welcome!
Let's Roll!!
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