I find it really kind of funny when people ask me "why haven't you been blogging lately?" Funny in the fact that they notice. Honestly lately we have been too busy with the skirt biz to race since our ultra in October. I guess we have been in an off season mode. We haven't gone more than 3 months without a race since fall of 2008 so I think it was time for a little bit of a breather.
Well....breather over! We are going on an adventure run "sometime in April." The date is tentative. The hour in which we will start running is unknown. We may began in the morning or it may be late in the day. I am not sure if it will be one long stretch from dawn to dusk, or two entirely separate days? There is no starting line and no finish line. There also is no pre-determined distance. There is one mantra that comes to mind in our next adventure........
"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must.......just NEVER give up!"
Yes, those are the famous words of the famous runner we will be awaiting on I-70. Dean Karnazes is running across the country to raise money to fight against childhood obesity. He is sponsored by Live with Regis and Kelly. He is running 3000 miles, roughly 40-50 miles a day, from California to New York.
Shortly after we ran the Boston Marathon in 2009, Elissa and I read Dean's book "Ultra Marathon Man." This lunatic decided to just "go for a run" on his 30 birthday and ended up running 30 miles. The book went on to tell of all his crazy adventures of running without sleep, for 48 hours straight on a treadmill, etc. Yep, he's to blame for our 2am IHOP runs. He inspired us to just keep going. He made running an adventure instead of a training plan. He really defines the phrase anything is possible. People call him "super human." Don't get me wrong, I am really really impressed and in awe of all that he has accomplished. But, I don't think he's super human. I think he is super determined. Most likely, super stubborn. And without a doubt, super dedicated. Obviously I have never ran more than 50 miles in one stretch, however, I have hit that place where you are completely gutting it out. You have nothing left to give one moment, you dig really deep, and you keep going. Then, sometimes minutes other times hours, you are chugging along like that struggle never happened. And then.....the same pattern repeats (over and over and over). Welcome to the world of ultras!
So basically we will be awaiting (I prefer awaiting versus stalking) Dean on I-70 near Terre Haute and heading towards Indianapolis. His EDA is in the time frame of April 17-18th depending on how his journey goes. He has covered over 450 miles(unbelievable!) to date (he started on Feb 25th). If I can figure out how to video our adventure I will (in the case that law enforcement takes us out we could make some money for that tape footage :) ). I have no idea how far we will be able to go. However, let's put this in perspective. Dean is our equivalent to Justin Bieber in the middle school. We will be pretty star struck and that alone will carry us at least 50 miles!
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