Fighting for Fifty

Hello friends! 

I have not been active on the social media front at all recently. My fall semester was something of a whirlwind that I’m still trying to come down from. All in all, however, life is great. 

I took a pretty major break from running this fall, only going out for 3-5 miles runs 3-4 times a week, after feeling utterly exhausted from a summer of high milage and high elevation. By the end of August, I was tanked. 

I used fall to focus on starting a trail running group at my university (success!) and reconnect with the friends I missed so dearly during my time abroad. Lower milage allowed me to enjoy my time on trail with new people through our new club and bond with my housemates. I am pretty freaking excited about the new club. Two professors, both avid runners, invited the club to do a trail running trip in spring and one even asked me if I want to do an independent study on mapping running trails near campus. 

I’m feeling fresh and excited to pick out my next race to train for. And surrounded by wonderful people. 

I’m also racing a 50k cross country ski course this winter? Lolz. 

Starting this summer I’ll go for a run and after a few minutes I’ll have pain running up the back of my calf. It’s not awful but definitely not normal.