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Lately things have been very hectic in my work life. This has lead me to rethink my goals of mulit-sport training and logging enough running time to do well in the 24 hour race - 24 the hard way - coming up in October

I'm unsure yet how I am going to approach my scheduled triathlons - but I definately won;t be spending the time in the pool or on the bike I had planned on. I just can;t gut my way through a 24 hour race - I need the confidence (and more importantly physiological adaptations) that come from 50k long runs on the weekends and relatively high mileage throughout the week.

I am on one hand extremely disappointed but on another relieved to have a single focus. I think it's that ability to put the blinders on an focus on a single goal that makes me successful at times when my training is lacking anyway.

I made a nice start today towards ramping up my mileage with a 5am run around Hefner with friends followed by speed work at lunch. Aparently the 5am group meets every Tuesday and Thursday for early morning runs. I'm thankful for the company and accountability since my recent track record with running early mornings by myself has been a bit spotty at best.

In closing I'm trying to reassess my priorities in light of some stressful work events and hope to make the best decisions to carry me the distance in October