Half, Full, 50K and 50M

After Flying Monkey, I had been looking for my next marathon. That’s when one of my colleagues introduced me to Diane Taylor. What a breath of fresh air she turned out to be! 75 marathons and ultramarathons so far. Amazing. She was there for the Flying Monkey Marathon as well. Gosh, wish I had met her during that time. She managed to complete Flying Monkey in spite of her stress fracture. I found her to be very humble and cheerful. It was very encouraging and inspiring talking to her. The outcome of getting inspired? I signed up for four races. Yeah, four races! Thanks Diane! You rock.

Right after our conversation, she sent me the list of races that she had signed up for in the coming months, and I was lucky enough to enroll in four of those races well before the registration cut-off. As the title of the post says, the race distances are going to be in increasing order. It starts with a half marathon and will end with an ultramarathon.

I have never done anything crazy like this before, so it’s going to be fun. Here’s my race schedule.

Cedars Frostbite Half-Marathon : 13-Feb-10 Lebanon State Park, Lebanon, TN
2010 Mercedes Full Marathon : 14-Feb-10 Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior 50K : 20-Feb-10 Bankhead National Forest - AL
Land Between the Lakes Trail run 50 Miles:13-Mar-10 Grand Rivers, KY

Wish me luck. I’ll keep you posted on my survival rate.