My name is Joshua Pauley. And I need some base hits.
It has been a long time since I last wrote. Things just got
so hectic with school, wedding planning, and running that I just kind of got
away from the writing. A lot has changed since February when I last wrote. I
blew up in a 50k (Neuces)…I won another race (Possum Kingdom)…and I experienced
the feeling of DNF at Brazos Bend (great debut race by RD Robert Goyen.
Checkout his new site: www.trailracingovertexas.com).
Outside of running…I graduated college (woot woot). I
married the woman of my dreams and we picked up and moved to Flagstaff! Things
have been crazy. But now that we have finally unpacked our final box (after
three weeks since unloading) I can get back to maintaining this site again.
Running wise…it has been a blast training in Flagstaff. From a running and training perspective the
town is everything it is cracked up to be. Each week I meet or run with someone
who I had previously only seen in headlines and on irunfar.com I have found a
fun little crew out here that I enjoy training with regularly. When you’re
running with Chris Vargo, Brian Tinder, Jacob Puzey, and Ian Torrence regularly
you cannot help but to get better.
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| The view from Humphreys Peak |
I am currently training for the JFK 50 mile where I hope for
a special performance. Chris Vargo is writing my training right now and if you
are interested in being coached by Chris he offers a variety of services which
can be checked out at: www.vargorunning.com!
Training is going well. It has been tough though. Altitude is not treating me
great at the moment. But I am being patient and telling myself that there is
plenty of time. I keep telling myself I just need base hits every day. Small victories. I don’t need a home run every
day or every workout. Slow and steady.
Eventually if you rack up enough base hits you’ll find your team scoring runs.
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| Everybody grows |
So for now I let the training go at its own pace and take small steps as I adapt
and see where things take me. JFK or bust.
~Keep moving forward,
JP
