2 years ago I started #running regularly.
The 2nd year was difficult as our younger one went to daycare so I was sick a lot (5 colds over the winter). Despite that some pretty memorable highlights:
* I did my first marathon in October (Munich)
https://strava.app.link/xxq3Br7WHJb
* My first 50k in March (Chiemsee loop)
https://strava.app.link/IPr09x2WHJb
* 55k with 2k elevation gain in the mountains (Achensee)
https://strava.app.link/anAv3A9WHJb
Like last year,my only regret is that I didn't start running earlier
Some goals for the next year:
* In a few weeks I'll do my first Ultra marathon race (44k Salomon Zugspitze -Mittenwald)
* Increase time on feet to prepare for longer races.
* If I find a good race, do a 50M trail race
* Learn to swim better and look into triathlon
* Run more with my kids
Running is an awesome hobby and the #running community has been amazingly welcoming and helpful. Thank you everyone who has been encouraging, help it and guiding me in this journey. I'm only in the beginning.
@lehtimaeki triathlon is extremely hard. I did run one of the shortest when I was younger and it was really hard, but again back then I wasn't able to run a half marathon either (but was able to cycle 60-80 Km easily)
@Sh41 yeah, need to start from the short ones. The swimming part is what will be tough. I need to learn from crawl pretty much from scratch.
@lehtimaeki FWIW I always swim breaststroke, I find it much easier to keep a constant pace without burning out. I just can't do crawl slow.
@lehtimaeki and the funniest thing is that over a long distance 500m / 1Km, I end up being faster than the crawlers, who start much faster but finish much slower 😆
