thanks

hello to all! i hope everyone is enjoying some spring weather. first off i just wanted to thank everyone for the donations we have recieved for vosh and the "climb for sight" to this point. the number of people who have contributed to this climb is amazing to me! though we still have alot of work ahead of us to reach our goal...we have certainly come a long ways. after reading brian's most recent post, i most certainly agree that our biggest need at this point is verbal and emotional support of our friends and families. we thank you for being there thus far, and look forward to your continued involvement.

as far as my training goes...alot of it has been shoveling snow. spring in wyoming has been pretty wintery this year! though it makes for some good training opportunities, i'm about ready for some nice weather. i just got dug out from this last storm, that drop another 15-20 inches, yesterday. other than shoveling, i have been able to get out and have some really good hiking and cross-country skiing workouts and am feeling good about where i am in my training. since i last wrote, i have also made it up the peaks at crazy woman a few more times. i am truly blessed to have such a beautiful "gym" to workout in.

as for the fund raising, training and motivational difficulties that are ahead...bring them on, i guess we're going to see what we're made of.

thanks again to all. we'd love to hear from you.

stair climb

well, it's been a week now since the 'run the republic' stair climb so it's about time i get something on the blog! the short is...i made it. the long is...it was a LONG way up those stinking stairs! really, i felt good about the whole thing. i knew going into it that i wasn't a top tier stair climber. my goals were to do the climb, enjoy myself, and try to push myself enough that when i got to the top i would be spent. from that i was hoping to be able to recognize what part of my training was lacking. and in the end, i accomplished all of my goals. my lungs were burning so bad at the end! i'm pretty sure that at the pace i was moving , i wouldn't have been able to much more. heck, i don't even remember seeing but 3 or 4 floor numbers from about 35 to the top at 53! it's all a blurr. so i succeded in wasting myself. what did i learn? well, 53 stories is a LONG way up there! really, my legs and the rest of my body felt good. even as hard as i pushed myself, i didn't get sore. BUT my lungs were in rough shape. so...more cardio. that's the lesson...at least it was a fun class!

Mt. Rainier Trip 2008