A 12 Hour Adventure Race?

A 12 hour adventure race? I can't even remember the last time I competed in one. I guess I could check out my race results and find that it has probably been about 4 years.

For a while there it was not even worth my time, energy and money to do a 12 hour race unless it was in my Orange County back yard. I was hooked on international multi-day races and I used the relatively "short" 24 hour races for "training." Man, was I hard core back then! :)

These days I'm wondering how much it's going to hurt to run, bike and kayak for 12 hours!

Since giving birth to Sofia 16.5 months ago, my training has been under par. I've been getting in about 6-10 hours a week of some sort of work out but that's not nearly enough to make me feel good about racing. I'm still 10 pounds over my race weight and it's been super tough to shed without being able to train like I used to.

Why do I not train like before? Well the main reason is definitely time. I have to,,,, no I mean I WANT to be there for Sofia. I want to give her the quality time she deserves with me. Sure I could leave her with Daddy or with G-ma or with a daycare while I go train for several hours at a time. But I wouldn't feel good about it. So that's it. I have re-defined my priorities. (Not to mention, I'm working a lot more seriously than I used to. Not harder or longer hours, just paying more attention to work than to racing.)

Anyway, my plan now is to register myself for as many one day weekend races that I can so that I will keep myself motivated to train. Even if it is only one hour at a time.

Now I have to get myself into the 12 hour = short and fast mind set and I'll be ready to suffer! We'll see how I do next weekend...