I have been pretty excited about something and tried to keep it under wraps until I knew for sure it was going to happen but it looks like my unpaid time off from work has been approved and our flights are being booked.  I am a bit over the top excited at this point about going into the wild and racing for days in one of the most amazing places on this planet.  Next month, I may get to take dream crushing to an international level as I get to …

Although I had a list of my major goals for 2011, I also wanted to keep track of my big picture training and lessons learned in a monthly post.  I have an issue getting busy with work, workouts and life stuff without blogging it out but I think I can stick to a good monthly post and it should provide some good perspective looking back.  It also became clear with a test that I took this month for work that I like to do work, learn from it and hopefully …