Project 9:30 | Week 15 of 19 • Thursday

Wakey, wakey, sunshine! 3:30 AM!

Out the door by 4:45 and ready for TRX • Cycling • TRX. Three classes, lots of movement, lots of energy, and a pretty great way to start the day.

But after that? EASY. EASY. EASY.

Just a 3-mile walk.

One thing I’ve learned through all these years of endurance training is that everything doesn’t have to be go, go, GO or hard, hard, HARD to count.

Recovery counts.

Rest counts.

Walking counts.

Sometimes the smartest training decision is giving your body the chance to absorb all the work you’ve already put into it.

I’ve got a bigger training weekend coming, so today was about keeping the body moving while letting those legs recharge.

And most importantly—I’m still having FUN with this.

Fifteen weeks into Project 9:30, and I still look forward to putting on my shoes and seeing what the next day brings. That’s how I want it to stay.

Train hard when it’s time. Recover when it’s time. And enjoy the heck out of the journey.

Long weekend loading…

#Project930 #cancersucks #Fall50 #UltraTraining #RecoveryDay

Project 9:30 | Week 15 of 19 • Wednesday

"Oh my goodness…I slept until 5:00 AM! Who am I?!"

Coffee , journaling, and then off to teach Step Cardio with some weight training, followed by Pilates. Such a great way to start the day.

Then it was time to RUN.

10 miles, including the Bluff, on an absolutely gorgeous day. Seriously, one of those days where you look around and think, How lucky am I that my body allows me to do this?

The rest of the day was filled with business stuff and continuing to organize all the names for my Project 9:30 jersey. Watching those names grow makes October 24 feel more real every single day.

And today I just felt…blessed.

Blessed that I get to move.

Blessed that I get to teach.

Blessed that I get to run these roads and climb that Bluff.

Blessed that I get to chase another crazy dream.

If there’s something you love doing—don’t wait.

We spend so much time thinking there will always be another day, another year, a better time.

Do the things you love while you have the opportunity to do them. Make the memories now. Chase the dream now.

Because someday, these ordinary days might be the ones we wish we could have back.

10 miles done. Names growing. Heart full.

Project 9:30 continues.

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Project 9:30 | Week 15 of 19 • Tuesday

Early morning Tuesday started with TRX • Strength • TRX—always a great way to get the body moving and the energy flowing!

After classes, I headed out for a beautiful 6-mile run. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, and honestly, those are the runs where I could just keep going.

Finished things off with a little Pilates, and then it was time to get the rest of my day rolling.

During my run, one thought kept coming back to me:

Take the chance.

Sign up for the race. Start the business. Chase the goal. Try something you’ve never done before. Believe that maybe—just maybe—you CAN.

Because if you never take the chance, you’ll always stay exactly where you are.

Take the chance. Chase the crazy goal. See where it takes you.

Six beautiful miles in the books.

Keep moving. Keep growing. Keep taking chances.

#Project930 #cancersucks #Fall50 #TakeTheChance #IronSunshine

 

My why

 Project 9:30 is my big goal for this year.

Last year, I completed the Fall 50—50 miles in 9 hours and 47 minutes. This year, I’m going back with some unfinished business: break 9 hours and 30 minutes.

But somewhere along the way, Project 9:30 became about so much more than a number on a clock.

Last year, I ran those miles for my daughter-in-law, Jennah, as she faced multiple cancer diagnoses and continued fighting through treatment. I carried names with me—people fighting cancer, survivors, people we’ve lost, and families whose lives have forever been changed by it.

This year, I want to carry even more.

Every name on my back represents a person. Every person has a story.

And every story deserves to be remembered.

At 53, after my own battles with cancer and living without a thyroid, part of this journey is also about continuing to ask myself:

What is still possible?

Maybe 9:30 happens. Maybe race day has other plans. But I know what I can control—the work I put in, the purpose I carry, and the people I choose to honor along the way.

This weekend was another reminder that finish times and medals will never be the most important part of this journey. People are.

So yes, I’m chasing 9:30.

But when I stand at that starting line in October, I won’t be standing there alone.

Every mile will carry a name.

Every name will carry a story.

And every step will have a reason much bigger than the clock.

Project 9:30 | Week 15 of 19 • Monday

WEEK 15! How in the world are we here already?!

Started my Monday morning teaching Pilates and Cardio Essentials, and then it was time to hit the Bluff—TWICE! Two trips up and around, and just like that, 10 miles DONE before the morning really got rolling. Thank you Bethanne for joining me.

The rest of the day was packed with filling eBay orders, working on my little business, and updating my IronSunshine blog. It feels so good to be documenting this journey there again after all these years.

And then something I’m REALLY excited about…

The names are starting!

I already have my first two pages filled and three columns of names completed for the Fall 50. My goal is still BIG—930 names for 9:30—but this is a pretty great start.

One name at a time. One story at a time. One person who will be carried through those 50 miles with me.

October 24 felt so far away when Project 9:30 started.

It doesn’t anymore.

These next few weeks are going to fly, so I’m going to keep building, keep enjoying the process, and soak up every bit of this journey.

Week 15—here we go.

The race will be here before I know it.

930 names. 50 miles. One 9:30 dream. And a whole lot of purpose behind every step.