I have decided to take “The Commute” on different kind of journey.  This summer Liz, Petrus, and I will travel to Mongolia so that we can stay in a “Ger” or “Yurt” for two weeks.  We  will be staying in Hovsgol National Park, which surrounds Lake Hovsgol in Northern Mongolia, just over the Russian border from Lake Baikal.  In the the middle of this trip our Kiwi friend Simon and I will be running in what is called “The World’s Most Beautiful Ultramarthon”.  This is the Mongolian Sunrise to Sunset 100km race.  http://www.ultramongolia.com/

I’ve always been a runner but have never really had a real goal to work towards.  Yes I know this is a pretty big goal to start off with but I can justify it, at least to myself, and that’s all that matters anyway.  I think I have always avoided running a regular length marathon because I thought anyone can push, crawl and trudge through a marathon.  What an Ultramarathon does is truly test the limits of what my body and mind can do.  It requires a finess level that a very small portion of the world will achieve and I want to be a part of that very small percentage.  I think running this distance could be cathartic, life changing.

I plan on putting up my training schedule as soon as I can figure out how to do it on Wordpress.

Yours in Running,

Tim