Ekaterina
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As I taper for my first 50k, I can't help but reflect on how far I've come in just a year. Last year at this time, I was gearing up for my first half marathon. Back then, as a self-proclaimed miler, tackling a marathon seemed like an impossible feat. Fast forward a year, and after pushing my limits, I’m now preparing to take on a 50k with nearly 5,000 feet of vertical gain.
If someone had told me a year ago that I’d be doing a 50k, I probably would’ve laughed and said, "Maybe in a few years." But here I am, just a year into this new chapter, training for the longest and toughest run of my life. Looking ahead, the LA Marathon will be my shortest race of next season. By this time next year, I hope to be planning for my first 50-miler, with my sights set on Michael Versteeg’s Saddles race around Prescott, Arizona. 6 replies
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spur of moment we got invited into an elderly couple’s home tn in sicily for homemade lemoncello and chocolate, they live in a cave home built during middle ages 👀
we talked for 2 hrs about life in sicily, food/wine ofc lol, other towns to check out in the region, and the history of the area - sicily had a massive earthquake on the southeast side that basically turned modica and many towns to rubble in 1693 - some towns lost 20-60% of their population from it, modica being one of them
when they rebuilt this region, it was in gorgeous baroque style architecture, which is what makes modica and surrounding towns in the val di noto unesco sights
learned about local rivalries in modica that lasted centuries, bc there were 2 saints, one at top of the hill one at bottom of hill. also learned the main street separating the homes on each side of the valley was a river just a century ago
fascinating convo w ppl we just met, one of my absolute fav things about living nomadically is hearing ppl’s stories 🫶 54 replies
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