This will be the first year I race a 50K in an IAAF Challenge race! Monterrey, Mexico is having a woman's 50K in February and I'm excited to be going to compete.
You know the Tour de France? Did you know there's a comperable race for walkers? The women's race is called Paris-Alsace. There are four stages that go from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning. The distances haven't been finalized yet, but they'll be something like: Stage 1, 10K. Stage 2, 34K. Stage 3, 224K (yes, you read that right) and Stage 4, 60K. No American woman has ever finished. I want to finish and be on the podium.
To prepare for this race I plan to race the USATF 100K road race championships. I'll race walk it against the runners.
After our 50K national championships in January I hope to be on the team for the World Team Championships, which will have a woman's 50K race. I think the US can have a really strong team and I hope to be a valuable member of that team.
In 2016 I earned my US Centurion badge by walking 100 miles in under 24 hours. In August I will attempt to earn my British Centurion badge by doing the same thing (hopefully faster) on the Isle of Man. the race will be held on the track and I will aim for a few records along the way. No American woman has earned more than one Centurion badge, so I want to be on multiple Centurion lists. My ultimate goal is to get on all the active lists, but that'll take a number of years.
I may race at the World Masters Championships in Malaga, Spain, but it's only about 3 weeks after the 100 miler so I may not be quite recovered yet....
Of course I'll fill in the holes with some races here and there. But this year is going to be a fun year. I'm going to enjoy myself, race as hard as I can, and work on getting as strong as possible. But the big goal will be to have fun. I love race walking. I love the people and the places I get to travel to and visit. The last few years of race walking have been stressful. Not this year! It's going to be a great year!
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