It’s meteorological fall! Time for some new goals!

1. Course personal best at WD50K.
   The time to beat is 10:25:27. Obviously an overall 50K personal best would be amazing, too, but the course is harder.
2. Set another marathon PR.
   This is tricky, because the Birkie is not actually a marathon distance. So I’ll look at overall pace in addition to overall time.
3. Run all the remaining segments of the Superior Hiking Trail between Duluth and Two Harbors.
   Segments remaining: Sucker River to Fox Farm Road, Fox Farm Road to Rossini Road, Rossini Road to Lake County Demonstration Forest, Lake County Demonstration Forest to Reeves Road (11 miles, yikes!), and Reeves Road to Lake County Road 301.
4. Take 2 weeks off deliberately.
   Once I’ve finished Wild Duluth, I’m going to give myself 2 weeks off, for real, with no guilt. I need the mental reset, and to let the blisters and scabs and twinges truly heal. I’ve taken time off before, but usually due to either illness or a mental funk, so it’s never as satisfying as planned time off.

Checking in on my summer running goals:

1. Reach a personal best in distance.
   Nope.
2. PR at the marathon distance.
   I ran 7:22:17 at the Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon, a PR of 1:01:12.
3. Run from home to my dad’s place on Pike Lake.
   I never made the time to do this. I still need to plan a route and then drive it to see how safe the roads look.
4. Run from Gooseberry Falls to Split Rock Lighthouse.
   I did this at the end of July. It was ok. I might try it again and go all the way to the lighthouse.

Only 50%? That’s not a very good showing. I did a lot of other fun stuff this summer so I don’t mind.