Running long distances is hard. Not the most original thought I know, but a contributing factor for why ultras are such a niche sport. Not many people have the ability or inclination to run/walk/crawl for 10+ hours at a time. It’s the difficulty that initially drew me in and it’s what has kept me going…
Where Did That Come From?
I swear. The more I learn about my body and running, the less I end up knowing about it. Saturday was my last long run of this training cycle heading up to Long Haul 100 in 2 weeks. I had a 20 miler scheduled. This is the same 20 miler that I have done 7…
How I Do My Voodoo
I’ve always been a little hesitant to comment too much on my training or give out advice on this blog. While I was running long distances, I hadn’t been at it too long nor had I had any type of formal (or even informal) training. I mean, I’m just a guy. Sure I’ve read a…
Time To Get Fat And Happy
It might seem a little early, but I’ve decided to put on my winter weight and let myself go before the leaves are even off the trees. I’ve been training consistently for the past year and it’s time I finally took an extended break. I’ll still get out every day for a mile or so…
Still Walking The Line
I’m still working on my walking though I’ve started to taper down ahead of Olde 96er. Over the last month, I’ve done 19 walks that have covered 83 miles in addition to 35 miles per week running. The good thing is I’ve noticed my pace improve over the last week as my walking load has…
Working My Bottom End Speed
Be forewarned that this will probably be the most ridiculous training article you’ll read for a while. It’s probably worth mentioning again here on this blog that I have no formal running training and have never been coached. Preamble aside, I’ve been working on my bottom end speed this week and have seen a large…
Sub 13 Minute Pace?!?!
I did something this evening that I’m pretty sure I’ve never done before. I knocked out a mile walking at a 12 minute, 41 second pace. This was immediately preceded by a 13:01 minute mile. I was feeling really good and pushed the pace a bit though I wasn’t necessarily trying to see how fast…
The I Don’t Wanna Run
There are probably a thousand and one ways to categorize your runs. You can do it by course description: the trail run, the road run, or the mountain run. You can categorize it by time: the weekday run, the evening run, or the crack of dawn run. Or by effort level: the easy run, the…
Eastern States Is Coming
Holy Freakin A. Eastern States is coming. I ended my last blog post with this phrase and it wasn’t until I typed the period that it hit me. Eastern States is coming. And not coming as in here comes Christmas or the weekend is almost here sort of way. Coming as in my car has…
Training Time
Sigh. Time to get back at it. It’s been 5 weeks since MMT100. I took the first week “completely” off and only logged 12 miles. I followed that with a couple 25 mile weeks and then bumped that to 40 last week. None of those weeks included anything longer than 7 miles. I view the…