I’m driving over to the race start Saturday morning watching the outside temperature drop from 20 degrees to 17 to 15 degrees. I was giving my wife who was running the 20 mile race the play-by-play, but I don’t think she was enjoying it too much. Needless to say, there wasn’t much socializing before the…
2017 Naked Bavarian 40 Miler Preview
They say the third time’s a charm and it would be pretty cool if that was the case. I’ve done this race in each of its first 2 years of existence (2016 race report) and can’t wait to go back again. It’s weird because when I first started reading about ultras, I would see people go…
2/25/17 MAF Test
I had a fantastic MAF test over at the local high school track yesterday morning. The weather was about perfect (low 50s, cloudy) with only the occasional wind blowing. I typically perform these tests every 4 weeks or so, but it’s been almost 2 months since my last one mainly because I do them on the weekends…
How It Begins
Thoughts are sneaky insidious things. Now thoughts by themselves are neither good nor bad, however they’re usually just the beginning. Thoughts lead to actions and those can be great and wonderful or dark and evil. Of course, there is a third alternative. Thoughts can also lead one off the well trod path and into the land of padded rooms. …
Project 14Forty: 27 Miles
My long runs are the one and only key workout that I do. I don’t do hill repeats, I don’t do speed sessions on the track, and still think fartlek is something middle school boys do to annoy their parents. So everything comes down to executing well on these runs. OK, execution is a bit…
Project 14Forty Update: 45 Mile Weekend
Training never seems to go exactly how you have it planned. The miles might end up where they’re supposed to be, but the effort/ease/pace can be vastly different. Maybe it’s all about the expectations, which I’m still working on being able to manage appropriately. I was borderline dreading this weekend’s two runs – 25 miles…
January 2017 Digits
Well, better late than never I guess. Here’s how my running ended up during the month of January. Please keep in mind that these are just numbers. Many runners out there do more or less with varied results. I have no training besides what I read off the internet so buyer beware. My mileage ended…
Project 14Forty: January Update
This weekend may end up being the make-or-break weekend of Project 14Forty. It wasn’t supposed to be that way as I was only scheduled for 6 miles (5 Saturday, 1 Sunday). When I created the training plan, I had a tough time trying to figure out the11 weeks between Phunt 50K and Umstead. I’ve been doing…
Managing Expectations
I don’t mean to do it. I really don’t, but I have a habit of letting my expectations get out of hand. I typically set out with reasonable targets and goals for myself, however along the way they start to grow. First a little here. Then a little more there. The next thing I know,…
2017 Phunt 50K Race Report
I really need to stop setting time goals for myself. I had gotten it into my mind that this was a race that I could PR despite the facts that I’m now 2 years older than I was back then and logging fewer miles (366 miles over past 10 weeks vs. 455) these days. So…