Congrats on busting out that six mile run! Doesn’t it feel nice to hit a PR? It doesn’t matter whether it’s during a race or not, that’s an awesome accomplishment. It was only a couple months ago that you couldn’t even do a 5k without walking half of it. And guess what? You get to…
2017 Old Dominion 100 Mile Splits
The RD for the OD100 mailed out the detailed splits a week ago for this year’s race. I don’t think pace charts work too well for 100-mile races due to the variability of terrain and the inevitable lows that you go through. Hopefully, these can provide a guideline as to times you can expect to…
Becoming Proficient
Fact #1: The first time you attempt something you’re gonna suck at it. Fact #2: You’re not going to be much better the second time. I don’t know why I seemed to have forgotten these facts as I started my quest to finish a hundred 100-milers. I had some “successes” at shorter ultras (i.e. I finished them) mixed…
2017 Eastern States 100 Training Plan
I’m 59 days out from ES100 so I guess it’s time I came up with a training plan. The good news is that Old Dominion proved that I’m in the best 100 mile shape of my life. Granted, I’ve only been doing these for a little over 2 years now (boy, 2015 C&O 100 seems…
2017 Old Dominion 100 Mile Race Report
Similar to my Umstead race report, I’m going to start with a brief overview of the race for the undecideds or merely curious. My (overly) detailed race report that follows will be of interest for those who are planning to run the race and my family/friends. What OD100 Has to Offer Historic. This is the 2nd…
Old Dominion Buckle
Finish time: 23 hours, 45 minutes. Race report will be done later this week.
2017 Old Dominion Preview
The excitement is really starting to build for Saturday. I’ve been getting that nervous anticipation feeling since about 8 days out. I didn’t feel this heading into Umstead and thought it might be gone for good (been there and done that and all). I’m glad it’s back though as a lot of fond memories (i.e. standing in…
Numbers Lie
I just finished my last long run of this training cycle – 31 miles. I had been looking forward to and dreading it at the same time all week long. Up until now, I didn’t even know that was possible. After last week’s blisteringly fast pace, I was wondering how much time I could lop off…
Head Games
I think I’m pre-injured. Recovering from Umstead is starting to feel like I normally do during my tapers. I’m not injured, but my legs just don’t seem to feel right. Yes, I know. They call this recovery for a reason, but I got back to 95% or so within 4 or 5 days (i.e. really…
Old Dominion 100 Mile Training Plan
The timing of my three 100-milers this year (4/1, 6/3, 8/12) doesn’t really give me whole lot of time to train in between each one. Especially, since I’ll need a portion of that time to recover from the prior race. So I’ll need to be a little creative in my running over the next 8…