Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my first 100 Miler went. What: C&O Canal 100 Mile Endurance Run When: Saturday April 25, 2015 7am Where: Knoxville, MD Time: DNF (Did Not Finish) Distance Covered: 69 miles Epic Fail I had mentally written this race report a couple dozen times leading up…
When Less is More
I’m only 3 weeks into my C&O Canal training cycle and I’m already starting to rethink things. Back in the day (like last year), this never happened. I got out my excel spreadsheet, plotted out my daily runs over the next 20 weeks, and did them. I never changed the schedule. I didn’t change what…
C&O Canal 100 Training Plan
I’m going to use a modified version of my Oil Creek training plan for my next 100 mile. The weekly mileage will run in the 25-45 mile range with a longest run of 30 miles. There will be two primary differences: lower focus on elevation gain and more speed sessions. C&O is a very flat…
The Revenge Run
I just signed up for the C&O Canal 100, which will be my next attempt at the 100 mile distance. I ran this race last year as my first 100 miler and dropped at mile 69. This was extremely unsatisfying even though it was 18 miles further than I had ever run before. The only reason…