Second time’s a charm. So I headed over to my local track yesterday morning to get in my MAF test and I notice a sign for something called the Unionville Invitational. There are a couple buses with kids disembarking and several pavilions set up. I start my warm-up and it didn’t take too long to…
Maintaining or Building?
I think my body is messing with me. Or mocking me. Or quite possibly both. So my last post was all about how I’m not in a training cycle. That I’m just trying to maintain the endurance that was built up over the spring. Well after this morning’s run, I’m not sure if that’s necessarily…
2017 Umstead 100 Mile Preview
Third Time’s a Charm This is my third consecutive April 100 miler where I’ve been gunning for a sub-24 hour finish. My first attempt resulted in a DNF and I walked in the last 30 miles of my second try. Both times I was pretty confident that I had it in the bag so I’m obviously…
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…
1/7/17 MAF Test
I headed out to the Unionville HS track this morning for my monthly MAF test. I haven’t posted about my last couple because my HR monitor has been measuring screwy and I haven’t been happy with the results. One of the tests was so bad, it ended up being a complete waste of my time. …
Digits: Year of 2016
Happy New Year! I love numbers with a passion that’s a little creepy. This leads me to track just about everything I can, especially running related. I have several spreadsheets that I use to track my running and cross training activities. I haven’t really done much with this data yet, but it’s nice to use…
Project 14Forty Update
It’s been a while since I’ve given you an update on how my training is going (OK, fine. I haven’t given you any.), so here goes. Things have started off very well. I have been able to get in all the long runs that were on my schedule except one. I had originally planned to…
2017 Race Schedule (and today’s MAF test)
I know what you’re thinking. We’re still over a week out from November and I’m already talking about my 2017 race schedule? This isn’t quite as ridiculous as it sounds when it comes to ultras though. First off, there’s not nearly the same number of options as you get for shorter distances especially when it comes…
Digits: 9/24/16 MAF Test
I just realized that I haven’t updated you on my MAF tests since my “breakthrough” two months back. Let’s just say my upward trajectory (or downward if we’re talking about pace) stalled and I backslid a bit. Right back to the 10 minute pace I had been stuck at for the past year. I started to…
Digits: July 2016
I had my last long run of this training cycle yesterday. It was 10 miles of Cheslen Hills followed by a 2 hour hike, where I added 7 more miles to my daily tally. I typically do my longest training run 3 weeks out from my goal race and then cut my long run way…