Are we there, yet?
Hungary basically closed it borders to foreigners, so the EMU 6-Day Race has been cancelled.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K, 9:11:09 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Running to eat
Ran 63 miles last week and finished August with 282 miles. Calf feeling good as long as I keep stretching it. Back in the Chicago area for my last month of training before an early October 100-mile attempt.
Marathon PR: 2:52 (2006 Chicago)
Ultra #1: DNF at The North Face Thailand 100K (Feb 4, 2017)
Ultra #2: Finished in 6:53:03 at the Des Plaines River Trail Races 50M (Oct 14, 2017)
Ultra #3: Finished in 12:55:04 at The North Face Thailand 100k (Feb 1, 2020)
Ultra #4: Finished self-organized 100-miler in 19:28:53 (Oct 3, 2020)
looking at maybe a 120M week depending what happens today. maybe 116 a lot of it was a struggle with gut issues and poor absorption but also some breakout progressions and fartleky stuff. two days left in the RATBATCATGNAT thing. about 40M from Knoxville dont think ill make it there but currently in 161st place. so much for my contrarian thoughts about zone 1 type training but adding some speed back in has brought the joy back and probably injuries to follow. they waived the requirements for the inagural Cocodona 250 next year and my Cousin suggested i try it. i saw Seamax yesterday (he finished the GNAT!) getting his thoughts on the sleep monster. i think that for that price i should get better than a fist come first serve shared stinky tent. if i could figure out a way to get enough rest i think i could do 50M/day for 5 days but not with the sleep monster drag. i wouldn't make it 2 days!
looking at maybe a 120M week depending what happens today. maybe 116 a lot of it was a struggle with gut issues and poor absorption but also some breakout progressions and fartleky stuff. two days left in the RATBATCATGNAT thing. about 40M from Knoxville dont think ill make it there but currently in 161st place.
so much for my contrarian thoughts about zone 1 type training but adding some speed back in has brought the joy back and probably injuries to follow.
they waived the requirements for the inagural Cocodona 250 next year and my Cousin suggested i try it. i saw Seamax yesterday (he finished the GNAT!) getting his thoughts on the sleep monster. i think that for that price i should get better than a fist come first serve shared stinky tent. if i could figure out a way to get enough rest i think i could do 50M/day for 5 days but not with the sleep monster drag. i wouldn't make it 2 days!
Cocodona 250 looks like an interesting race. Some great scenery for sure. But ouch on the price, although that seems comparable to the Tahoe 200, IIRC (where you also get to sleep in stinky, shared sleep quarters, first come, first served).
Made it up to 48 miles last week. Just chugging along...
5/11/24 Grizzly Peak Marathon, Berkeley, CA
7/20/24 Tahoe Rim Trail 56 miler, NV
9/21/24 Mountain Lakes 100, OR
Pain is my friend
70 miles last weeek and 5,500 ft vert. My long run was a solo marathon in 3:30 on road.
ATY 24 141.445 2019 1st
Bear 100 22:08 2021
Jackpot 100 Feb 14:59 - 5th
Pulse endurance 48 hr 175.3 miles
Bonnevile Backyard ultra
Ute 100 Aug
24 hour loop race?