242.5 miles. Finished my Run Every Street challenge. 4:45:45 at Way Too Cool 50k with a stomach not happy, and a groin/right thigh muscle making walking extremely painful. About 18,000 ft of vertical gain.

Woohoo, April!

March included a vacation to Ireland and London with a road marathon, plus I did a trail HM x2 later in the month.  Had 224 miles and 17,200' of vert for the month.  Now in the last month of training before Miwok 100k on May 7th.  Feeling good, no problems!

March was a bust with me.  Still struggling with foot and hip pain.  Started running again.  Picked up a pacing shift at Zion 100, should be able to handle 30 miles.

Krash, you didn't make it down to the course.  Gas price and schedule probably figured into that.  You will be fine.  The trickiest section is quacomole.  You might be through that before dark.  If not, a headlamp or handheld light with a spot beam picks out the markers better.  Have a fun race, I might hang out at the BMX aid station.

31 miles last week after 50k last weekend. kinda wavy recovery. 8 mile walk yesterday felt great though.

bought my pacer a pair of escalantes. i like to get people into these but tell then specifically say do not run in them. my thought is that if you wear zero drop the rest of the day during non stress activities it can result in a better natural extension in the foot, achilles, calf and even hamstrings

55 miles and change last week, with 5800' climbing.  Had a couple good runs with a running buddy who is also doing Miwok, so we had some good chats about the race and training.  Volunteering on Saturday at Lake Sonoma 50 and this will be a lighter training week for me.

 

Alan, that's a nice pacer gift!  Interesting theory about the zero drop shoes.  Since I work at home and usually just wear socks with no shoes, I guess you could say that I'm zero drop most of the day when not running.  And my feet/legs are pretty happy.

 

Krash, enjoy your week and have a great race!

I have never heard of Dinosaur Valley 100.  Is that a new race?  You have a great line-up.  I have been thinking about doing Miwok for years.  I did Sean O'Brian this year.  I have done Quicksilver 100K as well in the past.  Plus Rio Del Lago 100.  So getting through some of the California races.  So many good ones to choose from out there.

 

Dino Valley isn't new, just a smaller event with a quirky RD that I like.  She's trying to get the word out and had a great promotion in December, $75 for the hundred.

 

I love running in CA, lots of good races and the weather is pretty good for running year 'round.  Of course, grass being greener and all, my running Mecca is Oregon and I've got a long list of OR races on my someday list (Siskiyou Out Back, aka the SOB that's not Sean O'Brien, Waldo, Pine to Palm, Mountain Lakes, Oregon Cascades...).

 

I've volunteered for many years at Miwok but it's always intimidated me because of the cut-offs, which are tough for a mid-to-back-of-the-packer like me.  But I got a free race entry thru my running club so what the heck, I'll give it a shot and do my best.

I did mountain lakes in year 2 before it become popular.  It’s my favorite 100 miler I have finished.  The views were amazing.  I totally recommend it.  I have looked at cascades.  That race looks beautiful.  I was registered for canyons 100k a few years back to see some of the WS course but I got sick and missed the race.  I’m hoping to get into comrades marathon this year.  I’m not sure if anyone here has done that one or not?

good luck tomorrow Zion runners. hope it stays cool for you