Cowtown Countdown (Read 1083 times)

Sorry, I meant Cowtown or White Rock...

2007 Fort Worth Cowtown

I signed up for the ultra full half marathon.

That's awesome, modal! Time to start training!

Now I just need to find a hotel and I'll be set.

You plan on staying downtown? The Worthington looks booked, but the new embassy suites looks like it still has some rooms.

Is anyone familiar with the FW area. I hate trying to book hotels over the internet when I don't know the area well. I'd like to be really close to Sundance Square, but I'm also frugal when it comes to hotels. The Embassy appears to be over 200 a night, more than I would like to spend if I can help it. Any suggestions?

For what it's worth, you might want to be cautious with the frugal options north of the downtown area. Anywhere north of the Trinity river to IH-820 can be a little scary. The only hotel I've stayed in downtown is the Worthington, and I wasn't the one paying for it, so I can't really say much about it. Plus, according to modal, it's already full. On the plus side, parking in most of the garages downtown is free on the weekends, and there are a couple that are a very short walk from the starting lines. If I recall correctly, I parked in the garage at 3rd and Taylor last year, and it was a pretty good spot. Of course, I only ran the half, so negotiating the stairs after the race wasn't a problem. Is everybody else's training going well? Only 6 weeks left. I just had my first "long" run since White Rock today - holidays and family stuff keep cutting my miles down. Anyway, I think I've decided that my goal is to finish without cramping up, so my intent is to take a pace that feels ridiculously slow, stick with it, and consume a bunch of electrolytes. I'm not comfortable trying any races longer than a marathon until I can get through 26.2 with the full belief that my body would let me keep running. If I want to do the 50k at El Scorcho, I've got to make Cowtown count.

Sweet. I'm planning to sign up for the 50K also.

I'm not sure it will actually happen - I'm 1 out of 4 on avoiding cramping in races over 18 miles. And I'm pretty sure Cowtown's going to be a little hillier than White Rock.

The wife made a reservation for us, at a Hyatt I think. It's not as close as I would have liked, but it met our budget requirements and I won't have to bring body armor. I'm approaching this half as a training event; my major goals are a little later in the year. I'm looking forward to it though, my training has been consistent lately and I'm pleased with the mileage I'm starting to log.

Yeah when I entered it into the calendar, I didn't realize it would show up like way out there like it did. At first it irritated me, but now I kinda like it; it's motivating.