Thanks for the sock recommendations! Will try some new ones, some races here give free drymax socks if you pick up garbage on the trail during a race. I always seem to miss out on that, since I finish at the back of the pack, they have everything put away by the time I get there.

Ann Trason did a trail run meet up in Vancouver during the summer, I wasn't around for it. She's good friends with a local trail runner

Fnky - I usually only get 5 or 6 days running (less than that lately unfortunately). I'll do biking on the trainer another day on a good week

SeaMax is 1st at 45 miles, 8:06, a ways to go

WC - ?not sure your bib number, but hopefully all is well

Krash is Anteloping

Nooky:  carrying a bag of dog poop should get you 2 pairs of socks minimal.

1st run in the snow here (just enough to coat the trail) nothing building up.  Also, first run in

awhile on a trail, being outside is much more enjoyable than the TM.

I was looking for a watch with music, but decided it is just not worth the money because my

Fenix 3 works fine so basically I would be paying $300 at least for what I have+MP3 player and a little

convenience.  Also, the map function of the newer Fenix5, but again, not really something I really need.

Though for you guys with elevation, the Climb function looks cool.  Though the music really cuts down

the battery life.

SO, now I am looking at MP3 players.  They are all weird brands, so I am not

familiar with any of them.  Does anyone have a one they have used?  The look about $25-50,

so that is much better.  But, I imagine these are not going to hook up to wifi and download stuff

from the cloud or run spotify without physically connecting them to download? Not sure.

I did find a pair of waterproof JBL headphones on the internet that can hold MP3, that is intriguing.  I often wash

my headphones in the washer, lol.  But the whole physically connect to computer thing...

I had a spurt of ultra running book reading.  Have not done that in awhile because they all started to sound the

same.  I read Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard about him adopting a dog who follows him across a Gobi dessert race.

You can likely tell by my picture I like dogs.

Also, a book by Charlie Engle called Ultrarunning Man (familiar enough title) which was more in line with the usual ultra books about addiction, recovery, excessive amounts of running (this is not a dig against the book, just is no doubt a genre),but also the part in prison I thought was really interesting and engaging.

Last, a film of Karl "Speed Goat" Metzler dropped on Net Flix and at (41min) is a good watch.

Looks like Seamax ftw at Crooked 24h!

wow congrats & effusive praise WC & Seamax!!! pretty incredible and inspiring or us viejitos. WC is 70+ and Seamax is 55+! both get my vote for ultrarunners of the year *bow*

WC, wow, WTG on 50 miles!

 

Thanks! I'll get around to writing a RR.  There's a bit of a backstory here beginning with me losing my dinner Friday night, and I don't mean I misplaced it.

25 mi for me.  5/7 days. Only 1 outside though.  Mixing in a Fair amount of walking.  Actually enjoying it.  Some incline running, some strength.  I think if I get an hour a day of something everyone is happier.

Fnkyhd.  Sorry to hear the bikes not working.  When I was in St Louis everyone was on electric Scooters...

Gatsby.  Things look brutal there.  Good to hear you are safe.

Nooky.  Bummer about the sesamoid.

WC great job on the 50 miles. Look forward to your race regurgitation

To to save time, I was going to buy a fan online rather than go to the store, but was discourage by all the reviews.  Not by what they said just by the shear number.  I spent more time reading reviews than it would take to go get one IRL.  I ended up not getting one.  One fan had over 1000 reviews.  Whose the guy when there is like 999 reviews for a $25 fan says I’m gonna need to write another just to touch on some things that were missed?  Some people had videos of their fan which I watched.  This is what I’ve become...

Set out to do challenge last week, a half marathon minimum distance per day.  Ended up going beyond and had a PR week of 117 miles.

Monday, 14

Tuesday, 14

Wednesday am, 4

Wednesday afternoon, 13 on a nice trail (should be snow covered this time of year) 2600 gain

Thursday am, 14, hill repeats 3400 gain

Thursday pm, 4.5

Friday am, 13

Friday pm, 3

Saturday, 23 long run

Sunday, 14.5, peak bagging, snow, altitude.  2600 gain

A little tired but everything is good.  It was more of a mental challenge than physical.  Ate everything in the house.  Now back to marathon training.