Two down, ten to go, hopefully with better weather.

Tapering, six days to go til Delano Park 12-hour.

47.22 for the week with 1,965 feet of gain. I had one garbage run in there that I had to quit and cut short because I got some sort of stomach bug. After two days of emptying myself out I felt better and finished with a decent week, although slow.

So, I guess I'm going to jump in here...

I'm turning 50 years old in May, so why not go and run a 50 miler right? :-)

63.7 miles for the week, about 4500 elevation. Long run of about 21.4 in the snow today...

February had a total of 230 miles, and included 2 runs over 20 miles.

Just trying to keep losing weight and figure out how to run far.

-Kelly

Finished last week with 68 miles and 5400 ft vert.  Was a good week.  Got in some good speed work.

Last month was a great building month. 263 miles and 19K vert.

46.3M 3612' vert for me this week. ran my first road race in years today. hot chocolate 15k. scored 1:06:25. 1:10 was my A goal so ya this is good! 2nd AG out of 84 (overall 85th out of 4524). 1st in my AG was Jasen Emmons at 58:31..holy crap! feel good after but wont know if im hurt until i try to run again. race felt like i got it dialed in just right with a small negative split and flagging with about 800 meters to go so i didnt lose form or have to hang on too long. iow dont feel like i had much more in the tank. credit goes to consistent bodyweight leg days! anyway i know this is the ultra training thread but maybe it can be good to build back up this way or at least run kinda fast sometimes. at least for a tweezer

Nice time, I heard Seattle had some hills in it to boot. My fastest 15k is like 1:12 but I only ran one in my life lol. A friend was the first female. She may help pace me at Mountain lakes 100 in Sept. so she can see what a hundo is like.

 

Nice time, I heard Seattle had some hills in it to boot. My fastest 15k is like 1:12 but I only ran one in my life lol. A friend was the first female. She may help pace me at Mountain lakes 100 in Sept. so she can see what a hundo is like.

thanks! i think there was about 650' vert in the 15k a definite bonus for me. i passed a lot more ppl on the climbs that they got me back on the downs. interested in 10 mile distance ever since i heard about Falmouth. felt perfect like maybe my best economy in that gear just cant hold on longer than 10M...but i'm lagging at ultras these days. will keep on though. if my speed holds together  maybe speed up just a bit for a 10k. this summer will be fun with some sub-marathon trail events. congrats to your friend! i see her name there 1:01:52. glad she is not in my division . glad to hear you got into ML. that's my one DNF but the first 26 miles are amazing and the rest will easy peasy for you

Cowtown was about 20* warmer than I've run in since Dallas (which was 20* warmer than anything months previous) and quite windy and I completely failed to accommodate for those conditions. The marathon distance goal ended up out of reach by mile 20, so I ran/walked the rest of the marathon distance in. Skipped the extra out-and-back for the 50k as I also failed to plan for the race taking longer than I thought and possibly missing checkout at the hotel.

Next Friday I'm still strongly thinking about running a 50k (back country, gravel/dirt roads). Zero time goal, just wanting to get out there and have fun while finishing strong.

No but hope that... doesn’t mean you had to register in Jan this year which of course has past. If not then sounds like your in.

WTF over? Anyone else get this email from UTMB?

 

Hello Jay WNUK,

In 2020, as in 2019, you have not been selected in the lottery. You have therefore earned direct entry without having to go through the lottery in 2021: you will have the chance to register for the same race you have applied for in 2019 & 2020 if you have the required qualifying points. To benefit from this special condition, it is mandatory to: • register between January 5th and January...