Very exciting. Tomorrow (Saturday) I will be attempting to run my first "real" Ultra distance. Not sure how this will play out but its going to be fun (in a painful sadistic sort of way).
Both Kim and I are registered for the Dirty Girls 6 hour solo event so it will be up early and out onto the trails. The event is all trails, you run a 10k loop as many times as you can or want to for the length of the event. You are considered official once you complete at least 30k.
Race plans
Kim’s plan is simple. She is using it as a training run and will probably shut it down just after 30k or so. This fits in pretty well with her current marathon training.
My plan is more of a sliding scale sort of thing.
A plan - I will be attempting to run 50k. Training has gone well and I am ready. However as some of you that read this blog know I have a previous knee injury. It doesn’t bother me at any distance on the road but has bothered me on both my long trail races this year. My hope is all my trail training and mileage has strengthened it. I will also be running with a tensor sleeve to give it a little bit of extra protection. I don’t do my training with a sleeve but tested it on Wednesday nights run and it didn’t bother me at all. Pacing will be slow and controlled as I am approaching it as a want to be able to finish it event. Kind of like my first marathon.
B plan - If I begin to have any serious knee issue (as in this is going to take week/weeks to recover from) then I will alter my game plan and shut it down. Will probably do the first assessment of this at 30k.
I expect to flawlessly execute Plan A so I am not being wishy washy about doing 50k BUT I have a number of upcoming road races and a marathon in the fall so I don’t want to blow out my fall racing schedule by being stupid.
If I do finish without knee issues I will be immediately registering for a longer race in the fall. If not will I save that for next year.
Watch for my race report coming early next week.
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That sounds like a great event! Can't wait to hear how it goes. :)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds exciting, good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!!! I hope you lose your virginity and it is painless. ;)
ReplyDeleteYay!!! I'm so excited to hear your race report. I am fascinated by the ultra running thing. Hopefully your knee won't give you any trouble.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! You need to take pictures and give us some details on which "plan" you ended up following. BEST OF LUCK!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a smart plan. Good luck! Go get that Ultra title!
ReplyDelete(It's a good thing this race is on Saturday. Sunday is going to be HOTTTT)
Good luck, hope the knee doesn't act up.
ReplyDeleteWow! Good luck to you. I would like to try ultra running once I get past my first marathon. Hope that knee is pain free!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a good luck as I did this year when I did my first ultra (50K)......I said first beacause I do plan on doing more.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is that your whole running mindset is different with the longer distance....finishing is not guaranteed, it is a luxury. It's all in the time/race management and the fueling....good luck.
good luck on your 1st Ultra!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!! Hope the sleeve helps. Looking forward to the report.
ReplyDeletei'm so excited for you! have a great great race. looking forward to reading all about it. great weather too!
ReplyDeletegood luck today!! get that ultra title!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a really cool event! Hope the knee holds up, and we'll be reading about your ultra experience!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI know you're done by now (reading this in Alaska) so I hope it was fantastic, and can't wait for the race report!
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