I'll be running the Trail Mix 50k this Saturday at Hyland. Training has gone pretty well for the last couple of months. I got in a pretty solid base of training in January and February, held things together pretty well while traveling in India, and then hit a couple of 120 mile weeks since then.
I've had some good longer runs with some extended sections around marathon pace (5:20 or so). However, it's taking me a while to wake the legs up and remember how to run much faster than that. So I should be fine for the 50k, which is really just a chance to get out and put in a nice long run on the trails. The shorter races are always a bigger challenge for me, but hopefully it's just a matter of time before the legs wake up. I just turned 35, so maybe I'm just getting too old to bother with the short stuff.
Last Friday was the first 6:00 a.m. Friday morning run on the trails at Hyland. I met Brian for an early loop at 4:50 a.m., so it appears that I've officially lost my final threads of common sense. But even at that hour, it felt great to be out there after a long, long winter of roads, bike paths, indoor track and treadmill. The trails were in very good shape. We'll see how they are after this next shot of precipitation, but at least the snow is finally gone! Hope everyone's enjoying spring as much as I am.
I've had some good longer runs with some extended sections around marathon pace (5:20 or so). However, it's taking me a while to wake the legs up and remember how to run much faster than that. So I should be fine for the 50k, which is really just a chance to get out and put in a nice long run on the trails. The shorter races are always a bigger challenge for me, but hopefully it's just a matter of time before the legs wake up. I just turned 35, so maybe I'm just getting too old to bother with the short stuff.
Last Friday was the first 6:00 a.m. Friday morning run on the trails at Hyland. I met Brian for an early loop at 4:50 a.m., so it appears that I've officially lost my final threads of common sense. But even at that hour, it felt great to be out there after a long, long winter of roads, bike paths, indoor track and treadmill. The trails were in very good shape. We'll see how they are after this next shot of precipitation, but at least the snow is finally gone! Hope everyone's enjoying spring as much as I am.
I just decided not to even spectate at Trail Mix... several hours of standing in sleet (according to the last forecast) doesn't sound like fun.
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