Six weeks. That's all I have left before Burning River. Would I ready if the race were today? Probably not. In years' past, my 100 mile training went like this:
- 2008- too few miles, too much Crossfit and Crossfit Endurance.
- 2009- Too many long runs, cross-training was perfect, not enough speed work.
So far this year, I maintained a decent endurance base throughout the winter. Speed work is okay... I managed a 20:30 or so 5k on trails this last weekend. About a month ago, I ran about 54 miles in a 12 hour race. Since the 12 hour, I've run an 18 miler and a 30 miler. I just started heavy weight training this week. I'm doing some tempo run on trails and hill repeats tomorrow. I'd like to squeeze in one very long run and another back-to-back. We'll see.
I'm doing the equivalent of cramming for an exam... trying to shoehorn as much training into the next month. Will it work out? I'm confident I'll be fine, but I doubt I'll be flirting with a sub-24 finish. :-)
I think the mental training is almost just as important as the physical training, so it sounds like you have that nailed down - you'll be good to go come race day :)
ReplyDeleteWill you be doing this barefoot? And what does your training consist of now? I also did too many long runs in 2009 and it made me slow. Now doing much much less and wondering how it will work out.
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