Yikes! I can't believe I've gone this long without writing in my blog. I did the Snickers marathon earlier in March which is in Albany, GA. It is a GREAT marathon. The town support is amazing. The race itself goes in and out of beatuiful neighborhoods...which was nice as it got very warm and the shade was a blessed relief.
I picked up a Garmin 405 with heart rate monitor. I've since noticed that I've done a great job training my legs but not my heart. How is that possible? Anyway, I've noticed that I hit near max HR without a whole lot of effort. So for the next month or two I'm focusing my training runs on my improving my HR. It's been nearly 2.5 weeks with no results....yes, I do know it'll take some more time...knowing that doesn't make the wanting to see results go away.
I've kicked off the training for my 100 mile race at Snickers. However, since then my long runs have been pitiful. Not what I was expecting. I scheduled a long run last Saturday and got nearly 4 miles into it before the lightning came. I might be crazy at times but not nuts enough to finish up my long run. Sadly, I was unable to reschedule or finish that long run....family obligations. So I'll have to do those miles this Sat instead.
My next race is a 34 mile trail race early May. As mentioned before, this will be my first attempt at camping before a run. I'm both excited and nervous about that. As for the 34 mile race I think I'm going to have to bump up my weekly long runs by 5 miles each week...15 miles, 20 miles, 25 miles, 10 miles, race weekend (34 miles). I had originally requested to the RD permission to do a 50 mile run that day....I'm not sure I want to do that now. I've got some friends coming up to run as well and I'd rather spend the extra time with them. Yes, I do know the 10% rule when it comes to long runs. I've already have the base to do the above mileage so I don't think I'll run into overuse injuries. I will however listen very closely to my body. OK, that's really all that has been going on this month.
For any of you close to GA (Nevels) there are some good races coming up later this spring that I wanted to share with you:
May 16 -Darkside 8-Hour Run, Peachtree City, GA - only $10...what a bargin http://darksiderunningclub.com/2009Darkside8Hour.pdf
May 30 - SweetH20 50K - you will get wet and punished on this race...sweet! http://www.sweeth20races.com/
July 25 - Make it By Midnight Marathon Macon, GA - Hot, Hilly, Humid, and lots of personality
http://www.macontracks.org/race-pdfs/2009-07-25-MakeItByMidnight.pdf
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