50K Training

Ran a brutal 8 miles today in 80 degrees with 15000% humidity. It took a long 1:10. At that pace I should complete the ultra by early next year. Haha.

Here's the link to the Ultra if you want to come watch.


The plan is to walk all up hills and steep down hills taking care to protect the quads and calves (and ankles of course), as well keeping me from bonking. I would like to do 12-13 min miles if possible. That'd be about 7 hours...a tad faster than the elite runners doing the 50 miler that started 1 hour ahead of us. The cut-off is a generous 10 hrs.

Good stuff.

Glacial Trail 50K Ultra Prep

Here's a look at a typical flat section along the Ice Age Trail near Butler Lake upon which I will be running next Sunday. In the 50K distance, the approximate elevation change will be 15,000 feet. Doesn't sound like a Wisconsin trail does it? Think again. This is glacial territory and there are many hills, most small and steep, but hills nonetheless.

Kirsten and I hiked a 5 mile section of the race over the weekend and the leaves are just starting to turn colors up high in the Maples. Conditions should be nice for the race but they are calling for cold temps. We shall continue with style, regardless of the conditions!

Fox Cities Marathon Update

I finished with a 3:34 time, which was good for a beginner I'm told. My goal, which really had no sound basis for being, was 3:30. The plan was to follow the 3:30 pacesetter but I soon became bored with the slow pace and moved ahead....rookie mistake. At around mile 22 the 3:30 pacesetter, who was now alone instead of with the 8 people at the beginning, ran easily by me.

My quads were ruined for about 2-3 days after and when they recovered, I felt pain in my right foot just to the right of the instep. I stopped running for a few days and cross trained by road biking. The last two days I've been running again, nice and slow and not too long. It's better now.

I have, as of now, decided to not race the Colorama 10K trail run and instead focus on logging a long run on trails to prepare for the 50K ultra on Oct 14.

Next marathon I know I can do better! Boston qualify? maybe not, but I'll break the 3:30 for true with some luck!