Friday - run 3.6 miles

I am contemplating signing up for a 12-hour event in March. The run is on a 1 mile course and I think I could probably go for about 50-55 miles. So I've decided to start training as if I am doing it. With that in mind, I chose a 1.15 mile course so I could run some loops. I didn't have a lot of time, so I ran for 30 minutes and made it just past 3 loops. I felt pretty good though. My loop splits were 9.48, 9.49, 9.52 so there wasn't much drop off and I'm pretty sure I could have gone a couple of more without wanting to quit. That's my problem right now. Anything longer than 3 miles and my mind starts screaming enough. It was probably my mind that suggested I didn't have time to go longer today!

Wednesday - run 4.0 miles

I have run sporadically in the last few weeks leading to diminished fitness and increased weight (about 11 pounds worth). Today was a 4 mile run which was slow but not starting all over slow which would have totally demoralized me. If there was a positive to today: it was slow but felt slower.

Interview with Ray Zahab

I had the opportunity on Monday to interview Ray Zahab. THE Ray Zahab from "Running the Sahara". I was quite nervous, which unfortunately comes through in the interview, but Ray was awesome. Lots of quality info on ultrarunning and recovery and nutrition. Check out the interview at UltraRunningNews.