Tomorrow is the big day, the day I begin training for the Big Butts 50K: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/ultrasignup.com\/register.aspx?did=26752<\/p>\n
This race will be held July 26, 2014 in Jackson\/Clinton, Mississippi. \u00a0You heard that right. \u00a0A 50K~in July~in Mississippi. \u00a0It is supposed to be HOT! \u00a0It is also supposed to be flat! \u00a0That is a comforting thought.<\/p>\n
After some consideration, I am going with Hal Higdon’s Advanced level I marathon training program and tweaking it a bit. \u00a0I am accelerating the three 20 mile runs into a 23, 26 and a 28 miler. The other long runs I bumped up by 2-3 miles. \u00a0The rest of the program can pretty much stay the same, I think.<\/p>\n
I thought about back to back long runs, but I think that that is how I ended up with my stress fracture training for the 50 miler. \u00a0Seeing as I do not want a repeat stress fracture (that was not much fun) I am intentionally toning it down a little bit. \u00a0I have 14 hours to complete the 50K (31.68 miles) and I should be able to crawl that far in 14 hours!<\/p>\n
The biggest problem will be the heat.<\/p>\n
BUT~I trained for my marathon last summer in the 105 F. heat so I should be able to do it again. \u00a0Right!?<\/p>\n
It usually takes me about two weeks to acclimate to the warmer temperatures. \u00a0By July, I should, SHOULD be all set for that. \u00a0Hopefully, it won’t be too humid of a day. \u00a0I have portable water bottles that I carry. \u00a0I do not like the back packs. \u00a0I chafe really easy and that does not sound like much fun. \u00a0I will gladly carry a water bottle over a back pack.<\/p>\n
I am really excited to be in a training program again. \u00a0I have missed it. \u00a0It has been fun, though, to just go out and run for the love of it. \u00a0I prefer to have a set itinerary though. \u00a0I really do like to check the box off of the training schedule once I have completed the task of the day. \u00a0I gain great satisfaction from that.<\/p>\n
MFH (My Favorite Husband) made a new chart for me today…modified the HH (Hal Higdon) program per my specifications and posted it on the refrigerator. \u00a0That is a good place for my training program. \u00a0That way, when I decide I want a snack and head to the fridge, I see the program and think, do I really want to drag that extra weight around with me on my run? \u00a0Usually, the answer is, “No.”<\/p>\n
I will never be an uber svelte runner. \u00a0I am just not build that way. \u00a0I am short (4’11”) and stocky built. \u00a0But, I am like the energizer bunny, I just keep on going and going. \u00a0I am not fast by any stretch of the imagination and I have never placed in a race but I have successfully completed every race I have run and that is good enough for me. \u00a0There are not a great deal of short, pudgy 52 year old women I know out there running Ultra’s. \u00a0And with that I console myself.<\/p>\n
All of this to say, again, tomorrow I begin the modified HH program. \u00a0Wish me luck?<\/p>\n
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