On May 5 and 6th I am doing the 24 hour race. In the 24 hour race you see how far you can go in 24 hours and even if that is only a mile you would still have technically finished the race. My goal is more around 120- 145 miles. 120 being the standard for the World team and 145 the American record.
When Joel told me about this I originally thought it sounded just terrible. I already feel like I run all day sometimes when I don't get up until 9:30, don't make it out the door till 10:15 because I am looking for my watch or my keys or my shoes and then don't get back from running until 2 pm, and spend the next few hours eating before running again. Well this would be literally running all day.
But then I thought about it and it actually sounded easier than the 50k. Running 7:24 pace is hard. But running all day, like today, isn't really for me. It's hard because it takes so much time and sometimes I get bored, but it's not hard for me to run 25 miles is the morning and then 4-10 more. It is supposed to be- my schedule this month with all the double runs and tons of mileage is supposed to be quite challenging and it is- because it gets so boring. But I had to chide Joel about why I even had to do it. Isn't this supposed to be hard? Why do I have to do it if it isn't even hard? Not that I want to run more! I ran 160 miles in 7 days! I need time in the day to eat, and write this blog, and well, not work at petsmart anymore (wahoo!)
I'm sure it would get very hard after like 8-12 hours or so but keeping going is something I always do, even if it is not quite 7:24 pace.
When Joel told me about this I originally thought it sounded just terrible. I already feel like I run all day sometimes when I don't get up until 9:30, don't make it out the door till 10:15 because I am looking for my watch or my keys or my shoes and then don't get back from running until 2 pm, and spend the next few hours eating before running again. Well this would be literally running all day.
But then I thought about it and it actually sounded easier than the 50k. Running 7:24 pace is hard. But running all day, like today, isn't really for me. It's hard because it takes so much time and sometimes I get bored, but it's not hard for me to run 25 miles is the morning and then 4-10 more. It is supposed to be- my schedule this month with all the double runs and tons of mileage is supposed to be quite challenging and it is- because it gets so boring. But I had to chide Joel about why I even had to do it. Isn't this supposed to be hard? Why do I have to do it if it isn't even hard? Not that I want to run more! I ran 160 miles in 7 days! I need time in the day to eat, and write this blog, and well, not work at petsmart anymore (wahoo!)
I'm sure it would get very hard after like 8-12 hours or so but keeping going is something I always do, even if it is not quite 7:24 pace.
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