Sunday, July 19, 2009

Mid-Summer Update

So Its set. I was supposed to do White River, but things don't always work out. I'm heading to Squamish for the Stormy 50mi. 6000ft of climbing and 6000ft of descent will put my training to the test. I managed to put in 3 hours in Mt. Doug park today and got in 4400ft of climbing and 4400ft of descent and according to my new Nike+ Sportband I logged in 31.05km in the 3 hours, which is pretty good considering Mt. doug is either up or down, no real flat sections.

So my first crack at 50 miles should be fun and interesting. I'm not really nervous but the closer I get to that 100k race I get a little bit more nervous but then again I think its more a curiousity about what I am capable of. 4 years ago, even a 50 mile week would have been unheard of for me, so 50 miles in one day will be an interesting... should I say event?

What remains in the summer after Stormy is the Juan de Fuca run. Depending on my recovery after Stormy, I will likely do the whole thing except there wont be any attempt on my behalf to go for the record. I'm currently half way through an acting course and this is my last course for the summer, which I am pretty pumped about.

peace homies