It’s been a while but I am back. The last couple months were full of excuses (Busy Season at work, Wisdom Teeth Extraction, etc) but as a good friend once told me; excuses are like assholes, everyone has one and they all stink! Today begins week one of my 50 mile training plan, geared towards the Can Lake 50M race held at Lake Canandaigua (One of the Finger Lakes in NY State). The race is held during Columbus day weekend. I have gotten back into some ok training the past couple weeks and also snuck in a 10K/5K on Memorial day as well as TNF Bear Mountain 10K.
The training plan that I chose to follow can be found on the Santa Clarita Runners Club site. It is pretty basic listing out mileage only. I will be training mostly on paved surfaces which isn’t terrible because Can Lake (As well as my ultimate goal, the Keys 100) are all held on paved roads. Come follow my training on DailyMile.
A couple of obstacles stand out already and I haven’t even started. First off, I am traveling to LA and San Diego for Vacation during late July and will have to get in 2 pretty substantial runs on the road. I will not be looking forward to these runs as I will be on vacation and they will most likely take about 4-5 hours to complete. I am going to have to wake up early those days in order to not ruin the rest of the day for the others vacationing with us! Plus I will most likely be on my feet the rest of the day so I am in for a real treat. It will be great training for a 100M as I will be on my feet all day!
Second, I just began studying for the CPA exam. I am definitely not looking forward to the exam however it is something I finally need to take care of. So going forward, it looks like I am going to be learning how to deal with less sleep than I am used to. So if anyone out there has any tips to either training on vacation or dealing with less sleep, please let me know!
