This is part of a series of posts regarding how I am preparing, planning, and train to complete the 100 miles Ultramarathon Umstead 100: Road to 100. For all the ultrarunning series here is Road to 100 last week’s post and for additional ideas follow the link. Training for a 100.

By this time things are most likely falling in place. There have been a few long runs that have provided you with good practice. You know how does it feel to run on tired legs. The key from now and until the race is consistency. The shorts, Long, Fuel and especially the recovery.

Assessment:

How would you categorize the progress? Are things improving? Are you starting to get the confidence to a level that makes you comfortable being on your legs for hours? Feeling after the runs that you could do one more?

Planning:

There is still time to make adjustments. What are those things that are still making you uncomfortable? Plan to address those in the following weeks to increase the chances of success.

How is the plan going:

This week was another solid week. The workweek mileage was decent, here are some highlights,

Monday: Some stretching and strength training

Tuesday run: Easy run

Wednesday run: Easy run

Thursday run: Some hills repeats, not as many as I want due to time constraints.

The long runs were good too, Saturday: Steady 26 miles at Umstead. The temperature was a tad close to the 70s by the end of the run.

Sunday: Exc ellent run today at the American Tobacco Trail that is very flat. What was supposed to be a 16 mile, I was feeling fantastic so I added extra 4 miles. Like the previous day, the sugars held pretty well. I made a conscious decision to fuel better for today’s run compared to yesterday.

This week actual numbers:

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total	Plan
Week 13:	Stretches & Rolling	3	3	3	Stretches & Rolling	26	20	55	55