This is part of a series of posts regarding how the InaseRunning group prepares, plans, and trains to complete the 100 miles Ultramarathon Umstead 100: Journey to a 100. For all the ultrarunning series, here is Journey to 100 last week’s post and additional ideas, follow the link. Training for a 100. As you probably know by now, we have …
2022 Derby 50k
Coming back for more Derby 50k. Finishing Skinny Turkey on Thursday at an easy pace served as prep work for today. Even though I did not run yesterday and just did some stretching, my legs feel okay this morning. Derby was my first Ultramarathon, so it holds a big place in my running heart. Similar fuel preparations as last year …
2022 Skinny Turkey Half
Happy Thanksgiving to all the runners out there Today was my eighth Skinny Turkey Half Marathon. This year I am volunteering as a 2:15 pacer. Taking it easy and not pushing the pace since I have Derby 50k on Saturday. This morning the usual latte with hot cereal and banana for later. The event location is at a High School, …
Journey to 100: Week 7/26
This is part of a series of posts regarding how I am preparing, planning, and training to complete the 100 miles Ultramarathon Umstead 100: Road to 100. For all the ultrarunning series here is Journey to 100 last week’s post and for additional ideas follow the link. Training for a 100. We are a third of the way there, just …
Journey to a 100: Week 6/26 Thinking about the mileage
This is part of a series of posts regarding how the InaseRunning group prepares, plans, and trains to complete the 100 miles Ultramarathon Umstead 100: Journey to a 100. For all the ultrarunning series, here is Journey to 100 last week’s post and additional ideas, follow the link. Training for a 100. If you have been following the weekly plan …
Journey to a 100: Week 5/26 Fueling plan hone your strategy
This is part of a series of posts regarding how the InaseRunning group prepares, plans, and trains to complete the 100 miles Ultramarathon Umstead 100: Journey to a 100. For all the ultrarunning series, here is Journey to 100 last week’s post and additional ideas; follow the link. Training for a 100. As mentioned before, fueling is very important. Now …
2022 City of Oaks Marathon
For the morning routine, the same as in plenty of other events, hot cereal with almond butter, coffee, water, and a banana about 35-45 minutes before the start of the event. Including a warm-up job of about 1 mile to the start line. It was so great to see so many friends at the start. Some were about to tackle …