With the event coming up next weekend, this week, the focus is on recovery, mental, and prep items. The training work is already done, and we have learned a lot during this journey. Now, it is time to focus and get ready to have an outstanding time at the event.

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

Regardless of how many bad runs, soreness, doubts and questioning the reasons that are proppeling yuou to push yourself to complete the goals at hand. Go review our first installment of finding our why, our reasons our purpose. Reflect on the learnings, whther it was about effort, endurance, fueling, troubleshooting situations. Reflect on how you overcame any of those obstacles and situations.

Also, think about those days when things went perfectly, and you found yourself running on clouds. Those moments should serve as springboards to propel you from any low points into moving forward.

Assessment:

Take a list of how you are feeling. Review those rough training runs, and also focus on those that all went well. Find the courage to know that you have already done the work in the things you learned to handle the different situations you could encounter during the event. Also ponder around the runs where you thought you hit bottom, and then you found another bottom deeper than the last one, and you were able to climb back up the other side of the rollercoaster.

But also find the joy in the journey and the process of getting ready. This is also the time to do the final check on things and verify the final details.

Planning:

Check your crew, and go over the plans one last time.

Go over the drop bag and the aid station material.

Re-adjust the plan with minimal changes, if necessary, based on weather, race, and last-minute changes to the route or rules.

Check with your pacers, cover the assignments, and review the plan once again. Answer any questions that they might have. Share information with them; they should have a high level of confidence that they will be able to help you achieve your goals while enjoying the event and having fun.

Rest and replenish your fuel storage as much as you can.

This week’s actual numbers:

Week 1	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
Plan	Stretches & Rolling	3	5	3	Rest	13	10	34
Actual	Stretches	0	5	1	Stretches	13	15	34

Next Week Plan: Good Luck

Race Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
Plan	Rest	5	6	Rest	Rest	75	25	108