I'm All In

After several months of looking at different ultra races and being put on wait lists, I finally got into the Jemez 50 miler in Los Alamos, NM.  Great news right? Well, it just so happens that my first 50 mile race is also one of the hardest 50 milers around. With 4 significant climbs, it's going to be a brute. The good news is that I have another 5 full months of training before tackling that mother.


I have set a very ambitious goal of not only finishing my first ultra, but finishing in the top 5 and posting a time of under 8 hours and 45 minutes. Not a great time for a 50 miler; however, on that course...I can live with it.


After running several marathons and many trail races, I wanted a new kind of pain. The pain that only comes from running "retarded" distances. Over the last 6 months or so I've been training for my first ultra, I just didn't know which one. I have built up a very strong base and can knock out a hilly 30 miles in just over 4 hours or run back to back to back marathons and still walk without swearing too much on day 4.


As I begin to get serious about my training, I wanted to create a blog so my very supportive family, friends and wonderful girlfriend can keep tabs on me and bust my balls if I half-ass a day or two. Hopefully, I'll earn some followers and fellow runners' insights as I go. I'm looking forward to making my regular posts to not only share my experiences, pains, and what-the-....-was-I-thinking moments, but to log my workouts and track my training progress. 


Off to bed before another early desert run.