Tag: ultramarathon

5 days to my first ultra: The PHUNT 50k

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In five days, I will run my first ultra marathon. I’m feeling a little apprehensive about it because I’ve been on a self-directed mission of nutrition sabotage since my birthday. Cookies. Rich meals with lots of fat and bad carbs. Wine. Lots of wine. Sadly, I’ve been feeling it lately in my runs and workouts. I’m hoping that I can reverse course over the next 5 days and get myself back on nutrition track. (So far this morning, I’ve been successful. I’ve thrown out the leftover Christmas cookies, and ate a hearty bowl of oatmeal.) Other than my nutrition derailing …

Dreams, courage, and guts

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There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.  ~Author Unknown I rolled over and looked at the clock. It read 4:15. The alarm hadn’t gone off yet because I had set it for 4:30 a.m. John was sleeping, so I tried to be as quiet as possible as I headed to the bathroom to start getting ready for the day. I looked out the hotel window: rain. As I brushed my teeth in the darkness, I thought about what was in store for us that day: John would be running his first ultramarathon: …

He’s Going the Distance

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Tomorrow morning, John and I will wake up at 4:30 a.m., and John will prepare to run his first ultramarathon: The Vermont 50 Miler. He’s been training specifically for this event for months: getting up in the darkness to embark on 4 and 5 hour training runs, heading to the bridges of Southern New Jersey to run up and down, and up and down, and up and down, to simulate hill training (almost 9,000 feet of elevation change for tomorrow’s race), icing his feet, knees, and calves to reduce soreness and speed recovery. He hired a coach to help him …