Oboy. I just laid out my training schedule for Boggs Mt. and it's . . . extensive. I've got some serious milage planned. I'm a little overwhelmed with some of these numbers.
I start out next week with a 22 mile week. Some 20-odd weeks later this milage peaks with a 54 mile week. My monthly milage will leap from a 100 mile month (this is a milestone I just reached) up to a 170 mile month. This just boggles my mind! I don't want to think about it too much.
Traditionally I run about 80% of the miles I schedule myself for. 80% of 170 is still a completely ridiculous number for me to comprehend at the moment. Running 5 days a week, back-to-back long runs, serious weekly milage, I've got to figure out nutrition, motivation, time management (seriously, will I have to get up before 9am to make some of this work?), gear choices, food choices . . . ahhhh! My mind just wants to split open.
My body just wants to do this (maybe without the hail):
UltraRunning from Matt Hart on Vimeo.
I start on Sunday.
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5 comments:
A 50K is 31 miles, right? Appx 5 miles miles than a marathon...Why is there such a big difference in the training when there's only a 5-mile difference in the two events?
An excellent question! I've totally drunk the ultrarunner Kool-Aid, and thus I am adopting the ultrarunner training method, which seems to be all about 2 long, back-to-back runs a week. This all might be a little overkill for the 50k, but I want to increase my milage and change my training around enough so that a 50 miler might not be such a scary concept by, oh, next year sometime. Also, I want to keep my scheduled milage high because I am such a slacker that having that built-in cushion can only help.
OMG, I cannnot even imagine running that much mileage in a month. Major props to you!!!!
Awesome stuff and thanks for posting the link to the plan!
Looking forward to following the training!
ooooo ADVENTURE! I can't wait to hear all about it.
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