A subtle reminder why Endurance Trail Running is #doinghardthings
Near Hale Farm & Village around miles 17 & 60 The Ramp Up The ramp-up for this trail run would start the week following the Marji Gesick 100(ish) ... errr ... more like 108. #blametodd and #blamedanny I did not have a ton of miles the first week but I only had 3-weeks to ramp-up as I had selected a weekend where my daughter and wife would not be around so that I did not completely toast a day that would take me away from them had they been home. The ramp-up went something like this and was right out of the playbook from what I did for the Burning River Back-50 Mile Race over the summer: Week One - (31.2 miles and 109 cycling miles) 9/26 - 1:10-hours just to see where the legs are (8 miles) 9/28 - 2+ hours with a Trail 1/2 marathon distance (13.1 miles) 9/29 - 1:22 hours with 5-minute hard hill repeats x4 (9 miles) Week Two - (56.1 miles and 127 cycling miles) 9/30 - 1:04-hours (7.5 miles) 10/1 - 2+ hours (12 miles) (this was four days of running in...