Since my weekend race is the Habanero 30K, I have been heat training for over a month. The race starts at noon in central Texas and yes it is August. I am still keeping my eyes on the prize which is the October 100K. I like the no real training guide method of training. I see other runners staying to a strict running regiment and using a coach. It seems to work for some runners but I do think I would like to be told when and how much to run daily. As my blogging might tell a little about myself, I do things randomly. I write randomly, I think randomly and I train randomly. I have fun on my training runs. I switched from road running to trail running because it is more enjoyable. Do my training methods work? So far so good except for once but I did barely finish.
For this weekend I have put in a ton of very hot and humid miles. Most of my training runs have been at the hottest time of the day. I have been running hills on the trails since there are no sandy trails in my area. I am guessing running hills is just as hard as running in sand. I also did a 105 floor stair run. It took me three days to recover. My calves were not ready to run up stairs for that long. I am “tapering” this week with shorter runs but am going much faster. I do not know what that means but I do not need speed for this weekend. I have not had any gym workouts as I planned but I will get there eventually. I feel good but under prepared. I keep hearing this race is a beast and I am about to find out.
Big Guy Hiking 