I know, it kind of violates the old 10% rule, but I think if I avoid hills and update my shoes regularly, I think it will be okay. My plan is to max out my long runs with the Wild West 100k race in Lowell, MI. After a week of recovery, I'll try another 50 mile run on my own. I might do this as a regular 50 mile run, or a set of back to back 25 milers with one at night. I want to work a couple night runs in so that I can get acclimated to running while sleepy as I hear this is one of the differences in moving from a 50 to a 100. So there it is. Hopefully, having my training schedule out there will help me stick to it.
On a fundraising note, I'm still planning on posting a link for donations. I just haven't had time to get everything arranged and, I'm afraid, the way my summer is going I'm going to scale back my fundraising goals significantly. More later.
2 comments:
Looks like a great plan! if i wasn't headed to Colorado for a few weeks at the end of July/August that 100k would be right up my alley. Maybe we will meet up on the roads/trails this summer. Wasn't there a marathon out your way during the summer?
Hi, Thomas,
I've been reading your blog on and off now for about a year. I donated to your $5K fundraiser for lupus last year before your North Country run. I'm a sufferer, too, of lupus. It can be crippling, or it can hide itself for weeks.
I've decided to take up running, too. I'm running my first dirt 5K June 14. The Flirt with Dirt race in Novi. If I can successfully participate in a 10K by the end of July, I'd like to aim for the half marathon at the Detroit Free Press Marathon in October. Do you have any tips for trying to raise money for the Lupus foundation on my own?
I tried Team in Training, but they're for Leukemia (a great cause), and I would like to support a disease that's affecting my family.
If you have any tips or advice you can offer, that would be great!
I see Dirt Dawg is a fan of your page as well.
-Mae Ko
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