Wow
My heart and thoughts go out to those who trained for such a huge race. Not only is it 100 miles, it's THE 100-mile event for ultrarunners. There are a lot of questions left in the wake of the cancellation; it will be interesting to see what happens.
iRunFar has a post on making lemonade out of the news; I'm curious to see what people will have to say about what they'll do instead or how they'll use this.
On other news, I have not really been running; however, I've been going to the gym about 3 times a week and am working on strengthening my body. I've also managed to create a habit of eating 5 fruit/veggie servings a day! That's awesome. What's not so awesome is that I've also been eating some higher fat stuff in the last two weeks. So, next up: cutting the (bad) fats out.
I'm still planning on training for Pemberton 50k in February. I'm so slow - I feel like, what's the point of running short races? I'll just come in close to last, and I know I can run shorter distances. At least with longer distances, I feel like I've accomplished something. I may be slow, but I can go far! (Provided I take care of my body, which is what this summer is about.)
Ash has been on vacation with his dad. I can't wait till I get him on Saturday morning :)
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Comments
That is what appeals to me about longer races as well! I am never going to be fast but I love to build up endurance and challenge myself.
Posted by: Javamom | June 26, 2008 01:47 PM
Totally awful that this happend to the WS runners. We are putting together an impromptu 100 miler this weekend for one of the runners so they don't miss out on the mileage. It should be fun.
Posted by: anthonyp | June 26, 2008 01:55 PM
I missed you, darling. Take one breathe at a time:)
Posted by: olga | June 27, 2008 10:49 AM
I hear that all of the entries for this year's race will be rolled over to next year's race so they won't lose out on the entry fee. Pretty cool of WS100 to do that.
Keep at the fitness.
Posted by: Chad in the Arizona Desert | June 27, 2008 11:26 AM
I agree. For us slower types, there's so much more overall satisfaction in running the long stuff. And the short races hurt too much!:)
Posted by: Sarah | June 29, 2008 02:32 PM
I agree. For us slower types, there's so much more overall satisfaction in running the long stuff. And the short races hurt too much!:)
Posted by: Sarah | June 29, 2008 02:33 PM
I'm sorry to hear that your knee is still bugging you, but glad to hear you're having fun taking care of yourself! Do Chips Ahoy cookies count as a vegetable? If not, I'm 4 veggies short per day :)
Posted by: Carilyn | June 30, 2008 02:22 PM