This is the beginning of my journey to my first 100 miler . Today Ashley and I ran our first of many miles together . We decided in December 2018, after our epic mud filled 50 miler at the Falls 100 , that we wanted to attack the 100 miler in 2019. Pretty sure we still had runners high from the 50 and pretty sure we felt confident enough that we could guide each other to a finish . I mean how else does one get the courage to sign up for a 100 mile race but do it with the person you just met after 13 miles of 50 in a race that was the worst possible conditions you had ever seen.
Today was just an easy 10 road miles at Turkey Run . I am working to heal a bad hip strain so I am significantly slower than Ashley . We just did some intervals all the while talking about what our plan of attack should be for this year . Since both of us have a long distance trail races at the end of April , we need to clock miles now . This is the perfect time for us to get to know each other since we will be spending so much time training together .
Topics today included shoes, watch battery life , crew support , nutrition timing , pace for a 100 miler ( which is a work in progress & hard math to follow ) , hydration and training plans . There is so much information out in the great world of 100 milers , I feel we will pull from many sources and come up with our own plan. This is our ” Road to 100″
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