I am a little bit numb right now. I just registered for the Way Too Cool 50K that I mentioned in yesterday’s post. When I hit the button and saw that I was in, I just sat there for a few mintues contemplating the magnitude of such an undertaking…
What will it feel like to go 50KM in one day? What will it take to get there in a relative state of readiness?
First, I have to get my immune system back on track by getting over the cold that I caught after the CIM. It’s ravaging me right now. My RHR this morning was in the 60’s.
Second, I am hopeful that during this brief period of low activity recovering from the CIM and the cold, my left ankle might do some healing. I torqued it doing some work outside back in late September, and it has been reminding me of that moment ever since. Just when I think it is gone, I’ll go out for a hard run and it will start aching.
Third, hills hills hills. Which I love. As long as I can get my first and second objectives from above in order, I will be happily running a lot of hills very soon.
Way Too Cool 50K is supposed to be quite a social event as well as a race. Which is good because I am going to need some socializing to get me through 31.8 miles.
You’re going to do great at WTC! I saw in your previous post that your CIM finish time was just over 5 hours. You’ll probably finish WTC between 7 and 8 hours — don’t be discouraged by what seems like a LONG day (it took me over 16 hours to do the Miwok 100K in May, and I came in second to last, but it was the best feeling in the world.)