100 Mile Run Challenge - Training WK2

In addition to the running, I'm going to try and maintain my liftinng. I'm following Wendler 5/3/1 and have been really pleased with the results and the quick routines. I'll also continue shifting towards a lower carb diet aiming for a 70/20/10 macro split.

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BTW, what does the "CD" mean for the weeks?

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Cycle Down, a CD week is supposed to be a lower mileage week that lets your body recover. However, those 1st 3 CD weeks are slower pace weeks, not necessarily lower miles.

Good luck dude

Maybe I’ll pick up my running when my kid/kids get older and I have more time.

Couldn’t imagine finding the time to train for a 100.

It’s definitely a goal though.

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What races are you thinking about doing?

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if that's directed at me, the ones we have on our radar are:

Capt'n Karl's Night run
Colorado Crossing
Wild Hare
Mosaic
The Circus
Saddle Blazer
Bataan Death March

all in TX except for the Bataan.


my wife is not madly in love with my running habits so i'll probably only do one in the fall and spring. but i might try and swing a fall run and Saddle Blazer in February (since it's 20 minutes from me) and Bataan as a vacation run since it's pretty close to riodoso. she doesn't dislike that i like to stay healthy or anything, but when i say something along the lines of "i need to keep my mileage up this week" she rolls her eyes.

my group loves long runs but they're all a bunch of tall lanky guys or short and skinny. they all just did R2R in the grand canyon and a couple of them did R2R2R which was damn impressive.

i'm stocky 5'10 who lifts a lot so anything over a half is pushing it for me. i'd love to try a full or ultra, but i don't know if my life would allow me for that type of training.

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it’s gonna be a hell of a year.

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i was going to say... those are some conflicting goals.

I finished my first 100 in April at Umstead. Not sure what race you are looking at or your finish time goal but I would suggest having a couple weeks with mileage 85+. I followed a 12 week plan that was put together by a friend who has finished 10 100's.

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I finished my first 100 in April at Umstead. Not sure what race you are looking at or your finish time goal but I would suggest having a couple weeks with mileage 85+. I followed a 12 week plan that was put together by a friend who has finished 10 100's.

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Thanks for the advice. My time is limited so I won't log as many miles as I did in years past. I do plan to add in a couple of hours of stairs each week, in addition to the listed mileage above. I'll usually do a lifting session and then 15 to 30 min of stairs afterwards.

I'm reading this and I struggled to keep a decent pace on a one miler after my workout.


I have work to do.

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Best of luck. This looks like goals. I’m considering a half marathon trail run with 3k elevation gain at the end of the year. Combine that with goin after the 1000 lb club it’s gonna be a hell of a year.

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i did 5 miles today with around 700 foot elevation gain and nearly died in the first half mile. and i'm an every day runner. granted it was franklin mountains and a higher elevation, but a half with that much elevation makes me want to cry. i've done a half with 1k elevation but it was much more gradual and in the fall.

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my crew is gearing up for a couple of trail run marathons this winter. but i'm not going to pick up harder training till October.

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Hill training is tough