re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

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I've heard great things about Peavine and have had a few buddies run it.

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Peavine is fun, but Statue to Statue is my race. Love that one.

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DROP THE HAMMER FOR ONCE

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I did at a 5K back at the end of summer. Came out hot and felt awful at the end of the race, although I did PR and win my age group.

I feel WAY better progressing into my race pace. After a 7:50 mile one in my last race (8K), I settled into my pace and did 7:30, 7:25, 7:25, and 7:50. Felt great. Probably left 30 secs or so out there, but certainly not the 6:30/mile that won or even the 7:00/mile that got second.

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Its a race you aren't supposed to feel good at the end. walter white's crescent city classic might be a little extreme but F it

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My Garmin and VDOT paces are aligning to tell me i can run in the low 1:30s for my half in January. I've failed to hit pace in a few workouts but I'll be damned if I'm not going to go out there and hit goal pace for at least a few miles; I paid for a race! Will I burn up and have to walk through some water stations? We'll see

ETA: in high school one time, my coach made me go out in under 60 seconds for the first lap of an 800m so I'd know what it felt like to go out too fast. Sometimes you have to burn all your matches to figure things out.

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Only got so many chances to go all out don't watch as others run by.

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This is the way

Know a couple of guys that ran it in 2022. One was 49 and went 26hr other 60 and ran 27.5hr. nothing outstanding to report. lot of fire service roads so shouldn't be anything real technical. if looking for other options and don't want 100 miler check out grindstone 100k. almost same amount of vertical gain but still easily doable with 17hr cutoff.

if anyone wants a challenge registration opens sunday morning 7am central time for Crazy mountain 100 w/ 21k gain. It will sell out fast. I'm very hesitant to resigter with the way my foot doesn't respond so makes trails very difficult espically the downhill. My SO will be attempting to register so I'll be out there one way or another. its a beautiful area!!!! Race info from website

This cannot be your first ultra. Period. You must submit a qualifying ultra by registration. If you register and do not do so, unfortunately we will have to cancel your entry (no refunds) It must be a trail ultra at least 50 miles (50 miler must be under 16 hours) or more (anything over 50 miles, just needs to be completed within the allotted time for the race with an official finish), with a minimum of 6,500 ft of vertical gain completed within 2 years of the race start date. It can’t be a road race. Fat arse style, short loop courses do not count. DNF’s of 50 miles do not count.

Do NOT underestimate this terrain. It is steep, it has terrible footing at times, you will be exposed to the elements and you reach 10,000+ feet of elevation in extreme backcountry. Downhill often doesn’t mean runnable due to the technical nature of the terrain. This is an extremely difficult, graduate level 100. A 50 mile race may not be sufficient in itself as a good prerequisite to be able to complete this race, and it’s absolutely by no means a good option for your first 100 miler. We have gone back and forth between making the qualifier be a 100 mile race, so please take this seriously. The race is in July for good reason. It’s the best chance of fair weather, but is by no means a guarantee. The Crazies are in fact, crazy… and the weather doesn’t care what day you’re running. It can be 90 degrees and turn to hailing sideways, and then snowing and hour later. You must be prepared for anything. 2023 showed a raging hail/lightning/rainstorm within the first hour of the race, and then greeted our aid stations with golfball sized hail. It later warmed up to a warm 80 degrees at the finish. This is true, rugged, mountain, backcountry.

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I'm very hesitant to register with the way my foot doesn't respond so makes trails very difficult especially the downhill.

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What does this mean?

Grindstone looks interesting. I'm going to look at it a bit closer.

After getting Pinhoti done this year and doing another 100 in the spring, I don't think I want my wser ticket to need to pass a challenge like crazy.

Thanks for the info on Arky traveler!

I had a neuroma in my left foot. Heard it was common transitioning to minimalist shoes. Toes spacers resolved the problem. I’ve been obsessed a bit with foot health and stability since I started the minimalist thing.

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common transitioning to minimalist shoes

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I did intervals in my Altras yesterday and about died - I can't believe I thought about going completely minimalist back in the day, I can barely stomach running in Altras these days

I'm going to try out some Adidas Pros next

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I imagine the neuroma sucks.

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A neuroma is slightly painful or can be, but the main issue is it feels like you have a pebble in your shoe and it won't go away. Toe spacers and a lot of foot strengthening/mobility work eventually made it go away.

Take a look at the SoleMate and Naboso. I love my SoleMate and find the strength and stability exercises to be very challenging and great for overall foot health.


Again, I've found foot training to be a little obsessive since going to the minimalist footwear.