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Went to Sapphire, NC early June for a week for a little under 5k
Went to Destin for 3 nights in early August for around 2k.

Crazy thing, one week at WDW cost more than those two combined staying at a moderate level resort and not going crazy of extras.

Just getting started researching next years trip. Its making me feel poor already.

We are a family of 4, children will be 13 and 9. Based on out schedule for next summer we picked July 7 - 17, 2027 to go. (Budget 10-13k all in) We will fly out of MSY and don't mind having to drive a few hours to glacier from the airport if it saves us some money on flights and car rental.

So when should I start booking stuff? If we want to rent a VRBO, what areas should we look at? Where to avoid? When's the best time to book flights for this? Any weird things that I would need to book months in advance due to limited availability?

Our focus / plans for the trip is to get in as much hiking as possible. We would like to go horseback riding one day, maybe white water rafting, check out a rodeo if ones taking place in town while there and lastly spending a day just walking around town. We will likely cook most of meals but would like to eat out 2-3 nights.
I'm not really sure on where to start with this one, so I would appreciate any guidance anyone has.

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First run since last Saturday 50miler and legs felt good. Trying to decide if I want to find a race to run this fall or just maintain till La marathon and R2R Grand Canyon 2027.

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Gulf coast half or 10 miler in October is a good one. It falls on a long run day where I am supposed to run at least 13 miles at MRP. I have not heard if Goldenfliers is officially done or not. Since it did not happen in 2025 after returning in 2024, I'm guessing probably not.

I ran once last week since the race. Back to just maintaining till the Q50 10 miler on August 15.

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50 miler yesterday in 14:10.
Started out run walking 15min pace for the first 30 or so and then just started trying to stay under 20min miles after that.
It was extremely hot and someone said 110 degree heat index. I saw numerous runners go down with cramps. Not as sore as thought I would be so really questioning how hard I pushed and if left to much in the tank lol. May have to try it again to see if I can “race” it now that I got my finish I wanted.

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I did the 50k... or 32.8 miles per my watch. It went down hill fast for me. I planned on running at 9 min/mile pace for the first half and then attempt to stay under 10 till mile 20 and then whatever after that.
Started with cramps around mile 7-8 and by mile 13-15 I couldnt run even short amounts of distance without something cramping. It was a long and hot 9 hours total time for me. I have huge blisters on my feet and soreness did not settle in until late Sunday.
I'm happy I did it, but know I could have had a much better run with the cramps. I had some stomach issues midweek and I guess I never really got rehydrated. I am wondering if I should have tried the IV thing the day before. I rarely cramp or get blisters.
The 1/2 mile out and back portion got HOT towards the middle of the day.

Congrats on your finish!

Two of my favorites parts from the race:
1. Saw a guy running in sandals
2. Guy finished the 50 miler and I told him congrats. Somewhere in the conversation he casually mentions his longest run ever prior to his ~12 hour 50 miler was 10 miles.

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I made it 8.7 miles and blew up. I saw a pond and just fell in it and laid there for several minutes. Got back up and cut through some woods to get back to the car. Absolutely failed myself with nutrition. Underestimated mother nature and humidity, lesson learned.

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Made a similar mistake as well. Ran 8 miles Thursday afternoon, 4 miles Friday morning and then spent most of the day doing yard work. Ended up with a headache from being dehydrated. Planned on 18 miles Saturday morning and after 4 miles the headache returned and I stopped sweating. Shut it down and had to walk ~2.5 miles back to my truck. Felt like crap all day Saturday.
I am getting a little worried how I am going to pull off a 50k in 4 weeks. Going to try to get 20-22 miles in this weekend.

5/12 - 9 Mi
5/14 - 6 Mi
5/15 - 4 Mi
5/17 - 16 Mi

Debating on getting a short run this afternoon. Running a 50k in July is starting to feel a like a dumb idea.

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Yeah well talk about humbled, there was a guy who lapped me and I saw him running what looked like a 5k pace and so I just assumed he was running the 50k. When i crossed the 50k finish a few mins maybe 15-20mins later I see him coming in!!! He was the 50mi first place finish. Dude was rolling and that was supposed to be his build up for an upcoming 100mi.
Thanks for reminding me how slow I was lol
As for blowing up I tried to run my marathon pace 10.5 or so and just couldn’t get my heart rate down. Good luck hopefully I’m out there for the 50m

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Some of those ultra runners times are crazy fast. Summer heat slows me down a good bit. I also run before sunrise most mornings so I will have to change that to have a chance. Working on building some base miles now. Using this race to motivate myself to run between 30-40 mpw until the race. I need to also sign up for the Bleau Moon 10 miler. I have had two bad races there the last 2 years so I need to have a solid summer of training before starting to get ready for Louisiana Marathon. Are you signed up for the 50 miler yet? Good luck with it, I have zero idea how one would train for something like that! Looks like the 50k and 50m each have 9 people currently registered.

5/1 - 3.2 Mi 8:35 pace
5/2 - 11 Mi 8:26 pace
5/4 - 5 Mi 8:35 pace

It has been perfect weather the last few days for running. I am not looking forward to 80 before sunrise and 95%+ RH.

I may miss 1 or 2 Sundays a year and recently I started going to as many Wednesday morning masses as I can. Today, it did not work out.

Ive been slacking over the last 8 weeks with just a few runs here and there. Spring is a busy time!! Going to make more of a effort to post here more often to hold myself accountable!
4/20 - 4 Miles easy at 8:40 pace
4/21 - 7 Miles with mile repeats
Mile 1 warm up - 8:55
Mile 2 - 7:24
Mile 3 - 8:31
Mile 4 - 7:22
Mile 5 - 9:07
Mile 6 - 7:26
Mile 7 Cool Down - 8:53
Longest run since Feb 28. Going to pay for that one tomorrow, but at least the weather has been awesome the last two mornings.

I need some TD GEAR!!!!