I am getting excited for the race. It's a week from tomorrow. Here are today's training steps.
Do not be jealous. No one in their right mind would ever do a 50K ultra. Marathons are bad enough. I always run out of gas at 20 miles in a marathon when there's still 6 miles left to go. At 20 miles in a 50K race, you've still got a whopping 12 miles to go. Thoughts of running 32 miles scares me. I think that's because my last marathon (the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth) was such a mentally and physically tough race for me and I didn't make my time goal. And yet I crave the distance. There is nothing like a long-distance endurance run. I predict a sweaty mess. I am, however, very excited about the weekend. Excited but nervous. Even my donkey thinks I'm crazy.