Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Switching to 20 miles instead of 25 miles for drop bags

RUN 2 miles in 20 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 9.5 miles

The run was wonderful. I'm not really warmed up in 2 miles, and it's hard to take a run like this seriously. Afterwards I thought about people who are still building their mileage base, and about how my little two miler is a goal for them.

Heck, after this coming weekend, two miles might be a goal for me too.

What would be the ultra runner equivalent of a first world problem? Cuz that's kinda what I futzed with after lunch -- switching from a drop bag every 25 miles to a bag every 20 miles. Or roughly 20 miles. I like this better and it only adds 1 bag. Instead of 2 bags total at Garnet, 25, 78 miles) and Iola (51 miles), I've sketched out a plan for Richmond (25, 87 miles), Colony (41, 61 miles), and Garnett (78 miles). Only one segment (Richmond to Colony) will be over 20 miles. It's early in the race and I'll be OK. Also this gives me an extra boost in the Sunday segments.

Guess what I'm doing tonight!! Packing drop bags! I've got an hourly forecast to plan layers, an over detailed nutrition plan, and way too many notes to keep track of.

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