So, I guess you could say I've OFFICIALLY began a set training schedule in order to work up to 50k shape. Since my family lives near Chattanooga, I wanted to try to prepare for the Rock/Creek StumpJump 50k. On Rock/Creek's blog, they actually have a sample training schedule you can use to train for your first 50k. They also recently (late May of this year) put up a video for people like me who have never ran a 50k before.
Sadly, I recently found out that the 50k registration for the StumpJump is full :( But I figured I'd still try out their training schedule--I looked at the beginning of this week (the second week in July), but I decided to skip straight to Week 3 on the schedule. Already I'm feeling pretty confident, because going out running for an hour is a piece of cake for me--even though I haven't run this regularly in a long time. It turns out that I'm in better shape than I thought. It's hard for me to keep myself from skipping to August, but I know I need to let my body adjust to a lot of small runs during the week before I start doing longer runs consistently. Sometimes it takes more discipline for me to not go as much as I think I could. In high school, I would often injure myself from overtraining. These days, I'm not as competitive, but sometimes it comes back up in me and I think I have to push until my body gives out. I just have to have fun here. Just relax and enjoy the easy weeks while they last :D I'm looking forward to the 3.5 hour runs, though.
Even though the StumpJump is full, I'm still going to follow the schedule so that I'll at least be able to run a 50k. And I've also learned to register for popular events early. Now I just have to find a 50k somewhere near me happening in October...or get on the StumpJump waiting list.
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