50K Training

      So I made out my schedule for my two 50K's I am doing in 2013 and then I stopped after I printed them out and said WHY? am I doing two 50K's in one year? I haven't even finished two marathons in one year and I am already doing ultra training? I am sure hoping that this is not a very big mistake. But at least I am doing this with some other friends so it is not just me out there all by myself. That would be even more overwhelming.
     

So I start to think this is not that bad. I have run one 26.2 trail race and a couple of 13.1 trail races so I can do 31 miles right? right? Then I see quotes like this and go Oh My God.

"It hurts up to a point and then..it doesn't get any worse." Doesn't get any worse? That mean that it also doesn't get any better. That's the logic to THAT. But also I have learned something since I started distance running and that is that you do it for the challenge. Whether that challenge is physical, mental, emotional....that is what makes it special. Because when you are able to meet and pass the challenge then you can hold your head up a little higher and can feel like you can meet more challenges and go from there.








So according to this training schedule I have made out I have two months off in the next year where I am NOT training...January and June. So one month in the winter I have no training schedule to follow and one month in the summer I have no training schedule to follow. I think I feel more secure when I have some kind of a schedule. It feels like if I follow this I can do it. Otherwise I am not as sure. But this is a new frontier for me and I have other people to take the trip with me so I am not alone. Never truly alone.

So here is the profile of elevation for the Flatrock race. It proves without a doubt that not ALL of Kansas is flat. There are hills and rocks and stuff and it is probably going to be the hardest thing I have ever done but also the most rewarding thing I have ever done.