Every Wish That We Put Into Motion.... (comments welcome!)

[Herding_Cats]

You really figured out a lot of stuff this week! WTG!


Might I humbly suggest trying maple syrup? Actual, real maple syrup, which I know you can find in your area (in the absence of Untapped availability). Their standard "gel" is 1.3 ounces of syrup, which is 100 calories and 26g of carbs. I find it easy on my system and a nice break from all the artificial sugars in other options. If you do find Untapped, they also have some lovely salted flavors.


You got this!

Oooh. That is a thought! We definitely have local maple syrup, but the packaging might be tricky outside of having a small container of it and just taking swigs of syrup


Also, I just want to let you know how much self control I’ve shown not sending you pics of things you could do and places you could go if you flew out here for race weekend.

 

[The Expert]

We definitely have local maple syrup, but the packaging might be tricky outside of having a small container of it and just taking swigs of syrup

While I have done this on the treadmill, I found a small squeeze bottle from my travel toiletry kit worked pretty well to carry and dispense a little easier.

 

[avondale]

(Side note: this worked *really* well, took basically no time at all, and I will definitely be doing the same thing at the race.)

Great job on the long run! Good practice with changing out the liquids, etc., especially since conditions were kind of yucky.

I'm definitely planning on getting onto the race course next weekend (I think I can do almost the entire thing!) for my LONGEST TRAINING RUN EVER.

You've got this! Slow and steady. Big thing is to not get to ambitious at the beginning so you burn out, especially if the T+D is high.

I’m pretty sure I started off with some 90s stuff, and then switched to pitbull for the last 4 miles because most of his stuff is good for power walking to the beat.

Just looked it up...rules for North Country are to use only one earbud. Some trail races prohibit earphones entirely (not that everyone follows this, but in case your race director enforces it, you should know). If you think it's relevant, you may want to practice with this.

 

[Herding_Cats]

You've got this! Slow and steady. Big thing is to not get to ambitious at the beginning so you burn out, especially if the T+D is high.

The t+d is actually supposed to be really nice for this time of year next weekend! current forecast is humidity (and therefore dew point) in the 50s and low temp near 60 with a high of 75. I don't think it gets any better than that in mid-July!

Just looked it up...rules for North Country are to use only one earbud. Some trail races prohibit earphones entirely (not that everyone follows this, but in case your race director enforces it, you should know). If you think it's relevant, you may want to practice with this.

I only run in shokz, and I've seen quite a few pics/youtube videos of them being worn, so it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Well my 6mi yesterday didn't happen. DH, myself, and DD went on the river in a kayak, a tube, and our new paddleboard. About half way through, DH and I swapped spots in the kayak and sup and when I went to sit down in the kayak it was really awkward and I managed to smash my left leg with most of my bodyweight and got an instant bruise. It was sore and that spot was swollen last night (still a bit of swelling this morning) and just super uncomfortable just walking around the house. We are supposed to referee a couple of 3-on-3 basketball games tonight, and hopefully it's good enough I can go tomorrow.




I got on my laptop this morning and logged onto the garmin connect website to see if I could find the 50k course on the maps. I can't remember if I'd done this before, but it's definitely on there and I'm feeling a LOT better about things just looking at the mile-by-mile breakdown of ascent and descent. I plugged some things into pace pro (8:30:00 finish time, positive splits, easier on the uphills) and none of the miles are crazy, and *most* of them are slower than what I've been doing in training. Now I'm trying to figure out what makes sense to pare it down to 20 miles for saturday.

ALSO, absolutely loving that according to garmin it's a total of just under 2400ft of ascent for the whole thing and not the website published 4845ft.