The backstory: I don't know when or where I decided I had any business running 100 miles, but Yetis and unicorns were definitely involved. When I ran my first 50k in August of 2014, it happened to be the Yeti Snakebite. I've counted myself a Yeti since then even though I'm not sure I'm quite … Continue reading The most wonderfully awful day – The Yeti 100
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The final Yeti 100 countdown and more to come
41 days from this post I'll be somewhere between the marathon and 50k mark of the Yeti 100. Honestly, since completing the 100k at Merril's Mile, I've just been ready to get this done. Since July the heat and humidity have made every run painful and sucky. Only in the last 2 weeks did I … Continue reading The final Yeti 100 countdown and more to come
Yeti 100 Training Week 1 Recap
Obviously, my marathon-a-month training goal for the year is only a fraction of what needs to be done for 100-mile training. I’m using a modified 24-week training plan from the book Relentless Forward Progress by Bryon Powell. I say “modified” because the plan utilizes 5 run days a week. I know from experience that my … Continue reading Yeti 100 Training Week 1 Recap
Run Yeti Far
The genesis of my marathon-a-month challenge for 2017 is actually the training for my first 100 mile race, The Yeti 100, in September. A consistent training recommendation I hear from veteran 100 mile runners is “time on your feet”. I’m not a particularly high mileage per week runner and don’t plan to change that much. … Continue reading Run Yeti Far
Marathon-a-Month/Yeti Training Challenge
If you've been paying attention, you may have noticed that I signed up to run my first 100 miler in September
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