My runs leading up to the race haven't been good. Legs are tired, heavy, and weak and I have zero energy. A tiny bright spot was my run last night on the treadmill; 4mi, 2% incline at 12:00ish pace. I felt just 'OK', which is way better than I have been feeling. Super tight calves at the start, but a short walk sorted them out.
In the two weeks following my 50km attempt I've done 28mi (with one 1/2 marathon distance in there), and 13.5mi (taper week). My big concern isn't the distance so much right now (though I know it's going to be brutal), but my stomach. I have almost a constant dull pain, and occasionally a severe stabbing pain like I talked about in my previous post. I've been trying to narrow it down to something I'm eating maybe, but nothing is a smoking gun. Maybe I have an ulcer? My doc was useless when I talked to him about it - may be time to find a new GP.
Race Strategy: 'EZ duz it.' I'm going to start out at a fast walk and ease into it. It's going to be 85 degrees'ish tomorrow so I'm going to really watch my fluids - I'll do a 50/50 H2O and PowerBar Perform. I had to switch from S! Caps to Salt Stick since I've misplaced my S! Caps and there wasn't enough time to order more. I've never used them before so it's a risk that I'll have to take. GU Roctane on the 1/2 hours and I'm going to try to eat at the aid stations as much as possible. I'm thinking pretzels and watermelon mostly. I have 12 hours to go 50mi. There is a 8.5 hour cutoff to start lap 4 of 4 (37.5mi). So, I need to average better than 14:24 pace over the duration.
My Goal: Finish.
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