This was a difficult week of training. After my 22 mile jaunt last weekend I was fairly sore and my legs were tight. In the spirit of things I had a calmer week. I spent a good deal of time cross training in order to prepare for the next week. I took the advice of another runner and had accupuncture done on my legs. It could be mental but the accupuncture worked wonders. I cant say enough good things about accupuncture. Im not a fan of needles but it seemed to work.
This is what I need to accomplish this week. I need to run 14 miles on Monday, & Wednesday and on Saturday I will repeat my marathon mileage (26 miles). Once i'm through this mileage I will taper down for Duke City Marathon.
A friend convinced me to train for an ultra-marathon. This distance is something more then i've ever done but I thought I would go for it. I will be running 50 miles (yes this is non-stop) in January. Im not sure if my body is physically ready for this and my wife thinks im insane to even try. Some part of me wants to try this so that I may prove that I can do this. For right now I want to focus on a decent marathon then I will set my goals a bit further.
I read a book once about a guy who would run these 100 miles races about once a month. He claimed his body became accustomed to running the distance. I think people like this have some type of sickness. Physiologically, I believe some people have won the genetic lottery in terms of physical ability. Im clearly not one of those people but I would like to at least try to see what I can do.
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