So This Is What It Feels Like To Sleep In On A Saturday...

It's really funny but telling in a way.  I used to have a coach that would "somewhat" schedule sleep for me when I started to look like the walking dead.  And as many of you know, a ambitious athlete with an addictive personality is a dangerous mix.  Friday night Coon Dog and I decided to do our first night trail run over at PWP rolling out around 4:45pm knowing we would only have around :30mins of sunlight.  This was to be ~22mi, most of which would be on the snow packed covered trails; Red, White, Candy Cane connector, and Blue trails.  Our run ended up being ~23mi over 4ish hours, however forgetting to start my GPS when referring to my the TrainingPeaks data, the run actually looks abit short of that.  OK, now that all the setup is done, we can now get to the purpose of the post...SLEEP!  I woke up Saturday around 7am as my wife was getting ready to go train w/ her all women's cycling team, Team Belladium.  I laid there for a few then woke again around 7:45am realizing it was now java time!  Whilst drinking a cup of bold, I could not recount the last time I slept that late or that long for that matter.  BUT, I do know this; a few hours later, I felt completely recovered from the HARD night run J and I put in the night before.  I got almost ten hours of sleep in one night!  Man, there really must be something to this "sleep/rest" thing...

I'm Busy May 7th!

Here I am in Early February and I thought it appropriate to announce to all 10 of you that care, not including my wife or parents, that I will be busy on May 7, 2011 with "B" race el numero doc.  OK, please excuse the lame spanglish lingo.  I've decided on the 33rd annual Strolling Jim 40 Mile Run as a second "B" race for 2011 leading up to TRT100.  However, I will attack this race in a different way as compared to Stage Race in June.  At SJ 40, other than using this as a training opportunity, I do have a specific goal in mind; that is, one of overall time... that being sub 5hrs.  Yep, I want me one of them yeller shirts.  On a more serious note, a sub 5hr 40 miler is ambitious, but it is a 40 mile road race as opposed to trail.  So, I think with proper preparation, along with everything working on race day, it's a somewhat realistic goal.  Another reason for choosing this ultra is that of practical logistics.  SJ 40 is in Bedford County Tennessee which is around a 30-40 minute drive from Franklin Tennessee.  All this being said, I think this will be a tremendous opportunity for me to get a great and demanding speed session in 10 weeks out from TRT 100.
PEACE