Training Log Archive: roschi

ARGH!! One of these... coulda woulda shoulda days.. ran the H.U.R.T 100 miler, arguably the hardest 100 miler worldwide other than barkeley.. planned on doing the 20M, 5000ft el gain loops in equal 6, 6, 7, 7, 8h intervals, accounting to aobut 35h, one shy of the cutoff... but what did i know... the trails were as bad as the pictures on the website... rutted, washed out, rooty like i have never seen before... but surprisingly dry... so I started and ran WAY too fast.. a 4h31 for my first lap.. felt great... next one a 5h23... then a 5h43.. I knew I was in for something good, I literally had 20h for the last 40 miles...picked up Yumay at mile 60 and started my night loop in a reasonable fashion, a bit slower due to difficulty of seeing the trails and the now wetness of many small torrent rainshowers.. got to the mile 67 mark and found out i was in 5th place overall ! due to the fact that both karl messner and matt hart had opted out for the 100k... on a high, started off torars jackass ginger station and at mile 69 it happened.. chatting with yumay, feeling invincible i ran down a slippery slope to the bamboo forest and did not pay attention, snap, ankle rolled and I actually felt the snap.... i fell over backwards into the bamboo forest and tried not to move, forgetting the last 15 seconds, but was not to be undone.. after 2 hours of babysteps in pain down to the 72 mile aid station I quit..... sucks... oh well, the only consolaton is that i finished 9th in the 100k category, everyone that opted for the 100 miler, but somehow had to drop after mile 67 got credited the 100k race... so i got the buckle for the 100k.... certainly the hardest run i have ever done, makes ccc 100 feel like a walk in the park.....

C • Way to be dude. 6

signed up for swim conditioning class today.. this is the official kick in the butt to start swimming immediately after HURT 100 to not drown at the gigathlon... one should hope that 5.5 months is enough time to become a good swimmer...

C • get yourself a good swimming wetsiut 1

surprisingly easy run and fast pace at IMA indoor, last run before heading out to hawaii, feeling good about my preparation, i cant say i gave it 100%, but then again its more of a "fun run" than wanting to win the darn thing.... looking forward to the vacation afterwards in kauai...