It is the beginning of another week of “training” and I am looking forward to the challenge ahead of me. As many of you may know I am heading to Missouri on Friday for my first 24 hr Ultra ~ just how many miles are in 24 hrs? I will be happy with reaching the 80 mile mark, but 100 miles is my true goal. I will use this weekend to figure out how my mind and body feel and/or react to the different, new, and exciting challenges that I will endure throughout this time frame. I need to learn what it is like to push myself through complete exhaustion, severe aches, pains, and cramps, and how to control my caloric intake to sustain a healthy body for that amount of time. As I put training in quotes earlier, this is just that, a training run and an opportunity to strengthen and build my endurance prior to my 100 and 200 mile events that are further down the road. Over the past two weeks I have not had the best training runs to date, but I cannot dread on the thoughts of injuries I have sustained or whether or not I am prepared. I want to become the best runner I can be and it is time to start now. I will not spend the rest of my life wondering if I can do this, run this far, or overcome the obstacles I will face. Please follow my blog as I continue down this path in life with relentless forward motion. I will blog pre and post race with pictures and a video documentary of the 24 hr run.
"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body."
-Lynn Jennings
-Lynn Jennings
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