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How Not to Train for a 50k

I've been spending a lot of time obsessing over the numbers these past few days: the numbers associated with my 50k training, or lack thereof. I'm trying to decide if I should just push through and DO IT, despite my lack of training, or if I should drop to the 25k distance on race day and do a race that's a little bit more "my speed". (If anyone reading this has advice either way, I would love to hear it!!!) A little bit about my plan If you've trained for a marathon before, or looked into it, you probably came across one or more Hal Higdon training plans, among others. For the 4 marathons I've done, I used his "Novice Supreme" training plan, available here . It's free and available on the internet, pretty much my requirements for a training plan. When it came to 50k training, I had some trouble finding a plan that was - what I considered to be - my level. Lots of them include strength training, or hill repeats, or timed runs, or w...

What I Want to Be When I Grow Up!

I think I have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up. In this case, "growing up" means finally figuring out what I should be doing in my career at age 32 (almost 33), post-college, post-MBA, and post-working-in-a-professional-capacity since about 2003. I want to be a race director. A race director specifically for races you can do with your dog. Yes, I am being serious. When I started training for my first 5k, I was training for a race I could do with Kano. I would joke that if anything went wrong, at least he'd be there to drag me to the finish. But honestly, it was one of the best things we've ever done together. And there is a very strong possibility I might not have done it without him. I just wasn't that into running at the time. (Now I guess I kind of am. I signed up for my first ultramarathon this summer - 6 hour race! Not with Kano, though, unfortunately!) Just like dogs that love the walk, Kan...

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