Ok, I'm willing to go public with this thought, sometime in the next 14 months I will enter the world of ultrarunning and compete in my first ultramarathon! There I've said it.
I've toyed with this thought for several months now, I don't expect that I'm going to get any faster as a runner over the coming years so perhaps I can push my endurance a little.
What is an ultramarathon? Any race over the standard marathon distance of 25.2 miles. Most ultramarathons are 50k, 50 miles or 100 miles in length. I have no desire to try a 100 mile race at this point so it will be either a 50k or 50 miler. The difference between these two... 19 miles. My head says to start with the 50k, my ego the 50 miler.
Why do this, why now? It's simple really, its just something I want to do before I 40 turn in October of 2008.
Which race will it be? I don't know yet, perhaps the Bull Run 50 in April, or a trip back to Minnesota for the Afton 50k in July, at this point its a big TBD.
In preparation I will be running the VA Beach Rock and Roll Half Marathon this Sunday, the Army Ten Miler in October and the Richmond Marathon in November.
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