Been awhile since I stopped by - hi womens! Awesome to see all the ambitious planning going on here!
Jan: Stride Inside 6-hour indoor track race + 3-hour Frosty Trail winter trail race
May: Seaton Soaker 50k - the river crossing in this one is fun, and I'll get to do it twice as it's 2 out-and-backs on a 12.5k trail. Also going to pace a friend through about 40km of their first hundred miler a couple of weeks later.
June: Niagara Ultra 100k. Notoriously hot, big effin' hill in the middle, and on a paved path which is going to beat the hell out of me. But, there's a hoodie, and this will be my "long day on feet" plus more double out-and-back mental training. Plus, the turn-around is right at Niagara Falls!
July: Limberlost 56k - going to stack this with the Haliburton training run the next day (40k) for my big back-to-back weekend
August: 2nd Hali training run (40k) to get as much time as I can on the course
September: attempting the Haliburton Forest 100 miler as my first hundo. I did the 50mi two months ago today and it was challenging but incredibly beautiful - having finished that in just under 13hrs I know I have a strong possibility of failing to make the 30hr cut-off for the 100mi, but I'm giving it a whack. The 100 is a double out-and-back, and I'll be starting the second trip out at sunset. It's going to be tough, but I'm hoping I can be tougher. I get the hoodie regardless - have to finish sub 30hrs for the buckle, though.
October: my husband and I have volunteered to paddle in an aid station for the new La Cloche Endurance Runs 50mi and 100mi. Free backcountry camping in Killarney Provincial Park for the weekend! I'll race the Horror Trail 6-hour at the end of the month, too.
There may be the occasional other race sprinkled in (mostly as supported training days), but that's the shape of 2018 for me.
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ill advised racing inc.
Jan: Stride Inside 6-hour indoor track race + 3-hour Frosty Trail winter trail race
May: Seaton Soaker 50k - the river crossing in this one is fun, and I'll get to do it twice as it's 2 out-and-backs on a 12.5k trail. Also going to pace a friend through about 40km of their first hundred miler a couple of weeks later.
June: Niagara Ultra 100k. Notoriously hot, big effin' hill in the middle, and on a paved path which is going to beat the hell out of me. But, there's a hoodie, and this will be my "long day on feet" plus more double out-and-back mental training. Plus, the turn-around is right at Niagara Falls!
July: Limberlost 56k - going to stack this with the Haliburton training run the next day (40k) for my big back-to-back weekend
August: 2nd Hali training run (40k) to get as much time as I can on the course
September: attempting the Haliburton Forest 100 miler as my first hundo. I did the 50mi two months ago today and it was challenging but incredibly beautiful - having finished that in just under 13hrs I know I have a strong possibility of failing to make the 30hr cut-off for the 100mi, but I'm giving it a whack. The 100 is a double out-and-back, and I'll be starting the second trip out at sunset. It's going to be tough, but I'm hoping I can be tougher. I get the hoodie regardless - have to finish sub 30hrs for the buckle, though.
October: my husband and I have volunteered to paddle in an aid station for the new La Cloche Endurance Runs 50mi and 100mi. Free backcountry camping in Killarney Provincial Park for the weekend! I'll race the Horror Trail 6-hour at the end of the month, too.
There may be the occasional other race sprinkled in (mostly as supported training days), but that's the shape of 2018 for me.
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ill advised racing inc.