I have never ran an ultra. I have covered 25-30 miles days back packing or climbing, but never tried to do it within the realm of daylight hours. The idea has been festering in my mind for several years, failed to come to fruition once (due to over use injuries), and began to itch again recently. After assessing the over use/poor training methodologies, I came up with the following:
1) The standard build up for a marathon ultra doesn't work for me...to much time needed, let alone much wear and tear. So I am trying Crossfit Endurance. Still hard, but CFE allows for lower milage, higher intensity (still some long distance), and hopefully fewer injuries. More to come on my experiences here as time goes along.
2) I needed some like minded souls who like a challenge.
After a few days of emails, TXTs, and chatting a group was pulled together to have an informal running of the Catawba Run Around course...right in our back yard. 50K of varying terrain that encompasses 3 of the areas iconic views: Dragon's Tooth, McAfee's Knob and Tinker Cliffs.
This video keeps me psyched and is a reminder that we all got the ability to do this...just go find it.
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