Showing posts with label 80 is less than 100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80 is less than 100. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2010

80 < 100, 80 miles < 100 miles and 80 miles in 3 days < 100 miles in 24hrs

All of you math people get where I am going with this.  I was pretty psyched to hit 80 miles in 3 days this week and then I read a comment that said it was great and I thought: is it?  I mean I am excited about a distance that is insanely shorter than what I plan to do in just three weeks now.  I want to run 100 miles all in one day.  That is a ton more than 80 miles spread out over 3 days.  I guess that doesn't make my accomplishment any less but lets just say it does give me a few prerace jitters.  I know in my heart of hearts that I can do this, I can run 100 miles but, dang somehow it seems so much bigger than anything I have ever done before.  Maybe that is attration.  Doing something that is so much bigger than anything I have ever tried to do?  Maybe it is for the runners high I will be on for like a week after?  Maybe it is for the challenge?  Maybe it is for the cool belt buckle (don't really think that is it)?  Maybe it is just because I love to run? Anyway not sure but, sort of think it is funny in an not ha ha way that I was psyched to run a distance over 3 days that doesn't even equal the distance I want to run in 1 day.  Now it is time for the tapering to begin.