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Thank you! I'm going to give this a try for a few weeks and see what happens! :)

Can you share what you did for your IT band pain? I'm definitely in the market for an IT band fix!

Been awhile since I updated. I took a couple of weeks off from pretty much everything except walks with my lovely wife. I spent that time contemplating whether I should try another 50-mile run. And as you can see from the title change, I think I've decided to give it another go. I'm...

Way back in 2019 I ran from Treasure Island down to the sign on the south end of the strip and back. It was an interesting run to be sure. I did it right at sunrise and there weren't many folks out and about. But the ones that were out were unique. You can't run the strip all the way...

Thanks everyone! I'm pretty sure I'm gonna give it another shot next year. But I think I'm going to train for the Forgotten Florida 50 miler. It's on actual trails and would probably be easier on my joints. It is also close enough that I can practice on the actual trail. We'll see...

If I had to sum up Saturday with one word, I think it would have to be disappointing. I only managed a hair over 22 miles and the last 3 I pretty much had to limp. Recap will be brief. Woke up at 0345. Took a shower and got dressed. Double and triple checked everything and headed out...

Thank you! Last full week of training. Physically I'm doing well. Hip pain has been really not worth mentioning. All other joints are feeling good. Mentally I'm starting to stress. The weather is looking pretty warm and I'm not sure how that's going to impact the run. I'll be slowing...

That makes way more sense than running the faster paces early. It looks like temps will be around 80. I'm sure that dew point will be something north of 60. I'll look at the dew point as the day gets closer. I'm guessing T+D will be around 140. So I'll adjust my paces for around 3-3.5%...

6 days until race day and it's looking like it might be warm. @DopeyBadger Billy, I know we discussed running the first 25 miles @ trail pace and the last 25 @ easy pace. I'm wondering if it would be better to swap that plan around. Run the first 25 @ easy and the last 25 @ trail. My...

Thanks! I'm starting to get a little nervous and stressing about little things. Thought I was coming down with a cold yesterday. Feeling okay so far today! Deep breaths......

Since you wonderful folks are really the only people in my life that might appreciate this. I'm gonna drop it on here. According to Garmin. One year ago, my VO2 max was 36. After a year of fairly consistent training, I've managed to increase it to 41. I think the highest I've seen on...

Well, I waited as long as I could, but I finally pulled the trigger and signed up for the race! It seems weird to wait so late to sign up, but I wanted to make sure I was feeling good after all the training. I think I'm feeling about as good as I can. Other than I tweaked my back a bit last...

I feel like I'm a bit behind here. But I'm really just a few days late. I had trouble logging in. The secondary code thingy was going to my spam mail and I didn't realize it. I'm not sure why it was going there. It never has in the past. Anywho, after the last update where I missed a few...

Congrats!!! Impressive run in sucky conditions!👏👏👏 BTW, I'm stealing the Teddy Grahams for fuel! :)

A little late updating this thing. Last week was one of lessons for me. Sometimes I may be pushing myself a little too far. After my 16 miles on Christmas Eve, I felt pretty good considering that I ran the last 8 miles a tad too fast. I had the next two days off from running and I thought...

Whew. What a week! Christmas with all the grandkids and kids was great! Sounds like we are going to Disneyland at the end of April! Can't believe the kids are taking us on another vacation. Tuesday- 10lb medicine ball core workout. I'm getting closer to being able to do 3 rounds without...

Thanks Billy! I've been trying Uncrustable sandwiches, and they are sitting pretty well. I'm going to work something out this weekend to include the sandwiches, chips, protein bars and GU gels. I've also picked up a bottle of Saltsticks. I haven't tried them yet. But I may this weekend...

Holy smokes!! That sounds scary. Glad to hear you are doing better and still on the path to Dopey! Good luck! :)

Week 6 complete. Tuesday- core workout Wednesday- 5 easy miles. T+D 99 pace 13:45. Cool breeze this morning made for a really nice run. Made a note that the left hip was no factor. Stretching and core workout might be helping with this. Thursday- 6 trail pace miles. T+D 96 pace 14:43...

Week 5 complete (apparently, I miss counted last week) Tuesday medicine ball workout. 3 Easy miles. T+D 83. Wind chill 40!!!! That's cold in FL! T+D pace 13:45. First run in my new Glycerins. 6 M Tempo miles. T+D 103-107. T+D pace 11:48. All miles were a little fast. But not too...