#855

Well I got an e-mail from Malin, a LT100 staff member, stating I will be wearing bib number 855. I called on Monday to inquire about my missing entry. It seems that between switching servers a few registrations were lost. I waited until Monday because I assumed they wouldn't do anything until after the mountain bike race was over as that race is a big deal. I wonder how many were actually lost if over 750 are already on the entrants list? Anyways it is a relief to have that sorted out.

Weekly Summary: 8/2-8/8

8-2-2010
Monday:
Rest: 0 miles.

8-3-2010
Tuesday:

AM: Bike: 15 miles (49:00) Biked to work, took a longer route.
PM: Bike: 5.5 miles (21:44) Biked back home from work.

8-4-2010
Wednesday:
AM: 5.6 miles (48:39) Easy Run

Bike: 9.6 miles (37:40) To work and back

8-5-2010
Thursday:
AM: 5.5 miles (46:18)

8-6-2010
Friday:

AM: 9.2 miles (1:09:17) 400' vertical Back in North Dakota. Did some hill repeats that we used to do back in High School.

8-7-2010
Saturday:
Rest: 0 miles Wedding today. Congrats Jill and Adam!

8-8-2010
Sunday:
Rest: 0 miles Too much fun at the wedding. We went up to the lake so I just relaxed all day.
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Totals:
Run Miles: 20.3

Bike Miles: 30.1
Time: 4h 32min
Vertical: 400'

This week I focused on getting over my cold and resting the knee. I was back in Minot for the last portion of the week so it was great to relax and catch up with family. I know all this rest and lack of altitude and vertical in my training will have some detrimental effect on my training, but I can live with it. Just need to show up at the starting line healthy. I figure the first half of the race will be about fitness, with the second half being about stubbornness. I know I have stubbornness down... we'll see about the fitness part.

LT100.... Quit ignoring me!

Well, I registered to run the Leadville 100 on December 22, 2009. Promptly my credit card was charged the $250 entrance fee and I started training. I never heard anything from them all Spring or Summer which was starting to concern me. Finally, last week I went to there website and noticed an entrants list was up, however, it was missing my name. So I did as the page instructed and e-mailed the staff. I heard nothing so almost a week later (this Wednesday) I e-mailed again. Currently I stilled haven't heard anything from them regarding my registration status. I am hoping that they are just busy with the mountain bike race, but I think it unacceptable to not even acknowledge they are working on the issue. Regardless of what I hear back, I will be heading up to Leadville later next week. I paid, and I am running the race!!

Weekly Summary: 7/26-8/1

7-26-2010
Monday:
Rest: 0 miles. Resting my knee. No need to push things too far with Leadville so close.

7-27-2010
Tuesday:

Rest: 0 miles. Resting my knee

7-28-2010
Wednesday:
AM: 5.1 miles (45:45) Starting to get a cold so I took it easy.

7-29-2010
Thursday:
AM: 9.8 miles (1:23:12) 600' vertical Despite the cold I actually felt pretty good this morning.

7-30-2010
Friday:

Rest: 0 miles Cold starting to get worse slowly so I decided to rest.

7-31-2010
Saturday:
Rest: 0 miles Still not feeling the best.

8-1-2010
Sunday:
AM: 9.8 miles (1:29:47) 600' vertical Cold still lingering. Didn't really have much energy during this run. The last 3 miles my chest/ribs started cramping which basically forced me into the "ultra shuffle" good practice I guess.
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Totals:
Miles: 24.7
Time: 3h 39min
Vertical: 1 200'

Bike Totals:
Miles: 46.7
Time: 3h 12min

Well this week I was forced to rest for two reasons: knee acting up again and a cold. This was really a much needed rest week as looking back on my log I really haven't cut back my mileage since June 14...maybe June 28. Anyways went to see Dr. Rogers on Mon. (Aug 2). I'll probably continue to take it easy for a few more days to get the knee back on track. In his words its better to be 10% undertrained than 1% overtrained. I definitely agree with this statement because if my knee starts acting up at mile 25 it'll make for a much slower race than if I was a little more in shape. My taper might be flipped a bit then. I may end up running a few more miles next week than I had originally planned. I just hope I'm not taking it too easy. I think I've got a good backlog of miles that I should be able to carry into the race.

I thought July was going to be a bit bigger, but since I basically didn't run this week it was slightly lower than anticipated. However, the ~54 hours of running plus around 14 hours of biking is good. Also, I am pleased with the 48 000' of vertical which will hopefully pay dividends on Hope Pass and Sugarloaf late in the race.

July Totals:
Miles: 325.15
Time: 53h 56min
Vertical: 48 050'

July Biking Totals:

Miles: 254.1

Time: 14h 25min