… to borrow a term from Johnny Olson (okay – everyone as old as me – what show is that line from? Hint – the show was cancelled in 1970). I spent the past couple of days laying out my training and racing plans from now until my 2011 goal race. Some thoughts:
- Assuming about 400 miles out of a pair of shoes, I will go through 4 pairs.
- The string of 50+ mile weeks later this year is pretty intimidating right now.
- Nine races on the calendar. Three of them 26.2 or longer. Yikes!
- Nine races on the calendar? I thought I said a week ago that one of my problems was too much racing and not enough training.
So – here’s how things are going to stack up. For my next two goal races (Long Beach Half in October, and the Southern California Half in January), I’m following the Hal Higdon Advanced Half Marathon plan with one week off in between. Then, in early January I embark on my journey to the High Sierra.
In the meantime – here’s my tentative race schedule:
- 9/6/2010: Mt. Baldy Run to the Top – 8 miles and 4,000 feet of elevation gain to the top of the tallest mountain in Los Angeles County (10,064 ft)
- 10/17/2010: Long Beach Half Marathon
- 11/07/2010: Shelter Island 5K. Anyone want to join us in San Diego for brunch?
- 11/25/2010: Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K (may change for something less crowded)
- 12/12/2010: Crystal Cove Xterra. 17km trail race.
- 1/8/2011: Southern California Half Marathon. Flat like a pancake. Looking for a PR? Come join me.
- 3/20/2011: Los Angeles Marathon. I have a score to settle.
- 4/xx/2011: Sycamore Canyon 50K. I’m supposed to run a 50K late in my ultra training. Guess this one wins.
- 6/21/2011: Bishop High Sierra 50. Hmm. Goosebumps.
So there we go. Now I’m committed. Maybe in more ways than one.
Love your race schedule!!!! Sycamore Canyon was my favorite 50K course and I can guarantee you will enjoy it.
ReplyDelete*Being committed is a good thing:)
Good luck and most of all have fun.
ReplyDeleteThat is two Ultra's this year not one then. 50K is an Ultra distance good luck with it all. It will make for fun reading.
What a crazy race schedule! You may or may not have just become my hero :)
ReplyDeleteNice race line-up! Now I know where to stalk you! Just kidding. I think I may run into you at the SC Half and LA Marathon. Hahaha...I also have something to prove there but that course is probably going to open another can of whoop on me!
ReplyDeleteWow, you def have them lined up man. Now talk about commitment. I really look forward to hearing about the Sycamore Canyon 50K. Best wishes Glenn.
ReplyDeleteSo you've decided on the 50 MILER, excellent!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard X-Terra races are really good, lots of food. Hope so.
400 miles per pair of shoes? Is that what you usually do? Might want to splurge and stick with 250-300, especially once you get into those super long weeks.
Have fun!!
WOW! You sure are going to be a busy guy - that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteHi Glenn,
ReplyDeleteLooking at your race schedule is really exciting! You have so many wonderful future races coming up! Funny about you having a score to settle in LA:) Those 50Ks are giving me goosebumps too:)
Hi Glenn! At the rate you're running races you'd have to change your blog title in no time to The Running "Fit" Guy. You're inspiring, man.
ReplyDeleteHey cuz, you are an inspiration to all us old fat guys. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteRon Jr.
see you at Crystal Cove and Dana Point...
ReplyDeletePretty tough schedule on tap there - good luck building up for the ultra running.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy making up the race schedule. Yours looks daunting. That's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm impressed, Glenn.
ReplyDeleteGreat race schedule Glenn! It looks like you have some fun races scheduled!
ReplyDeleteoooh I'm doing a hybrid of the HH advanced 1/2 and a runnersworld one. fun stuff so far. I'm a big fan of the 2 days of speed work. hope it goes well for you!! :)
ReplyDeleteHoly cow!! That is an aggressive schedule. Hopefully, I'll be right there with you training for an ultra. My plans for this month fell through, so I'll be looking for one later on.
ReplyDeleteLast year I ran both the 10K and the 5K at the Dana Point Turkey Trot. They even give you a special rate for both races. But, you're right...it is very crowded.
I wish I could plan out a race calendar like this, but I can somehow never find a good slew of various distance races locally/driveable. Looks good to me... There are a good number on there but some are shorter and you can always just do some casually. In theory anyway, I know i'm not good at "just running" a race myself.
ReplyDeleteUmmm. And you remember a show that was cancelled in 1970? Ok gramps ;-) I kid I kid. I don't know who Johnny olson is though, guess I'll go wikipedia him