The other day a co-worker and I were talking about my experience at the Ironman Race. I remarked that since I have put the race behind me, it is time to turn all of my training efforts towards the "the big run". He looked at me and asked/said "You are not really going to do that still are you?". My response was a quick!!!
"He-- Yes!".
I am going to go through with this! No doubt. No questions. No gimmicks.
I am going to start out somewhere in the low-country (Charleston, SC or Savannah, GA) on March 1st, 2011 and run, point to point, continuously, contiguously, through rain, snow, sleet, sun and whatever else gets tossed at me until I make it to San Diego/Los Angeles on May 30th or so.
50 miles a day at least on the daily average.
60 total days (figuring 5-10 off days for rest or other fun)
Staying in a combination of hotels, KOAs, the motor home or whatever else.
As much of a support crew family, friends and running clubs will give me.
So far, self funded, but will be working on a few sponsors over the coming months.
Not necessarily tied to a cause, but I am working on something in that general vicinity.
That is it.
Why? Some people climb mountains or jump out of planes. Same sense of reasoning here....Because it will be a kick-ass challenge. Something that will really push me to a limit that will be making or breaking in some ways. It is something that only 200 people or so have done since information like this has been tracked...so it is not a common challenge. I am 46 going on 47 years old...if I wait, I may not have the physical ability to do so if I wait until I am in my 50s. So the time is right.
I will be sharing all of it here for the next 9 months...the training and the actual experience. Thanks for reading!
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Not try to do this challenge???? Are you kidding?? it's not in your make up to not give it a whirl! We'll help in whatever way we can....Dee and Bill
ReplyDeleteNow you're really scaring me.... Dee
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