A friend of mine came to the rescue when he told me about the Glasshouse Mountain Trail runs. This was much better. The Glasshouse 50 offers three distances, 80 km (i.e. 50 miles, this is what the Glasshouse 50 refers to), 50 km and 30 km. I believe the the 80 km is out of my reach, but the 50 km would be a great challenge. When I started training I had 3 months to go. I believe that this is fairly short for an event like this. But then again, my aim is to just finish and have fun.
I am a complete novice at this and am only used to Mountain Bike endurance events, but life is boring without challenges.
The race is on the 17 May and I am ramping up training now.
I have done some 25 km runs and am just sorting out blisters from my cheap socks and rashes from my shorts.
At the moment I aim to run at least 60 km a week, ride my bike for about 150 km and do some weights training as well. I also wish to loose a few kilos, as I don't want to carry anything I don't need to.
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Here is my training during the last 5 weeks:
07/04/09 22km street/trail run. Approx 14km road and 8km trail.
08/04/09 13km street run.
09/04/09 rest day
10/04/09 150 x sit ups 75 x push ups, 30 min weight training and 19km street run.
11/04/09 10km street run.
12/04/09 Easter Sunday, another rest day.
13/04/09 50km bike ride half on gravel road
14/04/09 10km trail run 40km bike ride on gravel road
15/04/09 13km trail run 20km bike ride on gravel road
16/04/09 30km bike ride on gravel road
17/04/09 1 hour trail hill sprints 35 km bike ride
18/04/09 15km street running
19/04/09 rest day
20/04/09 2 x 25km bike ride
21/04/09 25km bike ride
22/04/09 25km street run and 25km bike ride
23/04/09 25km bike ride
24/04/09 25km street run and 25km bike ride
25 and 26/04/09 rest days
27/04/09 25km street run
28/04/09 2 x 25km bike ride
29/04/09 6km street run
30/04/09 6km street run
01/05/09 12km street run
I decided to spend some money on trail running shoes. I wasn't too happy to spend a lot of money on shoes, but I thought it would make the whole experience more pleasurably painful. I ended up getting The North Face Ultra 104 GTX shoes. I never had that expensive shoes before, but they fit like a glove.
02/05/09 15km street run
This was my first run with my new shoes. I am very impressed. Although they are a bit harder, which is normal for trail shoes, they feel fantastic. I didn't take them off all day.
03/05/09 17km (10km street run 7km trail run)
First time on a trail with my new shoes. They feel good, but have a little pressure on the outside of the big toe. I will need to wear them in over the next two weeks.
04/05/09 rest day
05/05/09 2 x 25km bike ride
06/05/09 25km street run
07/05/09 25km bike ride
08/05/09 13km street run 25km bike ride
09/05/09 9km street run
10/05/09 rest day
11/05/09 2 x 25km bike ride
12/05/09 6km street run
13/05/09 to 16/05/09 rest days
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