I suppose I won't bury the lead any more than I have. I am curious if anyone has an old running water bottle holder that they would let me borrow for the summer months through October, give me, or perhaps sell.
I could just buy one, but we have limited space in our condo and I'm not sure it is something I will use much in the future. Maybe I can help someone declutter. I suppose, I would also take suggestions for purchase. I haven't looked into purchasing one at all yet....plenty of time before training starts for that.
So, here's the backstory, in case this makes no sense (not that it will necessarily make sense once you have the backstory). I plan to run 50 miles in a day (8.5 hours, more precisely) in October. I'm not really doing it for any other reason than a Garmin badge. The Garmin running badges are way better than the cycling ones which sucks. Basically, the only thing you get a badge for cycling is doing an Imperial century. I mean, with things like LoToJa and DK (or whatever DK becomes), asking for something longer than 100 miles is not outlandish, especially when Garmin offers a badge for a 100 miles running. Clearly, they are not equals.
Anyway, I don't like running or biking at night or messing with my sleep schedule. Now, coming down from a night ride or a long ride is going to mess with the sleep cycle some, but I do have this alternate reason for shooting for 8.5 hours on the 50-miler. I want to see how I feel at that pace and am considering doing a 100-miler at that pace in the future. If I have to be out there longer than 17 hours, I don't want to do it. That's a pretty fast 100-mile time, but I would pick a flat course to run it. I'm not even sure I want to do the 100-mile run, so we can leave that discussion for another day. The focus is on getting through the 50-mile run injury free. I don't even have anything on my training schedule after the October run because I have no idea what it is going to do to me.
Anyway, I do have a Camelbak, but I think it will be too hot for long runs in the summer. I am going to run a marathon on Saturday and will use it for that, but it won't be at any pace, so won't be a good taste. Plus temps on Saturday will be very different than July.
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Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Dec-2020 20:46:56 UTC
Douglas A. WhitfieldToday is one of my two planned rest days in the #Festive500. I had tire issues yesterday. On Christmas Eve, about 9 inches of snow (at least the airport) meant I had to take the #fatbike. I am stuck wondering if it is worth it. I have 131km set for tomorrow, with a 59% chance of snow. 46% chance of snow on Tuesday as well. I don't mind the cold in short stretches, but food and water get frozen on the ride. I can always circle back home, but it is annoying.
It's not like I am so toasted I can't do anything. I would be doing dishes and laundry now if my wife weren't sick.
I had planned to run a 50-mile attempt in October next year. I think if I want to quit the Festive 500 this year and give it another shot next year then that means the 50-mile attempt gets pushed out. That's not a huge deal. I mean, it's not like I get anything by getting the Garmin level 5 sooner and given all the timed Garmin Challenges, and the fact that 100 miles on the bike is worth 8 points, I don't need the 50-mile attempt anyway. I had put the 50-mile attempt on the schedule because a friend mentioned being interested in the challenge, but the friend just wants to walk it.
One thing I *could* do this year that hasn't be an option in the past is ride inside and get the Festive 500, but I feel like I would still want to do it once the outside way.
Obviously, there's just the increase FTP and get done faster next year, but I didn't have any Pogies on Christmas Eve and I still don't have any bar mits that I can put on my gravel grinder, which I definitely need to get, but I might not be able to get those this year. I should probably work on that though as a top priority if I am going to have any chance of completing this this year.
Another big aspect is that the holidays fit perfectly for me to have off every day of the Festive 500.
Idk if I am looking for encouragement to keep going or for validation for quitting. Sometimes just typing things out helps me think through things.
Anybody picking up winter #running in #Minneapolis? I am pretty slow, but it might be easier to get in the miles if I am running with someone. !minnesota
over the past five days, in no particular order: #cycling, !vcs, #pingpong, #cats, #running, http://blocsonic.com, http://ccmusicawards.com (not so much the sites themselves, but as a reference)...and the odds and ends of life. Oh, we had a pretty lame Star Wars party on Friday. We generally have pretty good work parties, but this one seemed flat even before the fact that I don't care anything about #StarWars. I hate #Disney, but the movies are fine themselves. I've just never been more than a casual fan.