February 24 Days 184.0 miles
January 26 Days 181.4 miles
Total 2015 50 days 365.4 miles
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Training February 21st – 27th
This week: 28.8 miles
Saturday February 21st – 4.8 miles, 5 sets of 61 push-ups, 20 minutes of Planks.
Race Taper Starts
Sunday February 22nd – 8 miles a little faster than marathon pace. 1:25:26. Foam roller workout.
Monday February 23rd – 4 miles on the Treadmill because of an Ice storm.
Tuesday February 24th – My 52nd Birthday! 4 miles
Wednesday February 25th – 4 miles, foam roller workout
Thursday February 26th – 4 miles
Friday February 27th – Date night with my Wife!
A great taper this week. I feel fantastic. Nothing hurt. Legs feel strong. Looking for a great Race this Sunday. Pumped! Going to use a pacer in this race. I have always started in the back. Passing people is motivating for me. This 50K I will let the 6 hour pacer hold the pace. After 20 miles at a nice steady 11:35 pace I should have the gas to speed up. Goals for this 50K: Finish with a 5:53*.
*Australian Centurion (C 53) Patrick Fisher raced a 5:53 50K before his Australian Centurion. A test of sorts. See how I stack up at this point. Patrick was a little older than me when he qualified. We share the same personal best Half Marathon time. Patrick’s walking history is what I use for motivation and proof “I Can walk 100 miles in 24 hours”. Thank You Patrick.
Training February 14th – 20th
I have trained hard since the Ultracentric 12 hour race last November. Walked 527.6 Miles. Two Marathons. The Louisiana Marathon in January was a new personal best 4:49:53.
This week: 51.2 miles
Saturday February 14th – 4.8 miles, 5 sets of 61 push-ups, 20 minutes of Planks
Sunday February 15th – 20 miles LSD in 4:26:25. 3 sets of 25 squats
Monday February 16th – 4.8 miles, 4 sets of 9 chin-ups, 3 rounds boxing the heavy Bag
Tuesday February 17th – 12 miles in 2:23:18. 3 sets of 25 squats
Wednesday February 18th – 4.8 miles, 5 sets of 61 push-ups, 20 minutes of Planks
Thursday February 19th – 4.8 miles, 4 sets of 9 chin-ups, 3 rounds boxing the heavy Bag
Friday February 20th – Date Night with my Wife!
Just over a week to my next Race. The Cowtown 50K in Fort Worth, Texas. My Goal is walk the 50K in under 6 hours. I feel very strong in this training cycle. Should be a good race.
My Epiphany
It was the end of December 2012. Right after all those wonderful meals at Christmas. In two months I would turn 50 years old. I was overweight. I had High blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar. Then it hit me.
My Epiphany.
If I did not make some changes and make them now. A train wreak was coming.
The answer for me. Walking and whole foods.
January 1st 2013 I walked 5.5 miles on my wife’s treadmill. Changed my diet to whole foods. Walked 4 miles a day, 6 days per week. Ate lots of salad, fruit, vegetables, chicken and nuts. By my 50th birthday the end of February I was down 21 pounds. Felt better than I had in 20 plus years.
I am goal oriented. I needed a goal. A BIG goal. I am loving this walking for exercise. I could walk a race. A BIG race. A Marathon. I will train to walk a Marathon. Couch to Marathon in one year. At this point I made a wise decision. I joined a walking support site. It had a catchy name “The Walking Site”. Here I found a small support group of like minded Walkers. One member, Dan gave me some great advise. Try a Half Marathon First. About 100 miles from home was a race in two months. I signed up. Ramped up my training and counted down the days. Did the race and guess what, I Loved It! I walked four Half Marathons in 2013.
February 2014 I walked my first Marathon. I Loved It even More! I walked two more Marathons and three more half marathons.
At this point I was feeling like superman. Down 55 pounds. Off all my medications. Walking 50 miles per week, Strength Training. I needed a new Goal. A BIG Goal.
In my research on walking faster and farther I kept finding the word “CENTURION”. Centurion: A person that walks 100 miles in 24 hours. Is that even possible? Yes it is and only a few, very dedicated people have done it. Question, Can I do it? About 85 miles from my home was a 12 Hour Race. New Goal. A BIG Goal. Walk 50 miles in 12 hours. A test of sorts. Three months of hard training and two marathons later it was show time. I raced well. Walked a very strong 56 miles in 12 hours. So I could “on paper” walk 100 miles in 24 hours.
For 2015 there is one Sanctioned Centurion race in the United States. F.A.N.S. 24 Hour in Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 6th and 7th. I signed up. New Goal. A BIG Goal.
Walk 100 miles in 24 Hours.
This blog will journal the training and the races leading up to my Goal Race. Going to be fun!
Me at the 2014 Bass Pro Conservation Marathon.
