Five Days...

Well, here it is Sunday already. Five days til the "Big Day". The week before a long-distance race/run is always nerve-jangling, as you're "tapering" - loading up on carbs for fuel and not doing much running. The ojective is to be topped off with fuel, injury-free, and well-rested. But you begin to get 'antsy' because you're not really doing anything, aside from a very short run here and there.

All in all, I feel ready, proverbial butterflies notwithstanding, and am anxious to get it done. The weakest link in my training right now is actually the primary member of my support crew, who is more nervous than I about the prospects of something going hideously wrong. He's a level-headed EMT, what could possibly go wrong? Without a support crew, you're sunk, so I hope he gets over it, and quickly.

There was an article about the run in the August 21st edition of the Carmel Pine Cone, which seemed to focusing more on what I eat during a run of that length rather than on anything substantive, such as Cal-IPC and what it does for California's wildlands.

Pine Cone Article: http://www.pineconearchive.com/

I think that most people imagine 100-miles as a completely impossible task for a human being. And yet, if you know anything about ultra-running, there are 100 mile races all the time!

It's not impossible... and just goes to show that if you're singularly committed to achieving a goal, it can be done - with work, practice, focus, and determination.

Good ole' fashioned hard work and no short-cuts... what a novel idea!