Only one more easy week of training left. After getting through
Wadi Bih on Friday, the training for
Comrades begins in earnest. When Heather and I ran
Rocky many years ago, it was sort of a last minute decision made after getting confirmation we'd be moving to Russia. Because of that, the training wasn't all that long. We ran the Richmond marathon in November (her second, my first), did a half in Charlotte in early December, and then jumped into getting ready for a 50-mile ultra-marathon in less than two months. We had probably four weeks of the killer back-to-back runs (2-3 hours one day, 4-5 hours the next) before starting to taper down for Rocky. Training for Comrades won't be quite so short and sweet. I'm not sure what plan and approach Mary and I are going to settle on, but whatever it is, it'll probably look something like this:
Add in the hill work (for the 4700' of climbing) and the strength training in the gym (for the 6600' of quad-busting descending), and it's going to be a busy four months. At least there's our anniversary trip to the Maldives to give me a breather at the end of March.
