Crazy?

I went on a 28 mile run with my friend Clifton the other day. Well it was supposed to be 26.2 but we got a little lost on the way back. We left at 4am and got back around 10 am. It was awesome. The whole world was asleep and we ran deep into the the redwood forest in Marin. After mile 15 I looked down at my right foot in disbelief. I had mistakenly put on a hiking shoe thinking it was a running shoe at 3:30 am. I couldn't believe I ran my first Marathon in a hiking shoe! Just goes to show...shoes don't matter that much. Well at least you don't need to be running in the latest and greatest shoes all of the time.

Last weekend I ran a 20k in the Headlands and then the next day I decided ro run Mt Burdell in my Vibrams....I learned that being over confident with Vibrams is not a good idea. I hurt my achilles tendon and then sprained my toe. I had to walk 5 miles in the rain down hill to get home. Now I am sick with the flu and am icing my swollen toe. Hope I am ready for another marathon by Saturday.

My Road to 100 Miles

Why do I want to run 100 miles? I can't even call myself an ultra runner yet. I have only been trail running since September of 2009 when a friend of mine invited me to go on my first trail run. So how can I fathom going 100 miles? Well I can't right now, but one thing I have learned in my 3.5 month stint of running is...I can do so much more than I can imagine. If I base my belief in what I can accomplish on my past, I will never imagine doing the impossible.

I learned this after my last 30k trail run at Rodeo Beach (my third race). I never dreamed three months ago that I could go that far...but I did. Now 30k does not seem to be a challenge. After every increase in mileage and endurance, I see my perspective change.

So my goal for 2010...Run 4 Ultra races.
My goal for 2011...Run a 50 miles.
OK I am scared to be specific beyond that...I need to work on that.
But my life goal is to complete the Western States. OK I said it.
I might be crazy, but I wanted to try. I thought of doing this blog because I thought it would be interesting to log my progress from the very beginning...well before I was any kind of ultra runner.