Yeah. The weather's back to a more wintry normal. Temps in the 20s. Although some of the paths still had lots of snow, it was still nice getting out there for a nice 14 miler.
August's training race has been by far my favorite race over the years. It is the Howl at the Moon 8-Hour Run which takes place at Kennekuk Cove County Park near Danville, IL. It is so well run and is almost more party and get together than race. The people are great and the atmosphere is just wonderful with camping both the night before and after. It is a 3.29 mile loop that is mostly trail. This will be my 17th running of the race. Although I want to use this as my last long training run, it will be hard for me not to be competitive. I have always done pretty well here finishing as high as 4th place overall and winning my age group several times. Given that I have just entered a new age group by turning 60, I know that subconsciously I will be wanting to try for the age group win again. But consciously, I have to not push too hard with the Hennepin Hundred only four weeks later. What has made this race even more special the last few years is that some or all of my family has come down, camped out and spent the day with me. And last year, my middle daughter, Lexie, entered and ran it with me. She covered her first ultra distance of over 27 miles. This year my oldest daughter, Jennifer, and Lexie both want to run it. So it should be a terrific time.
Well that about wraps up my basic training race strategy for the Hennepin Hundred. I will be running a number of shorter races (5Ks, 5 milers, 10Ks, etc.) throughout all this training (this will be my speed work). More details will be forthcoming later on these when I have the PSRR circuit race schedule.
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