Just over a year ago, I decided to have a crack at my first marathon. To force myself to commit, I made my intentions known on this blog, and overall, it worked out pretty well.
I’m employing that strategy again now. Lately I’ve been contemplating the Tan Ultra, 100km[1] in a maximum of 12 hours. I’ve signed up for it and I’ve been training as if I will do it. But so far, I’ve reserved the right to back out on the day. I’m not confident that I can run 100km inside 12 hours (or y’know… at all); even my longer training runs on the weekend (~30km at the moment, increasing weekly) have started to intimidate me.
So here it is. I’ll run the Tan Ultra in August this year. I may not finish, and I’ll definitely feel like shit at the end of that 12 hours, but I will give it a shot. Again, wish me luck.
[1] Well, almost 100km. 25 laps of the 3.8 km Tan.
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