I've done some interesting things in training in the past. Some of these challenges that I actually did are not for the faint of heart. But I always challenge myself in unusual ways. I always try to consider the unthinkable and try to do them.
What I'm going to do is to post some of the things I actually did 10-15 years ago, and things that I might try to do again next year. This will be an ongoing series, and this will be the first. Care to try your luck on this one?
ON THE TRACK: 15 x 2 Mile Intervals every 18 minutes. 30 miles total. This one took me less than 5 hours to pull off. Heck, it's only 120 laps on a 400 meter track, right?
WHAT DROVE ME TO DO THIS?: I was part of a running club that was practicing for a half-marathon. I was training for a 50 mile ultra and decided to show some people up. I am one arrogant SOB when it comes to distance, so I entertained this thought and brought it up to the runners a week before. One of them challenged me and bet me 3 beers that I couldn't do it. Weelllllll, when beer is brought into the equation, how can I resist!
I started with the group who were *only* doing mile intervals (what a bunch of wimps, right? ;-). They finished their "puny" workouts by the time I started my 4rd interval; most of them hung around and made an event of this as I finished interval after interval. At around the 10th interval, I was really feeling stiff, but the luring taste of beer was enough motivation to move on. I hit a major surge on the last 2 intervals and finished quite strong.
Let's just say the beer tasted very good!
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