Monthly Archives: February 2018

2018 Cowtown 50K

Mine and My wife’s favorite race every year. The Cowtown Ultra Marathon. A nice 50K thru and around Fort Worth. Lots of Texas hospitality and great Texas food. Another reason I enjoy my Fort Worth race is it always around my Birthday. This year I raced in a new age group. 55-60 years olds. Where has the time gone? No way I can be 55 years old.

Perfect weather for this year’s race. After a whole week of rain. A two day Ice storm at home. Race morning was a perfect 47 degrees. Sunny, light wind. Warmed up to around 65. I have never walked a 50K in over 6 hours. I have never missed as much training as I have so far this year. As I have gotten older I have developed an aversion to cold. As a result I tend to skip very cold training days. So I arrived in Fort Worth undertrained. My only goal this year is New Zealand in October. A 31 mile walk in Fort Worth would be a perfect kickoff to my New Zealand 100 mile training. No matter the time. I needed the miles.

I lined up behind the 6 hour pace group at Cowtown. The plan was to hang with them as long as I could. I have never used a pace group that raced like I want to race. Of course they never will, because they run, I walk. This group was the best I have used. I would struggle to keep up. A sub 11 minute pace. When we got to a water stop the pace group would stop. I didn’t. Drink on the fly. They would catch back up and pass me before the next stop. This worked very well for me. I walked very well till mile 28. My group left me behind. I was powerless to do anything about it. Just walk the best I could. It was just for training after all. Turns out I missed my six hour goal by just over one minute.

Very pleased with my result at Cowtown. Legs and my butt a little sore this morning. Now I have kicked off my Centurion training. First stop the FANS 24 hour in Minneapolis this June. Two little Oklahoma marathons coming up. One each in March and April. Same plan with my Marathon as Cowtown. Training walks.

 

Training February 17th – 23rd

This week 33.6 Miles, 6 hours 32 minutes 00 seconds, Pace average 11:40. 4358 calories

Saturday February 17th – 4.8 Miles in 55:05 pace average 11:29. 5 sets of 80 push-ups. 26 minutes of Planks. .

Sunday February 18th – 20.0 Miles in 3:56:32 pace average 11:50.  3 sets of 30 squats

Monday February 19th – 4.8 Miles in 56:16 pace average 11:43. 4 sets of 8 chin-ups,

Tuesday February 20th – Unscheduled day off freezing rain.

Wednesday February 21st – Day off Ice storm.

Thursday February 22nd – 4 Miles in 44:06 pace average 11:02.

Friday February 23rd – Trip to Fort Worth for the Cowtown Ultra Marathon

Oh my. I am way underprepared for this weekends 50K. Going to use this race as the kickoff to my FANS Centurion walk training. Just have fun and a good walk. My ONLY goal is New Zealand.

Training February 10th – 16th

This week 33.6 Miles, 6 hours 21 minutes 34 seconds, Pace average 11:22. 4473 calories

Saturday February 10th – 4.8 Miles in 54:59 pace average 11:27.  5 sets of 80 push-ups. 26 minutes of Planks.

Sunday February 11th – 12.0 Miles in 2:14:34 pace average 11:13. 3 sets of 30 squats

Monday February 12th – 4.8 Miles in 52:43 pace average 10:59. 4 sets of 8 chin-ups,

Tuesday February 13th – 12.0 Miles in 2:19:19 pace average 11:37. 5 sets of 80 push-ups. 3 sets of 30 squats.

Wednesday February 14th – Valentine Dinner with my Wife.

Thursday February 15th – Unscheduled day off.

Friday February 16th – Date Night with my Wife!

I mixed up my workout a little this week. It was just too cold Sunday morning for my planned long walk. I walked 2 – 12 milers this week. One week to the Cowtown 50K in Fort Worth, Texas. My goal is to finish under 6 hours. I will not have to worry about being overtrained. Looks like I am doing one of those long tapers. I am going to have to get my act together after Cowtown. Still plenty of time to get ready for The United States Centurion Qualifier in June.

 

 

Training February 3rd – 9th

This week 49.6 Miles, 9 hours 36 minutes 01 seconds, Pace average 11:37. 6368 calories

Saturday February 3rd – 4.8 Miles in 53:59 pace average 11:15. 5 sets of 80 push-ups. 26 minutes of Planks.

Sunday February 4th – 28.0 Miles in 5:26:51 pace average 11:40. 3 sets of 30 squats

Monday February 5th – 4.8 Miles in 54:55 pace average 11:27. 4 sets of 9 chin-ups,

Tuesday February 6th – Unscheduled day off.

Wednesday February 7th – 12.0 Miles in 2:20:16 pace average 11:41. 3 sets of 30 squats

Thursday February 8th – Unscheduled day off.

Friday February 9th – Date Night with my Wife!

Felt tired this week. Took a couple of days off. I got in my two long days. That is good thing. Back to the regular schedule next week.

Training January 27th – February 2nd

This week 55.2 Miles, 10 hours 21 minutes 21 seconds, Pace average 11:16.  7285 calories

Saturday January 27th – 4.8 Miles in 54:33 pace average 11:22. 5 sets of 78 push-ups. 25 minutes of Planks.

Sunday January 28th – 24.0 Miles in 4:29:38 pace average 11:14.  3 sets of 30 squats

Monday January 29th – 4.8 Miles in 54:48 pace average 11:25. 4 sets of 9 chin-ups,

Tuesday January 30th – 4.8 Miles in 53:34 pace average 11:10. 5 sets of 80 push-ups. 22 minutes of Planks.

Wednesday January 31st – 12.0 Miles in 2:15:06 pace average 11:15. 3 sets of 30 squats

Thursday February 1st – 4.8 Miles in 53:42 pace average 11:11. 4 sets of 9 chin-ups,

Friday February 2nd – Date Night with my Wife!

Easily the fastest week of training I have ever had. You know what the Ultra Walk Training Book says. “When you are setting personal best times during training, it is time to increase the distance.” That is what I will do next week. 28 miler on Sunday.